JP2009169953A - Web launching system and web launching method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a web launching system and method for enabling a client to easily execute a position-dependent logic, and a web launching system and method for making the client execute a function that does not belong to the client so as to provide no inconvenience to a user by easily adding the function to the client. <P>SOLUTION: The web launching system and method includes the steps for: transmitting an execution script to a user terminal 300; receiving an add-on request from the user terminal 300 according to whether there is a script to a function unloaded on an application client of the user terminal in the execution script; and transmitting to the user terminal an add-on module corresponding to the function unloaded on the application client. Thus, the add-on module from the web launching system can be linked and executed during run-time of the application client, so that a position-dependent logic can be easily processed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a web launching system and a web launching method, and more particularly to a web launching system and a web launching method using a file distribution function and an execution script.

  In recent years, with the development of computer-related information communication technology, various Internet service businesses such as providing game services and providing contents over the Internet are rapidly expanding. An Internet service provider installs (installs) a client on a user terminal in order to provide a game service or content, and the user executes the client to use the Internet service. The client can faithfully perform the function installed in itself, but can process the function not provided in the client by using a remote procedure call (RPC) or the like.

  In remote procedure call, a remote client requests a call to a specific server to perform a function that does not exist in the remote client, analyzes the request from the client at the server, and conforms to the request business logic. Is processed by the server and the result is transmitted to the client. The client performs subsequent processing using the transmitted result (processing result). On the other hand, remote procedure calls can be processed on the server machine because the business logic is in the server. For example, position-independent logic processing such as database query and arithmetic calculation is possible. For example, items that can be confirmed only by the client (position-dependent logic) such as confirmation of whether or not a specific program is installed or not, or deletion of a specific file cannot be processed by a remote procedure call. Such a function must be installed.

  On the other hand, developers usually design in consideration of various situations when designing a client, but functions that could not be predicted (considered) at the time of design need to be added to the client later. Sometimes occurs. And when adding a new function that was not installed in the client, the existing client itself is updated to install (install) the client with the new function added to the user terminal. , Apply patches, etc., but require a burden on the user, such as downloading a client with a new function or applying a patch, and forcing the user to interrupt the execution of the client. This is inconvenient.

  Therefore, the problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a web launching system and a web launching method capable of easily performing position dependent logic on a client.

  Further, another problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a web launching system and a web launching method that can be executed by a client so that a user can easily add a function that does not exist in the client and there is no inconvenience to the user. It is to provide.

  According to one aspect of the present invention, a web launching system transmits a web server for providing a web page of an Internet service in response to a request from a user terminal, and transmits an execution script to the user terminal. When there is a script for a function not installed in the application client of the user terminal, an add-on module corresponding to the function not installed in the application client is added in response to a request from the user terminal. And a file distribution server for transmission to the user terminal.

  The user terminal may include a client launching unit that links the add-on module to the application client.

  The client launching unit can link the add-on module during execution of the application client.

  The client launching unit includes information on a script that can be executed by the application client. The execution script is analyzed and a script for a function that is not installed in the application client is included in the execution script. It can be determined whether or not there is.

  The application client may perform a position-dependent function on the user terminal through the add-on module.

  Further, the web server determines (knows) whether or not the application client is installed in the user terminal, and determines that the application client is not installed in the file distribution server. Notifying that fact, the file distribution server can transmit the application client to the user terminal and install it in response to the notification.

  The client launching system according to another aspect of the present invention receives the execution script from the file distribution server, and the file distribution is performed when the execution script includes a script corresponding to a function that is not installed in the application client. A script parser for sending an add-on request to a server, an add-on downloader for downloading an add-on module corresponding to a function not installed in the application client from the file distribution server, and an add-on for linking the downloaded add-on module to the application client And a control unit.

  In addition, the add-on controller can link the add-on module during execution of the application client.

