JP2003223454A - Template providing method and system, and program therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To offer a template providing system as improvement of a conventional technique using a template preparing material provided in advance by the preparer of an authoring tool or the developer of a template preparing program involving such problems that it does not suit to a general purpose template, the use of the latest tag or its update can not be made, and that the variation of the templates available is restricted. <P>SOLUTION: The template providing system is equipped with a Web page collecting means connected with any Web site and collecting its Web pages, a feature extracting means to extract the feature information from the collected Web pages, a feature classifying means to classify the extracted feature information by the types of contents, a template preparing means to prepare the template using the feature information, and a communication means connected with the terminal device requiring provision of the template of the Web page and providing the template. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a template providing system, a template providing method and a program for accessing a large number of websites to collect web pages and automatically generate templates thereof.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, tools for using static Web page templates include Web page authoring tools. However, the templates provided by these are created independently by the authoring tool provider. That is, it is limited to the template prepared in advance by the authoring tool provider.

Further, as a conventional tool for generating a dynamic Web page, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-125855 discloses a "dynamic Web page generation program". In this example, an HTML template is used as a static part related to display, and a CGI program is used as a program for executing a dynamic change. These HTML template and CGI program are created by the developer at the time of development. The program of this example automatically combines these HTML templates and CGI programs to generate a dynamic Web page.

As described above, in the conventional Web page template providing tool, whether a static Web page or a dynamic Web page is created individually by the developer or the tool provider. It was something to offer.

[0005]

Since the conventional web page template has been provided as described above,
Since the author of the authoring tool or the developer of the template creation program uses the template creation material prepared in advance, it may not match the template that is generally used, or the latest tag may be used or updated. There was a problem that it could not be done or the variation of the provided template was limited.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and is generally used by accessing a large number of Web sites to collect Web pages and automatically generate templates thereof. It is an object of the present invention to provide a template providing system, a template providing method, and a program capable of providing the latest template and further providing templates of various themes.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A template providing system according to the present invention includes a web page collection means for communicatively connecting to a web site and collecting the web pages, and
Feature extracting means for extracting the characteristic information from the Web pages collected by the eb page collecting means, feature classifying means for classifying the feature information extracted by the feature extracting means into similar contents, and a template using the feature information. And a communication means for providing a template by communicatively connecting to a terminal device that requests the provision of the template of the Web page.

In the template providing system according to the present invention, when a terminal device requests the provision of a Web page template, the user of the terminal device is authenticated and the template is provided only to the authenticated user. It is provided.

The template providing system according to the present invention matches the advertisement storage means for storing advertisement information for each theme information specifying the information category of the Web page, and the template theme information requested by the user from the advertisement storage means. An advertisement selection unit is provided which reads out the advertisement information and attaches and / or incorporates the advertisement information into the template.

In the template providing system according to the present invention, the advertisement information to be provided to the terminal device is preset for each predetermined time zone, and the advertisement selecting means sets the advertisement information corresponding to each predetermined time zone to the terminal. It is attached and / or incorporated into the template to be provided to the device.

The template providing system according to the present invention is characterized in that the advertisement selecting means does not add the advertisement information to the template requested by the authenticated user.

The template providing system according to the present invention comprises a charging means for charging the user of the terminal device according to the frequency of use of the template.

In the template providing system according to the present invention, when the web page collecting means collects the web pages, only the web pages that match the theme information specifying the predetermined information category set in advance are collected.

In the template providing system according to the present invention, the web page collecting means classifies and holds the web pages collected at once according to the theme information that specifies a plurality of information categories.

The template providing system according to the present invention utilizes a search engine provided on the WWW when the Web page collecting means collects Web pages.

In the template providing system according to the present invention, the feature extracting means extracts the feature information from the arrangement and the number of tags in the Web page.

In the template providing system according to the present invention, the feature extracting means extracts the feature information from the arrangement and the number of typical tags in the Web page.

In the template providing system according to the present invention, the feature extraction means extracts the feature information from the types of tags in the Web page and the order of appearance thereof.

In the template providing system according to the present invention, the feature extracting means extracts the feature information from the tag sequence in the Web page and the attribute information thereof.

In the template providing system according to the present invention, the feature extracting means performs a time series analysis of a predetermined Web page and extracts a portion that has not changed as the feature information.

The template providing system according to the present invention creates a template by using the attribute information of the tags in the Web pages classified by the template creating means.

The template providing method according to the present invention is
A Web page collection step of connecting to a Web site to collect the Web page, a feature extraction step of extracting the characteristic information from the Web page collected in the Web page collection step, and an extraction in the feature extraction step A feature classifying step of classifying the generated feature information for each similar content, a template generating step of creating a template using the feature information, and a template connection by communication connection with a terminal device requesting the provision of a Web page template. And a template providing step to be provided.

The program according to the present invention is a web page collection means for communicating with a web site to collect the web page, and We collected by the web page collection means.
Feature extracting means for extracting the feature information from the page b, feature classifying means for classifying the feature information extracted by the feature extracting means for each similar content, template generating means for creating a template using the feature information, web page The computer is caused to function as a communication means for providing a template by communicating with a terminal device that requests the provision of the template.

