JP2005128616A - System, server and terminal device for managing address information - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for managing address information for browsing a desired Web page by a simple operation. <P>SOLUTION: A terminal device 100 is connected to a server 1 for managing address information via the Internet 2. The server 1 authenticates a MAC address of a terminal device 100 transmitted therefrom depending on the presence of the address coinciding with the MAC address in a terminal identification information database stored in an external storage device 30. When succeeding the authentication, the server 1 transmits bookmark information for the device 100, in a form for a caption display, stored in a bookmark database. The device 100 makes a caption display of the received bookmark caption information at a lower section of a screen on a TV receiver 150. A user specifies a desired browsing destination in accordance with the number and the title in the caption display by means of a remote controller 160, and the device 100 requests for browsing to the server 1 on the basis of the user's specification. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an address information management system for managing addresses such as the Internet.

  In general, in order to browse information such as a WEB page provided on a network such as the Internet on a terminal device, it is specified by connecting to the network and inputting the address (URL) of the WEB page, and the like on the screen. It is configured to be displayed. In the browsing software (browser) of the terminal device, the URL address information is registered for the favorite WEB page and the frequently accessed WEB page in order to save the operator's input and to facilitate the subsequent access. The function to keep is provided. Such a function is called a bookmark or a favorite.

In addition, even if the terminal device changes, in order to respond to the desire to call and use the registered address information, a personal bookmark is registered on the WWW server placed on the network, and the registered member calls it for viewing. Some things can be done. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a method for automatically creating and providing a personal bookmark based on a browsed WEB page or a search result WEB page.
JP 2002-99568 A

  However, in order to use the bookmarks as described above, it is necessary to become familiar with the operation of the computer to some extent, and it is often difficult for elderly people or the like to operate them by themselves.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide an address information management system capable of browsing a desired WEB page by a simple operation.

  In order to achieve the above object, the first invention of the present invention connects the terminal device and the address information management server via a communication network, and corresponds to the communication corresponding to the address information stored in the address information management server. An address information management system that enables browsing of a WEB page in a network on the terminal device, wherein the address information management server includes identification information storage means that stores in advance unique identification information for identifying the terminal device, and Corresponding to the identification information stored in the identification information storage means, the address information storage means storing the address information in the network as the address information database for the terminal device and the terminal device connected via a communication network An identification information acquisition means for acquiring the identification information from the terminal device, and the identification information acquisition. Address information for transmitting the address information for the terminal device stored in the address information storage unit to the terminal device when the identification information acquired by the unit matches the identification information stored in the identification information storage unit Transmission means, and the terminal device comprises: display means for displaying a WEB page in the network; address information receiving means for receiving address information transmitted from the address information management server; and the address information receiving means. The telop display control means for displaying the received address information as telop on the display means, the input means for selecting and inputting the telop-displayed address information by the telop display control means, and the address information input by the input means The communication network having the address information transmitted to the communication network It includes a viewing information requesting means for requesting to view information on the WEB server in the click, and a browsing means for displaying on said display means the viewing information transmitted from the WEB server as WEB page.

  In the present invention, the address information transmitting means may transmit the address information for the terminal device as telop display data for displaying the telop on the terminal device.

  According to the present invention, the address information management server includes browsing history storage means for storing history information including address information of the WEB page browsed by the terminal device, and address information stored in the browsing history storage means. Address information editing means for editing the address information database may be provided.

  In the present invention, the address information editing means adds address information having a high browsing frequency among the address information stored in the browsing history storage means to the address information database, and the address information having a low browsing frequency is added to the address information database. It may be deleted from the address information database.

  Further, according to the present invention, the address information editing unit adds the address information of the WEB page browsed immediately before, among the address information stored in the browsing history storage unit, to the address information database, and adds the address information to the added address information. You may make it delete the address information of the WEB page browsed before the corresponding WEB page from the said address information database.

  In the present invention, the identification information may be a MAC address of the terminal device.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an address information management server that is connected to a terminal device via a communication network and stores address information of a WEB page that can be browsed on the terminal device, and identifies the terminal device. Address information in which the address information in the network is stored as the address information database for the terminal device in association with the identification information stored in the identification information storage means. When the storage means and the terminal device are connected via a communication network, the identification information acquisition means for acquiring the identification information from the terminal device, and the identification information acquired by the identification information acquisition means are the identification information storage If it matches the identification information stored in the means, the address for the terminal device stored in the address information storage means is stored. The scan information and an address information transmitting means for transmitting to the terminal device.

  In the present invention, the address information transmitting means may transmit the address information for the terminal device as telop display data for displaying the telop on the terminal device.

