JP2005018424A - Information providing server, browsing information reference system, browsing information reference program, and computer-readable recording medium with its program recorded - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a browsing information reference system to efficiently provide information associated with a Web page matched with the needs of a user, a browsing information reference program, and a computer-readable recoding medium for recording the browsing information reference program. <P>SOLUTION: This browsing information reference system is provided with: a specific person terminal 1 equipped with an extracting means which extracts secular history information concerning a Web page browsed through a network 4 by a specific person; a browser terminal 3 to be used for a browsing person to browse the Web page through the network 4; a storing means 23 which stores the history information; and a server equipped with a preparing means 24 which prepares the information providing page information of each specific person added with identification information to identify the specific person based on the history information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an information providing server that efficiently provides a user with a web page search service on the Internet, a browsing information reference system, a browsing information reference program, and a computer-readable recording medium that records the browsing information reference program.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, there are various types of information provided by using a network such as the Internet, which is in a state of boulder chaos. In particular, when a user searches for a desired web page using a so-called search engine, a certain level of skill is required to set a keyword for searching, so that all users can search efficiently. It was hard to say that I could do it.
[0003]
Therefore, as a system that can efficiently search and browse a web page without requiring a certain level of skill on the part of the user, individual information of the user who has accessed the specific web page is acquired, and the individual information concerned A web page browsing history system has been proposed in which the web page is utilized as resource information for reflecting a web page that is easy for a user to search (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
[0004]
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2002-91852 A (paragraphs [0017]-[0099], FIG. 1)
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, since the technique described in Patent Document 1 is merely a statistic of how much a specific web page is viewed by an unspecified number of users, it is used based on information obtained in this way. There is room for improvement as a system for searching and browsing the optimal web page for the user.
[0006]
The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an information providing server, a browsing information reference system, and browsing that can efficiently provide information on a web page that meets the needs of the user. To provide a computer-readable recording medium in which an information reference program and a browsing information reference program are recorded.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above problem, the information providing server according to the invention described in claim 1 is characterized in that the one use extracted by a specific person terminal used by one user to view a web page via a network. Based on the history information, storage means for accumulating historical information on web pages browsed by a user, information providing page information for each user to which identification information for identifying the one user is added. A creating means for creating, a communication means for receiving the history information and transmitting information providing page information according to access of a viewer terminal used by other users via a network, and the information providing page for the viewer terminal The display means includes display information output means for displaying various information.
[0008]
By adopting such a configuration, the other user can browse the information providing page edited with respect to the web page browsed by the one user using the browser terminal. By selecting one user, a useful web page can be browsed without requiring special skills.
[0009]
The browsing information reference system according to the invention described in claim 2 for solving the above-mentioned problem is used by one user to browse a web page via a network, and the web page browsed by the one user. A specific person terminal having an extraction means for extracting historical information over time, a browser terminal used by other users to browse web pages via a network, and a storage means for storing the historical information, Creation means for creating information providing page information for each user to which identification information for identifying the one user is added based on the history information, receiving the history information and providing the information providing page information Communication means for transmitting in response to access from the browser terminal, and display information output means for displaying the information providing page on the display means of the browser terminal. And having a server.
[0010]
By adopting such a configuration, the other user can browse the information providing page edited with respect to the web page browsed by the one user using the browser terminal. By selecting one user, a useful web page can be browsed without requiring special skills.
[0011]
The browsing information reference system according to claim 3 for solving the above-mentioned problem is the browsing information reference system according to claim 2, wherein the extraction means transmits the history information to the server. And
[0012]
With such a configuration, the history information can be transmitted to the server in response to a specific person browsing a predetermined web page, so that it is easy to determine the browsing trend of the specific person.
[0013]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the browsing information reference system according to claim 4 is the browsing information reference system according to claim 2, wherein the server requests the specific person terminal to transmit the history information. In addition, the transmitted history information is stored in the storage means.
[0014]
As in this configuration, for example, by requesting the specific person terminal from the server to transmit the history information every predetermined time, the server can control the acquisition of various types of information constituting the information providing page. .
