JP2011039743A - System and method for browsing www information, and web browser and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a user to easily reach a Web page to which the user has accessed in the past from among huge quantities of WWW information. <P>SOLUTION: A page keyword held by a Web page acquired and browsed by using a retrieval keyword is associated with the retrieval keyword, and defined as browsing history information, and the page keyword held by the Web page bookmark-registered by a user in a Web browser is associated with the retrieval keyword input for the acquisition of the Web page, and defined as favorite information, and the information is stored in a data storage part 11a, and when the retrieval keyword is input in the Web browser, a processing part 11b adds the page keyword associated with the browsing history information and the favorite information to the retrieval keyword and transmits it to a search engine. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to information browsing technology on a WWW (World Wide Web) on a network using a Web browser, and in particular, can easily reach information required by a user from a large amount of WWW information. The present invention relates to a technique suitable for this.

  There is a Web browser as software for browsing WWW information. Currently available web browsers include Microsoft Internet Explorer (registered trademark), Mozilla FireFox (registered trademark), and Netscape Navigator (trademark).

  There is a technology that uses a search engine to search WWW information using these Web browsers. The search engine provides information corresponding to the keyword inquired by the user as a list, and searches for necessary information while the user selects from the list. Although this technique is currently most frequently used, it is difficult to quickly find information that the user needs due to the increase in the amount of information on the WWW.

  Also, when browsing the information on the WWW, the same information is often browsed repeatedly. Therefore, a technique for registering frequently browsed information in a Web browser and selecting a page to browse again from the information is used. However, since the list itself provided by the search engine cannot be registered as Web browser information, even if you want to browse an unviewed Web page in the list displayed in the search results later, You will have to search for information again.

  However, it is highly possible that the keyword (hereinafter referred to as “search keyword”) used when information search is performed again is not the same as the search keyword used last time. Since it is not always possible to obtain the information, it is difficult to instantly find information that the user needs.

  The Web browser has two functions of “favorite” function and “history” function as a technique for accumulating and reusing information browsed by the user in the past.

  The “Favorite” function is for the user to determine whether or not to re-view the viewed page, organize the page information (hereinafter referred to as “favorite information”), and display the favorite information hierarchically. is there.

  The “History” function allows web browsers to automatically accumulate information such as “URL (Uniform Resource Locator)” and “browsing date” of the viewed page (hereinafter referred to as browsing history information). The list is displayed according to a certain standard.

  Since the “favorite” function is a user-oriented function, it is convenient for the user and easy to use, but there is a possibility that information necessary later will be missed and not registered in the favorite information.

  In addition, the “history” function has a low utilization rate due to insufficient referenceability and search capability of browsing history information, and a lot of browsing history information accumulated is wasted.

  As a technique for improving the efficiency of searching a huge amount of information on the WWW by such a Web browser, there is a technique described in Patent Document 1, for example. The technology described in Patent Document 1 displays, on the initial screen displayed by the Web browser, links to recently accessed (viewed) sites in order of increasing number of accesses and arranging them in sequence. , So that users can immediately recognize frequently visited sites.

  In Patent Document 2, as a technique for improving the search efficiency of a Web browser by processing on the WWW server side, a search word (keyword) used by a registered member for a search and a frequency of use of the search word in the WWW server. The URL of the browsed web page and the browse frequency of the web page are stored as history information, and when a registered member accesses, based on the browse frequency in the history information and the use frequency of the search term. A technique is described in which a screen in which a Web page corresponding to the sorted bookmark URL list (favorite list) is hyperlinked is sent out and displayed on the computer of the registered member.

JP 2002-157271 A JP 2002-99568 A

  As described above, the Web browser is software for browsing WWW information, and is used by people all over the world to acquire various types of information. As the amount of information acquired by Web browser users increases with the increase in the size of the WWW, in addition to the technology to acquire information again using a search engine, information obtained in the past is organized and reused. The situation to do is also increasing.

  In order to reuse information obtained in the past, it is necessary to use a search engine re-search, use the “favorite” function of the web browser, or use the “history” function to find previously viewed pages. It is done.