  The present invention also provides browsing history storage means for storing history information including address information of the WEB page browsed by the terminal device, and editing the address information database based on the address information stored in the browsing history storage means. Address information editing means.

  In the present invention, the address information editing means adds address information having a high browsing frequency among the address information stored in the browsing history storage means to the address information database, and the address information having a low browsing frequency is added to the address information database. It may be deleted from the address information database.

  Further, according to the present invention, the address information editing unit adds the address information of the WEB page browsed immediately before, among the address information stored in the browsing history storage unit, to the address information database, and adds the address information to the added address information. You may make it delete the address information of the WEB page browsed before the corresponding WEB page from the said address information database.

  In the present invention, the identification information may be a MAC address of the terminal device.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a terminal device which is connected to an address information management server storing address information via a communication network, and displays a WEB page in the communication network on a display means. Unique identification information for identifying a device, identification information transmission means for transmitting the identification information to the address information management server, and the identification information transmitted by the identification information transmission means when the address information management is authenticated. Address information receiving means for receiving address information for the terminal device transmitted from the server, telop display control means for displaying the address information received by the address information receiving means on the display means, and telop display control means Input means for selecting and inputting address information displayed in telop on the display means by Browsing information request means for sending address information input by the input means to the communication network and requesting browsing information from the WEB server in the communication network having the address information, and browsing information transmitted from the WEB server Browsing display control means for displaying on the display means as a WEB page.

  In the present invention, the address information received by the address information receiving means may be transmitted as telop display data for causing the display means to display a telop.

  In the present invention, the identification information may be a MAC address of the terminal device.

  In the address information management system of the present invention, since the identification information of the terminal device and the terminal device address information database are stored in the address information management server, when the terminal device transmits the identification information and requests the address information, the identification information After the authentication, the address information for the terminal device is transmitted. Since the terminal device displays the received address information in a telop, the user can display a desired WEB page simply by designating the address information displayed in the telop using input means such as a remote controller.

  In the present invention, since the address information management server transmits the address information as telop display data to the terminal device, it is not necessary to perform special control for processing the telop display on the terminal device.

  Furthermore, in the present invention, since the address information management server stores the browsing history of the terminal device and edits the address information database for the terminal based on the browsing history, the address information database according to the browsing behavior of the user Is created.

  In addition, in the editing of the address information database based on the browsing history, it is possible to register a web page that has been used many times by the user by adding a high browsing frequency and deleting a low browsing frequency. It is possible to display a telop without applying, and it is easy to view again.

  Furthermore, if the address information browsed immediately before is added to the address information database and displayed as a telop, it is possible to immediately respond to the desire to browse again the web page that was viewed a while ago.

  If the MAC address of the terminal device is used as the identification information of the terminal device used for authentication, highly accurate authentication can be performed without requiring the user to input information.

  In the address information management server of the present invention, when the terminal device transmits the identification information and requests the address information, the address information for the terminal device is transmitted after authenticating with the identification information. As a result, the terminal device displays the received address information in a telop, so that the user can display a desired WEB page simply by designating the address information displayed in the telop using an input means such as a remote controller.

  In the present invention, since the address information management server transmits the address information as telop display data to the terminal device, it is not necessary to perform special control for processing the telop display on the terminal device.

  Furthermore, in the present invention, since the address information management server stores the browsing history of the terminal device and edits the address information database for the terminal based on the browsing history, the address information database according to the browsing behavior of the user Is created.

  In addition, in the editing of the address information database based on the browsing history, it is possible to register a web page that has been used many times by the user by adding a high browsing frequency and deleting a low browsing frequency. It is possible to display a telop without applying, and it is easy to view again.

  Furthermore, if the address information browsed immediately before is added to the address information database and displayed as a telop, it is possible to immediately respond to the desire to browse again the WEB page that was viewed a while ago in the terminal device.

  If the MAC address of the terminal device is used as the identification information of the terminal device used for authentication, highly accurate authentication can be performed without requiring the user to input information.

  Further, in the terminal device of the present invention, when the identification information is transmitted to the address information management server and the address information is requested, authentication is performed by the identification information and the address information for the terminal device is transmitted. As a result, since the received address information is displayed in a telop on the terminal device, the user can display a desired WEB page simply by designating the address information displayed in the telop using input means such as a remote controller. .

  In the present invention, since the address information management server transmits the address information as telop display data to the terminal device, it is not necessary to perform special control for processing the telop display on the terminal device.

  Furthermore, in the present invention, since the address information management server stores the browsing history of the terminal device and edits the address information database for the terminal based on the browsing history, the address information database according to the browsing behavior of the user Is created.