[0024]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below. Embodiment 1. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a template providing system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a template providing system according to the first embodiment, which is specifically a computer device having means for accessing a website and executing a program for realizing the functions of respective constituent elements described later. Reference numeral 2 denotes a web page automatic collection means (web page collection means) which accesses a web site on the Internet and collects the web page. Reference numeral 3 denotes a page feature extraction means (feature extraction means) which extracts the feature information of the web page group collected by the web page automatic collection means 2. Here, as the characteristic information, the theme name for classifying the category of the web page, the URL of the web page (Uniform)
(Resource Locator), its configuration method (for example, frame method, list method, input method), and URL of information linked internally. A feature classifying unit 4 classifies the feature information of the Web page group extracted by the page feature extracting unit 3 for each similar content. Reference numeral 5 denotes a template generation means, which generates a template for each feature information group classified by the feature classification means 4.

A URL table 6 stores a list of URLs linked in the Web page collected by the automatic Web page collection unit 2. Reference numeral 7 is a URL content storage file, which is the U collected by the automatic Web page collection unit 2.
The content corresponding to the RL is stored. A feature classification file 8 stores a file of feature information classified by the feature classification means 4. A template storage file 9 stores the template file generated by the template generation means 5. The contents stored in this template storage file 9 are disclosed to the user. It is realized by a storage device equipped in a computer device that realizes the template providing system 1 of the first embodiment. Further, the URL table 6, the URL content storage file 7, the feature classification file 8 and the template storage file 9 are stored in a CD-ROM, a DVD, or the like that can read and write a large amount of data via a hard disk device or a drive device of a computer. It is realized by storage media.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a specific example of the contents of the URL table in FIG. In the figure, 6a is a theme (theme information) for which the template is classified,
Identify the information category of the web page. This theme 6
“A” corresponds to an item name that specifies an information category corresponding to the needs of the user, such as a news page or a bulletin board to a page related to bicycles or soccer. Here, the content of the theme 6a may be set in advance or may be determined in response to a request from the user. 6b is a URL of a web page belonging to the theme 6a. The URL 6b is collected by the web page automatic collection means 2. Of course,
There may be pages corresponding to the plurality of themes 6a.
Reference numeral 6c is the name of the feature (feature information) extracted by the page feature extraction means 3. The content of the feature name 6c may be unique within the same theme 6a. In the example shown,
The case where the method is a web page configuration method (for example, a frame method, a list method, or an input method) is shown. 6d is the name of the template created by the template creating means 5. The content of the template name 6d is the theme 6
It is created by combining a and the feature name 6c.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a specific example of the contents of the template storage file shown in FIG. In the figure, 9a is a theme (theme information) for specifying the information category of the template created by the template generation means 5, and the content is the same as the theme 6a. Reference numeral 9b is a template name that identifies the template created by the template creating means 5, and is the same in content as the feature name 6c. Reference numeral 9c denotes a file name, which specifies a file for storing the template created by the template creating means 5.

Next, the operation will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the template providing system according to the first embodiment, and the template generating operation will be described with reference to this figure. First, the automatic web page collection means 2
Web pages are collected for each theme by, and the themes 6a and URLs 6b are stored in the URL table 6 shown in FIG. 2 (step ST1, Web page collection step). More specifically, in order to execute the web page collection by the web page automatic collection means 2, the URLs of a plurality of web sites to be accessed must be set in advance. Therefore, every time the theme is set in the template providing system 1, the theme is set as a keyword by the web page automatic collection means 2 in advance by using a search engine provided on, for example, WWW (World Wide Web). Corresponding W
Try to search the eb site.

A plurality of We extracted as the search result
b site is the target of Web page collection,
Automatically collect Web pages using the URL of the site. Further, when there are a plurality of themes, each time these are set, the Web page automatic collection means 2 searches a plurality of websites corresponding to each theme, and these URLs are set and registered. When a plurality of websites set for each theme are accessed and web pages are collected, the web page automatic collection means 2 collects the collected W
The theme of the eb page and its URL are stored in association with the theme 6a and URL 6b in the URL table 6, respectively, and the Web page itself is stored in the URL content storage file 7.

Next, the page feature extraction means 3 searches the URL content storage file 7 using the URL stored in the URL 6b of the URL table 6 as a search keyword. As a result of this search, the URL content storage file 7
For the contents of the actual Web page read from
The page feature extraction means 3 extracts the "feature portion (feature information)" of the Web page content as a feature file and stores it in association with the feature name 6c of the URL table 6 (step ST2, feature extraction step). In the illustrated example, information that specifies the document structure of the Web page is extracted as a feature file. Then, the configuration method name expressing the document structure defined by the feature file is stored in the URL table 6 as the content of the feature name 6c.

