JP2004054752A - Server, system and method for providing url information, system and method for retrieving web page contents, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a uniform resource locator (URL) information providing system that enables effective acquisition of contents provided on a computer network. <P>SOLUTION: The URL information providing system comprises one or more servers 20A and 20B for providing contents in the form of web pages, a URL information providing server 50 for storing the contents and URLs relationally, a user side terminal 10 for browsing a desired piece of contents in the contents stored in the one or more servers 20A and 20B, a provider 30 connected to the user side terminal 10, and the computer network 40 for connecting the one or more servers 20A and 20B, the URL information providing server 50 and the provider 30. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention provides a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) information providing server, a Web page content search system, a URL information providing system, a URL information providing method, which can effectively acquire contents provided on a computer network such as the Internet. The present invention relates to a Web page content search method and a program. In particular, the present invention relates to a URL information providing server, a Web page content searching system, a URL information providing system, a URL information providing method, a Web page content searching method, and a program capable of efficiently obtaining a URL corresponding to content.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a computer network (hereinafter, simply referred to as a “network”) that connects a plurality of computers by a communication line and stores and exchanges data and programs between the plurality of computers and shares data and the like has been constructed. ing.
[0003]
As a method of such a network, there is an open network method in which a computer can be freely connected in principle if it conforms to a predetermined communication protocol and the like, and a computer such as a connected computer in which the network is managed by a host computer and the like. 2. Description of the Related Art There is a closed network system in which terminal devices are provided with certain restrictions such as security so that unmanaged computer nodes are not connected to a network.
[0004]
The Internet is a typical example of the open network system described above. In the Internet, TCP (Transfer Control Protocol) / IP (Internet Protocol) is adopted as a communication protocol. In principle, any computer that complies with this communication protocol can be connected to a network.
[0005]
2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, multimedia environments such as the World Wide Web (WWW) have been prepared in the background of a free network environment such as the Internet. In particular, recently, various information has been provided as contents on Web pages using the Internet.
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, there has been a problem that it is difficult to accurately retrieve contents registered in servers all over the world and to obtain desired information (content) efficiently.
[0007]
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a URL information providing server, a Web page content search system, a URL information providing system, a URL information providing method, and a Web page content search that can effectively acquire contents provided on a computer network. It is to provide a method and a program.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a URL information providing server of the present invention is a URL information providing server for providing URL information of content that can be browsed on a computer network, wherein the server control means controls communication with the computer network. URL information collection processing means for collecting contents provided by a server connected to a computer network via the server control means, and a URL corresponding to the contents, and the URL information collection processing means And a provided URL information storage unit that stores a URL corresponding to the content of the content in association with the summary of the content collected in the step (a), wherein the URL information collection processing unit generates a summary of the content of the collected content. Generating.
[0009]
Further, an external storage medium control means connectable to an external storage medium is provided, wherein the URL information collection processing means stores the summary and the URL stored in the provided URL information storage means in the external storage medium. Can control the external storage medium control means.
[0010]
Further, the URL information collection processing means may collect the contents of the contents and the URL corresponding to the contents of the contents at a predetermined timing.
[0011]
Here, the computer network may be the Internet and / or an intranet.
[0012]
Further, in order to solve the above problem, a Web page content search system of the present invention is a Web page content search system that searches for contents that can be browsed on a computer network, and a browser that controls communication with the computer network. An external storage medium control unit that reads a summary of the content of the content stored in the external storage medium, a URL corresponding to the content of the content, and stores the summary and the URL read from the external storage medium control unit in association with each other. URL information storage means, input means for inputting a keyword for specifying the content to be browsed, information search processing means for searching for a URL from the URL information storage means based on the keyword input to the input means, Wherein the information search processing means comprises: Through the browser, based on the URL, and access a Web page that provides the desired content, and wherein the.
[0013]
Here, a display unit for displaying a Web page acquired by the browser can be provided.
[0014]
The information processing apparatus may further include a history Web page storage unit that stores contents of the Web page searched by the information search processing unit.
[0015]
When searching for a URL from the URL information storage means, the information search processing means checks whether the URL information stored in the URL information storage means is the latest information. May obtain the latest URL information.