  In addition, in the editing of the address information database based on the browsing history, it is possible to register a web page that has been used many times by the user by adding a high browsing frequency and deleting a low browsing frequency. It is possible to display a telop without applying, and it is easy to view again.

  Furthermore, if the address information browsed immediately before is added to the address information database and displayed as a telop, it is possible to immediately respond to the desire to browse again the WEB page that was viewed a while ago in the terminal device.

  Further, if the MAC address of the terminal device is used as the identification information of the terminal device used for authentication by the address information management server, highly accurate authentication can be performed without requiring the user to input.

  Next, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of an address information management system according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the address information management system of this embodiment has a television receiver 150 as a display means, and manages a terminal device 100 operated by a remote controller 160 and bookmarks (described later) of the terminal device 100. The address information management server 1 is connected to the Internet 2. In addition to the terminal device 100 and the address information management server 1, a number of WWW servers 200 that appropriately provide various information stored in the database 230 in response to requests from the terminal device 100 are connected to the Internet 2.

  In this address information management system, when the terminal device 100 is turned on and a connection to the Internet 2 is instructed, a connection is made to the address information management server 1 via the Internet 2 and a WEB page serving as a home page is sent to the television receiver 150. At the same time, the telop is displayed on the telop display section 310 at the bottom of the screen (see FIG. 8). The user of the terminal device 100 can browse the desired WEB page by selecting the number of the telop display unit 310 using the remote controller 160 (see FIG. 9). The numbers and titles displayed in the telop are composed of those provided in common to all the terminal devices 100 from the address information management server 1 and those dedicated to the individual terminal devices 100. The numbers and titles dedicated to the individual terminal devices 100 are stored not in the terminal device 100 but in the address information management server 1 as bookmarks for the terminal device 100. When there is a bookmark transmission request from the terminal device 100, The address information management server 1 authenticates whether or not the terminal device 100 is registered, and transmits bookmark information for the terminal device 100. The terminal device 100 that has received the message displays it on the telop display unit 310. Also, when the terminal device 100 browses a specific WEB page by selecting a number or title from the telop display or selecting a link in the WEB page, the URL address of the browsed WEB page is used as history information. Addresses stored in the address information management server 1 are added to the bookmarks for the terminal device 100, and the addresses with low browsing frequency are deleted from the bookmarks. The bookmark has been updated.

  Next, configurations of the address information management server 1 and the terminal device 100 that are components of the address information management system of the present embodiment having the above-described configuration will be described in order. First, the configuration of the address information management server 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the address information management server 1. As shown in FIG. 2, the address information management server 1 has a general configuration such as a well-known workstation, and is configured around a CPU 10 that controls the entire address information management server 1. The CPU 10 is connected to a ROM 12 that stores various programs, a RAM 13 that stores information that is input as needed and data that is being processed, and an I / O interface 40. The I / O interface 40 includes a key controller 25 that controls a keyboard 26 for inputting characters and various operation commands, a video controller 21 that controls a display 22 for displaying input text, and the like. A CD-ROM drive 28 for reading a CD-ROM 29 in which programs such as various application programs, data, etc. are read, and an external storage device 30 comprising a readable / writable hard disk or optical disk storing various application programs and databases, A LAN card 50 connected to a router 51 connected to the Internet 2 is connected.

  Here, the external storage device 30 includes a program storage area 31 that stores an operating system and various application programs, and a terminal identification information database 32 that stores identification information of each terminal device 100 connected to the address information management server 1. A bookmark database 33 storing bookmark information of each terminal device 100, a URL database 35 storing the correspondence between the bookmark information and the URL of the WWW server, a browsing history database 36 storing the browsing behavior history of each terminal device 100, and the like. It has been.

