JP2014026424A - Browser system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To share browser settings between a plurality of computers without installing a dedicated program in each of the computers.SOLUTION: A browser system comprises: a setting information storage unit that stores setting information of each user for accessing a Web site, so as to correspond to a user identifier; and a page information providing unit that according to an access request including the user identifier from a Web browser of a user terminal, provides display information for displaying an access Web page to the Web browser on the basis of the setting information corresponding to the user identifier. The access Web page includes: a display unit that displays a Web page of a Web site; and a control unit that controls display of the Web page.

Description

  The present invention relates to a browser system.

With the widespread use of smartphones and tablet terminals, an increasing number of users have multiple kitchens that can access the Internet. Each computer is installed with a Web browser (hereinafter also simply referred to as “browser”), and can access various Web sites on the Internet. The user can register the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of his favorite Web site in the bookmark (“favorite” setting) of the browser. By registering the bookmark in this way, the convenience of accessing the Web site is improved.
However, since bookmark registration is performed for each browser, a user who owns a plurality of computers must register bookmarks in each computer. In order to make the bookmark registration of the browsers of all the computers owned the same, it is necessary to perform the same registration work in the browser of each computer, which is complicated. It is also possible to export a bookmark registration of a browser of a computer and import it to a browser of another computer. However, export / import is necessary every time the bookmark registration is changed, which is complicated.
For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for sharing bookmark registration among a plurality of browsers. In the method disclosed in Patent Document 1, when a plurality of browsers are installed in one user terminal, bookmark registration of each browser can be shared.

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  However, with the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, bookmark registration cannot be shared among a plurality of computers. Further, in the method disclosed in Patent Document 1, a dedicated program for sharing bookmark registration needs to be installed in the user terminal, so that it is necessary to develop a program that matches the environment of the user terminal and the browser.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to share browser settings among a plurality of computers without installing a dedicated program in each computer.

  A browser system according to an aspect of the present invention includes a setting information storage unit that stores setting information for each user for accessing a Web site in association with a user identifier, and a user identifier from a Web browser of a user terminal. A page information providing unit that provides display information for displaying the access web page to the web browser based on the setting information corresponding to the user identifier in response to the access request. A display unit that displays a Web page of the Web site and a control unit that controls display of the Web page are included.

  In the present invention, the “part” does not simply mean a physical means, but includes a case where the function of the “part” is realized by software. Also, even if the functions of one “unit” or device are realized by two or more physical means or devices, the functions of two or more “units” or devices are realized by one physical means or device. May be.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to share browser settings between a plurality of computers without installing a dedicated program on each computer.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the information processing system which is one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of a setting information storage part. It is a figure explaining the outline | summary of the cloud browser function provided by a page information provision part. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen of the general purpose web browser in a user terminal. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen in the case of using a cloud browser in the general purpose web browser in a user terminal. It is a figure which shows an example at the time of hiding the control part of a general purpose web browser. It is a figure which shows an example of a screen in case bookmark operation is performed in a cloud browser. It is a figure which shows an example of operation which selects a bookmark in a cloud browser. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen as which the web page of the bookmark selected in the cloud browser was displayed. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process which displays a web page using a cloud browser.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an information processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the information processing system includes a browser system 10, a user terminal 20, and a Web site 30. The browser system 10, the user terminal 20, and the website 30 are connected to be communicable via the Internet.

  The browser system 10 provides a browsing service to the user terminal 20 and is configured using one or a plurality of information processing apparatuses. That is, the browser system 10 provides a browser function to the user terminal 20 on the cloud. Since the browser function provided by the browser system 10 is provided on the cloud, it can also be called a “cloud browser”. The cloud browser has a function equivalent to that of a general-purpose web browser installed in the user terminal 20. The cloud browser can acquire information (display information) for displaying a Web page from the Web site 30 in response to an instruction from the user terminal 20. Then, the cloud browser can transmit display information to the user terminal 20 so that the web page of the website is displayed on the general-purpose web browser of the user terminal 20. In addition, the cloud browser can hold bookmark registration, security settings, and the like for each user. Details of the functions of the cloud browser will be described later.

