JP2003060702A - Shared access system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent connection from a user terminal such as a personal computer system to a service side computer system through a provider, from being impossible. SOLUTION: The provider 5 is provided with a collectively transmitting and receiving means, when user request contents from at least two user terminals among a plurality of user terminals 1 to 3 are common, the user request contents are transmitted as batch data to the service side computer system 7, and information data received from the service side computer system 7 are distributed to the user terminals whose user request contents are common in response to the transmission. Also, user terminals 1 to 3 are provided with a communication mode setting means for setting a communication mode that handles user request contents as batch data, and when the provider 5 decides that data received from user terminals are in a communication mode that handles the data as batch data and that the user request contents are the same, the provider 5 performs the transmission, reception and distribution.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shared access system, and more particularly, when user terminal access to a service-side computer device is common when user request contents are common. Related to what is treated and treated.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a service-side computer device is accessed from a user terminal such as a personal computer device via a provider and desired information is obtained, the access is inherently independent because each user terminal is independent. Therefore, for example, in the case of ticket reservation in which the sale start time is determined, the same kind of access may be simultaneously performed by many users. In this case, depending on the capacity of the communication network or the like, even if the user terminal accesses, it may become impossible to connect to the other party. Such a state of inability to connect causes a deterioration in service to the user and should be avoided as much as possible.

[0003]

By the way, in the process from the start of access to the end of connection,
For example, a request content such as opening a home page or opening a reservation screen can be divided into a part common to a plurality of user terminals and an individual part handling personal data. Among these, the former part, which is common to a plurality of user terminals, can be alleviated by collectively treating them as one access. The present invention is based on this point of view, and an object of the present invention is to provide a shared access system in which portions common to a plurality of user terminals are collectively treated as one access and processed. Is.

[0004]

To achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a plurality of user terminals and a service-side computer device that provides information data for access from the user terminals are network-connected via a provider. In such a system, when the contents of user requests from at least two user terminals among the plurality of user terminals are common to the provider, the data is transmitted to the service side computer device as a batch data, and the service side responds to the same transmission. A shared access system provided with a collective transmitting / receiving means for distributing information data received from a computer device to user terminals having the same user request content.

Further, in each of the plurality of user terminals,
While providing a communication mode setting means for setting the communication mode to be handled as the collective data, the provider confirms that the data received from the user terminal is in the communication mode to be handled as the collective data and the data of the user request content is the same. When the collective transmission / reception means determines, the transmission, reception, and distribution are performed.

Further, a timer means for counting a predetermined elapsed time is provided in the collective transmission / reception means, and the reception data judged by the collective transmission / reception means is transmitted within the same elapsed time.

The data transmitted from the provider to the service-side computer device is the same provider as the transmission source, the service-side computer device as the destination, and the information transmitting / receiving means as the data received from the user terminal device. It is assumed to be newly generated.

The data to be distributed from the provider to the user terminals having the same access contents are the source computer device having the transmission source, the user terminal having the common access contents the destination, and the service computer device having the information data. It is assumed that the received data is newly generated by the batch transmission / reception means.

The collective transmission / reception means is a first transmission / reception unit for transmitting / receiving data to / from the plurality of user terminals via a public network, and a second transmission / reception unit for transmitting / receiving data to / from the service side computer device via a communication network. And a communication mode discriminating unit for discriminating whether or not the access contents from the user terminal are common, an address of a user terminal having common user request contents, and transmission data from the user terminal. A first memory section; a second memory section for storing transmission data from the service-side computer apparatus; and transmission data to the service-side computer apparatus based on the data in the first memory section or A data generation unit that generates distribution data to the user terminal based on the data of the second memory unit, and counts a predetermined elapsed time A timer unit, the first transceiver unit,
The control unit controls the second transmission / reception unit, the communication mode determination unit, the first memory unit, the second memory unit, the data generation unit, and the timer unit.

The communication mode discriminating unit also discriminates the first discriminating unit for discriminating whether or not the communication mode is handled as the collective data based on the data from the user terminal, and the data from the user terminal. And a second discriminating unit for discriminating whether or not the information data is common to both.

Further, based on the display by the communication mode selection display data, the setting to the communication mode handled as the collective data by the communication mode setting means is included in the response data from the service side computer through the provider. Set to.