  In a technique using a search engine, searching for a huge amount of information on the WWW requires a lot of labor and time.

  Also, when browsing WWW information, the same information is often viewed repeatedly, so frequently browsed information is registered in the favorite information of the WWW browser, and the page to be re-viewed is selected from the favorite information. However, since the list provided by the search engine itself cannot be registered in the favorite information, it is necessary to browse an unviewed Web page in the list displayed in the search result later. But you have to search again.

  However, it is highly likely that the search keyword used when searching again in this way is not the same as the search keyword used last time, and it is not always possible to reacquire an unviewed Web page desired by the user. For this reason, it is difficult to immediately find out information that the user needs.

  In addition, the favorite information possessed by the “favorite” function is highly reusable because the information judged necessary by the user is registered. Low.

  In addition, it is highly possible that necessary information exists in the browsing history information that the “history” function has because all the pages that the user has viewed so far are registered, but the amount of information registered And the search capability is insufficient, and it is difficult to arrive at necessary information.

  The problem to be solved is that, according to the conventional technology, the user (user) of the Web browser cannot efficiently reach necessary information from a vast amount of information in the network.

  An object of the present invention is to solve these problems of the prior art and to efficiently collect information from a network.

  In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, a search keyword input in a Web browser is sent to a search engine, and a page keyword corresponding to the search keyword (important information representing the content of the Web page is transmitted via the search engine). When a web page having a word is acquired from a plurality of web pages published by a site on the network, a web page browsed after obtaining the search keyword is included in the search keyword input in the web browser. Corresponding page keywords are stored in the storage device as browsing history information, and the page keywords of the Web page bookmarked by the user in the Web browser correspond to the search keywords input for acquiring this Web page. Added as favorite information The page keyword stored in the apparatus and associated with the search keyword input in the Web browser by the browsing history information and the page keyword associated with the favorite information are extracted, and the extracted search keyword is input. And sending it to a search engine.

  In the present invention, the search keyword input by the user through the Web browser, the page keyword of the Web page registered as the favorite information by the user, and the page keyword of the Web page stored by the Web browser as browsing history information are used. The search request is made to the search engine, and it is possible to search for information according to the user's preference and situation more than before, and the page that you want to browse again is a more relevant page. It is possible to provide information as necessary, and it is possible to easily reach necessary information in a large amount of WWW information, and the time spent for browsing can be greatly reduced.

It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the network which performs browsing navigation using the WWW information browsing system which concerns on this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the 1st structural example of the screen displayed by the browsing agent in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a search operation | movement of the WWW information in the network which performs browsing navigation using the WWW information browsing system which concerns on this invention in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the update processing operation example of the WWW information in the network which performs browsing navigation using the WWW information browsing system which concerns on this invention in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the 2nd structural example of the screen displayed by the browsing agent in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structural example of the favorite information stored by the browsing agent in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structural example of the browsing history information stored by the browsing agent in FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of browsing history information registration processing operation by the browsing agent in FIG. 1. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an information search processing operation performed by a browsing agent in FIG. 1. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation for checking update of favorite information by a browsing agent in FIG. 1.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, 10 and 12 are a client computer (11) and a server computer (12) each comprising a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a main memory, etc., and the client computer 11 and the server computer 12 are an optical disk drive or the like. After installing the program and data recorded in a storage medium such as a CD-ROM through an external storage device, the program is read from the external storage device into the main memory and processed by the CPU to execute the functions of each processing unit. To do.

  In this example, the client computer 10 is provided with a browsing agent 11 as a WWW information browsing system according to the present invention as means for executing programmed computer processing. This browsing agent 11 is connected to the data storage unit 11a and the processing. The unit 11b and the display unit 11c are provided.

  The server computer 12 is provided with a search engine 13 as means for executing programmed computer processing. The search engine 13 is a search keyword sent from a Web browser provided as a function of the processing unit 11b of the client computer 10. The page 14 corresponding to is retrieved and returned to the client computer 10.