  The user terminal 20 is an information processing apparatus used by a user, such as a personal computer, a smartphone, or a tablet computer. A general-purpose web browser such as Internet Explorer (registered trademark) or Firefox (registered trademark) is installed in the user terminal 20. The user terminal 20 can use a cloud browser using a general-purpose web browser. That is, the user terminal 20 can access the website 30 via the browser system 10. As described above, the browser system 10 holds bookmarks, security settings, and the like for each user. Therefore, when using a plurality of user terminals 20, a user can share various settings such as bookmark registration and security settings among the plurality of user terminals 20 regardless of the settings of the general-purpose web browser of each user terminal 20. Can do.

  The Web site 30 provides various Web pages, and includes a Web server, an application server, a database server, and the like. In response to the Web page acquisition request specified by the URL, the Web site 30 generates display information for displaying the Web page with a browser and transmits the display information to the request source. The display information includes HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) format data, XML (Extensible Markup Language) format data, and the like.

  The configuration of the browser system 10 will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, the browser system 10 includes a setting information storage unit 50, a page information providing unit 52, and a setting information update unit 54. Each unit constituting the browser system 10 can be realized, for example, by using a storage area such as a memory or a storage device, or by a processor executing a program stored in the storage area.

  The setting information storage unit 50 stores setting information for each user for accessing the Web site 30. In other words, the setting information storage unit 50 stores the setting information of the cloud browser for each user. The setting information includes various information that can be set in a general-purpose Web browser, such as bookmark registration, security setting, and privacy setting. The setting information can also include account information (ID, password, etc.) input when the user accesses the website 30 via the cloud browser. The setting information can also include history information indicating the history of Web pages accessed via the cloud browser, and status information indicating the state of the cloud browser when it was used last time. The status information includes, for example, information on the Web page displayed on each tab of the cloud browser.

  FIG. 2 shows an example of the configuration of the setting information storage unit 50. As shown in FIG. 2, the setting information is stored in association with the user ID. In the example illustrated in FIG. 2, the setting information includes information such as “homepage”, “bookmark”, “security”, and “privacy”. In “Home Page”, information indicating the URL of a Web page (so-called “Home Page”) displayed when the browser is activated is set. In the “bookmark”, information indicating the URL of the Web page registered as the bookmark and the name of the bookmark is set. In “Security”, information related to security settings when accessing the Web site 30 is set. In “Privacy”, information related to privacy settings when accessing the Web site 30 is set. The setting information storage unit 50 may store information automatically collected by the cloud browser, not limited to information registered by the user. For example, the setting information storage unit 50 may store the URL of a Web page that the user referred to via a cloud browser.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the page information providing unit 52 provides the user terminal 20 with a cloud browser function for accessing the Web site 30. Specifically, the page information providing unit 52 displays display information for displaying a Web page for accessing the Web site 30 in response to an access request from the general-purpose Web browser of the user terminal 20. Provide to a web browser. In addition, the page information providing unit 52 displays display information for displaying a Web page corresponding to the user operation in response to a user operation on the Web page displayed on the general-purpose Web browser of the user terminal 20. Provide to a web browser.

  The function of the page information providing unit 52 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining an overview of the cloud browser function provided by the page information providing unit 52. As shown in FIG. 3, the page information providing unit 52 can acquire display information for displaying the Web page 100 from the Web site 30. And the page information provision part 52 can produce | generate the display information for displaying the web page 110 containing the control part for performing various operation in a cloud browser in addition to the web page of the website 30. The page information providing unit 52 can provide display information for displaying the web page 110 to the general-purpose web browser of the user terminal 20.

  FIG. 4 shows an example of a general-purpose Web browser screen on the user terminal 20. As shown in FIG. 4, the general-purpose Web browser includes a control unit 200 and a display unit 210. The control unit 200 includes an input area 220 for inputting a URL, a menu area 230 for performing various operations, and the like. For example, when the URL of the Web page of the site A that is one of the Web sites 30 is input to the URL input area 220, the general-purpose Web browser acquires the display information of the Web page specified by the URL from the site A, A Web page can be displayed on the display unit 210. In the general-purpose Web browser, various operations can be performed in the menu area 230. For example, a general-purpose Web browser can register a bookmark or set a home page.