[0015]
The browsing information reference program according to the invention described in claim 5 for solving the above-mentioned problem is that the one user uses historical information regarding a web page browsed by one user via a network. A process of receiving from a specific user terminal, an information provision page creation process for creating a time-dependent information provision page for each user to which identification information of the one user is added, and the information The server is caused to function in a providing process in which a browser terminal used by another user transmits a provided page via a network in response to the access.
[0016]
Therefore, since the other user can browse the information providing page edited with respect to the web page browsed by the one user using the browser terminal, the other user can view the one user. By selecting, a useful web page can be browsed without requiring a special skill.
[0017]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the browsing information reference program according to the invention described in claim 6 is the browsing information reference program according to claim 5, requesting the specific person terminal to transmit the history information, The server is made to function so as to store the transmitted history information in the storage means.
[0018]
Therefore, for example, by requesting the specific person terminal from the server to transmit the history information every predetermined time, the server can control the acquisition of various types of information constituting the information providing page.
[0019]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a computer-readable recording medium on which the browsing information reference program according to the invention of claim 7 is recorded is historical information on a web page browsed by a single user via a network. The history information includes a process of receiving from a specific person terminal used by the one user so as to extract the information, and an information provision page over time for each user to which the identification information of the one user is added. A provision page creation process that causes the server to function based on the creation, and a provision that causes the server to function so that the information provision page is transmitted to a viewer terminal used by another user via a network according to the access And a process.
[0020]
Therefore, since the other user can browse the information providing page edited with respect to the web page browsed by the one user using the browser terminal, the other user can view the one user. By selecting, a useful web page can be browsed without requiring a special skill.
[0021]
A computer-readable recording medium recording the browsing information reference program according to the eighth aspect of the invention for solving the above-described problem is a computer-readable recording medium recording the browsing information reference program according to the seventh aspect. In this case, the server requests the specific person terminal to transmit the history information, and causes the server to function so as to store the transmitted history information in the storage means.
[0022]
Therefore, for example, by requesting the specific person terminal from the server to transmit the history information every predetermined time, the server can control the acquisition of various types of information constituting the information providing page.
[0023]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.
[0024]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration in an embodiment of a browsing information reference system according to the present invention.
[0025]
As shown in FIG. 1, the browsing information reference system in the present embodiment includes a specific person terminal 1 used by one user (hereinafter referred to as a specific person) and another user (hereinafter referred to as a viewer). .) Is connected to a network 4 and a server 2 that provides a viewer with information on a web page browsed by a specific person using the specific person terminal 1. The network 4 is specifically the Internet.
[0026]
The specific person terminal 1 includes a network IF (interface) 11 that is a communication unit that transmits and receives various types of information via the network 4, a display unit 13 for displaying the various types of information, and a specific person who browses via the network 4. The extraction means 14 for extracting information on the web page (hereinafter referred to as history information) over time and the storage means 15 for storing the history information. Further, the CPU 12 is a control unit for controlling the network IF 11, the display unit 13, the extraction unit 14, and the storage unit 15.
[0027]
The server 2 has a storage means 23 for storing the history information, and a creation means for creating an information providing page for each user to which identification information for identifying the one user is added based on the history information. 24, the network IF 21 which is a communication unit that receives at least the history information and transmits the information providing page information to the viewer terminal 3, and displays the information providing page on the display unit 33 of the viewer terminal 3. Display information output means 25. The CPU 22 is a control unit for controlling the storage unit 23, the creation unit 24, the network IF 21, and the display information output unit 25.
[0028]
The browser terminal 3 includes a network IF 31 that is a communication unit that transmits and receives various types of information via the network 4, a display unit 33 that displays the various types of information, and a control unit that controls the network IF 31 and the display unit 33. CPU32 which is.
[0029]
Here, the history information stored in the storage unit 23 is information including at least a date when a specific person browses a predetermined web page, a category, and the web page address. The history information also includes identification information including personal information (name, occupation, etc.) of the specific person and specialized field information indicating in which field the specific person has specialized knowledge.