  The browsing agent 11 of this example also has a function as a Web browser, and requests the search engine 13 of the server computer 12 to search for a Web page via the Internet 15.

  At this time, the browsing agent 11 of this example uses the search keyword selected by the user in the conventional Web browser function, the favorite information registered by the user, and the browsing history information automatically stored by the Web browser function in cooperation with each other. The information search efficiency is improved by interactively linking with the engine 13.

  Therefore, for example, when the user of the client computer 10 searches the search engine 13 using the Web browser function and browses the Web page of the search result, the browsing agent 11 searches the search keyword input at that time. And a page keyword of the browsed Web page in association with each other, and has a function (processing unit 11b) that holds the browsing history information in the data storage unit 11a.

  Further, when the user bookmarks the Web page, the browsing agent 11 associates the page keyword of the Web page with the search keyword used for searching the Web page and stores it as favorite information (processing) Part 11b).

  Furthermore, when the user performs a search using the search engine 13 again, the browsing agent 11 stores the search keyword used at that time and the favorite information and browsing history information held in the data storage unit 11a. It has a function (processing unit 11b) for performing a search request to the search engine 13 by adding a page keyword associated with the search keyword used for collation.

  As a result of the processing of the function (processing unit 11b) by the browsing agent 11, the search engine 13 not only provides a search result according to the search keyword input by the user, but also the search keyword input by the user. It becomes possible to provide a search result according to the page keyword added by the browsing agent 11, and the browsing agent 11 automatically organizes information obtained by the user himself / herself without being aware of it, By reusing them, more effective browsing navigation can be realized.

  Hereinafter, the details of the browsing navigation using the browsing agent 11 utilizing the search keyword input in the Web browser, the bookmark information (favorite information) held by the Web browser, and the browsing history information will be described with reference to each drawing. explain.

  The browsing agent 11 in FIG. 1 registers the information of the browsed page 14 and the search keyword used for browsing the page 14 as browsing history information in the data storage unit 11 by the processing unit 11b.

  At that time, the processing unit 11b is illustrated as a favorite information window before registration (described as “before registration” in the figure) 21 and a favorite information window after registration (described as “after registration” in the figure) 22 in FIG. Then, the information registered as the browsing history information is added to the favorite information. The processing unit 11b displays the contents of the registered favorite information window 22 on the screen of the display device of the client computer 10 via the display unit 11c.

  As described above, when the browsing agent 11 automatically adds the information registered as the browsing history information to the favorite information, when the user of the client computer 10 tries to browse the page 14 again, the displayed favorite is displayed. By referring to the information (favorite information window 22 after registration), it is possible to reach the target page 14 without spending time and labor to find it again.

  Next, the WWW information search processing operation by the browsing agent 11 will be described with reference to FIG.

  In FIG. 3, when the user 31 searches for information using the browsing agent 32 and the search engine 33, the browsing agent 32 selects the user 31 itself from the page keywords registered in the data storage unit 11a. Extracts a keyword 35 associated with the input search keyword 34 by operating an input device such as a keyboard, and makes an inquiry to the search engine 33 using the extracted keyword 35 and the input search keyword 34.

  Upon receiving the inquiry, the search engine 33 selects the corresponding page group information 36 based on the search keyword 34 and the keyword 35 sent from the browsing agent 32 and provides the selected information to the browsing agent 32.

  The browsing agent 32 provided with the information 36 selects a search result page group 37 for the search keyword, a search result page group 38 that has been browsed in the past and conforms to the preference of the user 31, and the like.・ Categorize and display on the display screen of the client computer.

  As a result, the user 31 can more easily collect information requested by the user 31.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the browsing agent 32 accesses the search engine of the server computer 44 via the Internet 45, for example, periodically, and corresponds to the page 42 registered in the favorite information. Whether the page 43 on the 44th side can be updated or not is checked, and if the page 43 has been updated, the content ("NEW") shown in the favorite information 51 in FIG. Display output.

  Thereby, the user 41 can easily know the update of the page with the favorite information 51 in FIG. 5, and can acquire new information by re-browsing the page.