  The web launching method according to still another aspect of the present invention includes a step of transmitting an execution script to a user terminal, and a script for a function not installed in the application client of the user terminal in the execution script. Receiving an add-on request from the user terminal according to whether or not there is, and transmitting an add-on module corresponding to a function not installed in the application client to the user terminal. Features.

  In addition, the method may further include linking the add-on module to the application client.

  In addition, the linking step may be a step of linking the add-on module during execution of the application client.

  A computer-readable recording medium according to another aspect of the present invention can record a program for causing a computer to execute any one of the methods.

  As described above, according to the present invention, an add-on module corresponding to a function required by the user terminal is linked from the web launching system, and is linked and executed by the application client, thereby easily processing the position-dependent logic. Can do.

  In addition, according to the present invention, by using an execution script method and an add-on link function, functions that the application client does not have can be easily added to the application client without having to install the application client again or receive a patch. By linking and executing the add-on module during the runtime of the application client, the application client is not interrupted and the user is not inconvenienced.

It is a block diagram for demonstrating the web launching system in one Example of this invention. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a client launching unit of the user terminal shown in FIG. 1. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a web launching method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings to such an extent that a person having ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention belongs can be easily implemented.

  First, a web launching system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining a web launching system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a client launching unit of the user terminal shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a web launching system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a web server 110 and a file distribution server 120, and is connected to a user terminal 300 and an Internet service system 400 through a communication network 200. Has been.

  The user terminal 300 includes a web browser 310, a client launching unit 320, and an application client 330. The user terminal 300 connects to the Internet service system 400 and the web launching system 100 through the communication network 200 and exchanges information with each other. The user terminal 300 is not only a desktop computer but also a notebook computer, a workstation, a palmtop computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a web pad, a mobile communication terminal, and the like. An electronic device equipped with a microprocessor and equipped with a microprocessor and having an arithmetic processing function can be applied.

  The web browser 310 is an application program that can browse web pages. The web browser 310 accesses the web launching system 100 and the internet service system 400, receives web page information from the web launching system 100, and sends the web page to the user terminal 300. indicate. An example of the web browser 310 is Microsoft Internet Explorer, but is not limited thereto.

  Referring to FIG. 2, the client launching unit 320 includes a script parser 322, an add-on downloader 324, and an add-on controller 326 to execute the application client 330. Various necessary information is received (obtained) from the web launching system 100 and the application client 330 is executed. In addition, the client launching unit 320 can download and install a new version of the application client from the web launching system 100 when the application client 330 is an old version.

  The client launching unit 320 is downloaded from the web launching system 100 in response to a request from the user terminal 300 and installed in the user terminal 300. For example, the client launching unit 320 may be configured by an active X (activeX) component. In addition, you may comprise not only this but another component.

  The script parser 322 receives (acquires) the execution script from the file distribution server 120 and interprets (analyzes) the received execution script. The execution script is, for example, a kind of instruction word list to be executed by the application client 330. When a script for a function that is not installed in the application client 330 is included in the execution script, the script parser 322 requests the file distribution server 120 for an add-on module having the function. Here, the add-on module means an external program that can be configured and distributed independently so that functions that the application client 330 does not have can be extended to the application client 330. The script parser 322 can hold in advance information about a script that can be executed by the application client 330.

  The add-on downloader 324 downloads the corresponding add-on module from the file distribution server 120 in response to the add-on module request, stores the add-on module in the user terminal 300, and transmits information on the add-on module to the add-on controller 326. Note that the add-on module is not necessarily stored in the user terminal 300, but the add-on control unit 326 needs to be stored in the memory of the user terminal 300 while the add-on controller 326 processes the add-on module.

  The add-on control unit 326 links the downloaded add-on module to the application client 330 so that the application client 330 can perform functions related to the add-on module. In particular, the add-on controller 326 may link the add-on module while the application client 330 executes a script, for example, during the runtime of the application client 330.

