JP2004126788A - Object download system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To quickly respond to a request from a customer in an emergency. <P>SOLUTION: This object download system is provided with a WWW server 1C having a front page (FP) set with a generally disclosed first URL for making a customer download one or more first objects and the front pages of a plurality of emergency home pages respectively set with second URL for downloading second objects associated with the respective first objects downloaded in a normal home page. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an object download system having a WWW server for downloading an object included in a homepage having two different URLs (Uniform @ Resource @ Locators).
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a method for allowing a customer to download an object such as a program via the Internet, a method of providing a homepage for downloading the object has been performed.
[0003]
In this method, a step of displaying all objects on the same homepage and performing authentication using an ID and a password when downloading the displayed object is provided in advance.
[0004]
Therefore, when downloading the object displayed on this homepage, the customer must enter an ID and a password.
[0005]
When the input ID and password match the preset ID and password, the customer downloads the object selected by the customer on the homepage among all the objects posted on the homepage.
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in this type of object download system, all programs must be displayed on the same homepage. For example, when an emergency is required, such as when a bug occurs in a specific program, only a specific customer is required. If you try to distribute a program targeting, it may not be possible to respond quickly to customer requests.
[0007]
Therefore, the present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide an object download system capable of promptly responding to a customer request when urgent response is required. And
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The gist of the present invention is to achieve an effect that it is possible to promptly respond to a customer's request by a configuration including two different types of homepages for each customer.
[0009]
The gist of the present invention as described above is specifically realized by taking the following measures.
[0010]
A first invention is a WWW server that transmits a corresponding homepage to a first terminal device based on a request transmitted from a first terminal device on the customer side to browse a homepage for downloading an object. And a second terminal device for transferring a home page to a WWW server, wherein the WWW server sets a first URL open to all customers, and sets one URL for all customers. A normal homepage for downloading at least one first object and a second URL different from the first URL are set, and each of the customers is associated with each first object to be downloaded on the normal homepage. A plurality of personalized homepages for downloading the second object Is an object download system was painting.
[0011]
It should be noted that the “normal homepage” described in this specification means “a homepage in which a URL disclosed to all customers is set”.
[0012]
In addition, the “individual corresponding homepage” described in the present specification means “a homepage that includes an object related to the content of a normal homepage for each customer and is provided temporarily as needed”.
[0013]
It is more preferable that a URL is separately set for each "customer-specific homepage" for each customer from the viewpoint of enhancing security.
[0014]
In addition, examples of the first object described in this specification include a “program”, a “history table”, a “download manual”, an “instruction manual”, a “simple manual”, and the like.
[0015]
Further, as the second object described in this specification, for example, a “program” or the like can be given.
[0016]
As a result, a first URL that is open to all customers is set, a normal homepage for allowing all customers to download one or more first objects, and a second URL different from the first URL. Is set, and for each customer, a plurality of individually corresponding homepages for downloading the second object associated with each first object to be normally downloaded on the homepage are provided separately. If an urgent response is required, such as when a problem occurs, only a part of the object where the bug has occurred can be posted on the individual response homepage. Swift response.
[0017]
According to a second aspect, in the object download system according to the first aspect, each of the individual corresponding homepages has at least a second URL corresponding to each individual customer.
[0018]
Thus, in addition to providing the same effect as the first invention, since the URL of each personalized homepage is different from the URL of the normal homepage, it is possible to select a customer who informs the URL of each personalized homepage. Thereby, the security of each personalized homepage can be enhanced.
[0019]
According to a third aspect, in the object download system according to the first or second aspect, an authentication ID and a password for downloading the first object to the same customer by using a normal homepage, and a personalized homepage. An object download system in which an ID and a password for authentication when downloading a second object from are set to different values.
[0020]
Thus, in addition to providing the same effect as the first invention, since a different ID and password for authentication are set for the normal homepage and the emergency homepage, security of each individually corresponding homepage is improved. It can be even higher.
[0021]
According to a fourth aspect, in the object download system according to any one of the first to third aspects, the WWW server comprises a plurality of servers, and a first WWW server for browsing a normal homepage, An object download system includes a second WWW server for browsing a personalized homepage.
[0022]
Thereby, in addition to providing the same effect as the first invention, since the individual corresponding homepage is browsed by the separate WWW server, the individual corresponding homepage is created if necessary, and the created individual corresponding homepage is created. Since it is sufficient to transfer the request to the second WWW server, it is possible to more quickly respond to the request of the customer.
[0023]
In this specification, not only a so-called relational database, but also all of specified items or keywords for searching all databases are referred to as search keys. Here, examples of the designated item or keyword include URI (Uniform Resource Identifier), URL (Uniform Resource Resource Locator), and URN (Uniform Resource Resource Name).
[0024]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0025]
FIG. 1 shows an overall configuration example of a communication system including an object download system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention and a plurality of customer-side terminal devices 3A and 3B connected via an internet 2. FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing a detailed configuration example of a system including an object download system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention and a terminal device 3A on the customer side.
[0026]
In the following description, from the viewpoint of simplification of the description, only the case where an operation is performed from the terminal device 3A on the customer side will be described, but the same applies to the other terminal device 3B on the customer side. Needless to say.
[0027]
In this case, the terminal device 3A is appropriately read as the terminal device 3B.
[0028]
In the present embodiment, the number of terminal devices on the customer side is two, but it is not limited to this, and it goes without saying that the number may be changed to any number.