Subsequently, the feature classifying means 4 classifies each feature of the Web page based on the above information associated with the theme 6a and the feature name 6c in the URL table 6,
It is stored in the feature classification file 8 (step ST3, feature classification step). Specifically, for example, a feature file similar to the feature file whose feature name 6c is “frame method” is obtained from the feature files of a plurality of Web pages collected under the same theme and grouped. This makes it possible to obtain a plurality of groups of characteristic files (feature file groups) that are extracted from a plurality of Web pages and have similar contents. In the illustrated example, the feature name 6c
Is a “frame method”, and various variations of hypertext files having similar tag arrangements and types can be obtained.

After that, the template generating means 5 uses the contents of the feature classification file 8 to create a Web page template (step ST4, template generating step). More specifically, the template generation unit 5 corresponds to the feature name 6c of 1 in the theme by appropriately combining the contents of the feature file group read from the feature classification file 8 or selecting a desired file. Create a template to That is, a template file is created for each content of the feature name 6c in the theme.

As the subsequent processing, the template generating means 5
Stores information defining the contents of the template file created in the template storage file 9 in the theme name 9a, template name 9b, and file name 9c, respectively.
In the example of FIG. 3, the theme corresponding to the template file is stored in the theme name 9a, the feature name is stored in the template name 9b, and the file name specifying the template file is stored in the file name 9c. Further, the file name of this template file is also stored in the template name 6d provided in the URL table 6.

The above-described processing is repeated until the template files corresponding to all the feature names are created when the theme currently being processed has a plurality of contents of the feature name 6c.

When the processing for one theme is completed in this way, the template generating means 5 checks whether the above processing has been completed for all themes. At this time, if the processing has been completed for all the themes, the procedure returns to the processing of step ST1 to create the latest template, and the processing with the new theme is started. On the other hand, when the processing has not been completed for all the themes, the process returns to step ST2 and the processing is performed for all the themes (step ST5).

After that, the created template is provided to the terminal device of the user who requests the template using, for example, the communication device that constitutes the Web page automatic collection means 2 (template providing step). Specifically, the contents of the template storage file 9 are made public to the user's terminal device, and the selected template is provided to the user according to this contents.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, the characteristic information is extracted from the collected Web pages by automatically connecting to the Web site and automatically collecting the Web pages. Are classified according to similar contents, and a template is created using these characteristic information. Therefore, since the template of the Web page is created using the information collected from the actual Web page, the current trend that copes with the end of fashion is also created. The most common We
The page b template can be automatically generated and provided.

Embodiment 2. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the configuration of the template providing system according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1A denotes a template providing system according to the second embodiment, which is specifically a computer device having means for accessing a website and executing a program for realizing a function of each component described later. A communication unit 10 communicates with the terminal device 13 via the communication line 12, and has a function of receiving a remote request from the terminal device 13 and performing a response process thereof. Reference numeral 11 denotes a template use tool that operates on the terminal device 13 of the user who uses the template, and is software that executes construction of information using the template of the Web page. Reference numeral 12 denotes a communication line that connects the communication unit 10 and the terminal device 13 for communication, and may be, for example, a communication infrastructure that realizes an Internet network. Reference numeral 13 denotes a terminal device that executes the template utilization tool 11, and is realized by a computer device having hardware that is communicatively connected to the system 1. In addition, the same components as those in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals, and duplicate description will be omitted.

Next, the operation will be described. Here, a case where a web page authoring tool is used as the template using tool 11 will be described. Further, the processing up to the creation of the template is the same as in the first embodiment.
Since it is similar to the above, duplicate description will be omitted. First, a user who wants to use a template activates the template use tool 11 (Web page authoring tool) on the terminal device 13 to access the communication means 10 via the communication line 12. As a result, the communication means 10
Display information specifying the contents of the template storage file 9 is returned to the terminal device 13 via the communication line 12.

After that, when there is a request for providing a template of an arbitrary theme from the terminal device 13, the communication means 10
Determines whether the user who manages the terminal device 13 holds a license and selects the process to be executed depending on the presence or absence of the license. That is, when it is determined that the user holds the license, the communication means 10
Retrieves the requested template from the template storage file 9 and returns it to the terminal device 13. On the other hand, when it is determined that the request is from a user who does not hold a license, the terminal device 13 is returned to the effect that access to the system 1A is impossible.

The above-mentioned determination of the presence / absence of a license may be executed by the following method, for example. For example, the terminal device 13
A field indicating the presence or absence of a license is provided in the template provision request signal transmitted from the system to the system 1A.
On the other hand, when the communication unit 10 receives the request, it checks the field and determines whether or not there is a license.

As another example, the tool 11 in which the command of the template request differs depending on the presence or absence of the license is distributed from the system 1A to the terminal device 13 free of charge. Then, from the terminal device 13 side, it is possible to determine the presence / absence of a license based on the difference in commands by allowing only the tool 11 to make a template request.

Further, the tool 11 which is distributed from the system 1A to the terminal device 13 free of charge is set so that the template request cannot be made by default setting, and the template request can be made by purchasing the license and changing the setting. Good.