  Next, the configuration of the database stored in the external storage device 30 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating the configuration of the terminal identification information database 32, FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating the configuration of the bookmark database 33, and FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating the configuration of the URL database 35. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the browsing history database 36.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the terminal identification information database 32 corresponding to the identification information storage means stores the MAC address column 321 storing the MAC address of each terminal device 100 connected to the network, and the ID of each terminal device 100. ID column 322, password column 323 storing the password of each terminal device 100, name column 324 storing the name of the user of each terminal device 100, address column 325 storing the address of the user of each terminal device 100 A birth date column 326 that stores the date of birth of the user of each terminal device 100, a sex column 327 that stores the gender of the user of each terminal device 100, and the like are prepared. In the present embodiment, when each terminal device 100 is introduced, the MAC address of the terminal device 100 and the identification information of the user of the terminal device 100 are registered in the terminal identification information database 32. As will be described later, in this embodiment, the address information management server 1 uses the MAC address of each terminal device 100 as the identification information used for authentication of the terminal device 100. However, the terminal identification information database 33 other than the MAC address is used. You may make it authenticate using identification information, such as ID and a password memorize | stored in ID, and these combinations.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the bookmark database 33 corresponding to the address information storage means has a MAC address column 331 storing the MAC address of the terminal device 100, and a telop display unit 310 in the television receiver 150 of the terminal device 100. Number fields 332 to 341 in which numbers of address information to be sent are stored (see FIG. 8). In the present embodiment, a maximum of 10 numbers can be displayed in the telop display. In the number 9 column 340, a number indicating the WEB page having the highest browsing frequency of the terminal device 100 is stored, and in the number 10 column 341, a number indicating the WEB page most recently browsed by the terminal device 100 is stored. Remembered. The data in the number 9 column 340 and the number 10 column 341 are edited based on the browsing history database 36 (see FIG. 6) that is added each time the terminal device 100 executes browsing.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the URL database 35 displays the number field 351 storing the number displayed on the telop display unit 310 of the television receiver 150 of the terminal device 100 together with the number in the telop display unit 310. A title field 352 storing a title to be stored, a summary field 353 storing a summary of the telop number or browsing information corresponding to the title, and a URL field 354 storing a URL of a WEB page to which the information is provided. The combination of these numbers, titles, outlines, and URLs is not different for each terminal device 100 but is common. By extracting data by associating the URL database 35 with the bookmark database 33 shown in FIG. 4, bookmark information that is the basis of the dedicated telop display unit 310 for each terminal device 100 is configured and transmitted to the terminal device 100. . For example, in the telop display unit 310 of the terminal device 100 with the MAC address “12305568901”, a telop such as “01 Notice from the government 02 Facility reservation 05 Weather forecast 101 Gateball tournament ...” is shown in FIG. Will be displayed.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 6, the browsing history database 36 has a MAC address column 361 that stores the MAC address of the terminal device 100 that has browsed the WEB page, and a browsing date column 362 that stores the browsing date and time of the WEB page. A browsing destination URL column 363 for storing the URL address of the WEB page is prepared. Each time a user browses a specific WEB page on the terminal device 100, the URL of the browsing destination and the browsing date and time are stored together with the MAC address that identifies the terminal device 100. The browsing destination URL stored in the browsing history database 36 becomes original data when the bookmark database 33 and the URL database 35 are edited, as will be described later.

  Next, the configuration of the terminal device 100 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the terminal device 100. As shown in FIG. 7, a terminal device 100 having a function as a CATV tuner is connected to a television receiver 150 as a display means, and viewing a WEB page placed on a WEB server 200 on the Internet 2 is a television image. It is configured to be possible on the device 150. The terminal device 100 is configured around a CPU 110 that controls the entire terminal device 100. The CPU 110 is connected to a ROM 120 that stores various programs, a RAM 130 that stores information that is input as needed and data that is being processed, and an I / O interface 140. The I / O interface 140 includes a video input unit 102 for receiving video content from a video server (not shown) configured by a CATV broadcasting device or the like placed on the Internet 2, an address information management server 1 or a WEB server. An information input / output unit 103 that transmits / receives digital data to / from 200, a video output unit 155 that outputs video to the television receiver 150, and an operation input unit 165 that receives input information from a remote controller 160 that is an input unit are connected. .

  Next, the display screen 300 of the television receiver 150 of the terminal device 100 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a display screen of the television receiver 150 of the terminal device 100. As shown in FIG. 8, the display screen 300 includes a telop display unit 310 provided at the lower part of the display screen and a WEB page browsing unit 320 at the upper part thereof. Regardless of the content displayed on the WEB page browsing unit 320, the telop display unit 310 displays characters so that they always flow from left to right. On the telop display section 310, about ten combinations of numbers and titles that can be selected by the remote controller 160 are repeatedly displayed in order. Note that the telop display unit 310 is not limited to the lower part of the screen, and may be provided on one of the upper part of the screen and the left and right sides of the screen. For example, as shown in FIG. 8, a telop such as “01 Notice from the government 02 Facility reservation 05 Weather forecast 101 Gateball tournament ...” is displayed on the telop display unit 310 while moving constantly. The user sees the display on the telop display unit 310 and can enter the number with the numeric buttons 161 provided on the remote controller 160, or selects the number or title with the arrow buttons 162, and determines the decision button 163. It is also possible to specify by pressing (see FIG. 9).