[0012]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings based on examples. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a main part showing an embodiment of a shared access system according to the present invention,
2 is a block diagram of a main part of the user terminal 1 and the like in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of essential parts of the provider 5 in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is an operation flow diagram for explaining the shared access system according to the present invention. First, the overall configuration of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the figure, reference numerals 1, 2, 3 denote user terminals A, B, N, such as personal computers.
Is. Reference numeral 4 is a public network such as a telephone line or an optical fiber.
The public network 4 may be a LAN (Local Area Network). 5 is a provider for communication connection. 6 is a communication network such as the Internet. Reference numeral 7 denotes a service-side computer device, which provides request information for access from each user terminal A1, B2, N3 via the public network 4, provider 5, and communication network 6. Here, as a new function (to be described later) for each user terminal A1, B2, N3, if the content of requests from at least two user terminals is common on the provider 5 side, whether to collectively handle these requests is determined. Has been added, and a function for including corresponding data in the transmission data has been added.

In the above function, when a user terminal selects not to accept the batch handling, the access from the user terminal is treated as an independent process as in the conventional case. On the other hand, when a user terminal selects to accept the collective handling, the provider 5 similarly accepts the collective handling, and another user terminal that has a part in which the data of the destination and the user request content is common. When there is an access of, these will be treated as one access and processed together. In this case, the provider 5 stores the data of the addresses and the user request contents of the transmission source user terminals that have received common access within a preset elapsed time, and the transmission source is determined by the provider 5 based on the stored data. Then, new data in which the destination is the original destination designated by each user terminal and the data is the original data from each user terminal is generated, and the new data is transmitted to the service-side computer device 7, which is the destination. In response to the transmission, the service-side computer device 7 transmits response information, which the provider 5 receives. After temporarily storing the received information data, the provider 5 stores the sender as the service-side computer device 7 and the destination as the stored user terminal based on the stored addresses of the user terminals. Each of the information data received from the service side computer device 7 is distributed.
The above is the overall configuration.

Next, the user terminals A1, B2 of FIG.
N3 will be described with reference to FIGS. In addition,
Each terminal has the same configuration, and FIG. 2 shows a user terminal A1. In FIG. 2A, 1 is the user terminal A1 of FIG. 1, 1a is a communication mode setting unit, 1b is a data generation unit, 1c is a transmission / reception unit, 1d is a data processing unit, 1e is a display unit, and 1f is a display unit.
Is a control unit that controls the communication mode setting unit 1a, the data generation unit 1b, the transmission / reception unit 1c, and the data processing unit 1d. When accessing the service-side computer device 7 from the user terminal A1, if the providers 5 share the same request contents from at least two user terminals, communication is performed to determine whether or not to collectively handle these accesses. Select and specify in the mode setting section 1a. The transmission data corresponding to the above selection is generated by the data generation unit 1b. An example of the structure of the generated data is shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, a preamble at the beginning, then a destination address, a source address, a pad (PAD), information, and data for error correction, etc., and whether the batch handling selected by the communication mode setting unit 1a is accepted? Part of the pad is assigned as identification data indicating whether or not the pad is present. For example, “1” is added when the batch handling is approved, and “0” is added when the batch handling is not approved. The data generated by the data generation unit 1b is transmitted from the transmission / reception unit 1c to the provider 5 via the public network 4.

The response data from the service side computer device 7 via the provider 5 to the above transmission is received by the transmission / reception unit 1c via the public network 4, is subjected to predetermined processing by the data processing unit 1d, and is displayed on the display unit 1e. . Hereinafter, this transmission / reception is repeated. Next, the provider 5 of FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 3, 5a is the first transmitting / receiving unit, and 5b
Is a second transmission / reception unit, 5c is a communication mode determination unit, 5d is a data generation unit, 5e is a first memory unit, 5f is a second memory unit, and 5g.
Is a timer unit, 5h is a first transmitting / receiving unit 5a, a second transmitting / receiving unit 5
b, a communication mode determination unit 5c, a data generation unit 5d, a first memory unit 5e, a second memory unit 5f, and a timer unit 5g. Note that the above-mentioned control portion by the control unit 5h is a collective transmitting / receiving means. User terminal A1 via public network 4
The first transmission / reception unit 5a receives the transmission data from the above, and the first discrimination unit 5c1 of the communication mode discrimination unit 5c discriminates whether or not the data is a data which the batch handling is approved. This determination is performed by identifying data (for example, 1
Or, it determines based on 0). In the above determination, if the batch handling is not approved, the access is processed as independent access independently of data from other user terminals as in the conventional case.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the batch handling is to be accepted, the address of the source user terminal (for example, the user terminal A1) and its transmission data (user request content data) are stored in the first memory unit 5e such as M11 ( Once stored in the memory 5e1), the sender is the provider 5 based on the stored data, the destination is the original destination designated by each user terminal (here, the service-side computer device 7), and the information data is transmitted from each user terminal. The data generation unit 5d generates new data that is the original data of. Further, in the case of the determination to approve the above-mentioned collective handling, for example, in the timer unit 5g,
T1 (timer unit 5g1) is activated to count elapsed time (first elapsed time). When an access is made from another user terminal (for example, the user terminal B2) during the same count, the first determination unit of the communication mode determination unit 5c is similar to the above.
In 5c1, it is determined whether or not the data is a batch-accepted data. If the batch-processing is not approved in the same determination, the access is processed as a separate independent access as described above. Whether the user terminal A1 and the user terminal B2 who accept the collective handling have the same user request content
The determination unit 5c2 determines.