  Examples of add-on modules that can be added to the application client 330 include a module that deletes unnecessary files provided in the user terminal 300, a module that confirms file information or program information installed in the user terminal 300, A messenger module that can provide a chat function when there is no chat function on the game provided by the application client 330, a module that provides a tutorial function related to the application client 330, and the like. Of course, such an add-on module is added when the application client 330 does not have the function.

  Meanwhile, separately from the client launching unit 320, a module (not shown) that receives (acquires) information from the web launching system 100 and transmits the information to the client launching unit 320 can be provided in the user terminal 300. This module can be constituted by, for example, an active X component, but is not limited thereto. Of course, a module that performs such a function may be included in the client launching unit 320.

  The application client 330 executes the execution script transmitted from the client launching unit 320, and connects to the Internet service system 400 based on the execution script to provide an Internet service to the user. Accordingly, the application client 330 can make a request for executing the script to the Internet service system 400, and as a result, can receive data or information necessary for executing the script from the Internet service system 400.

  The application client 330 may be a game client or a content client. For example, if the application client 330 is a game client, the application client 330 displays a game channel list received from the Internet service system 400 on a display unit such as a display of the user terminal 300, and the user can select from the channel list. When an arbitrary channel is selected, a game server (not shown) corresponding to the selected channel is connected. The application client 330 receives data necessary for executing the game from the game server, and executes the game while displaying a game screen based on the data on the user terminal 300.

  The application client 330 may be downloaded from the web launching system 100 according to a request of the user terminal 300 and installed in the user terminal 300 and installed together with the client launching unit 320.

  Although the client launching unit 320 has been described as operating in conjunction with the application client 330, the client launching unit 320 can also operate separately from the application client 330. For example, an execution script transmitted from the web launching system 100 can be executed by the client launching unit 320 regardless of the application client 330.

  The web server 110 provides a web page related to the internet service, for example, a game page or a content related page, to the user terminal 300 in order to provide the internet service to the user. Operations such as member subscription, user authentication processing, game selection and start, Internet content selection, and payment information input can be performed on the web page provided by the web server 110. In addition, the web server 110 provides information necessary for the application client 330 to connect to the Internet service system 400, and the user terminal 300 connects to the Internet service system 400 to play games or provide Internet contents desired by the user. When downloading, various necessary information can be provided.

  The web server 110 grasps (determines) whether or not the client launching unit 320 and the application client 330 are installed in the user terminal 300. If the web server 110 is not installed, the web server 110 indicates that it is not installed in the file distribution server 120. In response, the file distribution server 120 transmits the client launching unit 320 and the application client 330 to the user terminal 300 and installs them in response to the notification from the web server 110. Further, the web server 110 can also grasp (determine) that the application client 330 is an old version, and even in this case, when the application client 330 of the user terminal 300 is grasped to be an old version, file distribution is possible. The server 120 is notified that the application client 330 is the old version, and the file distribution server 120 transmits the new version of the application client 330 to the user terminal 300 and installs it.

  The file distribution server 120 holds an execution script related to the execution of the application client 330 in a storage unit (not shown) in advance and receives the script request from the user terminal 300, and sends the execution script to the user terminal 300. In addition, an add-on module that needs to be transmitted and added to the application client 330 is held in a storage unit (not shown) in advance, and the corresponding add-on module is added to the user terminal 300 in response to an add-on request from the user terminal 300. To be installed.

  The Internet service system 400 provides the user terminal 300 with an online game or Internet content. For this purpose, a game server (not shown), a content providing server (not shown), and a database (not shown) can be included.

  The database includes various information necessary for providing Internet services to users, such as user ID (identification, ID), name, address, mobile phone number, wired phone number, e-mail address, game version, game Information on the server IP address (Internet Protocol Address), cyber money, game items, game money, content usage rights, etc. is stored, and the information is provided to the web server 110, the game server, and the content providing server upon request.

  The game server communicates with the user terminal 300 so that the user can play an online game. That is, when the user terminal 300 is connected to the game server, the game server provides information necessary for game execution and exchanges game data with the user terminal 300, and follows the game logic. Control the game to be played.