[0016]
Further, in order to solve the above problem, a URL information providing system of the present invention includes a URL information providing server that provides content on a Web page, a URL information providing server that stores content in association with a URL, and a A URL information providing system comprising: a user terminal for browsing desired content from stored contents; and a computer network connecting the one or more servers, the URL information providing server, and the user terminal. The URL information providing server is the above-described URL information providing server, and the user terminal includes each unit of the above-described Web page content search system.
[0017]
Here, the information search processing means of the user-side terminal, when searching for a URL from the URL information storage means, checks whether the URL information stored in the URL information storage means is the latest information, If it is not the latest information, the latest URL information can be obtained from the URL information providing server.
[0018]
Also, the computer network can be the Internet and / or an intranet.
[0019]
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a URL information providing method for providing URL information of content that can be browsed on a computer network, wherein (A) a server connected to the computer network. (B) summarizes the collected content to generate a summary, (C) associates the generated summary with a URL corresponding to the summary, and stores the information as URL information. (D) The stored URL information is provided by being stored in a recording medium connectable to a computer from the outside.
[0020]
Further, (E) the URL information can be provided to the terminal in response to a request from a terminal connected to the computer network.
[0021]
Further, the steps (A) to (C) may be executed at a predetermined timing.
[0022]
Here, the computer network may be the Internet and / or an intranet.
[0023]
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a web page content search method for searching for a content provided by a server connected to a computer network. It reads and stores URL information including a summary of the content and the URL of the content, (b) searches the stored URL information based on the input keyword, and (c) obtains the URL obtained as a result of the search. The URL is accessed based on the information, and (d) the content of the Web page of the accessed URL is displayed.
[0024]
Here, in the step (b), (b1) the stored URL information is searched based on the input keyword, and (b2) the URL information stored in the URL information providing server is searched. (B3) If the searched URL information is not the latest information, the latest URL information is acquired from the URL information providing server and updated; (B4) It is preferable to search for the updated URL information.
[0025]
Also, the computer network can be the Internet and / or an intranet.
[0026]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a program according to a first aspect of the present invention is a program for providing a computer with URL information of content that can be browsed on a computer network. The function is realized by a computer.
[0027]
According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a program for retrieving content that can be browsed on a computer network by a computer, the program having the function of the above-described Web page content retrieval system. , And a computer.
[0028]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a program according to a third aspect of the present invention is a program for providing a computer with URL information of content that can be browsed on a computer network. The function is realized by a computer.
[0029]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a program according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is a program for providing a computer with URL information of content that can be browsed on a computer network. The processing is realized by a computer.
[0030]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) information providing server, a Web page content search system, a URL information providing system, a URL information providing method, a Web page content searching method, and a program according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. .
[0031]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing one embodiment of the URL information providing system of the present invention. The URL information providing system includes one or more servers (in FIG. 1, a server A 20A and a server B 20B) for providing content on a Web page, a URL information providing server 50 for storing content in association with a URL, and one or more servers. A user terminal 10 for browsing desired contents from contents stored in the servers 20A and 20B, a provider 30 connected to the user terminal 10, one or more servers 20A and 20B, a URL information providing server 50 and a provider And a computer network 40 for connecting the computer 30 to the computer.
[0032]
Here, when retrieving the URL information, the user side terminal 10 checks whether the stored URL information is the latest information. If the stored URL information is not the latest information, the user side terminal 10 sends the latest URL from the URL information providing server 50. Get information.
[0033]
Here, the computer network 40 can be constructed using the Internet or an intranet. In this case, an existing application or system that conforms to the Internet communication protocol can be used, so that the electronic banking system of the present invention can be realized at low cost.
[0034]
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the URL information providing server 50 shown in FIG. 2, the URL information providing server 50 includes a server control unit 21 that controls communication with the computer network 40, and servers 20A and 20B (FIG. 1) connected to the computer network 40 via the server control unit 21. A URL information collection processing unit 22 that collects the content of the content to be provided and a URL corresponding to the content of the content; a summary of the content of the content collected by the URL information collection processing unit 22; A provided URL information DB (Data Base) 23 for associating and storing corresponding URLs, and an external storage medium control unit 24 connectable to the external storage medium 18 are provided.
[0035]
Here, the URL information collection processing unit 22 generates a summary of the content of the collected content.
[0036]
Further, the URL information collection processing unit 22 controls the external storage medium control unit 24 so that the summary and the URL stored in the provided URL information DB 23 are stored in the external storage medium 18.
[0037]
In addition, the URL information collection processing unit 22 collects the content of the content and the URL corresponding to the content of the content at a predetermined timing, for example, a predetermined cycle or registered timing.