  FIG. 5 shows an example of a screen when a cloud browser is used in the general-purpose Web browser in the user terminal 20. As shown in FIG. 5, when a URL (cloud browser URL) for accessing the browser system 10 is input in the URL input area 200 of the general-purpose web browser, user setting information is displayed in the display area 210 of the general-purpose web browser. Based on this, the web page 300 provided by the cloud browser is displayed. The web page 300 is a web page (access web page) used to access the web site 30. Note that by setting the URL of the cloud browser as the home page of the general-purpose web browser, the web page 300 of the cloud browser can be displayed when the general-purpose web browser is activated. The user may be specified by, for example, inputting a user ID in a general-purpose Web browser, or storing a user ID in cookie information or the like of the general-purpose Web browser.

  The web page 300 includes a control unit 310 and a display unit 320. The display unit 320 is an area for displaying a web page of the website 30. The control unit 310 controls the display of the web page on the display unit 320. Specifically, the control unit 310 is for performing the same control as the control unit 200 of the general-purpose web browser in the cloud browser, and includes a URL input area 330, a menu area 340, and a tab selection area 350. . The display information for displaying the control unit 310 can be generated using, for example, Ajax (registered trademark).

  The cloud browser has a tab selection area 350 and has a so-called tab browser function. That is, in the cloud browser, by selecting a tab in the tab selection area 350, a plurality of Web pages can be switched and displayed. And the page information provision part 52 can reproduce the state of the tab when the cloud browser was terminated last time with reference to the setting information storage part 50 when starting the cloud browser. In addition, the page information provision part 52 can reproduce the state at the time of the last termination | finish of a cloud browser based on the status information memorize | stored in not only a tab but the setting information storage part 50. FIG.

  When the URL of the Web page of site A is input to the URL input area 330 of the cloud browser, the URL information is transmitted to the browser system 10. The page information providing unit 52 acquires display information for displaying the Web page of the URL from the site A, and transmits display information for displaying the Web page on the display unit 320 to the general-purpose Web browser of the user terminal 20. To do. As a result, the Web page specified in the URL input area 330 is displayed on the display unit 320. Similarly, when various operations are performed in the control unit 310, the operation information is transmitted to the browser system 10. The page information providing unit 52 acquires display information for displaying the Web page from the Web site 30 as necessary, and transmits the display information to the general-purpose Web browser of the user terminal 20. Thus, the web page 300 displayed in the general-purpose web browser provides the user with the same function as the general-purpose web browser. As shown in FIG. 6, by hiding the control unit 200 of the general-purpose web browser, the user can use the cloud browser with the same feeling as using the general-purpose web browser.

  FIG. 7 shows an example of a screen when a bookmark operation is performed in the cloud browser. As illustrated in FIG. 7, when “bookmark” is selected in the menu area 340 of the cloud browser, information indicating that “bookmark” has been selected is transmitted to the browser system 10. The page information providing unit 52 refers to the setting information storage unit 50 and acquires information related to the bookmark from the user setting information. Then, the page information providing unit 52 transmits display information for selecting a bookmark to the general-purpose web browser of the user terminal 20. Thereby, for example, a list 400 for selecting a bookmark is displayed on the general-purpose Web browser.

  As shown in FIG. 8, for example, when site B (site-B) is selected in the bookmark list 400, information indicating that site B has been selected is transmitted to the browser system 10. The page information providing unit 52 acquires display information for displaying the Web page indicated by the bookmark from the site B and transmits it to the general-purpose Web browser of the user terminal 20. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 9, the web page of the site B is displayed on the display part 320 of the cloud browser displayed on the general-purpose web browser.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the setting information update unit 54 can update the setting information according to a user operation in the cloud browser. For example, when “add” is selected in the list 400 of the screen illustrated in FIG. 7, the setting information update unit 54 associates the URL of the Web page displayed on the display unit 320 with the user ID and sets the setting information. It can be registered in the storage unit 50. Specifically, when “add” is selected in the list 400 of the screen illustrated in FIG. 7, information indicating that “add” has been selected is transmitted to the browser system 10. The setting information updating unit 54 can associate the URL of the Web page displayed on the display unit 320 by the page information providing unit 52 with the user ID and store the URL as a “bookmark” in the setting information updating unit 54.