  Next, with reference to FIG. 9, the remote controller 160 that is an input unit of the terminal device 100 will be described. FIG. 9 is an external view of the remote controller 160. As shown in FIG. 9, the remote controller 160 includes a numeric button 161, an arrow button 162 for selection, a decision button 163, and the like, as in the remote control widely used in TVs and the like. The number button 161 has a well-known configuration that is used in a mobile phone or the like in which alphabets and hiragana can be input in order by pressing each button several times in addition to inputting numbers. The operator inputs the number displayed in the telop on the telop display unit 310 of the television receiver 150 directly from the number button 161, selects the title of the telop display with the arrow button 162, and determines with the determination button 163, thereby making the URL Can be specified. Note that when a number or title is highlighted with the arrow button 162, an outline is popped up and displayed, and a judgment material for determining whether to browse or not is provided. The URL information specified in this way is displayed on the WEB page browsing unit 320, and the operator can browse a desired WEB page. When the URL direct designation menu is selected from the telop display unit 310, a keyboard is displayed on the screen of the television receiver 150, and a key on the keyboard is selected with the arrow button 162 to designate the URL. The URL can be designated by inputting alphabets from the numeric buttons 161.

  Next, the operation of the address information management system configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing performed in the address information management server 1. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a process flow of the terminal device 100.

  First, the address information management server 1 repeatedly executes provision processing of telop display information, provision of URL information corresponding to a requested number, and editing of a bookmark based on browsing behavior of the terminal device 100.

  As shown in FIG. 10, when the process is started, the address information management server 1 first transmits common telop information to each terminal device 100 (S10). The common telop information is common information that the address information management server 1 wants to provide to the terminal device 100. For example, administrative information, administrative facility-related reservations, emergency information at the time of a disaster, and the like can be considered. If there is no unique bookmark transmission request from each terminal device 100, a telop based on the common telop information is always sent to the telop display unit 310. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the format of data provided from the address information management server 1 to the terminal device 100 is already in a format that allows telop display, but only the content of the telop display data is transmitted. Alternatively, a display program may be introduced on the terminal device 100 side and processed for telop display.

  Next, it is determined whether or not there is a bookmark transmission request from any of the terminal devices 100 (S12). If there is no bookmark transmission request (S12: NO), the process proceeds directly to S24. When there is a bookmark transmission request (S12: YES), the MAC address is received from the terminal device 100 (S13), and the terminal identification information database 32 is searched (S14). Since the bookmark transmission request from each terminal device 100 is transmitted together with the MAC address of the terminal device 100, the terminal identification information database 32 is searched for authentication and the corresponding MAC address is stored in the terminal identification information database 32. This is to check whether it is registered. Then, as a result of the search, it is determined whether or not the received MAC address is in the terminal identification information database 32 (S16). If the received MAC address is not in the terminal identification information database 32 (S16: NO) Then, the telop information for displaying the authentication rejection message is transmitted to the terminal device 100 (S18). Then, the process returns to S12. The terminal device 100 that has received the authentication rejection telop information causes the television receiver 150 to display an authentication rejection message as a telop (see S136 in FIG. 11).

  If the received MAC address is in the terminal identification information database 32 (S16: YES), since the terminal device 100 that made the bookmark transmission request has been authenticated, the bookmark database 33 is searched with the MAC address of the terminal device 100. Further, the corresponding bookmark information is extracted in association with the URL database 35 (S20). Then, the retrieved bookmark information is transmitted to the terminal device 100 that has made the bookmark transmission request (S22). The bookmark information to be transmitted may be already processed for telop display, or the bookmark data itself may be transmitted to the terminal device 100 and processed after being processed for telop display on the terminal device 100 side for display. You may comprise.

  Next, it is determined whether or not the terminal device 100 has requested browsing of the WEB page (S24). When the browsing request is not made (S24: NO), the process returns to S12.

  If a browsing request is made (S24: YES), it is determined whether the browsing request is made by designating a telop display number or title, or by designating a direct URL (step 24). S26).

  When the telop display number or title is designated instead of the URL designation (S26: NO), the URL database 35 is searched using the designated number or title as a key, and the corresponding URL information is extracted. (S28). Then, the URL information is transmitted to the terminal device 100 (S30). Upon receiving the URL information, the terminal device 100 accesses the WEB server 200 having the URL, requests browsing information, and displays it on the television receiver 150 based on the obtained information (described later). The address information management server 1 stores the browsed URL and the browse date and time in the browse history database in association with the MAC address of the terminal device 100 (S32).