[0029]
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the object download system 1 according to the present embodiment includes a terminal device 1A on the engineer side, a management information DB server 1B, a terminal device 1A on the engineer side, and a management information DB server. 1B and a WWW server 1C provided in an ISP (Internet Service Provider).
[0030]
The technician-side terminal device 1A according to the present embodiment is provided at a company that provides contents via a homepage (also referred to as a “Web site”), and has a data input unit 1A.₁And homepage file creation department 1A₂And the FTP transmission unit 1A₃It is composed of
[0031]
Data input unit 1A₁Is for inputting data by an operation of an operator, for example, a technician.₂It has the function of outputting to
[0032]
Homepage file creation unit 1A₂Is the data input unit 1A₁A function to receive data output from the PC, a function to create a file related to the normal homepage and a program linked to the normal homepage from the received data, A function of creating a linked program and a set of the created file and program related to the normal homepage are transmitted to the FTP transmission unit 1A.₃The function of outputting to the user and the set of the file and the program related to the created emergency homepage are transmitted to the FTP transmission unit 1A.₃Output to the
[0033]
FTP transmission unit 1A₃Is a URL creation unit 1B described later.₄For receiving a second URL for downloading a program from the emergency homepage output from the homepage, and a homepage file creation unit 1A₂A function of adding a first URL to a set of a file and a program related to a normal homepage output from the server, a function of transmitting the set of a file, a program and the first URL related to the normal homepage to the WWW server 1C, Homepage file creation unit 1A₂To add the received second URL to the set of files and programs related to the emergency homepage output from, and to send the set of files, programs and second URL related to the emergency homepage to the WWW server 1C And
[0034]
It should be noted that the management information DB server 1B according to this embodiment includes a data input unit 1B₁And management information DB1B₂And the DBMS unit 1B₃And URL creation unit 1B₄And ID information transmitting section 1B₅It is composed of
[0035]
Data input unit 1B₁Is for inputting normal data by an operation of an operator, and the input data is stored in the DBMS unit 1B.₃It has the function of outputting to
[0036]
Management information DB1B₂As shown in FIG. 3, for each customer (A1), the country name (A2), company name (A3), department name (A4), model name of delivered product (A5), The serial number (A6) of the product, the ID (A7) for downloading the program from the normal homepage, and the password (A8) for downloading the program from the normal homepage are stored correspondingly, and the data input unit 1B₁The DBMS unit 1B uses data input from the server, for example, a country name as a search key.₃The corresponding company name, department name, model name of the delivered product, serial number of the product, ID for downloading the program from the normal homepage, and password for downloading the program from the normal homepage are retrieved. Is done.
[0037]
In this specification, an ID for downloading a program from a normal homepage is also referred to as a first ID as appropriate for convenience of explanation. In addition, a password for downloading a program from a normal homepage is also referred to as a first password as appropriate for convenience of explanation.
[0038]
In the management information DB according to the present embodiment, for each customer, a country name, a company name, a department name, a model name of a delivered product, a serial number of the product, and a program are usually downloaded from a homepage. The ID for downloading the program from the emergency homepage and the ID for downloading the program from the emergency homepage are stored in addition to the ID for performing the program and the password for downloading the program from the homepage. May be added and stored in correspondence with each customer.
[0039]
In this case, the management information DB is searched by the DBMS unit using the data input from the data input unit as a search key, and a corresponding item, for example, an ID for downloading a program from the emergency website and a program for downloading from the emergency website. Is read out.
[0040]
DBMS part 1B₃Is the data input unit 1B₁Information DB1B using the data input from the₂And the corresponding country name, company name, department name, model name of the delivered product, serial number of the product, ID for downloading the program from the normal homepage, and password as a search result URL creation of function, read country name, company name, department name, model name of delivered product, code number corresponding to serial number of the product, and ID and password for downloading program from normal website Part 1B₄Output to the
[0041]
URL creator 1B₄Is the DBMS part 1B₃Based on the country name, company name, department name, model name of the delivered product, and the code number corresponding to the serial number of the product, the ID, password, and second URL for downloading from the emergency homepage are output. And the created ID, password and second URL are transmitted to the ID information transmitting unit 1B.₅And FTP transmission unit 1A₃And an ID and a password for downloading a program from a normal homepage.₅Output to the
[0042]
The URL creation unit 1B according to the present embodiment₄Transmits the ID and password for downloading the program from the normal homepage or the emergency homepage to the FTP transmission unit 1A.₃Can also be sent to
[0043]
In this specification, for convenience of explanation, an ID for downloading a program from the emergency homepage created in this manner is also referred to as a second ID. Similarly, in this specification, an ID for downloading a program from the created emergency homepage is also referred to as a second ID.
[0044]
ID information transmission unit 1B₅Is the URL creator 1B₄Transmitting the ID and password for downloading the program from the normal homepage output from the WWW server 1C to the WWW server 1C;₄Has a function of transmitting an ID for downloading a program from the emergency homepage output from the website, a password, and a second URL to the WWW server 1C.
[0045]
The WWW server 1C according to the present embodiment includes an FTP receiving unit 1C₁And normal homepage DB1C₂And emergency homepage DB1C₃And homepage registration section 1C₄And ID information receiving section 1C₅And the first ID information DB1C₆And the second ID information DB1C₇And the first password authentication unit 1C₈And the second password authentication unit 1C₉And the first DBMS unit 1C₁₀And the second DBMS unit 1C₁₁And download processing unit 1C₁₂It is composed of
[0046]
The WWW server 1C, in response to a request for browsing the homepage transmitted from the terminal device 3A on the customer side connected via the Internet, stores the normal homepage and the emergency homepage stored on the hard disk on the customer side. Is a well-known WWW server 1C having a function of transmitting to the terminal device 3A.
