JP2004086391A - Method and device for compositing web content - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a web displaying method and its device for determining whether or not to permit each user to alter web contents. <P>SOLUTION: Contractual relationship between a content provider and an end user in content alteration is previously stored in a management table. By referring to the management table, it is decided whether an alteration right exists or not. Based on the result, an image plane can be composited and provided to the end user. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a Web content synthesizing method and apparatus for constructing a site in consideration of a right to modify content when synthesizing content on a network.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, as described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 01-125918, information to be used together with attribute information of a certain member is stored in a database, and the portal site providing apparatus having contents corresponding to the member is used by using the information. Are disclosed.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the above-described conventional technology, when there is a copyright in the information to be used stored in the database, the content may be provided to the end user in a format not intended by the content provider. Modification rights could not be controlled on an end-user basis, such as permitting modification only to end users who contracted with the content provider.
[0004]
An object of the present invention is to provide a Web display method and apparatus capable of determining whether or not modification of Web content is permitted for each user.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, a Web synthesizing apparatus of the present invention provides a modification right management table registration unit for managing a provided content provider with an end user of the content and the presence or absence of a modification right. A content synthesizing unit for judging whether or not the extracted contents can be synthesized using the alteration right management table and synthesizing the contents; and a providing unit for providing the synthesized contents to an end user. Thus, based on the relationship between the content provider and the end user, the content can be synthesized in a format not intended by the content provider, and the synthesized content can be provided to the end user.
[0006]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, description will be made with reference to the drawings. In this example, the term edit is used for editing or changing Web content (or also referred to as a Web screen, abbreviated as content here). FIG. 1 shows an example of an overall configuration diagram of a system to which the present invention is applied. A server 101 having contents 102, a server 103 having contents 104, and a server 105 having contents 106 are connected to a network. Further, the Web synthesizing device 108 has a component management table 109, a modification right management table 110, a modification right inquiry unit 111, a content editing unit 112, a contract information control program 113, a content acquisition unit 114, a content transmission unit 115, and It is connected. The contents of the content modification right management table 110 can be changed by the contract information control program 113. The client 117 and the client 119 can acquire the content 118 and the content 120 via the network.
[0007]
When the end user requests the content 102 of the server 101 and the content 104 of the server 103 from the client 117 and the client 119, the server 101, the server 103, and the server 105 connect the content 102, the content 104, and the content 106 to the network, respectively. 107. The Web synthesizing device 108 obtains the content 102, the content 104, and the content 106 transmitted on the network 107 by the content obtaining unit 114. Then, the modification right inquiry unit 111 passes the server name of each content provider and the domain name of the end user who has accessed the Web synthesizing device 108 to the modification right management table 110. The operation of the modification right management table 110 will be described later. The modification right inquiring unit 111 confirms whether or not there is a modification right in the modification right management table 110. The content editing unit 112 edits the content based on the presence or absence of the inquired right to modify, and creates screen data to be transmitted on the network. The created screen data is transmitted over the network 116 by the content transmission unit 115. The transmitted screen data is received by the client 117 and the client 119, and the content 118 and the content 120 are displayed. Details of the component management table 109 will be described later.
[0008]
The table in FIG. 2 shows the format information of the modification right management table 110. This is an example of a case where a server is installed for each copyright holder of the content. The rows of the table show one of the relationships between the server and the user. The user domain name indicates the domain name of the end user who has contracted with the content provider. The server name "server 101" passed from the modification right inquiring unit 111 is searched from the server name 201, and the domain name "c117.co.jp" of the user who has accessed the web synthesizing apparatus 108 is entered in the user domain name 202. Search from inside. The presence / absence 203 of the alteration right and the expiration date 204 are confirmed in the row of the table where the server name 201 and the user domain name 202 match, and the result is notified to the Web synthesizing apparatus 108. If the search result is not found, the result is notified to the Web synthesizing device 108 as having no alteration right.
[0009]
FIG. 3 shows a processing flow of the contract information control program 113.
(Step 301) Contract information of a certain content provider and a certain end user is acquired.
(Step 302) It is searched whether a certain content provider is registered in the server name 201 and a certain end user is registered in the user domain name 202 as a row of the same table.
(Step 303) If there is a match in the search in (Step 302), it is checked whether or not the information acquired in (Step 301) matches the presence or absence of alteration right 203. Check the expiration date 204.
(Step 304) If no match is found in the comparison in (Step 303), the modification right is changed.
(Step 305) If no match is found in the search in (Step 302), it is registered.
[0010]
The details will be described more specifically.