  On the other hand, in the telop display displayed on the television receiver 150 of the terminal device 100, a URL designation acceptance menu is prepared in a form such as “100 URL input” (see FIG. 5). When this number is designated, A keyboard can be displayed on the television receiver 150 and the keyboard can be selected to input a URL, or a URL can be directly input from the numeric buttons 161 of the remote controller 160 to make a browsing request. Further, by selecting a link in the already displayed WEB page, it is possible to make a browsing request specifying a URL. Thus, when the URL is directly designated (S26: YES), the browsing destination URL is stored in the browsing history database 36 in association with the MAC address of the terminal device 100 (S32).

  Next, it is determined whether the browsing destination URL added to the browsing history database 36 in S32 already exists in the URL database 35 (S34). If it exists in the URL database 35 (S34: YES), the process proceeds to S38. When the browsing URL does not exist in the URL database 35 (S34: NO), a telop display number is generated in addition to the URL database 35 (S36). Then, the telop display number is stored in the number 10 column 341 of the bookmark database 33 (S38). In the bookmark database 33, the URL browsed immediately before is always overwritten and stored, but the URL browsed last time may also be stored in the bookmark database 33.

  Next, the browsing history database 36 is processed using the MAC address and URL as keys, and whether the frequency of the browsing destination URL added in S28 is the highest among the browsing destination URLs of the terminal device 100 or not. Is determined (S40). If the frequency is not highest (S40: NO), the process proceeds to S44. If the frequency is highest (S40: YES), the telop display number of the URL is stored in the number 9 column 340 of the bookmark database 33 (S42). Here, only the URL with the highest browsing frequency is added to the bookmark database 33, but a plurality of URLs may be selected from the one with the highest browsing frequency and added to the bookmark database 33. Then, the bookmark information corrected by the above processing is transmitted to the terminal device 100 (S44). Through the processes of S32 to S44, a bookmark based on the browsing history is generated, and the telop display unit 310 of the terminal device 100 can return to the WEB page browsed immediately before or browse the frequently viewed WEB page. It becomes like this.

  Next, the operation of the terminal device 100 will be described. As shown in FIG. 11, when the terminal device 100 is turned on and instructed to connect to the Internet, the terminal device 100 first connects to the WEB server 200 on which the WEB page set in the homepage is placed, and requests browsing information. (S100). Then, information is received from the WEB server 200 (S102), and a home page is displayed on the television receiver 150 based on the received information (S104). Next, it is determined whether or not common telop information has been received from the address information management server 1 (S106). If the common telop information has not been received (S106: NO), it waits until it is received. If it is received (S106: YES), the common telop information is displayed as a telop so that it flows from left to right on the telop display section 310 as shown in FIG. 8 (S108).

  Next, it is determined whether the number or title in the telop display unit 310 has been selected by the remote controller 160 (S110). If it is selected (S110: YES), it is determined whether or not the selected number or title is an instruction for URL input (S112). As shown in FIG. 5, one of the options shown in the telop display is “100 URL input”, and when the number 100 or “URL input” is selected by the remote controller 160 (S112: YES), the television receiver. The keyboard is displayed on the screen 300 of 150 (S114), and an input is received by causing the remote controller 160 to select a key (S116). Here, regardless of the keyboard display (S114), it is also possible to accept an input made directly by pressing the numeric button 161 of the remote controller 160 (S116).

  After receiving the URL input, or when the number or title selected from the telop display is not a URL input instruction (S112: NO), the selected telop number or title is sent to the address information management server 1. The transmission is made and a web page browsing request is made (S118). As described above, the address information management server 1 searches the URL database 35 and transmits the corresponding URL information in response to the browsing request, and receives this (S120). Note that when the URL is directly input in the terminal device 100, there is no need to wait for the transmission of the URL from the address information management server 1, so this step may be skipped, or the address information management server 1 You may make it return to the terminal device 100 as it is.

  When the URL information is received, it is requested to connect to the WEB server 200 of the URL and transmit information for browsing (S122). Then, the browsing information transmitted from the WEB server 200 in response to this request is received (S124), and based on the information, the WEB page is displayed on the WEB page browsing unit 320 of the television receiver 150 (S126).

  On the other hand, if the number or title being displayed in the telop is not selected (S110: NO), it is determined whether a link in the displayed screen 300 has been selected (S128). If a link has been selected (S128: YES), the request is a browsing request for the link destination, so the URL information of the link destination is transmitted to the address information management server 1 to make a browsing request (S118). Then, whether the address information management server 1 returns the URL information as it is (S120), or skips the URL information reception process of S120 and connects to the WEB server 200 of the URL of the link destination to browse information. Is requested to be transmitted (S122). Then, the browsing information transmitted from the WEB server 200 in response to this request is received (S124), and based on the information, the WEB page is displayed on the WEB page browsing unit 320 of the television receiver 150 (S126).