[0047]
FTP receiver 1C₁A function of receiving a set of a file related to a normal homepage and a first URL or a set of a file related to an emergency homepage and a second URL transmitted from the terminal device 1A on the technician side according to the well-known FTP protocol; The set of the received file related to the normal homepage and the first URL and the set of the emergency homepage file and the second URL are stored in the homepage registration unit 1C.₄Output to the
[0048]
The WWW server 1C according to the present embodiment has the function of an FTP server. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and an FTP server connected to the WWW server using a LAN may be provided inside the provider. It goes without saying that it is good.
[0049]
In this case, the file related to the normal homepage and the file related to the emergency homepage transmitted from the terminal device 1A on the technician side are received by the FTP server and stored in each homepage DB of the WWW server 1C by the FTP server. And
[0050]
Normal homepage DB1C₂Stores a first URL, a file related to a normal homepage, and a set of programs linked to the normal homepage. The first DBMS unit 1C₁₀As a result, the first URL transmitted from the terminal device 3A on the customer side is searched using the search URL as a search key, and a file related to the normal homepage and a program linked to the normal homepage are read.
[0051]
The files related to the normal homepage described in this specification include “front page”, “model selection screen”, “password authentication screen”, “license screen”, “password re-entry screen”, and “normal download screen”. There is a file for each screen.
[0052]
Emergency homepage DB1C₃Stores a set of a second URL, a file related to an emergency homepage, and a program linked to the emergency homepage. The second DBMS unit 1C₁₁As a result, the second URL transmitted from the terminal device 3A on the customer side is searched using the search key as the search key, and the file related to the emergency homepage and the program linked to the file related to the emergency homepage are read.
[0053]
The files related to the emergency homepage described in this specification include the files of the “front page”, “password authentication screen”, “license screen”, “password re-entry screen”, and “urgent download screen”. There is.
[0054]
Homepage registration section 1C₄Is the FTP receiving unit 1C₁The file, program and first URL relating to the normal homepage output from the server are stored in the normal homepage DB1C.₂And the FTP receiving unit 1C₁Emergency homepage DB1C for files and programs related to the emergency homepage output from the server and the second URL₃And a function of storing the information in the memory.
[0055]
ID information receiving unit 1C₅Has a function of receiving the first ID, the first password, and the first URL transmitted from the management information DB server 1B and the second ID, the second password, and the second URL, The received first ID, first password, and first URL are stored in the first ID information DB1C.₆And the received second ID, second password, and second URL in the second ID information DB1C.₇Has the function of registering the information.
[0056]
First ID information DB1C₆As shown in FIG. 4, a first ID (B1) for downloading a program from a normal homepage and a first password (B2) are stored in correspondence with each other, and the first password authentication is performed. Part 1C₈Is searched by
[0057]
Second ID information DB1C₇As shown in FIG. 5, a second ID (C1) for downloading a program from the emergency homepage, a second password (C2), and one or more programs for causing the customer to download the program are stored. And the second URL (C3) of the emergency homepage is stored in correspondence with the second password authentication unit 1C.₉Is searched by
[0058]
First password authentication unit 1C₈Is a function for receiving a request for downloading a program, a URL of a normal download screen, an ID and a password for each customer transmitted from the terminal device 3A on the customer side, and a first ID using the received ID as a search key. ID information DB1C₆Search function, a function of reading the corresponding first ID and first password as the search result, and whether the read first ID and first password match the received ID and password. And a function of determining whether or not the read first ID and the first password match the received ID and the password, the combination of the access permission information and the URL of the normal download screen is determined. 1st DBMS part 1C₁₀, And when it is determined that the read first ID and first password do not match the received ID and password, the access denial information is transmitted to the first DBMS unit 1C.₁₀Output to the
[0059]
Second password authentication unit 1C₉Is a function for receiving a request for downloading a program, a URL, an ID, and a password of an emergency download screen transmitted from the terminal device 3A on the customer side, and a second ID information DB 1C using the received URL as a search key.₇, A function of reading the corresponding second ID and second password as the search result, and whether the read second ID and second password match the received ID and password. And determining whether the read second ID and the second password match the received ID and the password, and sets the set of the accessible information and the URL of the emergency download screen in the second DBMS part 1C₁₁And if it is determined that the read second ID and second password do not match the received ID and password, the access denial information is output to the second DBMS unit 1C.₁₁Output to the
[0060]
Note that the first ID and the second ID, and the first password and the second password may be common, but the first ID and the second ID according to the present embodiment are: It is more preferable to make them different from the viewpoint of enhancing security.
[0061]
1st DBMS part 1C₁₀Has a function of receiving a request for browsing a normal homepage transmitted from the terminal device 3A on the customer side and a first URL, and a function of the normal homepage DB1C using the received first URL as a key.₂A function of searching for a file related to a normal homepage obtained as a result of the search, a function of creating a packet including a file related to the read normal homepage, a function of transmitting the created packet, 1 password authentication unit 1C₈And the URL of the normal download screen, and the file of the program linked to the normal homepage corresponding to the URL transmitted from the terminal device 3A on the customer side.₂And downloads the read program file from the download processing unit 1C.₁₂And a first password authentication unit 1C₈Receives the inaccessible information output from the server, and saves the password re-input screen file to the normal homepage DB1C.₂And a function of creating a packet including the read password re-input screen file and transmitting the created packet to the terminal device 3A on the customer side.