As described above, according to the second embodiment, when the terminal device requests the provision of the Web page template, the user of the terminal device is authenticated and the authenticated user is authenticated. Since the template is provided only to the user, it is possible to provide the business model in which the template can be used only for the user who purchased the license.

Embodiment 3. 6 is a diagram showing the configuration of a template providing system according to a third embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1B is a template providing system according to the third embodiment, which is specifically a computer device having means for accessing a website and executing a program for realizing the function of each component described later. Reference numeral 14 denotes an advertisement selecting means for selecting advertisement information to be displayed on the template utilizing tool 11, which also incorporates or attaches the advertisement information to the template. Reference numeral 15 denotes an advertiser-corresponding file (advertisement storage means), which displays advertisement display information corresponding to the theme of the template and the UR of the advertiser.
Stores advertisement information such as L. The same components as those in FIGS. 1 and 5 are designated by the same reference numerals, and duplicate description will be omitted.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the file corresponding to the advertiser in FIG. 6, (a) shows the advertisement information including the advertisement display information, and (b) shows the advertisement information with the display time set. . In the figure, reference numeral 15a is a theme (theme information) which is a target for classifying the template, and specifies the information category of the Web page. An advertiser URL (advertisement information) 15b stores the URL of the advertiser corresponding to the theme. Reference numeral 15c is advertisement display information (advertisement information) that is actually presented to the user via the template utilization tool 11, and is composed of image information, character strings, and the like. Reference numeral 15d is a display time for designating a time zone in which an advertisement corresponding to each display is displayed. Further, the advertisement information for which the theme is not set in the advertiser corresponding file 15 is displayed regardless of the theme of the template.

Next, the operation will be described. Here, the process until the template is created is the same as that in the above-described first embodiment, and thus the duplicate description will be omitted. First, a user who wants to use the template activates the template use tool 11 on the terminal device 13 to access the communication means 10 via the communication line 12. At this time, the communication means 10 notifies the advertisement selection means 14 that the template use tool 11 has been activated.

Upon receiving this notification, the advertisement selecting means 14
Indicates that the theme 15a is blank from the advertiser-corresponding file 15 shown in FIG. 7A, that is, the content of the advertisement display information 15c for which the theme is not set and the advertiser UR linked to this.
The contents of L15b are taken out and returned to the terminal device 13 via the communication means 10. As a result, the advertisement display information that should be displayed at any time regardless of the theme of the template is displayed by the template usage tool 11.

Then, the communication means 10 displays the display information for specifying the contents of the template storage file 9 on the communication line 1
It returns to the terminal device 13 via 2. As a result, the user selects a template of an arbitrary theme via the terminal device 13. After that, when the user is requested to provide a template of a certain theme, the advertisement selection means 14
The content of the advertisement display information 15c that matches the requested theme and the content of the advertiser URL 15b linked to this are taken out from the file 15 corresponding to the advertiser and returned to the terminal device 13 via the communication means 10. By doing so, an advertisement related to the theme is displayed on the terminal device 13 together with the template of the theme desired by the user.

In the above description, the advertisement display information is attached to the template, provided to the terminal device 13, and displayed on the template utilizing tool 11 separately from the template, but the present invention is not limited to this. . That is, the advertisement selection means 14 creates a new template file in which the advertisement display information is incorporated in the template itself, and the terminal device 1
The advertisement may be displayed as part of the template on 3.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7B, the advertisement selecting means 14 selects the advertiser URL 15b corresponding to the time zone to be displayed among the advertisements corresponding to the theme and provides it to the user. Good. This makes it possible to change the advertising fee depending on the time of day. Further, even the same advertiser can provide advertisements having different contents depending on the time of day.

As described above, according to the third embodiment, the advertisement information matching the theme information of the template requested by the user is attached to and / or incorporated in the template and provided to the terminal device 13, so that the user is interested. Advertisements of the same theme can be provided in synchronization with the template selection of the theme having. That is, it is possible to provide the advertisement of the information category that is of interest to the user.

Further, according to the third embodiment, the advertisement information to be provided to the terminal device 13 is preset for each predetermined time zone, and the advertisement selecting means 14 corresponds to each predetermined time zone. Since the advertisement information is attached and / or incorporated into the template to be provided to the terminal device 13, it is possible to specify the time zone to be displayed for each advertisement. Therefore, it is possible to provide an advertisement-type business model for displaying a more effective advertisement. Is possible.

It should be noted that the third embodiment may be applied to the structure of the second embodiment so that the advertisement is not displayed to the licensed user but is displayed to the free user. . By doing so, the user who has the license can use only the template without displaying the advertisement.