  Next, the browsing navigation operation by the browsing agent as the WWW information browsing system of this example will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 6 shows a configuration example of the favorite information table 61, in which the title, URL, and hierarchy of each page, and the search keyword and page keyword input when searching the page are registered in association with each other. Yes.

  FIG. 7 shows an example of the configuration of the browsing history information table 71, together with the title and URL of each page, the last browsing date and the number of browsing of the page, and the search keyword input when searching the page. Page keywords are registered in association with each other.

  FIG. 8 shows a processing operation example of the browsing agent using the information in the favorite information table 61 and the browsing history information table 71 exemplified in FIGS. 6 and 7, and when the user browses the page ( In step S801), the browsing agent first registers data relating to the browsed page in the data storage unit with the content of the browsing history information illustrated in FIG. 7 (step S802), and then the page viewed in the processing unit. 6 is calculated (step S803), classified as subordinate to the page with the highest relevance, and displayed on the screen with the content illustrated in FIG. 2 (step S804). .

  As described above, both the page keyword of the Web page (viewing Web page) in which the page keyword is stored as browsing history information and the page keyword of the Web page (favorite Web page) stored as favorite information are used. By calculating the relevance of the web page (browsing web page and favorite web page) and displaying the icon of the browsing web page under the icon of the favorite web page with the highest degree of relevance, the user can Information obtained in the past can be easily reached, and the time spent for browsing by the user can be reduced.

  FIG. 9 shows processing operations of the browsing agent 92 and the search engine 93 when the user 91 of the client computer searches for information, and when the user 91 inputs i search keywords (step S902). The browsing keyword 92 receives the search keyword (i).

  The browsing agent 92 determines whether a page viewed using the same search keyword as the received search keyword (i) is registered as favorite information and browsing history information in the data storage unit (step S903). S910).

  If the page exists in the favorite information (step S904), the page keyword registered for the page as the favorite information is added as a matching keyword (step S905), and the browsing history information includes the page If the page exists (step S908), the page keyword registered for the page as browsing history information is added to the matching keyword (step S909).

  Then, the browsing agent 92 makes an inquiry to the search engine 93 using a keyword that matches the search keyword, and the search engine 93 searches the page based on the keyword that matches the search keyword (step S911). The search result is returned to the browsing agent 92.

  The browsing agent that has received the search result from the search engine 93 determines whether each page of the search result is related to the data existing in the data storage unit (steps S912 and S913), and determines the degree of relevance. The result is added to the page information (steps S914 and S915) and displayed on the display device of the client computer, thereby allowing the user to view the result (step S916).

  FIG. 10 shows an example of the favorite information update processing operation performed by the browsing agent. When the user has registered the favorite information (step S102), for all the favorite information (steps S103 to S108). First, the last browsing date (a) of the page is acquired from the browsing history information registered in the data storage unit (step S104), and then the last page of the page is obtained from the site (server) that publishes the page. An update date (b) is acquired (step S105).

  And the last browsing date (b) acquired from the site and the last update date (a) acquired from the browsing history information are compared (step S106), and the last updating date (b) acquired from the site is the browsing history information. If it is newer than the last update date (a) acquired from (a <b) (step S106), the page is displayed and output on the display screen of the client computer with the contents shown in the favorite information 51 in FIG. Is updated (step S107).

  As described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 10, the browsing agent (WWW information browsing system) 11 of the present example sends the search keyword input in the Web browser to the search engine, and corresponds to the search keyword. When a web page with a keyword is acquired from a plurality of web pages published by a site on the network, each search keyword input in the web browser corresponds to the page keyword of the web page viewed with the search keyword At the same time, it is stored in the data storage unit 11a as browsing history information, and the processing unit 11b extracts and extracts a page keyword associated as browsing history information in the data storage unit 11a with the search keyword input in the Web browser. Page keywords , In addition to the input search keyword, and sent to the search engine, to request a search of the Web page information.