  The content providing server stores various Internet contents such as music files, movie files, and document files, and provides them to the user terminal 300 at the request of the user.

  Next, a web launching method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a web launching method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  When the user clicks an execution button provided in the web browser 310 in order to execute the application client 330 on the user terminal 300, the client launching unit 320 is executed. Then, the client launching unit 320 requests the web launching system 100 for a script executed by the application client 330 (S510). Of course, in addition to the web browser 310 to execute the application client 330, an additional execution means, for example, an icon corresponding to the application client 330 (for executing the application client 330) may be provided.

  In response to the script request from the user terminal 300, the web launching system 100 transmits an execution script to be executed by the application client 330 to the user terminal 300 (S520).

  The script parser 322 of the client launching unit 320 interprets the execution script transmitted from the web launching system 100 (S530), and determines whether or not a function that is not installed in the application client 330 is included in the execution script. (S540).

  If it is determined in step S540 that the function not installed in the application client 330 is included in the execution script, the client launching unit 320 adds an add-on to the function not installed in the application client 330. The requested process is performed (S550). On the other hand, when it is determined that a function not installed in the application client 330 is not included, no add-on request is made. The client launching unit 320 transmits an execution script that can be executed by the application client 330 regardless of the step S540 to the application client 330 so that the application client 330 can execute the script. That is, the client launching unit 320 may be configured to transmit the execution script so that the script for the function installed in the application client 330 is immediately executed after interpreting the execution script in step S530. it can.

  The file distribution server 120 that has received the add-on request from the user terminal 300 analyzes the add-on request, extracts an add-on module corresponding to a function not installed in the application client 330 from a storage unit (not shown), and Transmit to the terminal 300 (S560). The add-on downloader 324 of the client launching unit 320 downloads the add-on module, and the add-on control unit 326 links the add-on module downloaded by the add-on downloader 324 to the application client 330 (S570). The client launching unit 320 can link the add-on module acquired from the file distribution server 120 to the application client 330 while the application client 330 executes a script that can be executed in the execution script.

  Thereafter, the application client 330 executes the added function (S580). The application client 330 can perform the operation for the added function after the operation for the already executed script is completed, or can perform the operation for the added function separately from the operation when necessary.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the web launching system 100 can transmit an add-on module corresponding to a function additionally required by the user terminal 300 to the user terminal 300 to be executed by the application client 330. . Therefore, it is difficult to process on the server side, and position-dependent logic to be processed by the user terminal 300 can be easily performed.

  In addition, according to the present invention, by using the execution script method and the add-on link function, functions that the application client 330 does not have can be provided without having to install the application client 330 again or apply a patch. Further, by adding the add-on module to the runtime of the application client 330 and executing it, the execution of the application client 330 is not interrupted, so that the user is not inconvenienced (the convenience is improved). ).

  In the embodiment of the present invention, the web server 110 is included in the web launching system 100 as an example. However, the web server 110 may be configured to be included in the Internet service system 400 as necessary. In addition, a part of the functions performed by the web server 110 may be performed by the file distribution server 120. In addition, although an example in which the client launching unit 320 and the application client 330 are separately included in the user terminal 300 has been described as an example, the client launching unit 320 may be included in the application client 330. In addition, the client launching unit 320 has been described as including the script parser 322, the add-on downloader 324, and the add-on control unit 326 separately. Or may be configured to be included in the application client 330.

  In the embodiment of the present invention, the client launching unit 320 and the application client 330 are installed in the user terminal 300 to perform web launching. However, the client launching unit 320 and the application client 330 are separately provided. It can also be configured with a server to perform the same function.