The client 117 obtains the right to change the server 101. The contract information control program 113 acquires this contract information. Based on the acquired information, a search is performed to determine whether the server name “server 101” of the server 101 and the domain name “c117.co.jp” of the client 117 are registered in the modification right management table 110. If there is a result of the search, check whether the acquired contract information matches the presence or absence of the modification right, and check the expiration date. As a result of checking, if they do not match, update according to the acquired contract information. By such a procedure, the modification right management table of FIG. 2 is updated.
[0011]
FIG. 4 shows a flow of processing in the Web synthesizing apparatus until the end user acquires the content.
(Step 401) The client 117 and the client 119 request the Web synthesizing apparatus 108 to acquire content via the network 116.
(Step 402) The Web synthesizing device 108 collects the content 102 in the server 101, the content 104 in the server 103, and the content 106 in the server 105 via the network 107.
(Step 403) The contents requested in (Step 401) are extracted from the contents collected in (Step 402).
(Step 404) The user domain name information of the end user who issued the content acquisition request in (Step 401) and the server name information of the content provider collected in (Step 402) and extracted in (Step 403) are inquired of a modification right. The unit 111 makes an inquiry to the modification right management table 110.
(Step 405) If the user has the modification right in (Step 404), the content is modified.
(Step 406) The contents modified in (Step 405) are combined to form one site.
(Step 407) The content created in (Step 406) is provided as the content 118 to the client 117 and the content 120 to the client 119 via the network 116.
[0012]
The above processing will be described with reference to FIG. The client 117 has the right to modify the server 101 and has no right to modify the server 103. These conditions are registered in the modification right management table of FIG. The client 117 requests the content 102 in the server 101 and the content 104 in the server 103 from the web synthesizing device 108 via the network 116. At the time of the request, the user domain name of the client 117 is temporarily stored. Upon receiving the request, the Web synthesizing device 108 collects the content 102 on the server 101 and the content 104 on the server 103 via the network 107. The modification right inquiring unit 111 sends the modification right management table 110 the server name “server 101”, the server name “server 103”, and the temporarily stored user domain name “c117.co.jp” of the client 117 of the collected contents. Pass to. In the modification right management table 110, it is searched whether “server 101” and “c117.co.jp” and “server 103” and “c117.co.jp” are respectively registered in the same table row. Since both are registered in the modification right management table of FIG. 2, the presence or absence of each modification right and the expiration date are checked. As a result of the confirmation, information is obtained that “server 101” has a modification right and is within the expiration date, and that “server 103” has no modification right. Based on the information, a site is created by synthesizing the contents. The combined site is displayed as content 118 on the client 117 via the network 116.
[0013]
In the table of FIG. 2, the modification right is managed on a server-by-server basis. However, depending on the content provider, some content may be made publicly available and some content may be made public. FIG. 5 shows an example of format information of the modification right management table 110 in consideration of the above case. The rows of the table indicate one of the relationships between the URL and the end user. The user domain name indicates the domain name of the end user who has contracted with the content provider. The modification right inquiry unit 111 passes the server name and the URL to the modification right management table 110. The server name and the URL are searched from the server name 501 and the URL 502, and the domain name of the end user who has accessed the Web synthesizing apparatus 108 is searched from the user domain name 503 from the row of the table where both match. In the table row where the server name 501, the URL 502 and the user domain name 503 match, the presence / absence 504 of the modification right and the expiration date 505 are confirmed, and the result is notified to the Web synthesizing apparatus 108. If the search result is not found, the result is notified to the Web synthesizing device 108 as having no alteration right.
[0014]
FIG. 6 shows the flow of the process of (step 403) when the management table of FIG. 5 is applied.
(Step 601) The Web combining apparatus 108 connects to the server 101, the server 103, and the server 105.
(Step 602) The server name connected in (Step 601) is temporarily stored.
(Step 603) A URL is searched in the server connected in (Step 601) to find a target content.
(Step 604) The URL of the target content searched in (Step 603) is temporarily stored.
(Step 605) The target content found in (Step 603) is acquired.
(Step 606) The server name stored in (Step 602) and the URL stored in (Step 604) are notified to the modification right inquiry unit 111.
[0015]
FIG. 7 is an example in which an end user can check the content after the content is extracted in the system and before the content is created. The processing from (Step 401) to (Step 403) is the same as the description of FIG. A process flow from extracting the content in (Step 403) to inquiring of the alteration right in (Step 404) will be described.
(Step 701) A list of contents extracted in (Step 403) is created.
(Step 702) The list created in (Step 701) is displayed.
(Step 703) The content to be used is selected from the list displayed in (Step 702).
(Step 404) to (Step 407) are the same as the description of FIG.
[0016]
FIG. 8 is an example of a component list screen displayed in (Step 702). A screen is created as a trial based on the parts selected in the selected parts list window 802, and the screen created in the preview window 801 can be confirmed.