[0038]
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the user terminal 10 as the web page content search system shown in FIG. In FIG. 3, a user terminal 10 serving as a Web page content search system includes a browser 11 that controls communication with a computer network 40, a summary of the content of a content stored in an external storage medium 18, and a content of the content. An external storage medium control unit 13 that reads out a URL corresponding to a URL, a URL information DB 17 that stores a summary read from the external storage medium control unit 13 in association with a URL, and an input unit that inputs a keyword for specifying content to be viewed 15, an information search processing unit 12 for searching a URL from the URL information DB 17 based on the keyword input to the input unit 15, a display unit 14 for displaying a Web page acquired by the browser 11, and an information search processing unit 12. History W that stores the contents of the Web page searched in It has a b page DB16.
[0039]
Here, the information search processing unit 12 accesses, via a browser, a Web page that provides desired content based on the URL.
[0040]
When searching for a URL from the URL information DB 17, the information search processing unit 12 checks whether the URL information stored in the URL information DB 17 is the latest information. The latest URL information is obtained from the providing server 50.
[0041]
Next, a URL information providing server, a Web page content search system, a URL information providing method and a Web page content search method in the URL information providing system of the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 will be described.
[0042]
FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a URL information providing method according to the present invention. 1 to 4, first, the URL information collection processing unit 22 of the URL information providing server accesses the Web pages of the servers 20A and 20B, extracts the Web page contents and the URL thereof as URL information, and provides the provided URL information. It is stored in the DB 23 (Step 201).
[0043]
The URL information stored in the provided URL information DB 23 is stored in the external storage medium 18 via the external storage medium control unit 24 together with other provided programs. The URL information stored in the external storage medium 18 is read and stored in the URL information DB 17 via the external storage medium control unit 13 of the user terminal 10 (Step 202).
[0044]
The user terminal 10 searches the URL information stored in the URL information DB 17 based on the keyword input from the input unit 15 and specifies the URL of a Web page including the corresponding content. By accessing this URL, a desired Web page can be searched (step 203).
[0045]
FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of searching for Web page content from the user terminal 10. 1 to 3 and 5, URL information stored in the URL information DB 17 is searched based on a keyword input from the input unit 15 of the user terminal 10 (step 301).
[0046]
Next, the URL information stored in the URL information providing server 50 and the searched URL information are compared and checked (step 302).
[0047]
If the retrieved URL information is not the latest information (step 303), the URL information providing server 50 is connected (step 304), and the latest URL information is downloaded (step 305). The URL information stored in the URL information DB 17 is updated with the downloaded URL information (step 306).
[0048]
Next, URL information stored in the URL information DB 17 is searched based on the keyword, and a corresponding URL is extracted (step 307).
[0049]
Then, a Web page is accessed based on the extracted URL (step 308).
[0050]
As described above, the URL information providing server, the Web page content search system, the URL information providing system, the URL information providing method, the Web page content searching method and the program of the present invention have been described. However, the functions and processes described above can be executed by a computer or the like. It may be a program.