  The setting information updated by the setting information update unit 54 is not limited to the bookmark, and various setting information that can be stored in the setting information storage unit 50 can be updated. For example, the setting information update unit 54 includes account information input when the user accesses the website 30 via the cloud browser, history information indicating the history of the Web page, and a state indicating the state when the cloud browser was last used. Information or the like can be registered in the setting information storage unit 50 in association with the user ID.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing for displaying a Web page using a cloud browser. First, a general-purpose web browser is activated on the user terminal 20 (S1001). Then, an access request for the browser system 10 is transmitted from the general-purpose web browser to the browser system 10 (S1002). For example, if the URL of the browser system 10 is registered on the home page of the general-purpose web browser, an access request is transmitted to the browser system 10 when the general-purpose web browser is activated.

  The page information providing unit 52 of the browser system 10 receives an access request from the general-purpose web browser of the user terminal 20 (S1003). The access request includes a user ID. For example, the user ID may be input in a general-purpose Web browser, or may be acquired from cookie information of the general-purpose Web browser. When receiving the access request, the page information providing unit 52 acquires the setting information associated with the user ID from the setting information storage unit 50 (S1004). Then, the page information providing unit 52 generates display information for displaying the web page on the general-purpose web browser based on the acquired setting information (S1005). Specifically, the page information providing unit 52 can acquire the URL of a home page (initial page) included in the setting information and generate display information for displaying the home page on a general-purpose web browser. The display information generated here includes information for displaying the control unit 310 of the cloud browser. Further, the page information providing unit 52 can reproduce the state of the tab browser at the previous end based on the state information included in the setting information. Note that the page information providing unit 52 may generate display information for selecting whether to display a home page or a Web page that was displayed at the end of the previous time. Further, such selection may be registered in the setting information storage unit 50 in advance as setting information.

  If the home page exists on the website 30, the page information providing unit 52 can generate display information for displaying the home page by accessing the website 30. In this case, the Web site 30 provides display information for displaying a Web page in response to a request from the page information providing unit 52 (S1006).

  The page information providing unit 52 transmits the generated display information to the general-purpose web browser of the user terminal 20 (S1007). The general-purpose web browser of the user terminal 20 receives this display information (S1008), and displays the web page 300 of the cloud browser as illustrated in FIG. 6 (S1009).

  The general-purpose web browser of the user terminal 20 can perform various operations within the web page 300 of the cloud browser. For example, the user can perform an operation on the Web page of the Web site 30 such as selecting a link included in the Web page displayed on the display unit 320. For example, the user can input a URL or select a bookmark in the control unit 310.

  When a user operation is performed in the web page 300 of the cloud browser, operation information corresponding to the user operation is transmitted to the browser system 10 (S1010). The page information providing unit 52 receives this operation information (S1011), and generates display information for updating the Web page 300 according to the operation information (S1012). For example, when a link included in the Web page displayed on the display unit 320 is selected, the page information providing unit 52 accesses the Web site 30 indicated by the link and displays the Web page indicated by the link. Display information for display on 320 can be generated. For example, when “bookmark” is selected in the control unit 310, the page information providing unit 52 can generate display information for displaying the bookmark list 400. Further, when one of the bookmarks is selected in the bookmark list 400, the page information providing unit 52 accesses the Web site 30 indicated by the selected bookmark and displays the Web page indicated by the bookmark on the display unit 320. Display information can be generated.