Fourth Embodiment FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the configuration of the template providing system according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1C is a template providing system according to the fourth embodiment, and specifically, is a computer device that has a means for accessing a website and executes a program that realizes a function of each component described later. Reference numeral 16 is a reference count file (billing means) that stores the reference count of the template file counted by the reference count counter 17 for each service provider. Reference numeral 17 is a reference frequency counting means (billing means) for counting the reference frequency of the template for each service provider. Here, the service provider is
ISP (Internet Service Prov)
It corresponds to a provider that provides Internet connection services such as Internet services. The same components as those in FIGS. 1 and 5 are designated by the same reference numerals, and duplicate description will be omitted.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a specific example of the contents of the reference count file in FIG. In the figure, 16a is an area for storing information for identifying a user, and in the illustrated example, information for identifying a service provider such as an ISP registered by the user is stored. 16b is the service provider column 1
6a is a reference frequency column for storing the reference frequency for each content of 6a.

Next, the operation will be described. Here, the process until the template is created is the same as that in the above-described first embodiment, and thus the duplicate description will be omitted. In the present embodiment, a case will be described in which the template providing system 1C is used as a part of the service provided by the ISP to registered users.

First, in the same manner as in the above-described embodiment, the user uses the template utilization tool 11 to use the system 1
Connect to C to receive and use the template. At this time, the reference count counting means 17 determines to which ISP the user is registered.
Specifically, for example, the ISP registered by the user is determined by determining the IP address uniquely assigned to the ISP, which is used when the user communicates via the server device of the ISP. There is a method.

When the ISP registered by the user is derived as a result of this determination, the reference frequency counting means 17
Stores the information specifying the ISP in the service providing main column 16a of the reference count file 16 and stores the reference count of the template by the user in the corresponding reference count column 16b.

When charging the user using the template, the reference count column 16b of the reference count file 16 is used.
Is performed based on the number of references stored in. Specifically, since the template providing system 1C is used as a part of the service provided by the ISP to the registered user, the usage fee of the system 1C according to the reference count is used as one of the billing information for the service provided by the ISP. Should be included.

Further, the user authentication as shown in the second embodiment may be performed by the server device of the ISP at the time of communication connection with the system 1C via the ISP.

As described above, according to the fourth embodiment, since the user of the terminal device 13 is charged according to the frequency of use of the template, the charging information can be generated by adding a simple configuration. It will be possible.

Embodiment 5. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the configuration of the template providing system according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1D is a template providing system according to the fifth embodiment, and specifically, is a computer device that has means for accessing a website and executes a program that realizes the function of each component described later. Reference numeral 2a denotes a web page automatic collection means (web page collection means) in the template providing system 1D according to the fifth embodiment, which includes a web page collection part 2a-1, a similarity determination part 2a-2, and a web page storage part 2a-3. Composed. Reference numeral 2a-1 is a Web page collection unit that has a communication function for accessing a Web site and automatically collects Web pages. A similarity determination unit 2a-2 determines the similarity of the Web pages collected by the Web page collection unit 2a-1 and determines whether or not the page matches the theme. 2a
Reference numeral -3 is a Web page storage unit that stores information on Web pages determined to be stored by the similarity determination unit 2a-2 in the URL table 6 and the URL content storage file 7. In addition, the same components as those in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals, and duplicate description will be omitted.

Next, the operation will be described. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the operation of the template providing system according to the fifth embodiment, and the operation of collecting Web pages will be described with reference to this figure. First, the Web page collection unit 2a-
It is checked whether 1 has collected all the web pages (step ST1a). At this time, if all the web pages have been collected, the automatic collection of web pages ends. On the other hand, if there are remaining Web pages to be collected, the process proceeds to step ST2a. Here, W
Since the eb page automatic collection is started, the process proceeds to step ST2a.

In step ST2a, the Web page collection unit 2a-1 accesses the Web site that matches the preset theme in the same manner as in the first embodiment and executes Web page collection. As a concrete Web page collection method, there is a method called crawling or W
A method of using a search site in which eb pages are already classified by information category (theme), or a method of collecting Web pages by a search engine using keywords that match the theme can be considered.

Subsequently, the similarity determination unit 2a-2 determines that the Web
It is checked whether the Web pages collected by the page collection unit 2a-1 match the theme (step ST3).
a). As a specific similarity determination method, a method using the appearance frequency of a keyword that matches a preset theme, a method using the similarity with a sample page of the theme, or the like can be considered. Here, if it matches the preset theme, the process proceeds to step ST4a, and if it does not match, the process returns to step ST1a.

In step ST4a, the Web page storage unit 2a-3 stores the information of the Web page determined to match the preset theme by the similarity determination unit 2a-2 into the URL table 6 and the URL content storage. Store in file 7. After that, the process returns to step ST1a and the above-described operation is repeated.

By executing the web page collection according to the above-described flow, only the web pages that match the preset theme are collected. Therefore, as compared with the case where all the web pages are collected, the web pages are collected. The burden required for collection can be reduced.

Further, when the resources equipped in the computer for realizing the system 1D have a margin, the web pages may be collected by the flow described below. Figure 1
11 is a flowchart showing another operation of the Web page automatic collection means in FIG. 10 of FIG.
The operation of collecting the eb page will be described. First, the Web
The page collecting unit 2a-1 executes the Web page collection by accessing the website that matches the preset theme in the same manner as in the first embodiment (step ST1).
b). As a concrete web page collection method, a method called crawling, a search site in which web pages are already classified by information category (theme) is used, or a keyword matching the theme is used for a search engine. For example, a method of collecting Web pages can be considered.