[0030]
The extracting means 14 is a means for extracting information related to the web page when the specific person browses the web page using the specific person terminal 1, and specifically, the address of the web page browsed by the specific person. This is means for extracting information (hereinafter referred to as history information) consisting of source information indicating the date and time when a specific person browsed the web page and the contents described in the web page. It is assumed that a contract is made in advance between the specific person and the person who manages the server 2 for transmission / reception of the history information extracted by the extraction means.
[0031]
The creation means 24 displays information for associating the address of a web page browsed by a specific person over time and the category described in the web page in order to create an information providing page to be provided to the viewer. This is a means for creating a provision page. Specifically, the information providing page includes a specific person name, a field specialized in the specific person, a list of addresses of web pages viewed by the specific person, a date and time when the specific person viewed each web page, and each web page , The number of times the specific person has viewed each web page, and the category of each web page.
[0032]
Next, the operation of the browsing information reference system according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0033]
The operation in one embodiment of the browsing information reference system according to the present invention includes an “extraction process” for extracting history information related to a web page browsed by a specific person, and a “creation process for creating information to be provided to a viewer” ”And“ providing process ”for providing the viewer with the information providing page created in the creating process.
[0034]
First, as shown in FIG. 2, a specific person connects to a network (Internet) using the specific person terminal 1 (S1). Then, a desired web page is browsed using a so-called search engine or the like (S2).
[0035]
(Extraction process)
In the extraction process, for the web page browsed by the specific person, the time when the extracting means 14 provided in the specific person terminal 1 accesses the web page, the address of the web page, and the contents described in the web page This is a process of extracting the source information shown (S3).
[0036]
Thereafter, the history information is transmitted from the specific person terminal 1 to the server 2 (S4). At this time, the timing of transmitting the history information to the server 2 may be performed every predetermined time, or may be performed when the information amount of the history information reaches a predetermined amount. Furthermore, since the specific person may want to confirm the history information by himself / herself and transmit the history information, the specific information may be transmitted based on such an explicit transmission request of the specific person.
[0037]
Then, if there is a web page that the specific person still browses using the specific person terminal 1 (S5-Yes), the web page is browsed again as in S2, and the specific person finishes browsing the web page. (S5-No), the operation by the specific person terminal 1 is finished as it is.
[0038]
(Creation process)
The creation process includes the history information stored in the storage means 23, the category of the web page viewed by the specific person, the time and time the specific person accessed the web page, the address of the web page, and the web page. This is a process of creating a source of an information providing page for providing to a viewer, which is collected for each specific person for each item of unique points (S6). Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the specific person name, the specific field of the specific person, the browsing start time, and the browsing time (period) are stored in the storage means as a table with points (see FIG. 3). S7).
[0039]
(Information provision process)
The information providing process is a process of providing the provided information created in the creating process to the viewer terminal 3 in response to a request (S8) from the browser terminal 3, and the viewer terminal 3 accesses the server 2 Appropriate provision information is transmitted from the storage means based on the conditions input by the browser terminal 3 for the contents displayed at the time (S9). The provided information transmitted in this way is displayed on the display means 33 (S10).
[0040]
Next, contents displayed on the display means 33 when the browser terminal 3 accesses the server 2 will be described below with reference to FIGS. 4 and 6.
[0041]
As shown in FIG. 4, when the viewer accesses the server 2 using the browser terminal 3, an “information provision page” 100 is displayed. Specifically, the “information providing page” 100 includes a “keyword input area” 101, a “search field” item 102 for selecting a search field, a “search period” item 103 for setting a search period, and items to be sorted. A “sort” item group 104 selected from the above-mentioned “user points”, “expert points”, “access counts”, and “topic points”, and an “expert” item 105 to be entered when searching by the name of a specific person Then, a “search” button 106 for executing the search is displayed. Here, the “search field” item 102 is an item set in advance corresponding to the specialized field of the specific person described above. The “search field” shown in the figure is a case where the target of the information to be provided is medical-related, such as “clinical medicine”, “oriental medicine”, “internal medicine in general”, “digestive organ internal medicine”, etc. It is set to be selectable.
[0042]
Here, the items will be described. The “specific person name” and the “specialized field of the specific person” are information specific to the specific person included in the identification information as described above.