  In addition, the browsing agent 11 stores, in the data storage unit 11a, the page keyword held by the Web page registered by the user as bookmark information in the Web browser in association with the search keyword input for browsing the Web page. The processing unit 11b extracts the page keyword associated with the search keyword input in the Web browser in the data storage unit 11a, adds the extracted page keyword to the input search keyword, and sends it to the search engine. Send out and request web page information search.

  In addition, the browsing agent 11 provided with the Web page information from the search engine has browsed in the processing unit 11b from the Web page information provided as a page group as a search result for the search keyword or in the past. Then, a group of pages that match the user's preferences and the like are selected and classified, and displayed on the display screen of the client computer via the display unit 11c.

  In addition, the browsing agent 11 uses the page keyword of the Web page (browsing Web page) in which the page keyword is stored as browsing history information in the data storage unit 11a by the processing unit 11b and the Web page (favorite) stored as favorite information. Web page) page keywords are used to calculate the relevance of the browse web page with the favorite web page, and the browse web page icon is placed under the icon of the favorite web page with the highest relevance. It displays on the screen of a display apparatus via the part 11c.

  Further, the browsing agent periodically accesses the search engine, for example, checks whether or not the Web page registered in the favorite information can be updated, and if it has been updated, the client computer notifies that fact. Display on the display screen.

  Thus, in this example, in a conventional Web browser, a browsing agent that automatically links search keywords selected by the user, favorite information registered by the user, and browsing history information accumulated by the Web browser is provided. By performing an information search in which the browsing agent and the search engine are interactively linked, the following four effects can be obtained.

  (1) When a user searches for information from the WWW using a search engine, the page keyword of a Web page searched and browsed in the past, the search keyword used for searching the Web page, or favorite information By providing the search results obtained from the search engine by the browsing agent to the user using the page keyword of the registered Web page or the search keyword used for searching the Web page, the user's preference and situation It is possible to perform information retrieval according to

  (2) When a user re-browses a page searched in the past from the WWW using a search engine, the search keyword used when searching in the past or a Web page searched and browsed with the search keyword has The page that the browsing agent interactively talks with the search engine by using the page keyword or the page keyword of the Web page registered in the favorite information or the search keyword used for searching the Web page, etc. Can be provided as a more relevant page.

  (3) When a user browses a certain web page, the browsing history information is classified and arranged according to the relevance between the web page and favorite information. Information can be collected more easily, and when the user reuses the information, it can be reached efficiently.

  (4) By automatically comparing the last browsing date of browsing history information and the last update date on the WWW for pages registered in favorite information, it is provided to the user whether the page has been changed since the previous browsing can do. Thus, the user can easily know the update of the page, and can renew the page to obtain new information.

  As described above, according to the browsing agent (WWW information browsing system) of this example, the search keyword input by the user, the favorite information registered by the user, and the browsing history information accumulated by the Web browser are automatically linked. Therefore, it is possible to systematize information that the user has acquired in the past without making the user aware of it, and to reuse it, making it possible to search for information according to the user's preference and situation. Thus, it is possible to easily reach necessary information from the information of the WWW, and the time spent for browsing can be greatly reduced, and more effective browsing navigation can be realized.

  In addition, according to the browsing agent (WWW information browsing system) of this example, it is possible to notify the user that the registered content has been changed after the browsing date. The latest information can always be acquired without browsing regularly, and the efficiency of information collection can be improved.

  Further, when a user browses a certain Web page, the browsing agent (WWW information browsing system) of this example classifies and displays according to the relevance between the page and favorite information, so that the user can It is possible to easily arrive at information obtained in the past.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the example demonstrated using FIGS. 1-10, In the range which does not deviate from the summary, various changes are possible. For example, in this example, the browsing agent 11 also has a function as a Web browser, but this is the same as the Web browser having the browsing agent 11.

  Also, the computer configuration of this example may be a computer configuration without a keyboard or optical disk drive. In this example, an optical disk is used as a recording medium, but FD (Flexible Disk) or the like is used as a recording medium. It may be used. As for the program installation, the program may be downloaded and installed via a network via a communication device.