[0062]
2nd DBMS part 1C₁₁Is a function for receiving a request for viewing the emergency homepage transmitted from the terminal device 3A on the customer side, a function of receiving the URL of the emergency homepage, and an emergency homepage DB1C using the received URL as a search key.₃Search function, a function of reading a file related to the emergency homepage corresponding to the URL obtained as a result of the search, a function of creating a packet including the file related to the read emergency homepage, and a function of sending the created packet to the customer. Function for transmitting to the terminal device 3A on the side, and a second password authentication unit 1C₉When the combination of the access permission information output from the server and the URL of the emergency download screen is received, and the second URL transmitted from the terminal device 3A on the customer side is received, the second URL corresponds to the second URL. Emergency homepage DB1C with a program linked to the emergency homepage₃Function for reading from a program and a download processing unit 1C₁₂And a second password authentication unit 1C₉Receives the inaccessible information output from the server, and saves the password re-input screen file to the emergency homepage DB1C.₃And a function of creating a packet including the read password re-input screen file and transmitting the created packet to the terminal device 3A on the customer side.
[0063]
Note that the second DBMS unit 1C according to the present embodiment₁₁Has a function of receiving a request for browsing the received emergency homepage and a second URL, and using the second URL as a search key, an emergency homepage DB1C.₃And a function of reading a file related to the emergency homepage as a result of the search. However, the present invention is not limited to this.₁₁It is needless to say that a function for counting the number of accesses to the request transmitted from the terminal device on the customer side and a function for restricting the access when the count reaches a predetermined number may be provided.
[0064]
The second URL according to the present embodiment may be set for each program posted on the emergency homepage, or may be set for each device owned by the customer. Needless to say, it may be set for each customer.
[0065]
Download processing unit 1C₁₂Is the first DBMS unit 1C₁₀Or the second DBMS unit 1C₁₁And a function of transmitting the program file output from the terminal device to the terminal device on the customer side, which is the transmission source of the request.
[0066]
Note that the object download system according to the present embodiment is connected to a plurality of customer-side terminal devices provided on the customer side via the Internet and a modem (not shown) as shown in FIG.
[0067]
As an example of using the system, there is a case where the operation of an electronic device such as a sold measuring device is controlled by a program installed via a communication network or a recording medium, for example.
[0068]
In particular, the program installed in the WWW server 1C is more preferably a JAVA servlet from the viewpoint of speeding up the operation.
[0069]
The terminal device 3A on the customer side is a computer having a normal browsing function, and includes a data input unit 3A.₁And the browsing unit 3A₂And download program storage unit 3A₃And display unit 3A₄It is composed of
[0070]
The terminal device 3A according to the present embodiment may be any of a personal computer, a mobile phone, and a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants).
[0071]
Data input unit 3A₁Is operated by the operator to input data such as an ID and a password for downloading a program from a normal homepage or an emergency homepage, which is determined for each customer, and to input data to the display unit 3A.₃Is used to select the data displayed in.
[0072]
Data input unit 3A according to the present embodiment₁For example, when data is selected or input on the screen using a keyboard, a mouse, a pointing device, or the like, a request or the like is input.
[0073]
Browsing part 3A₂Is the data input unit 3A₁A function of transmitting a request for browsing a normal homepage and a first URL input from the WWW server 1C, and a request for browsing the input emergency homepage and a URL of the emergency homepage are input to the WWW server 1C. A function for transmitting a request for downloading a program linked to the input normal homepage, a function for transmitting a set of the input ID and password, and the URL of the normal download screen, A function for transmitting a request for downloading a program linked to a homepage, a set of input ID, password, and second URL, and a file for a normal homepage or an emergency homepage transmitted from the WWW server 1C. Analyze and display the analysis result on the display A function of force, the download program storage unit 3A a program transmitted from the WWW server 1C₃And a function of displaying information indicating that the download has been completed at the end of the download on the display unit.
[0074]
Download program storage unit 3A₃Has a function of temporarily storing a program transmitted from the WWW server 1C.
[0075]
Display 3A₄Is the browsing unit 3A₂Displays the analysis result of the file analyzed by.
[0076]
Next, the operation of the object download system configured as described above will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0077]
6 to 11 are flowcharts for explaining the operation of the object download system according to the present embodiment.
[0078]
In advance, the terminal device 1A on the technician side of the homepage creation company creates a file for the normal homepage and a file for the emergency homepage, each of which has a different URL set by the operation of the technician.
[0079]
Here, the file related to the normal homepage means a file related to each screen of a front page, a model selection screen, a password authentication screen, a license screen, a password re-input screen, and a normal download screen.
[0080]
The files related to the emergency homepage include files related to the front page, the password authentication screen, the license agreement screen, the password re-input screen, and the emergency download screen.
[0081]
Next, the terminal device 1A on the technician side provided a set of a normal homepage and a first URL and a set of a file related to an emergency homepage and a second URL on the ISP according to a well-known FTP protocol. Send it to WWW server 1C.
[0082]
In the WWW server 1C, the set of the received file related to the normal homepage and the first URL is stored in the homepage registration unit 1C.₄Normally homepage DB1C₂Registered in.
[0083]
Similarly, in the WWW server 1C, the set of the received emergency homepage file and the second URL is stored in the homepage registration unit 1C.₄Emergency homepage DB1C by₃Registered in.