Next, the similarity determination section 2a-2 checks which theme the Web page collected by the Web page collection section 2a-1 matches (step ST).
2b). As a specific similarity determination method, a method using the appearance frequency of a keyword that matches a preset theme, a method using the similarity with a sample page of the theme, or the like can be considered.

Subsequently, the Web page storage section 2a-3
Information on Web pages classified by theme is sequentially stored in the URL table 6 and the URL content storage file 7 (step ST3b). After that, it is determined whether or not the collection / classification of all the web pages is completed (step ST4b). At this time, if the collection / classification of all the Web pages has been completed, the processing is completed. On the other hand, if the collection is not completed, the process returns to step ST1b and the above operation is repeated.

Compared to the flow shown in FIG. 11 by executing the collection of Web pages in the above-described flow, a large number of Web pages are held at one time, so a storage area sufficient to satisfy this is required. To be done. However, classification of all the web pages can be completed by collecting the web pages once, and efficient web page collection can be realized.

As described above, according to the fifth embodiment, the automatic web page collection means 2a collects only web pages that match a preset predetermined theme.
It is possible to realize an efficient collecting operation with a reduced load required for collecting Web pages. This is especially effective when the number of themes is limited.

According to the fifth embodiment, the Web
Since the page automatic collection means 2a classifies the web pages collected at one time into a plurality of pieces of theme information and holds them,
Since the collected web pages are classified into the currently assumed themes, it is possible to classify all the web pages with one collection operation, especially when the number of themes is large, and realize an efficient collection operation. You can

Sixth Embodiment FIG. 13 is a diagram showing the structure of a template providing system according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1E is a template providing system according to the sixth embodiment, which is specifically a computer device having means for accessing a website and executing a program for realizing the function of each component described later. Reference numeral 3a is a page feature extraction means (feature extraction means) in the template providing system 1E according to the sixth embodiment, which is composed of a tag information extraction unit 3a-1 and a tag information analysis unit 3a-2. Reference numeral 3a-1 is a tag information extraction unit that extracts information related to tags (for example, the tag itself, its attributes, parameter values, etc.) from the Web pages collected by the automatic Web page collection unit 2. 3a-2 is a tag information analysis unit, which analyzes the information related to the tag obtained by the tag information extraction unit 3a-1 to find characteristic information about the tag,
The contents are stored in association with the feature name 6c of the URL table 6. In addition, the same components as those in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals, and duplicate description will be omitted.

Next, the operation will be described. FIG. 14 is a flow chart showing the operation of the template providing system according to the sixth embodiment, and the page feature extracting means 3 will be described along this flow chart.
The operation of a will be described. First, the tag information extraction unit 3a
-1 checks whether the feature extraction of all the web pages collected by the web page automatic collection means 2 is completed (step ST1c). At this time, if the feature extraction of all the Web pages has been completed, the process ends. On the other hand, when the feature extraction of all the web pages has not been completed, the process proceeds to step ST2c.

In step ST2c, the tag information extraction unit 3a-1 acquires the contents of the Web page from the URL table 6 and the URL contents storage file 7. Subsequently, the tag information extraction unit 3a-1 extracts the information related to the tag from the content of the acquired Web page (step ST3).
c). As a specific method of extracting features by the tag information analysis unit 3a-2, since Web pages are collected periodically, the Web page information of the previous generation is saved and the current and previous generation Web pages are stored. You may apply the method of comparing the tag information of, and considering an invariant part as the characteristic of the page. Also, a method based on the arrangement and number of typical tags,
There is also a method based on the tag type and appearance order, a method based on the tag arrangement and attribute information, and the like.

Thereafter, the tag information analysis unit 3a-2 derives characteristic information such as the arrangement and number of tags from the information related to the extracted tags, and the characteristic name 6c of the URL table 6 is obtained.
And stores the contents in association with (step ST4
c).

As described above, according to the sixth embodiment, since the characteristic information of the Web page is derived only by using the information related to the tags forming the Web page, the amount of data required for the characteristic extraction can be small. Since natural language processing is unnecessary, feature extraction can be easily performed.

Further, since the feature information is classified by paying attention to the structure of the tag, the XML or the semantic We
It is also possible to deal with b, etc. That is, in the Semantic Web, the contents of a Web page can be understood by a computer device even if a person does not actually see the contents of the Web page. Therefore, the concept of classifying Web pages by noting the contents of the Web page and focusing on the tag structure as in the sixth embodiment can be applied to the Semantic Web as it is.