In the discrimination of the second discriminating section 5c2, when the request contents of the user terminal A1 and the user terminal B2 are not common, the address of the source user terminal (user terminal B2) and its transmission data (user request) (Content data) is temporarily stored in the other memory M12 (5e2) of the first memory unit 5e, and at the same time, the other timer T2 of the timer unit 5g is used.
(5g2) is newly activated, and the elapsed time (second elapsed time) is separately counted. As described above, when the batch handling is approved but the request content data between the user terminals are different, the data storage of the first memory unit 5e and the elapsed time count of the timer unit 5g are separate. Therefore, the first memory unit 5e and the timer unit 5g are connected to M11 (5e1), M11,
12 (5e2), M13 (5e3) and T1 (5g1), T2 (5g
2), T3 (5g3).

On the other hand, when the request contents of the user terminal A1 and the user terminal B2 are common, the user terminal A1 stands by without newly operating the timer unit 5g. In this way, when the first elapsed time (timer unit 5g1) reaches the predetermined time, the control unit 5h sends the data generated by the data generation unit 5d to the second transmission / reception unit 5b as the destination. It transmits to the service side computer device 7 via the communication network 6. Information on the response is transmitted from the service-side computer device 7 to the above transmission, and the second transmission / reception unit 5b of the provider 5 receives the information. The provider 5 once stores the received information data in, for example, M21 (memory 5f1) of the second memory unit 5f,
The stored data and the first memory unit 5e [eg M11
(Memory 5e1)], the data generation unit 5d generates data in which the transmission source is the service-side computer device 7 and the destination is each of the stored user terminals (for example, the user terminal A1 and the user terminal B2). And deliver each.

Next, based on the contents described in FIGS. 1 to 3, the operation flow of the entire invention will be described with reference to FIG. 4 which is an example of airline ticket reservation. In Figure 4, TA, TB
, TC is a user terminal, PV is a provider, Sa and Sb are search engines (service providers) for searching connection destinations, Sc
Indicates a service-side computer device (airline company in this example) to be connected. In this example, it is assumed that each user terminal selects batch processing. Also, in the parentheses at the end of the sentence, the ST number indicating each step of FIG. 4 or FIGS.
The related functional blocks of are described below. Each user terminal TA, TB, TC first connects to an appropriate search engine to display a search screen in order to make a ticket reservation with the ABC airline (transmission / reception section 1c, data processing section 1d, display section 1e, etc.). . On the displayed search screen, each user inputs "ABC airline" to be searched (screen display example 11) and transmits data requesting a search (ST1) (data generation unit 1b). Here, the designation of the above search engine is performed when the user terminals TA and TB are Sa
And the user terminal TC is Sb.

In response to the above transmission (ST1), the provider PV sends the user terminals TA and TB to the search engine Sa, and
The user terminal TC is connected to the search engine Sb and transmits data (ST2) (first transmission / reception unit 5a, second transmission / reception unit 5b). This data transmission (communication network 6)
Are sequentially transmitted according to the CSMA / CD method or the like in order to avoid data collision. In response to the same transmission, search engine Sa
And the response data from the search engine Sb is the provider
It is transmitted to each user terminal TA, TB, TC via PV (ST
3). The transmitted data is search result display data (screen display example 12), and similar names and the like are displayed in addition to the ABC airline. Further, the destinations and request contents input by the user terminals TA, TB, and TC may be common in the processes of the display screen example 12 and later. Therefore, as shown in the display screen example 12, when the data and the destination and the request content from other user terminals are common, select whether or not to accept the batch processing. It is supposed to be displayed and the display data is included in the transmission data.

Each user terminal T with respect to the display of the search result
For A, TB, and TC, click the "Common" display of "ABC Airlines" and provide data to the effect that "Common" is specified.
Send to PV (ST4). In response to the transmission, the provider PV discriminates "common" and the sameness of the requested contents (first
Discrimination unit 5c1, second discrimination unit 5c2), and
Data is transmitted to the BC airline Sc (service-side computer device 7) (ST5). The transmission data is data newly generated by the data generation unit 5d described in FIG.
In response to the above transmission, the data of the airline ticket reservation screen display is transmitted from the ABC airline Sc to the provider PV (ST6). The provider PV transmits the transmitted data to each user terminal TA, T.
It is distributed to B and TC (ST7), and the reservation screen 13 of the illustrated example is displayed on each user terminal TA, TB and TC. The distribution data is the data generated by the data generation unit 5d described in FIG.