  After the above WEB page browsing process (S110 to S126) is completed, or the number or title being displayed in the telop is not selected (S110: NO), there is a link in the displayed screen 300. If it is not selected (S128: NO), it is determined whether or not the bookmark information request is selected by the remote controller 160 (S130). If the bookmark information request is not selected (S130: NO), the process proceeds to S137.

  When the bookmark information request is selected (S130: YES), the bookmark information is requested to the address information management server 1 (S132). This bookmark information request is transmitted together with the MAC address of the terminal device 100. The address information management server 1 authenticates the transmitted bookmark information request by checking its MAC address, and transmits authentication denial telop information when it cannot be authenticated (S18 in FIG. 10). Therefore, the terminal device 100 determines whether or not such authentication rejection telop information has been received (S134). When the authentication rejection telop information is received (S134: YES), the terminal device 100 sets “ A refusal message “Authentication is rejected” is displayed on the telop display section 310 (S136).

  If the authentication refusal telop information is not received (S134: NO), it is determined whether the authentication is successful in the address information management server 1 and the bookmark information for the terminal device 100 has been transmitted (S137). In addition, since the bookmark database 33 is modified and transmitted from the address information management server 1 after browsing the WEB page, the bookmark information is transmitted after the determination in S130 is NO. It is confirmed whether or not (S137). If the bookmark information has been transmitted (S137: YES), the bookmark information is received (S138), and the bookmark telop is displayed on the screen 300 based on the received bookmark telop information (S140). Then, the process returns to S110. If bookmark information has not been transmitted (S137: NO), the process returns to S110.

  The request for the bookmark information is not limited to the case where the user selects it, but the request may be automatically transmitted to the address information management server 1 at a predetermined time interval. In this case, the authentication rejection telop information is not displayed, and the display of the common telop may be continued as it is.

  As described above, according to the address information management system of the present embodiment, the address information management server 1 manages the bookmark information of each terminal device 100 without performing the bookmark registration operation on the terminal device 100. Since the connected terminal device 100 is authenticated using the MAC address and the bookmark information is transmitted, the terminal device 100 displays the bookmark information in the telop display unit 310 in a telop, and the user can easily specify the number. A desired WEB page can be browsed.

  In this embodiment, the CPU 10 that receives the MAC address in S13 of the flowchart of FIG. 10 functions as the identification information acquisition unit. Further, the CPU 10 that transmits the bookmark information in S22 of the flowchart of FIG. 10 functions as an address information transmitting unit. Further, the CPU 110 that receives the bookmark telop information in S138 of the flowchart of FIG. 11 functions as an address information receiving unit. Further, the CPU 110 that displays the bookmark telop in S140 of the flowchart of FIG. 11 functions as a telop display control means. Moreover, CPU110 which transmits a browsing request by S118 of the flowchart of FIG. 11 functions as a browsing information request | requirement means. Further, the CPU 110 that displays the WEB page in 126 of the flowchart of FIG. 11 functions as a browsing unit.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to said embodiment, A various change is possible. For example, in the above embodiment, the terminal device 100 is a household device connected to the television receiver 150, but a mobile information terminal such as a mobile phone or a PDA connected to a network such as the Internet 2 is used as the terminal device. It may be used. In this case, the liquid crystal display screen of the portable information terminal is used as a display means, and a telop display unit is formed in a part (lower part, upper part, etc.) of the portable information terminal, and input means such as an arrow key, a numeric keypad, a keyboard, etc. The number in the telop display section may be selected.

  The present invention can be applied to a general network system for browsing information on a network in a terminal device.

It is a conceptual diagram which shows an example of the address information management system by this invention. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an address information management server 1. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a terminal identification information database 32. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a bookmark database 33. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a URL database 35. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a browsing history database 36. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a terminal device 100. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a display screen of the television receiver 150 of the terminal device 100. FIG. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing performed in an address information management server 1. 4 is a flowchart showing a process flow of the terminal device 100.