  Further, the present invention provides a client launching system including a user terminal 300 in which the application client 330 is installed and a file distribution server that provides the user terminal 300 with an execution script executed by the application client 330. And a script corresponding to a function that is not installed in the application client in the execution script received from the file distribution server 120 based on information about the script that the application terminal 330 can execute. A script parser 322 that transmits an add-on request to the file distribution server 120 when it is determined that there is a script corresponding to a function that is not installed, and an application client from the file distribution server 120 On board 330 An add downloader 324 downloads the add-on module corresponding to that is not functional, the add-on controller 326 to link the add-on module downloaded applications the client 330, the client launching system comprising provided. Further, the script parser 322, the add-on downloader 324, and the add-on control unit 326 can be configured as a program (client launching program) that is executed by the user terminal 300 and causes these units to function.

  Also, the embodiments of the present invention may include a computer-readable recording medium including program instructions that are executed by various computers to perform operations. This recording medium can record a program for causing the computer to execute the web launching method described above. This recording medium may contain program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. Examples of such recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tapes, optical recording media such as CDs and DVDs, floppy disks and magneto-optical. There are hardware devices configured to store and execute program instructions such as media, ROM, RAM, and flash memory. Alternatively, such a recording medium can be a transmission medium such as a light or metal line or a waveguide including a carrier wave that transmits a signal designating a program command, a data structure, or the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine language code created by a compiler but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

  As described above, the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail, but those skilled in the relevant technical field will not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention described in the claims. It will be understood that the present invention can be variously modified and changed. In other words, the technical scope of the present invention is determined based on the scope of claims, and is not limited by the mode for carrying out the invention.

100: Web launching system 110: Web server 120: File distribution server 200: Communication network 300: User terminal 310: Web browser 320: Client launching unit 322: Script parser 324: Add-on downloader 326: Add-on control unit 330: Application client 400: Internet service system

Claims (14)

A web server that provides web pages for internet services in response to requests from user terminals;
When an execution script is transmitted to the user terminal and there is a script for a function not installed in the application client of the user terminal in the execution script, it corresponds to a function not installed in the application client. A file distribution server for transmitting an add-on module to the user terminal;
A web launching system characterized by including:   2. The web launching system according to claim 1, wherein the user terminal includes a client launching unit that links the add-on module to the application client.   The web launching system according to claim 2, wherein the client launching unit links the add-on module during execution of the application client.   The client launching unit has information about a script that can be executed by the application client, and whether there is a script for a function that is not installed in the application client by analyzing the execution script. The web launching system according to claim 2, wherein it is determined whether or not.   The web launching system of claim 1, wherein the application client performs a position-dependent function on the user terminal through the add-on module.   The web server determines whether or not the application client is installed on the user terminal, and if it is determined that the application client is not installed, the application client is installed on the file distribution server. 2. The notification according to claim 1, wherein the file distribution server transmits the application client to the user terminal in response to the notification. Web launching system. A script parser that receives an execution script from the file distribution server and requests an add-on to the file distribution server when there is a script corresponding to a function that is not installed in the application client in the execution script;
An add-on downloader for downloading an add-on module corresponding to a function not installed in the application client from the file distribution server;
An add-on controller that links the downloaded add-on module to the application client;
Client launching system characterized by including:   The client launching system according to claim 7, wherein the add-on control unit links the add-on module during execution of the application client.   The client launching system of claim 7, wherein the application client performs a position-dependent function at a user terminal through the add-on module. Transmitting the execution script to the user terminal;
Receiving an add-on request from the user terminal by determining whether there is a script for a function not installed in the application client of the user terminal in the execution script; and
Transmitting an add-on module corresponding to a function not installed in the application client to the user terminal;
A web launching method comprising:   The web launching method according to claim 10, further comprising linking the add-on module to the application client.   The web launching method of claim 11, wherein the linking step is a step of linking the add-on module during execution of the application client.   The web launching method of claim 10, wherein the application client performs a position-dependent function on the user terminal through the add-on module.   14. A recording medium readable by a computer in which a program for causing a computer to execute the web launching method according to any one of claims 10 to 13 is recorded.

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