The “search field” is a point that detects character information that determines a field in the history information and identifies which field each web page describes.
The “expert point” is a point calculated based on the number of times a specific person accesses the web page point and the number of specific persons who have accessed the page point, and it is determined that there is a high possibility of being useful information due to the high point. it can. Here, the web page point is calculated by the CPU 22 by referring to the character string in the source information described in each web page and using the term appearance rate as a predetermined point. The CPU 22 may calculate a web page point by providing a dictionary for each specialized field (for example, clinical medicine) and comparing terms. Furthermore, “specific person” and “expert” in this embodiment are synonymous.
[0043]
The “user point” indicates the popularity of a general web page, and is a point indicating the number of times the user has been accessed based on the same web page address in the history information as the web page point. That is, if the point is high, it is likely that the web page is popular with general users.
[0044]
“Access count” indicates the number of times a specific person has accessed a predetermined web page, and if the count value is high, the specific person frequently visits the web page and can be a useful web page. It can be determined that the property is high.
[0045]
“Topic points” indicate the transition of expert points over time, that is, the difference between expert points at the beginning and end of a predetermined search period. For example, if the change in expert points is large in a short search period, it can be determined that there is a high possibility that the page is related to a field that has recently become a hot topic.
[0046]
Here, a specific example of topic points will be described with reference to FIG. 5. The behavior of expert points, that is, the transition of expert points over time, includes (a) constant behavior, (b) sudden behavior. There are three possible behaviors: a behavior that exhibits a moderate increase and (c) a behavior that exhibits a moderate increase. (Excluding the decline in expert points.)
[0047]
As shown in FIG. 5A, a web page that exhibits a constant behavior and maintains a high topic point is considered to be a web page having useful information. Further, as shown in FIG. 5B, a web page showing a sudden rise is considered to be a web page that is topical and includes new information. Further, as shown in FIG. 5C, a web page showing a gradual rise is considered to be a web page including average information. In addition, since the topic point is the difference between the expert points at the beginning and end of the search period, the value increases as shown in FIG. However, such a determination is not made in the case of showing such a transition of topic points in a long search period.
[0048]
On the screen shown in FIG. 4, the viewer selects at least one of “search field”, “search period”, “sort” item group, and expert name and clicks the “search” button. The selected item is displayed on the display means 33 like the information providing page shown in FIG. 6 with reference to the table stored in the storage means 23. For example, the information provision page shown in FIG. 6 is a result of a search performed by the viewer using “user points” as a sort target, and wa pages are listed in descending order of “user points”. At this time, the priorities of the sorting requirements other than “user points” are in the order of “expert points”, “number of accesses”, and “topic points”. Displayed depending on the number of points. Further, when the viewer inputs “expert name” on the information providing page shown in FIG. 4, if there is the expert name, the information providing page is displayed for the web page browsed by the specific person corresponding thereto. Here, the field specialized in the specific person and the “selected field” do not necessarily match (the specific person does not always browse the web page of the field specialized in his / her own field). If you enter the “expert name” on the information provision page 4 and set the field of expertise of the specific person in question in the “search field”, the optimal web page to be viewed by the specific person who is an expert in the field Can be searched.
[0049]
The browsing information reference program according to the present invention is configured by configuring the operation using the browsing information reference system described above as a program, and the embodiment causes the specific person terminal to function in the process of extracting history information. At the same time, the server 2 is caused to function to create an information providing page based on the history information.
[0050]
Further, a computer-readable recording medium recording the browsing information reference program according to the present invention records on the recording medium what is configured as an operation using the browsing information reference system described above, and the recording medium The contents of are read by the computer and executed. Accordingly, in the embodiment, the process of extracting history information is caused to function in the specific person terminal, and the function of creating the information providing page based on the history information is caused to function in the server 2.
[0051]
(Other embodiments)
As another embodiment of the present invention, the process in which the history information is transmitted from the specific person terminal 1 to the server 2 may be performed by a request from the server 2. Specifically, the specific person terminal 1 that has obtained the history information stores the history information in the storage means 15 when the CPU stores the history information in the storage means 15 and receives a transmission request for the history information from the server 2. A part or all of the history information is transmitted to the server 2. By doing in this way, the history information used as the creation object of the information provided to a viewer can be controlled by operation from the server 2.