[0084]
Further, the management information DB server 1B uses the data input by the input operation of the operator as a search key as the management information DB 1B.₂And reads out the corresponding first ID, first password and first URL for the normal homepage as a result of the search.
[0085]
Then, the management information DB server 1B transfers the read first ID, first password, and first URL to the WWW server 1C.
[0086]
From the viewpoint of enhancing security, it is more preferable that the transmission of the first ID, the first password, and the first URL follow the SSL (SECURE SOCKET LAYER) protocol.
[0087]
Further, the WWW server 1C stores the received first ID, first password, and first URL in the first ID information DB 1C.₆To memorize.
[0088]
Further, the management information DB server 1B uses the data input by the input operation of the operator as a search key to₂And read the relevant country name, company name, department name, model name of the delivered product, serial number, etc. as a result of the search, and download the program from the emergency website from the code number of these data A second ID, a second password, and a second URL for the user.
[0089]
Then, the management information DB server 1B encodes and transmits the created second ID, second password, and second URL to the WWW server 1C.
[0090]
From the viewpoint of enhancing security, it is more preferable that the transmission of the second ID, the second password, and the second URL follow the SSL (SECURE SOCKET LAYER) protocol.
[0091]
Next, the WWW server 1C receives the second ID, the second password, and the second URL, and stores the received second ID, the second password, and the second URL in the second ID information. DB1C₇To memorize.
[0092]
Thereby, it becomes possible to download an object such as a program via a communication network according to a customer's request.
[0093]
[Processing when there is a request to browse the normal homepage]
In the following flowchart, the operations of the WWW server 1C and the terminal device 3A on the customer side are also described.
[0094]
First, the WWW server 1C determines whether a request for browsing the front page (normal homepage) of “B Corporation” and the first URL have been transmitted from the terminal device 3A on the customer side ( ST1).
[0095]
1st DBMS part 1C₁₀Determines that the request for browsing the front page and the first URL have been transmitted in this step ST1, and uses the transmitted first URL as a search key to set the normal homepage DB1C₂Is retrieved, and a file of the front page corresponding to the first URL is read as the search result, and the file related to the read front page is transmitted via the communication network (ST2).
[0096]
On the other hand, the first DBMS unit 1C₁₀Determines that the request and the URL have not been transmitted in the above-mentioned step ST1, repeats this step ST1.
[0097]
In the process ST3, the browsing unit 3A₂Analyzes the contents of the file related to the transmitted front page, and displays the result of the analysis on the display unit 3A.₄Display on the screen. As a result, the display unit 3A of the terminal device 3A on the customer side₄A front page (FP) of “B Corporation” as shown in FIG.
[0098]
On this front page, for example, as shown in FIG. 12, "Welcome @ to \ B@co.ltd" indicating the front page of B Corporation (D1), a link to the model selection screen (D2), and , A link to the company information page (D3), a link to the product information (D4), and a link to the job information page (D5) are displayed.
[0099]
Next, on this front page, when a "download page" indicating a link to the model selection screen is clicked with a mouse, a request for browsing the model selection screen and the URL of the model selection screen are displayed in a browsing unit. 3A₂(ST4).
[0100]
And the browsing unit 3A₂Transmits the input request and the URL of the model selection screen to the WWW server 1C (ST5).
[0101]
Next, the first DBMS unit 1C₁₀Is that the request for browsing the model selection screen and the URL of the model selection screen are the browsing unit 3A.₂Is determined (ST6).
[0102]
1st DBMS part 1C₁₀When it is determined in this step ST6 that the request and the URL of the model selection screen have been transmitted, the normal homepage DB1C₂Is read, and as a result of the search, a file related to the corresponding model selection screen is read, a packet including the information of the read file is created, and the created packet is transmitted to the terminal device 3A on the customer side (ST7).
[0103]
On the other hand, the first DBMS unit 1C₁₀In step ST6, if it is determined that the request and the URL # of the model selection screen have not been transmitted, this step ST6 is repeated.
[0104]
In step ST8, the browsing unit 3A₂Analyzes the received packet and displays the analysis result on the screen.
[0105]
FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a model selection screen displayed on the terminal device 3A on the customer side.
[0106]
For example, in the model selection screen shown in the figure, a download page display (E1) indicating that the normal homepage is the model selection screen, and each model name with an underline indicating that a link is provided (E2 to E5) and the software version (E6) for each model are displayed.
[0107]
On the model selection screen according to the present embodiment, the display of the download page, the model name with an underline indicating that a link is provided, and the software version are displayed. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it goes without saying that other information, such as the update date and time and the file size, may be displayed on the model selection screen.
[0108]
Subsequently, when any of the underlined model names is selected on the model selection screen by using a mouse or the like, a request for browsing the password authentication screen is made to the browsing unit 3A.₂(ST9).
[0109]
And the browsing unit 3A₂Transmits a request for displaying the password authentication screen to the WWW server 1C (ST10).
[0110]
Next, the first DBMS unit 1C₁₀Receives the transmitted request, reads a file related to a password authentication screen for inputting an ID and a password as shown in FIG. 14 from the normal homepage DB, creates a packet including the read file, and creates a packet. The packet is transmitted to the terminal device 3A on the customer side (ST11).
[0111]
Next, the browsing unit 3A₂Analyzes the information of the received packet and displays the analysis result on the display unit 3A.₄(ST12).
[0112]
As a result, a password authentication screen as shown in FIG. 14 is displayed.
[0113]
In this password authentication screen, a text (F1) for prompting the user to input an ID and a password, "Please enter an ID and a password," and columns (F2) and (F3) for inputting an ID and a password "OK" indicating that the input has been completed (F4) and "Cancel" selected to re-enter the input (F5).