  The page information providing unit 52 transmits the generated display information to the general-purpose web browser of the user terminal 20 (S1014). The general-purpose web browser of the user terminal 20 receives this display information (S1015). Thereby, in the general-purpose web browser of the user terminal 20, the display of the web page 300 of the cloud browser is updated (S1016). This update process of the Web page 300 is repeated until the general-purpose Web browser is terminated or until a URL other than the browser system 10 is designated in the general-purpose Web browser (S1017: N).

  The setting information update unit 54 can update the setting information storage unit 50 in response to a user operation on the web page 300 of the cloud browser. For example, the setting information update unit 54 can register the URL of the Web page selected in the Web page 300 of the cloud browser in the bookmark. Further, for example, the setting information update unit 54 can store history information indicating the history of the Web page displayed on the cloud browser in the setting information storage unit 50 in association with the user ID.

  When the general-purpose web browser is terminated or a URL other than the browser system 10 is designated in the general-purpose web browser (S1017: Y), the general-purpose web browser of the user terminal 20 transmits an end notification to the browser system 10. (S1018) The web page display process using the cloud browser is terminated (S1019). When receiving the end notification from the general-purpose web browser of the user terminal 20 (S1020), the page information providing unit 52 of the browser system 10 ends the process of providing the cloud browser function to the user terminal 20 (S1021). At this time, the page information providing unit 52 associates, for example, status information indicating the status at the time of termination of the cloud browser, such as information on the web page displayed on each tab, with the user ID in the setting information storage unit 50. Can be stored.

  The present embodiment has been described above. In the present embodiment, setting information for each user for accessing the Web site 30 is stored in the setting information storage unit 50 in association with the user ID. Then, the page information providing unit 52 uses display information for displaying a Web page for accessing the Web site 30 based on the user setting information in response to an access request from the general-purpose Web browser of the user terminal 20. It can be provided to a web browser. That is, browser settings can be shared among a plurality of user terminals 20 without installing a dedicated program on each user terminal 20.

  Note that this embodiment is intended to facilitate understanding of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention. The present invention can be changed / improved without departing from the gist thereof, and the present invention includes equivalents thereof.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Browser system 20 User terminal 30 Web site 50 Setting information storage part 52 Page information provision part 54 Setting information update part

Claims (8)

A setting information storage unit that stores setting information for each user for accessing the website in association with a user identifier;
In response to an access request including a user identifier from the Web browser of the user terminal, page information that provides the Web browser with display information for displaying an access Web page based on the setting information corresponding to the user identifier A providing department;
With
The access Web page includes a display unit that displays a Web page of a Web site, and a control unit that controls display of the Web page.
Browser system. The browser system according to claim 1,
The page information providing unit provides the web browser with display information for displaying a web page corresponding to the operation on the display unit in response to an operation on the access web page in the web browser.
Browser system. The browser system according to claim 2,
The page information providing unit obtains display information for displaying the Web page of the Web site specified by the control unit on the display unit from the Web site, and provides the display information to the Web browser;
Browser system. The browser system according to claim 3,
The setting information includes a bookmark for specifying the web page of the website,
The page information providing unit provides the Web browser with display information for displaying the bookmark on the control unit;
Browser system. The browser system according to claim 3 or 4,
The page information providing unit provides the web browser with display information for displaying an input area of a URL of a website on the control unit;
Browser system. A browser system according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
A setting information update unit that updates the setting information in response to a user operation on the Web page;
Browser system. Computer
The setting information for each user for accessing the website is stored in the setting information storage unit in association with the user identifier,
In response to an access request including a user identifier from a web browser of a user terminal, display information for displaying an access web page is provided to the web browser based on the setting information corresponding to the user identifier;
The access Web page includes a display unit that displays a Web page of a Web site, and a control unit that controls display of the Web page.
Browsing method. A setting information storage unit that stores setting information for each user for accessing a computer to a website in association with a user identifier;
A page that provides display information for displaying an access Web page to the Web browser based on the setting information corresponding to the user identifier in response to an access request including the user identifier from the Web browser of the user terminal An information providing unit, wherein the access web page includes a display unit that displays a web page of a website, and a control unit that controls display of the web page;
Program to function as.

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