Seventh Embodiment FIG. 15 is a diagram showing the configuration of the template providing system according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1F is a template providing system according to the seventh embodiment, which is specifically a computer device having means for accessing a website and executing a program for realizing the function of each component described later. Reference numeral 5a denotes a template generating means in the template providing system 1F according to the seventh embodiment, which is an attribute analysis unit 5a-
1 and the templating unit 5a-2. 5a-
An attribute analysis unit 1 analyzes tags and attribute information of Web pages classified into each theme to find out semantic information of each tag. Reference numeral 5a-2 is a template forming unit, which creates a template by combining the semantic information of each tag obtained by the attribute analyzing unit 5a-1 and the contents of the feature classification file 8. In addition, the same components as those in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals, and duplicate description will be omitted.

FIG. 16 is a flow chart showing the operation of the template providing system according to the seventh embodiment, and the operation of the template generating means 5a will be described with reference to this figure. First, the templating unit 5a-2 checks whether template creation for all themes has been completed (step ST1d). At this time, if template creation for all the themes has been completed, the template generation processing ends. On the other hand, when the theme to be created remains, the process proceeds to step ST2d.

At step ST2d, the attribute analysis unit 5
a-1 reads all the Web pages classified into the themes from the URL content storage file 7. After that, the attribute analysis unit 5a-1 analyzes the tags and attributes of all the Web pages and extracts the semantic information of each tag (step ST3d).

Subsequently, the templating section 5a-2 generates a template based on the semantic information extracted by the attribute analyzing section 5a-1 and the information of the feature classification file 8 (step ST4d).

As described above, according to the seventh embodiment, since the template is created only from the information related to the tags forming the Web page, the amount of data required for creating the template is small and the natural language processing is also possible. Since it is unnecessary, the template can be easily created.

Further, since the template is created paying attention to the structure of the tag, it is possible to deal with XML and the Semantic Web as in the sixth embodiment.

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As described above, according to the present invention, We
b) Communicating and connecting to the site, collecting the web pages, extracting the characteristic information from these web pages,
Since a template is created using the characteristic information classified for each similar content and is provided to the terminal device that requests the provision of the web page template, the information collected from the actual web page is used as the template of the web page. Since the template is created, it is possible to automatically generate and provide the most common web page template of the present day, which is adaptable to both fashion and abolition.

According to the present invention, since the template is provided only to the authenticated user, it is possible to provide the business model in which only the user who has purchased the license can use the template. is there.

According to the present invention, since the advertisement information matching the theme information of the template requested by the user is attached and / or incorporated into the template, the advertisement of the same information category is synchronized with the template selection which the user is interested in. Since it can be provided, there is an effect that it is possible to provide an advertisement in an information category that is of interest to the user.

According to the present invention, since the advertisement information corresponding to each predetermined time zone is attached and / or incorporated into the template, the time zone to be displayed for each advertisement can be designated, so that a more effective advertisement can be provided. There is an effect that an advertisement type business model to be displayed can be provided.

According to the present invention, since the advertising information is not added to the template requested by the authenticated user,
There is an effect that a user who has a license can use only the template without displaying the advertisement.

According to the present invention, since the charging is performed according to the frequency of use of the template, it is possible to generate the charging information by adding a simple structure.

According to the present invention, when collecting Web pages, only Web pages that match the theme information specifying a predetermined information category set in advance are collected, so that the load required for Web page collection is reduced. There is an effect that a specific collecting operation can be realized.

According to the present invention, Webs collected at once
Since pages are classified and held for each theme information that specifies a plurality of information categories, there is an effect that an efficient collection operation can be realized.

According to the present invention, when collecting Web pages, the search engine provided on the WWW is used. Therefore, since the existing configuration is used, the present invention can be realized with a simpler configuration. The effect is that you can do it.

According to the present invention, since the characteristic information is extracted from the arrangement and the number of tags in the Web page, the amount of data required for the characteristic extraction is small and the natural language processing is not necessary, so that the characteristic extraction is easy. There is an effect that can be done.

According to the present invention, since the characteristic information is extracted from the arrangement and the number of typical tags in the Web page, the amount of data required for the characteristic extraction is small and the natural language processing is not necessary. There is an effect that extraction can be performed easily.

According to the present invention, the characteristic information is extracted from the types of tags in the Web page and the order of appearance thereof.
Since the amount of data required for feature extraction is small and natural language processing is not required, there is an effect that feature extraction can be performed easily.

According to the present invention, the feature information is extracted from the tag sequence in the Web page and its attribute information.
Since the amount of data required for feature extraction is small and natural language processing is not required, there is an effect that feature extraction can be performed easily.

According to the present invention, a time series analysis of a predetermined Web page is performed, and a portion that does not change is extracted as its characteristic information. Therefore, the amount of data required for the characteristic extraction is small and natural language processing is unnecessary. Therefore, there is an effect that feature extraction can be performed easily.