[0114]
Subsequently, an ID and a password are entered from the password authentication screen by the operator's operation in the data input section 3A.₁Is input to the browsing unit 3A.₂(ST13).
[0115]
Next, the browsing unit 3A₂Transmits the ID, the password, and the request to the WWW server 1C (ST14).
[0116]
Next, the first password authentication unit 1C₈Receives the request and sends the first ID information DB1C₆The first ID and the first password stored in the first ID and the first password are read, and it is determined whether the received ID and the password match the read first ID and the first password (ST15).
[0117]
Next, the first password authentication unit 1C₈Determines that they match in this step ST15, the first DBMS unit 1C₁₀Then, the access permission information and the URL of the license screen are output (ST16).
[0118]
Next, the first DBMS unit 1C₁₀Is usually homepage DB1C₂And reads the file of the license screen corresponding to the URL (ST17).
[0119]
Next, the first DBMS unit 1C₁₀Creates a packet including the information of the read file, and transmits the created packet to the terminal device 3A on the customer side (ST18).
[0120]
Next, the browsing unit 3A₂Analyzes the contents of the received packet and displays the analysis result on the display unit 3A.₄(ST19). As a result, a license screen is displayed on the display unit.
[0121]
As shown in FIG. 15, the license screen displays a display of use conditions and selection information ("Yes" and "No" in FIG. 15) for determining whether or not to comply with the use conditions.
[0122]
Subsequently, on this license screen, when selection information indicating compliance with the usage conditions is clicked with a mouse or the like, the browsing unit 3A₂Then, a request to browse the normal download screen and the URL of the normal download screen are input (ST20).
[0123]
Next, the browsing unit 3A₂Transmits the request and the URL to the WWW server 1C (ST21).
[0124]
Next, the first DBMS unit 1C₁₀Searches the normal homepage DB and reads out the file of the normal download screen corresponding to the URL as a search result (ST22).
[0125]
Next, the first DBMS unit 1C₁₀Creates a packet including the read normal download screen file, and transmits the created packet to the terminal device 3A on the customer side (ST23).
[0126]
Next, the browsing unit 3A₂Analyzes the contents of the received packet and displays the analysis result on the display unit 3A.₄(ST24).
[0127]
As a result, the display unit 3A of the terminal device 3A on the customer side₄, A normal download screen is displayed.
[0128]
As shown in FIG. 16, on the normal download screen, information on an object name (G1), a file name (G2), an object size (G3), a version (G4), and an update date and time (G5) are displayed. Have been.
[0129]
In the object download system according to the present embodiment, a “Readme.txt” file (G9) is displayed instead of the detailed description.
[0130]
Subsequently, when a program (G6) to (G9) to be downloaded on the normal download screen is selected by a mouse or the like, the browsing unit 3A₂And a URL preset in the program are input (ST25).
[0131]
Next, the browsing unit 3A₂Transmits the input request and the URL of the program file to the WWW server 1C (ST26).
[0132]
Next, the first DBMS unit 1C₁₀Is usually homepage DB1C₂From the download processing unit 1C.₁₂(ST27).
[0133]
Next, the download processing unit 1C₁₂Is the first DBMS unit 1C₁₀Is transmitted to the terminal device 3A on the customer side (ST28).
[0134]
Next, the browsing unit 3A₂Stores the received program in the download program storage unit 3A.₃Display unit 3A₄Display information indicating that the download has been completed (ST29).
[0135]
On the other hand, the first password authentication unit 1C₈When it is determined that the ID and the password received in the above-mentioned step ST15 do not match the first ID and the first password read from the first ID information DB, the inaccessible information is stored in the first DBMS unit. 1C₈(ST31).
[0136]
Next, the first DBMS unit 1C₈Is usually homepage DB1C₂The file of the password re-input screen is read from (ST32).
[0137]
Next, the first DBMS unit 1C₈Creates a packet including the password re-input screen file, and transmits the created packet to the terminal device 3A on the customer side (ST33).
[0138]
Next, the browsing unit 3A₂Analyzes the information of the received packet and displays the analysis result on the display unit 3A.₄(ST34).
[0139]
As a result, a password re-input screen as shown in FIG. 17 is displayed on the display unit of the terminal device on the customer side.
[0140]
As shown in FIG. 17, the password re-entry screen displays selection information indicating whether the entered ID and password are incorrect and whether or not they agree to re-enter the ID and password (see FIG. 17). Is displayed.
[0141]
Subsequently, when the selection information is clicked on the password re-input screen, the browsing unit 3A₂Then, a request for browsing the password authentication screen is input, and the process returns to step ST10 described above. Thereby, as described above, the browsing unit 3A₂Sends a request to the WWW server 1C, and the first DBMS unit 1C₁₀By the file of the password authentication screen, usually the homepage DB1C₂And the read file is stored in the browsing unit 3A.₂And the display unit 3A₄Is displayed, and the above-described password authentication screen shown in FIG. 14 is displayed.
[0142]
Through the above series of processing, the program can be downloaded from the front page (usually a home page).
[0143]
[Processing when there is a request to browse the emergency homepage (individual correspondence homepage)]
In the following flowchart, the operations of the WWW server 1C and the terminal device 3A on the customer side are also described.
[0144]
When the URL of the emergency homepage is input from the data input unit by the operation of the operator, the URL and the request for browsing the front page of the emergency homepage are transmitted to the browsing unit 3A.₂(ST41).