[0051]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the URL information providing server, the Web page content search system, the URL information providing system, the URL information providing method, the Web page content searching method and the program of the present invention, the URL of the content is associated with the URL of the content summary. As a result, content provided on a computer network can be effectively acquired.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a URL information providing system according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a URL information providing server according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a Web page content search system according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a URL information providing method according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a Web page content search method according to the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
Reference Signs List 10 User side terminal 11 Browser 12 Information search processing unit 13, 24 External storage medium control unit 14 Display unit 15 Input unit 16 History Web page DB
17 URL information DB
18 External storage medium 20A Server A
20B Server B
21 server control unit 22 URL information collection processing unit 23 provided URL information DB
30 provider 40 computer network 50 URL information providing server

Claims (23)

A URL information providing server for providing URL (Uniform Resource Locator) information of content that can be browsed on a computer network,
Server control means for controlling communication with the computer network;
URL information collection processing means for collecting, via the server control means, contents of a content provided by a server connected to a computer network, and a URL corresponding to the contents of the content;
Provided URL information storage means for storing a summary of the content of the content collected by the URL information collection processing means and a URL corresponding to the content of the content in association with each other;
With
The URL information collection processing means generates a summary of the content of the collected content;
A URL information providing server, characterized in that: further,
External storage medium control means connectable to an external storage medium,
With
The URL information collection processing means controls the external storage medium control means to store the summary and the URL stored in the provided URL information storage means in an external storage medium,
2. The URL providing server according to claim 1, wherein: The URL information collection processing means performs collection of the content of the content and a URL corresponding to the content of the content at a predetermined timing;
3. The URL providing server according to claim 1, wherein: 4. The URL providing server according to claim 1, wherein the computer network is the Internet and / or an intranet. A web page content search system for searching contents that can be browsed on a computer network,
A browser that controls communication with the computer network;
External storage medium control means for reading a summary of the content of the content stored in the external storage medium, and a URL corresponding to the content of the content;
URL information storage means for storing the summary read from the external storage medium control means and the URL in association with each other;
Input means for inputting a keyword for identifying content to be viewed,
Information search processing means for searching for a URL from the URL information storage means based on a keyword input to the input means;
With
The information search processing means accesses, via the browser, a Web page providing desired content based on the URL;
A web page content search system, characterized in that: The Web page content search system according to claim 5, further comprising a display unit that displays a Web page acquired by the browser. 7. The Web page content search system according to claim 5, further comprising a history Web page storage unit that stores the content of the Web page searched by the information search processing unit. When searching for a URL from the URL information storage means, the information search processing means checks whether the URL information stored in the URL information storage means is the latest information. Get the latest URL information,
8. The Web page content search system according to claim 5, wherein: One or more servers that provide content on a web page,
A URL information providing server that stores the content and the URL in association with each other;
A user-side terminal for browsing desired contents from contents stored in one or more servers,
A computer network connecting the one or more servers, the URL information providing server, and a user terminal;
A URL information providing system comprising:
The URL information providing server is the URL information providing server according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The said user side terminal is provided with each means of the web page content search system of the said claim 5 thru | or 8,
A URL information providing system. The information search processing means of the user side terminal, when searching for a URL from the URL information storage means, checks whether the URL information stored in the URL information storage means is the latest information, Otherwise, obtain the latest URL information from the URL information providing server,
10. The URL information providing system according to claim 9, wherein: 11. The URL information providing system according to claim 9, wherein the computer network is the Internet and / or an intranet. A URL information providing method for providing URL information of content that can be browsed on a computer network,
(A) collecting content and a URL related to the content from a server connected to the computer network;
(B) Summarizing the collected content to generate a summary,
(C) The generated summary is associated with a URL corresponding to the summary and stored as URL information,
(D) storing and providing the stored URL information in a recording medium connectable externally to a computer;
A URL information providing method, characterized in that: further,
(E) providing the URL information to the terminal in response to a request from a terminal connected to a computer network;
The URL information providing method according to claim 12, wherein: 14. The URL information providing method according to claim 12, wherein the steps (A) to (C) are executed at a predetermined timing. 15. The URL information providing method according to claim 12, wherein the computer network is the Internet and / or an intranet. A web page content search method for searching content provided by a server connected to a computer network, comprising:
(A) reading and storing URL information including a summary of content and a URL of the content from an external storage medium;
(B) searching the stored URL information based on the input keyword;
(C) accessing the URL based on the URL information obtained as a result of the search,
(D) displaying the contents of the accessed Web page of the URL,
A web page content search method characterized by the following: The step (b) comprises:
(B1) searching the stored URL information based on the input keyword;
(B2) comparing the URL information stored in the URL information providing server with the searched URL information to check whether it is the latest information;
(B3) if the searched URL information is not the latest information, obtain and update the latest URL information from the URL information providing server;
(B4) searching for the updated URL information;
17. The web page content search method according to claim 16, wherein: 18. The method according to claim 16, wherein the computer network is the Internet and / or an intranet. A program for providing a computer with URL information of content that can be browsed on a computer network,
A program for causing a computer to realize the function of the URL information providing server according to claim 1. A program for searching a computer for content that can be viewed on a computer network,
A program for causing a computer to realize the functions of the Web page content search system according to claim 5. A program for providing a computer with URL information of content that can be browsed on a computer network,
A program for causing a computer to realize the functions of the URL information providing system according to claim 9. A program for providing a computer with URL information of content that can be browsed on a computer network,
A program for causing a computer to execute the processing of the URL information providing method according to claim 12. A program for searching a computer for content that can be viewed on a computer network,
A program for causing a computer to execute the processing of the Web page content search method according to claim 16.

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