According to the present invention, since the template is generated using the attribute information of the tags in the classified Web pages, the amount of data required for creating the template is small and the natural language processing is not required. The effect is that it can be easily created.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a template providing system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a specific example of contents of a URL table in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a specific example of the contents of a template storage file in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the template providing system according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of a template providing system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration of a template providing system according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an advertiser corresponding file in FIG.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration of a template providing system according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a diagram showing a specific example of the contents of a reference count file in FIG.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a configuration of a template providing system according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the operation of the template providing system according to the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing another operation of the Web page automatic collecting means in FIG.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a configuration of a template providing system according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the operation of the template providing system according to the sixth embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a configuration of a template providing system according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the operation of the template providing system according to the seventh embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1,1A-1F template providing system, 2,2a
Automatic web page collection means (web page collection means), 2a-1 web page collection part, 2a-2 similarity determination part, 2a-3 web page storage part, 3a page feature extraction means (feature extraction means), 3a -1 Tag information extraction unit, 3a-2 Tag information analysis unit, 4, 4a Feature classification unit, 5, 5a Template generation unit, 5a-1
Attribute analysis unit, 5a-2 templating unit, 6 UR
L table, 6a theme (theme information), 6b We
URL of page b, 6c Feature name (feature information), 6d
Template name, 7 URL content storage file, 8 Feature classification file, 9 Template storage file, 9a
Theme (theme information), 9b Template name, 9c
File name, 10 communication means, 11 template use tool, 12 communication line, 13 terminal device, 14 advertisement selection means, 15 advertiser corresponding file (advertisement storage means), 15a theme (theme information), 15b advertiser URL (advertisement information ), 15c advertisement display information (advertisement information), 15d display time, 16 reference count file (billing means), 16a service provider column, 16b reference count column, 17 reference count counting means (billing means).

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Claims (17)

[Claims] 1. A web site for connecting to a web site by communication.
Web page collecting means for collecting pages, feature extracting means for extracting characteristic information from the web pages collected by the web page collecting means, and feature information extracted by the feature extracting means are classified according to similar contents. A template providing system including a feature classifying unit, a template creating unit that creates a template using the feature information, and a communication unit that provides a communication template with a terminal device that requests the provision of a Web page template to provide the template. . 2. When the terminal device requests the provision of a Web page template, the user of the terminal device is authenticated, and the template is provided only to the authenticated user. The template providing system according to claim 1. 3. An advertisement storage unit for storing advertisement information for each theme information that specifies an information category of a Web page,
The advertisement selection means that reads out advertisement information that matches the theme information of the template requested by the user from the advertisement storage means and that attaches and / or incorporates the advertisement information into the template is provided. Template providing system. 4. The advertisement selection means is preset with advertisement information to be provided to the terminal device for each predetermined time period, and a template for providing the advertisement information corresponding to each predetermined time period to the terminal device. The template providing system according to claim 3, wherein the template providing system is attached to and / or incorporated into a template. 5. The template providing system according to claim 3, wherein the advertisement selecting means does not add the advertisement information to the template requested by the authenticated user. 6. The template providing system according to claim 1, further comprising a charging means for charging a user of the terminal device according to the frequency of use of the template. 7. The template according to claim 1, wherein the web page collecting means collects only web pages that match the theme information specifying a predetermined information category set in advance when collecting the web pages. Offer system. 8. The template providing method according to claim 1, wherein the Web page collecting means holds a plurality of Web pages collected at one time by classifying the plurality of Web pages according to theme information specifying a plurality of information categories. system. 9. The template providing system according to claim 1, wherein the web page collecting means utilizes a search engine provided on the WWW when collecting the web pages. 10. The template providing system according to claim 1, wherein the feature extracting means extracts the feature information from the arrangement and the number of tags in the Web page. 11. The template providing system according to claim 1, wherein the feature extraction means extracts the feature information from a list of typical tags in a Web page and the number thereof. 12. The template providing system according to claim 1, wherein the feature extracting means extracts feature information from the type of tags in the Web page and the appearance order thereof. 13. The template providing system according to claim 1, wherein the feature extracting means extracts the feature information from a sequence of tags in the Web page and attribute information thereof. 14. The template providing system according to claim 1, wherein the feature extraction means performs a time series analysis of a predetermined Web page and extracts a portion that has not changed as the feature information. 15. The template providing system according to claim 1, wherein the template generating means generates a template using attribute information of tags in the classified Web pages. 16. A Web connection is made by connecting to a Web site.
a web page collection step for collecting page b, and the W
a feature extraction step of extracting the characteristic information from the Web pages collected in the eb page collection step, a feature classification step of classifying the feature information extracted in the feature extraction step for each similar content, and the above feature A template providing method comprising: a template generating step of creating a template using information; and a template providing step of providing the template by communicatively connecting to a terminal device requesting to provide a template of a web page. 17. A Web connection is made by connecting to a Web site.
Web page collection means for collecting page b, feature extraction means for extracting the characteristic information from the web pages collected by the web page collection means, and characteristics for classifying the feature information extracted by the feature extraction means for each similar content A program that causes a computer to function as a classifying unit, a template generating unit that creates a template using the characteristic information, and a communication unit that communicates and connects with a terminal device that requests the provision of a Web page template to provide the template.