[0145]
Next, the browsing unit 3A₂Transmits the URL and the request to the WWW server 1C (ST42).
[0146]
Next, the second DBMS unit 1C₁₁Is the emergency homepage DB1C₃And reads the front page file of the emergency homepage as the search result (ST43).
[0147]
Next, the second DBMS unit 1C₁₁Creates a packet including the read front page file, and transmits the created packet to the terminal device 3A on the customer side (ST44).
[0148]
Next, the browsing unit 3A₂Analyzes the front page file included in the received packet and displays the analysis result on the display unit 3A.₄(ST45).
[0149]
As a result, the display unit 3A of the terminal device 3A on the customer side₄, A front page of the emergency homepage similar to that shown in FIG. 12 is displayed.
[0150]
It is needless to say that a URL is individually set for the emergency homepage, and a plurality of emergency homepages may exist.
[0151]
When the download page on the front page is selected by the mouse by the operation of the operator, the URL and the request for browsing the password authentication screen are transmitted to the browsing unit 3A.₂(ST46).
[0152]
Next, the browsing unit 3A₂Transmits the URL and the request to the WWW server 1C (ST47).
[0153]
Next, the second DBMS unit 1C₁₁Is the emergency homepage DB1C₃And reads a file of the password authentication screen as the search result (ST48).
[0154]
Next, the second DBMS unit 1C₁₁Creates a packet including the read password authentication screen file, and transmits the created packet to the terminal device 3A on the customer side (ST49).
[0155]
Next, the browsing unit 3A₂Analyzes the password authentication screen file included in the received packet and displays the analysis result on the display unit 3A.₄(ST50).
[0156]
As a result, the display unit 3A of the terminal device 3A on the customer side₄Displays a password authentication screen similar to that shown in FIG. 14 described above.
[0157]
Next, from the password authentication screen, the ID and the password are entered in the data input section 3A.₁, The ID, the password, and the URL of the license screen are displayed in the browsing unit 3A.₂(ST51).
[0158]
Next, the browsing unit 3A₂Transmits the ID, the password, and the URL to the WWW server 1C (ST52).
[0159]
Next, the second password authentication unit 1C₉Uses the received URL as a search key and retrieves the second ID information DB1C₇And reads out the second ID and the second password as a search result (ST53).
[0160]
Next, the second password authentication unit 1C₉Determines whether the read second ID and second password match the received ID and password (ST54).
[0161]
Second password authentication unit 1C₉When it is determined that the read second ID and second password match the received ID and password as a result of the determination made in step ST54, the URL and the access permission information are stored in the second DBMS unit 1C._{1 1}(ST55).
[0162]
Next, the second DBMS unit 1C₁₁Receives the second URL and the access permission information, and uses the received second URL as a search key as an emergency homepage DB1C₃And reads out the file of the license screen as a search result (ST56).
[0163]
Next, the second DBMS unit 1C₁₁Creates a packet including the file of the license screen and transmits the created packet to the terminal device 3A on the customer side (ST52).
[0164]
Next, the browsing unit 3A₂Analyzes the information of the file included in the received packet and displays the analysis result (ST57).
[0165]
As a result, the use permission screen similar to that shown in FIG. 15 is displayed on the terminal device 3A on the customer side.
[0166]
Subsequently, when selection information indicating that the user agrees to the use conditions is clicked on the license screen with a mouse or the like, the browsing unit 3A₂Then, a request for browsing the normal download screen and the URL of the normal download screen are input (ST58).
[0167]
Next, the browsing unit 3A₂Stores the input request and URL in the second DBMS unit 1C.₁₁(ST59).
[0168]
Next, the second DBMS unit 1C₁₁Receives the request transmitted from the terminal device 3A and sends the request to the emergency homepage DB1C.₃And reads the file of the emergency download screen as a search result (ST60).
[0169]
Next, the second DBMS unit 1C₁₁Creates a packet including the read emergency download screen file, and transmits the created packet to the terminal device 3A on the customer side (ST61).
[0170]
Next, the browsing unit 3A₂Analyzes the information of the received packet and displays the analysis result (ST62).
[0171]
As a result, the display unit 3A of the terminal device 3A on the customer side₄Displays an emergency download screen as shown in FIG.
[0172]
Note that, on the emergency download screen (KH) according to the present embodiment, for example, as shown in FIG. 18, file names (H1) and (H2) of a plurality of programs to be downloaded are displayed. Here, “Readme.txt” is a description of this screen.
[0173]
In the emergency download screen (KH) according to the present embodiment, in principle, only one program file name is displayed. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Needless to say, as shown in FIG. 18, a plurality of items may be displayed for each model.
[0174]
Subsequently, when a program is selected on the emergency download screen, the URL (second URL) of the selected program and a request for downloading the program are transmitted to the browsing unit 3A.₂(ST63).
[0175]
Next, the browsing unit 3A₂Transmits the URL and request of the program to the WWW server 1C (ST64).
[0176]
Next, the second DBMS unit 1C₁₁Stores the file of the program corresponding to the URL of the program in the emergency homepage DB1C.₃And downloads the read program file from the download processing unit 1C.₁₂(ST65).
[0177]
Next, the download processing unit 1C₁₂Transmits the program file to the terminal device 3A on the customer side (ST66).
[0178]
Next, the browsing unit 3A₂Stores the received program file in the download program storage unit 3A.₃Display unit 3A₄Display information indicating that the download has been completed (ST67).