[0017]
An example of an operation using the screen of FIG. 8 will be described. The user selects a component 806 and a component 807 from the selected component list window 802 and pastes them into the preview window 801. The pasted components are referred to as a component 803 and a component 804, respectively. As a pasting method, drag and drop, cut and paste, or the like can be considered. When a calculation button 808 is pressed, the total charge of the parts pasted in the charge window 805 is displayed. When an OK button 809 is pressed, the created screen is transmitted to the preview window 801.
[0018]
The table of FIG. 9 shows the format information of the component management table 109. Each row of the table indicates one of the relationships between the user and a component belonging to a certain server. The group exclusion condition indicates a condition for selecting a part. The price indicates the price of the part.
[0019]
Details of FIG. 9 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a transition diagram of the processing of the Web combining device and the client. This is an example in which a billing process is added when a component is selected.
(Step 1001) The clients 117 and 119 issue a content creation instruction to the Web synthesizing apparatus 108.
(Step 1002) The Web synthesizing device 108 sends a parts list to the clients 117 and 119.
[0020]
(Step 1003) The client 117 or 119 selects a component from the component list sent in (Step 1002), determines the screen configuration, and gives the selected component a modification right of the user who selected the component. The alteration right inquiry section 111 checks this. The component name passed from the modification right inquiring unit 111 to the component management table 109 is retrieved from the component name 901 and the server name is retrieved from the server name 902, and the user domain name of the end user who has accessed the web synthesizing apparatus 108 is represented by the user domain name. 903 is searched. The part 901, the server name 902, and the user domain name 903 match in a row of the table to check whether or not there is a modification right 904, and temporarily store the group exclusion condition 905 and the fee 906. When the search has been completed for all the selected components, the temporarily stored group exclusion condition 905 is determined. If a discrepancy occurs as a result of the determination, a message is displayed on the component selection screen as an error. If there is no conflict, the temporarily stored charges are totaled.
(Step 1004) Based on the information of (Step 1003), the content is created, the usage fee is calculated, and the calculated usage fee is displayed in the preview window.
[0021]
【The invention's effect】
ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it is effective in preventing customizing content in the format which a content provider does not intend, and strictly protecting the copyright of each content.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a Web synthesizing apparatus according to the present invention; FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a modification right management table; FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a processing flow when controlling the contents of a modification right management table; FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a processing flow of a system for providing contents. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a modification right management table. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a processing flow of a system when acquiring contents. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a flow of processing of the system when a component list is used. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a component selection screen. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a component management table. FIG. 10 is an end user, Web composition. Diagram showing the movement of processing between two persons of the apparatus.
101, 103, 105: server 102, 104, 106, 118, 120: content 110: disk 111: modification right inquiry unit 112: content editing unit 113: contract information control program 114: content acquisition unit 115: content transmission unit 116: Network 117, 119: Client

Claims (6)

In a web content synthesizing method of inputting web content generated by a plurality of web sites, synthesizing the screen as one screen, and sending the screen to a terminal device,
Web content identification information for specifying the Web content and user identification information for permitting modification of the Web content are stored in association with each other,
When a modification request including the Web content identification information to be modified and the user identification information is input from the terminal, it is determined whether or not the user identification information corresponding to the Web content identification information is stored. A web content synthesizing method, wherein the modification request is permitted when the content is attached. 2. The Web content synthesizing method according to claim 1, wherein an expiration date is stored in association with the Web content identification information and the user identification information of the user, and if the expiration date has passed in the determination, the modification request is stored. Web content synthesizing method, which does not permit the content. In a Web content synthesizing apparatus for inputting Web content generated by a plurality of Web sites, synthesizing the screen as one screen, and sending the screen to a terminal device,
Means for storing the web content identification information for specifying the web content and user identification information for permitting modification of the web content in association with each other;
When a modification request including the Web content identification information to be modified and the user identification information is input from the terminal, it is determined whether or not the user identification information corresponding to the Web content identification information is stored. A means for permitting the modification request when attached. 4. The Web content synthesizing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein an expiration date is stored in association with the Web content identification information and the user identification information of the user, and when the expiration date has passed in the determination, the alteration request is stored. Web content synthesizing apparatus characterized in that the content is not permitted. In a Web content synthesizing program for inputting Web content generated by a plurality of Web sites, synthesizing the screen as one screen, and sending the screen to a terminal device,
Storing the web content identification information for specifying the web content and user identification information for permitting modification of the web content in association with each other;
When a modification request including the Web content identification information to be modified and the user identification information is input from the terminal, it is determined whether or not the user identification information corresponding to the Web content identification information is stored. Permitting the modification request if attached. 6. The Web content synthesizing program according to claim 5, wherein an expiration date is stored in association with the Web content identification information and the user identification information of the user. Web content synthesizing program characterized by not permitting

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