[0052]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, when a viewer wants to obtain a desired web page, it is required to set a specific person, and information on the web page browsed by the specific person is extracted, Since the information is appropriately selected and provided to the viewer, information useful to the viewer can be efficiently provided. In particular, if the specific person is a prominent researcher, etc., the latest technical information that the reader should pay attention to can be efficiently acquired, so the latest technical information can be shared by many viewers. As a result, the technology can be improved.
[0053]
That is, by transmitting the provision information to the browser terminal 3, the following information can be provided to the viewer.
(1) Useful web pages (pages with the information you want)
▲ 2 ▼ Web pages viewed by many users ▲ 3 ▼ Web pages viewed by famous specific people ▲ 4 ▼ Web pages viewed by famous specific people for a certain period (such as this week) ▲ 5 famous Web page that many specific people often browse ▲ 6 ▼ Web page that gathers topics (a topic preemptive)
(7) Web page that many specific people browse [Brief description of drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration in an embodiment of a browsing information reference system according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation in one embodiment of a browsing information reference system according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an outline of source data of an information providing page provided to a viewer in the embodiment of the browsing information reference system according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a screen configuration displayed on the display means of the viewer terminal in the embodiment of the browsing information reference system according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an outline of history information provided to a viewer in the embodiment of the browsing information reference system according to the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a screen configuration displayed on the display means of the viewer terminal in the embodiment of the browsing information reference system according to the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Specific user terminal 2 Server 3 Browser terminal 4 Network 11 Network I / F
12 CPU
13 Display means 14 Extraction means 21 Network I / F
22 CPU
23 storage means 24 creation means 31 network I / F
32 CPU
33 Display means

Claims (8)

Storage means for accumulating historical information regarding a web page browsed by the one user, which is extracted by a specific user terminal used by one user to browse the web page via the network; Creation means for creating information providing page information for each user to which identification information for identifying the user is added based on the history information, receiving the history information and sending the information providing page information via the network A communication means for transmitting in response to access of a browser terminal used by another user, and display information output means for displaying various information on the display means of the browser terminal for the information providing page are provided. Information service server. A specific user terminal provided with an extraction unit that is used by one user to browse a web page via a network and extracts historical information over time for the web page browsed by the one user;
A browser terminal used by other users to browse web pages via the network;
Storage means for storing the history information, creation means for creating information providing page information for each user to which identification information for identifying the one user is added based on the history information, and the history information A server comprising: a communication unit that receives and transmits information providing page information in response to access from the viewer terminal; and a display information output unit that displays various information on the display unit of the browser terminal. A browsing information reference system characterized by comprising: The browsing information reference system according to claim 2, wherein the extraction unit transmits the history information to the server. 3. The browsing information reference system according to claim 2, wherein the server requests the specific person terminal to transmit the history information, and stores the transmitted history information in the storage unit. A process of receiving historical information regarding a web page viewed by one user via a network from a specific user terminal used by the one user;
An information provision page creation process for creating a time-dependent information provision page for each user to which the identification information of the one user is added, based on the history information;
A browsing information reference program for causing a server to function a providing process in which a browser terminal used by another user transmits the information providing page via a network in response to the access. 6. The browsing information reference program according to claim 5, wherein a request is made to transmit the history information to a specific person terminal, and the server is caused to function so as to store the transmitted history information in the storage means. . A process of receiving from a specific person terminal used by the one user so as to extract historical information regarding a web page viewed by the one user via the network;
A provision page creating process for causing the server to function based on the history information to create a time-dependent information provision page for each user to which the identification information of the one user is added;
A browsing information reference program is recorded, comprising: a providing process for causing a server to function so as to transmit the information providing page to a browser terminal used by another user via a network in response to the access. Computer-readable recording medium. 8. The browsing information reference program according to claim 7, wherein a request is made to transmit the history information to a specific person terminal, and the server is caused to function to store the transmitted history information in the storage means. A computer-readable recording medium on which is recorded.

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