Explanation of symbols

1 Address information management server 2 Internet 10 CPU
30 External Storage Device 32 Terminal Identification Information Database 33 Bookmark Database 35 URL Database 36 Browsing History Database 100 Terminal Device 110 CPU
150 TV Receiver 160 Remote Controller 200 WEB Server 230 Database 300 Screen 310 Ticker Display

Claims (15)

Address information management in which a terminal device and an address information management server are connected via a communication network, and a WEB page in the communication network corresponding to the address information stored in the address information management server can be viewed on the terminal device A system,
The address information management server
Identification information storage means for storing in advance unique identification information for identifying the terminal device;
Address information storage means for storing address information in the network as the terminal device address information database in correspondence with the identification information stored in the identification information storage means;
When the terminal device is connected via a communication network, identification information acquisition means for acquiring the identification information from the terminal device;
When the identification information acquired by the identification information acquisition unit matches the identification information stored in the identification information storage unit, the address information for the terminal device stored in the address information storage unit is stored in the terminal device. Address information transmitting means for transmitting,
The terminal device
Display means for displaying a WEB page in the network;
Address information receiving means for receiving address information transmitted from the address information management server;
A telop display control means for causing the display means to display a telop on the address information received by the address information receiving means;
Input means for selecting and inputting the address information displayed by the telop by the telop display control means;
Browsing information requesting means for sending address information input by the input means to the communication network and requesting browsing information from a WEB server in the communication network having the address information;
Browsing means for displaying browsing information transmitted from the WEB server on the display means as a WEB page;
An address information management system comprising:   2. The address information management system according to claim 1, wherein the address information transmission unit transmits address information for the terminal device as telop display data for telop display on the terminal device. 3. The address information management server
Browsing history storage means for storing history information including address information of the WEB page browsed by the terminal device;
3. The address information management system according to claim 1, further comprising address information editing means for editing the address information database based on address information stored in the browsing history storage means.   The address information editing means adds address information having a high browsing frequency to the address information database among address information stored in the browsing history storage means, and deletes address information having a low browsing frequency from the address information database. The address information management system according to claim 1, wherein the address information management system is an address information management system.   The address information editing means adds the address information of the WEB page that has been browsed immediately before the address information stored in the browsing history storage means to the address information database, and the WEB page corresponding to the added address information. 5. The address information management system according to claim 1, wherein address information of a WEB page that has been browsed is deleted from the address information database.   The address information management system according to claim 1, wherein the identification information is a MAC address of the terminal device. An address information management server that is connected to a terminal device via a communication network and stores address information of a WEB page that can be viewed on the terminal device,
Identification information storage means for storing in advance unique identification information for identifying the terminal device;
Address information storage means for storing address information in the network as the terminal device address information database in correspondence with the identification information stored in the identification information storage means;
When the terminal device is connected via a communication network, identification information acquisition means for acquiring the identification information from the terminal device;
When the identification information acquired by the identification information acquisition unit matches the identification information stored in the identification information storage unit, the address information for the terminal device stored in the address information storage unit is stored in the terminal device. Address information transmitting means for transmitting;
An address information management server comprising:   8. The address information management server according to claim 7, wherein the address information transmitting means transmits the address information for the terminal device as telop display data for displaying the telop on the terminal device. Browsing history storage means for storing history information including address information of the WEB page browsed by the terminal device;
9. The address information management server according to claim 7, further comprising address information editing means for editing the address information database based on address information stored in the browsing history storage means.   The address information editing means adds address information having a high browsing frequency to the address information database among address information stored in the browsing history storage means, and deletes address information having a low browsing frequency from the address information database. The address information management server according to claim 7, wherein the address information management server is an address information management server.   The address information editing means adds the address information of the WEB page that was browsed immediately before the address information stored in the browsing history storage means to the address information database, and the WEB page corresponding to the added address information. The address information management server according to any one of claims 7 to 10, wherein address information of the WEB page browsed in the step is deleted from the address information database.   The address information management server according to claim 7, wherein the identification information is a MAC address of the terminal device. A terminal device connected to an address information management server storing address information via a communication network and displaying a WEB page in the communication network on a display means;
Unique identification information for identifying the terminal device;
Identification information transmitting means for transmitting the identification information to the address information management server;
Address information receiving means for receiving address information for the terminal device transmitted from the address information management server when the identification information transmitted by the identification information transmitting means is authenticated;
A telop display control means for causing the display means to display a telop on the address information received by the address information receiving means;
Input means for selecting and inputting address information displayed in telop on the display means by the telop display control means;
Browsing information requesting means for sending address information input by the input means to the communication network and requesting browsing information from a WEB server in the communication network having the address information;
Browsing display control means for causing the display means to display browsing information transmitted from the WEB server as a WEB page;
A terminal device comprising:   14. The terminal device according to claim 13, wherein the address information received by the address information receiving unit is transmitted as telop display data for causing the display unit to display a telop. The terminal device according to claim 13 or 14, wherein the identification information is a MAC address of the terminal device.

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