  10: client computer, 11: browsing agent, 11a: data storage unit, 11b: processing unit, 11c: display unit, 12: server computer, 13: search engine, 14: page, 15: Internet, 21: favorite before registration Information window, 22: Favorite information window after registration, 31: User, 32: Browsing agent, 33: Search engine, 34: Search keyword, 35: Relevant keyword, 36: Information, 37, 38: Search result Page group, 41: user, 42, 43: page, 44: server computer, 45: internet, 51: window of favorite information, 61: table of favorite information, 71: table of browsing history information.

Claims (9)

A search keyword input in a web browser is sent to a search engine, and a web page having a page keyword corresponding to the search keyword is sent from the plurality of web pages published by a site on the network via the search engine. A WWW information browsing system to obtain,
Means for associating a search keyword input in the Web browser with a page keyword of a Web page browsed after being acquired with the search keyword, and storing it in a storage device as browsing history information;
Means for extracting a page keyword associated with the search keyword input in the Web browser by the browsing history information, and sending the extracted page keyword together with the input search keyword to the search engine. A featured WWW information browsing system. A search keyword input in a web browser is sent to a search engine, and a web page having a page keyword corresponding to the search keyword is sent from the plurality of web pages published by a site on the network via the search engine. A WWW information browsing system to obtain,
Means for associating a page keyword of a Web page bookmarked by the user in the Web browser with a search keyword input for acquisition of the Web page, and storing it in a storage device as favorite information;
Means for extracting a page keyword associated with the favorite information with the search keyword input in the Web browser, and sending the extracted page keyword together with the input search keyword to the search engine. WWW information browsing system. A search keyword input in a web browser is sent to a search engine, and a web page having a page keyword corresponding to the search keyword is sent from the plurality of web pages published by a site on the network via the search engine. A WWW information browsing system to obtain,
Means for associating a search keyword input in the Web browser with a page keyword of a Web page browsed after being acquired with the search keyword, and storing it in a storage device as browsing history information;
Means for associating a page keyword of a Web page bookmarked by the user in the Web browser with a search keyword input for acquisition of the Web page, and storing it in a storage device as favorite information;
A page keyword associated with the browsing history information and a page keyword associated with the favorite information are extracted from the search keyword input in the Web browser, and the extracted page keyword is combined with the input search keyword. WWW information browsing system, characterized in that it has means for sending to the search engine. The WWW information browsing system according to claim 3,
Web pages acquired via the search engine
A web page acquired based on a search keyword input in the web browser;
There is means for displaying and outputting via a display device separately for a Web page acquired based on the page keyword associated with the browsing history information and a Web page acquired based on the page keyword associated with the favorite information. WWW information browsing system characterized by the above. A WWW information browsing system according to claim 3 or 4,
The degree of relevance of the browse web page to the favorite web page using the page keyword of the browse web page in which the page keyword is stored as the browse history information and the page keyword of the favorite web page stored as the favorite information. WWW information browsing system, characterized in that it has means for calculating and displaying an icon of a browsing Web page under the icon of a favorite Web page with the highest degree of relevance. A WWW information browsing system according to any one of claims 2 to 5,
If the last update date and time at the publishing site of the Web page registered with the bookmark is acquired from the search engine and compared with the date and time when the Web page is registered with the bookmark, the acquired last update date and time is newer than the registered date and time. A WWW information browsing system comprising means for displaying information indicating that the Web page has been updated via a display device. A search keyword input in a Web browser is sent to a search engine by programmed computer processing, and a site on the network publishes a Web page having a page keyword corresponding to the search keyword via the search engine. A method for browsing WWW information acquired from a plurality of Web pages,
The WWW information browsing method according to claim 1, wherein the programmed computer processing includes processing executed by each unit in the WWW information browsing system according to claim 1.   The program for functioning a computer as each means in the WWW information browsing system in any one of Claims 1-6. A Web that sends an input search keyword to a search engine, and acquires a Web page having a page keyword corresponding to the search keyword from a plurality of Web pages published by a site on the network via the search engine A browser,
A web browser having a function of executing the program according to claim 8.

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