Thereafter, although omitted in FIG. 4, data relating to the reservation is exchanged between the user terminals TA, TB, TC and the ABC airline Sc. In the data transfer during this period, it is divided into those that can be the target of batch processing and those that are unique to each user terminal (for example, flight number, reservation name, etc.).
Batch processing is performed as in ST5, and the latter, which is unique to each user terminal, is processed individually. Therefore, the reservation screen 13
Is a content that can be a target of batch processing, and although not shown, it is batch processing as in step ST5. In the above description, each user terminal TA, TB, TC started from the search, but if each user terminal TA, TB, TC directly inputs the address of the ABC airline Sc that is the connection target, it will be batched from this point. Processing is possible, and each user terminal TA, T
Assuming that the "common" designation is input by B and TC, batch processing is performed as in step ST5.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the user request contents from a plurality of user terminals are common, batch processing is possible, so that the connection cannot be established when the same access is concentrated. It is possible to reduce the occurrence of.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of essential parts of an embodiment of a shared access system according to the present invention.

2 is a block diagram (A) of a main part of a user terminal A1 and the like in FIG. 1 and a data configuration example (B).

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a main part of a provider 5 in FIG.

FIG. 4 is an operational flow diagram of the shared access system according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 2, 3 user terminals 1a Communication mode setting section 1b Data generator 1c transceiver 1d Data processing unit 1e display 1f controller 4 public network 5 providers 5a First transceiver 5b Second transceiver 5c Communication mode discriminator 5d data generator 5e First memory section 5f Second memory section 5g timer section 5h control section 6 communication network 7 Service side computer

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A system in which a plurality of user terminals and a service-side computer device that provides information data for access from the user terminals are network-connected via a provider, wherein the provider provides the plurality of user terminals. When the user request contents from at least two user terminals are common to the service-side computer device as batch data, the information data received from the service-side computer device in response to the transmission is common to the user request contents. The shared access system is characterized in that a collective transmitting / receiving means for delivering to the user terminal is provided. 2. The plurality of user terminals are each provided with a communication mode setting means for setting a communication mode to be handled as the collective data, while the provider is in a communication mode to treat the data received from the user terminal as the collective data. When the batch transmission / reception means determines that the data of the user request contents are the same, the transmission,
The shared access system according to claim 1, wherein the shared access system performs reception and distribution. 3. The batch transmission / reception means is provided with timer means for counting a predetermined elapsed time, and the reception data judged by the batch transmission / reception means is transmitted within the same elapsed time. 2. The shared access system described in 2. 4. The data transmitted from the provider to the service-side computer device is sent by the same provider, the destination is the service-side computer device, and the information data is received by the user terminal device by the batch transmission / reception means. The shared access system according to claim 1, wherein the shared access system comprises a newly generated one. 5. The data distributed from the provider to the user terminals having the same access content includes a transmission source of the service-side computer apparatus, a destination of the user terminal having the common access content, and information data of the service-side computer apparatus. 2. The shared access system according to claim 1, wherein the received data comprises data newly generated by the batch transmission / reception means. 6. A first transmitting / receiving unit for transmitting / receiving data to / from the plurality of user terminals via a public network and a second transmitting / receiving unit to / from the service side computer device via a communication network, the collective transmitting / receiving unit. And a communication mode discriminating unit for discriminating whether or not the access contents from the user terminal are common, an address of a user terminal having common user request contents, and transmission data from the user terminal. A first memory section; a second memory section for storing transmission data from the service-side computer apparatus; and transmission data to the service-side computer apparatus based on the data in the first memory section or A data generation unit that generates distribution data to the user terminal based on the data of the second memory unit and a timer that counts a predetermined elapsed time. Section, the first transmission / reception section, the second transmission / reception section, the communication mode determination section, the first memory section,
The shared access system according to claim 1, comprising a second memory unit, a data generation unit, and a control unit that controls the timer unit. 7. A first discriminating unit for discriminating whether or not the communication mode discriminating unit is in a communication mode to be handled as the collective data based on data from the user terminal, and data from the user terminal. 7. The shared access system according to claim 6, wherein the shared access system is configured with a second discriminating unit that discriminates whether or not information data is common to and. 8. A display based on communication mode selection display data including the setting of the communication mode handled as collective data by the communication mode setting means in response data from the service side computer device via the provider. The shared access system according to claim 2, wherein