[0179]
On the other hand, the second password authentication unit 1C₉Is the second ID and the second password received in the above-mentioned step ST49, and the second ID information DB1C₇If it is determined that they do not match the ID and the password read from the first server, the access-disabled information is output to the second DBMS unit (ST71).
[0180]
Next, the second DBMS unit 1C₁₁Is the emergency homepage DB1C₃From the password re-entry screen (ST72).
[0181]
Next, the second DBMS unit 1C₃Creates a packet including the file of the password re-entry screen and transmits the created packet to the terminal device 3A on the customer side (ST73).
[0182]
Next, the browsing unit 3A₂Analyzes the information of the received packet and displays the analysis result on the display unit 3A.₄(ST74).
[0183]
As a result, the display unit 3A of the terminal device 3A on the customer side₄Displays a password re-input screen similar to that shown in FIG. 17 described above.
[0184]
Subsequently, when the selection information is clicked on the password re-input screen, the browsing unit 3A₂Then, a request for browsing the password authentication screen is input, and the process returns to step ST42 described above. Thereby, as described above, the request is transmitted to the WWW server by the browsing unit, the file of the password authentication screen is read from the emergency homepage DB by the second DBMS unit, and the read file is analyzed by the browsing unit. A password authentication screen similar to that shown in FIG. 14 is displayed on the display unit.
[0185]
Through the above series of processing, the program can be downloaded from the emergency download screen (emergency homepage).
[0186]
As described above, according to the present embodiment, only the improved part of the program in which a bug has occurred can be posted on the emergency download screen, so that it is necessary to rewrite the entire program posted on the normal download screen. , And can promptly respond to customer requests.
[0187]
It should be noted that the WWW server may be configured for each of a normal homepage and a personalized homepage.
[0188]
As a method of providing a program via this communication network, for example, an application service (ASP) (Application \ Service \ Provider) is included.
[0189]
The program may be written in any programming language, such as C (registered trademark), C ++ (registered trademark), or JAVA (registered trademark), as long as it realizes the above functions. May be.
[0190]
Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be variously modified in an implementation stage without departing from the gist of the invention.
[0191]
Further, the embodiment includes inventions at various stages, and various inventions can be extracted by appropriately combining a plurality of disclosed constituent elements. For example, when an invention is extracted by omitting some constituent elements from all the constituent elements described in the embodiments, when implementing the extracted invention, the omitted part is well known. It is appropriately supplemented by conventional techniques.
[0192]
In addition, the present invention can be variously modified and implemented without departing from the gist thereof.
[0193]
【The invention's effect】
As described in detail above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an object download system that can promptly respond to a customer's request in an emergency or the like. Further, in the present invention, since the URL is different for each customer, the information of the customer is not disclosed to other customers.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of a communication system including an object download system according to an embodiment of the present invention and a plurality of customer terminal devices connected via the Internet.
FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing a detailed configuration example of a system including an object download system according to an embodiment of the present invention and a terminal device on the customer side.
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a data configuration of a management information DB of the object download system according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a data configuration of a first ID information DB of the object download system according to the present embodiment;
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a data configuration of a second ID information DB of the object download system according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the object download system according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the object download system according to the embodiment;
FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the object download system according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the object download system according to the embodiment.
FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the object download system according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the object download system according to the embodiment.
FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a front page of the object download system according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a model selection screen of the object download system according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a password authentication screen of the object download system according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a license screen of the object download system according to the embodiment.
FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a normal download screen of the object download system according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a password re-input screen of the object download system according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram showing an example of an emergency download screen of the object download system according to the present embodiment.
[Explanation of symbols]
1. Program download system
1A: Engineer's terminal device
1A₁… Data input section
1A₂… Homepage file creation department
1A₃... FTP receiver
1B: Management information DB server
1B₁… Data input section
1B₂… Management information DB
1B₃... DBMS department
1B₄… URL creation unit
1B₅... ID information transmission unit
1C WWW server
1C₁... FTP receiver
1C₂… Normal homepage DB
1C₃… Emergency homepage DB
1C₄… Homepage registration department
1C₅... ID information receiving unit
1C₆... First ID information DB
1C₇... Second ID information DB
1C₈... First password authentication unit
1C₉... Second password authentication unit
1C₁₀... First DBMS part
1C₁₁... Second DBMS part
1C₁₂… Download processing unit
2. Internet
3A, 3B: customer terminal device
3A₁… Data input section
3A₂… Browsing part
3A₃… Download program storage
3A₄… Display

Claims (4)

A WWW server that transmits a corresponding homepage to the first terminal device based on a request transmitted from the first terminal device (3A, 3B) on the customer side to browse a homepage for downloading an object. 1C) and a second terminal device (1A) for transferring the homepage to the WWW server, comprising:
The WWW server,
A normal homepage (FP) for setting a first URL that is open to all customers and for causing all customers to download one or more first objects;
A plurality of second URLs different from the first URL are set, and each of the customers is caused to download a second object associated with each first object to be downloaded on the normal homepage. An object download system comprising an individual correspondence homepage (KH). The object download system according to claim 1,
The above-mentioned individual homepages are
An object download system, wherein a second URL corresponding to at least each customer is set. The object download system according to claim 1 or 2,
For the same customer, an authentication ID and password for downloading the first object using the normal homepage, and an authentication ID and password for downloading the second object from the individual correspondence homepage. Are set to different values from each other. The object download system according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The WWW server is composed of a plurality of servers,
A first WWW server for browsing the normal homepage,
And a second WWW server for browsing the personalized homepage.

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