JP2014096120A - Network usage history acquisition device, method and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a load of a user and a proxy server upon acquiring a network usage history via the proxy server.SOLUTION: A network usage history information acquisition device is configured to: monitor a usage of a network of a user terminal 10, and acquire an application or a communication destination with which the user terminal 10 communicates; on the basis of the communicating application or communication destination, determine whether to collect a history by referring to history acquisition information storage means for holding information on whether to collect history information corresponding to the application or the communication destination from a proxy server 20; and set a network communication of the user terminal 10 determined to collect the history to a communication setting via the server 20.

Description

  The present invention relates to a network usage history acquisition apparatus, method, and program, and more particularly, to a network usage history acquisition apparatus, method, and program for a user to acquire a history of network usage at a usage terminal.

  There is a technique for acquiring and storing an operation history on a user terminal (see, for example, Patent Document 1 and Non-Patent Document 1).

  On the other hand, there is a method of acquiring history information browsed with a web browser with a proxy server (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

JP 2005-174138 A JP 2006-48505 A

Akimichi Tanaka, Satoshi Uchiyama, "PC Operation History Collection System" Memory Retriever "", NTT Technical Journal 2010.07, P12-15.

  Saving the browsing history is useful for various purposes, such as the ability to use the past browsing history as a tool for supporting memories.

  On the other hand, since small portable devices such as recent smartphones have lower specifications such as computing power and storage points than personal computers, it has been difficult to acquire detailed history information.

  As in the technique of Patent Document 2 described above, by performing history acquisition with a proxy server, it is possible to reduce the load on the terminal with respect to network usage history acquisition.

  However, when performing history acquisition with a proxy server, the communication settings must be routed through the proxy server, and all network communications on the terminal will be routed through the proxy server. As the number increases, processing on the proxy server increases and the proxy server load increases.

  In addition, all network communications that do not require history acquisition are routed through the proxy server. In such communications, the communication settings such as whether or not to use the proxy server when the user himself / herself uses the network. It was necessary to review.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and provides a network usage history acquisition apparatus, method, and program capable of reducing the load on a user and a proxy server when acquiring a network usage history via a proxy server. The purpose is to provide.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is a network usage history acquisition device for acquiring a history of use of a network by a user terminal,
History acquisition information storage means for holding information on whether to collect history information corresponding to an application or communication destination from a proxy server;
Communication monitoring means for monitoring use of the network of the user terminal and acquiring an application or communication destination with which the user terminal is communicating;
Collected data determination means for determining whether to collect history with reference to the history acquisition information storage means based on the communicating application or the communication destination;
Communication setting means for setting network communication determined to collect history by the collected data determination means via a proxy server.

  As described above, in the present invention, when acquiring the network usage history in the user terminal, the network setting of whether to use the proxy server is controlled according to the network communication status, and the network is used by the proxy server. By acquiring network history, it is possible to change network settings according to the application, so only applications that require history collection can be communicated via the proxy server, reducing the load on the proxy server. can do.

1 is a system configuration diagram according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a data example of the log | history acquisition list memory | storage part in one embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart of the process in one embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows a system configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The system shown in FIG. 1 includes a terminal 10 and a proxy server 20, and the terminal 10 includes a communication monitoring unit 11, a collected data determination unit 12, a communication setting unit 13, a history acquisition list storage unit 14, and a setting file 15. The proxy server 20 includes a browsing data acquisition unit 21 and a browsing data storage unit 22. Further, a setting file changing unit 31 for changing the setting file 15 may be added to the terminal 10. Furthermore, the setting file changing unit 31 may be provided not only in the terminal 10 but also in the proxy server 20 or an external device 30 such as a proxy server or server other than the proxy server 20.

  The history acquisition list storage unit 14 of the terminal 10 is a storage medium such as a hard disk or a memory, and as shown in FIG. 2, a determination for determining whether or not to acquire a history from the proxy server 20 for each URL and application. Hold the table. FIG. 2 (a) shows a determination table composed of items of URL identifier (URL ID), URL, and determination (acquired / not acquired) for each communication destination URL, and FIG. Shows a determination table including items of an application identifier (application ID), an application name, and determination (acquired / not acquired).

  The communication monitoring unit 11 of the terminal 10 monitors the use of the network in the terminal 10 and acquires a communication destination URL or the like indicating which application is communicating.

  The collected data determination unit 12 determines whether or not the proxy server 20 collects history according to the acquired communicating application and communication destination. The communication monitoring function unit 11 refers to the history acquisition list storage unit 14 based on the acquired application and URL identifier to determine whether to acquire a network usage history.

  The communication setting unit 13 controls whether to set the communication setting of the terminal 10 via the proxy server 20 according to the necessity determined by the collection data determination unit 12. The network communication determined to be “collect history” in the data determination unit 12 is set via the proxy server 20.

  The browsing data acquisition unit 21 of the proxy server 20 acquires communication via the proxy server 20 as a network usage history.

  The browsing data storage unit 22 holds the acquired network history.

  Next, processing in the above configuration will be described.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart of processing in one embodiment of the present invention.

  The start of the flow starts from the activation of the terminal 10.

  When the terminal 10 is activated, the communication monitoring unit 11 of the terminal monitors the communication status. When there is no communication (step 1, No), the collected data determination unit 12 sets the communication setting of the terminal 10 to “non- It is determined that “through proxy”, and the communication setting unit 13 sets “through non-proxy” (step 4). If there is communication (step 1, Yes), the communication monitoring unit 11 acquires the application or communication destination URL that performs the communication, and the collected data determination unit 12 is based on the acquired application or communication destination URL. The history acquisition list storage unit 14 is referred to and it is determined whether or not the network usage history is acquired. If it is not communication for acquiring the network usage history (step 2, No), the communication setting unit 13 sets the communication setting of the terminal 10 as “non-proxy” in the setting file 15 (step 4). In the case of communication for obtaining a network usage history (step 2, Yes), the communication setting unit 13 sets the communication setting of the terminal 10 as “via proxy” in the setting file 15 (step 3).

  While the processing of the terminal 10 is not completed, that is, while the terminal is activated, the communication status is monitored, and the above flow is repeated (No in step 5). When the processing of the terminal 10 is finished (step 5, Yes), the processing is finished.

  As a result of the above processing, when the setting of the terminal 10 becomes “via proxy”, the network history is acquired from the proxy server 20.

  When the collected data determination unit 12 refers to the URL ID = URL1 in FIG. 2A, the determination is “acquire”, so the URL “http: // url01 including the flag“ 1 ”for acquiring history information is included. .com, 1 "is set in the setting file 15. Further, when the application ID = APL2 in FIG. 2B is referred to, the determination is “not acquired”, so that the application name “Windows Media Player (registered) including“ 0 ”indicating that the history information is not acquired is registered. Trademark), 0 ”is set in the setting file 15.

  In addition to the above processing, the setting file changing unit 31 can present the contents of the setting file 15 to the user and update the setting file 15 by adding / changing the setting file 15 according to an instruction from the user. It is. Thereby, even if the user does not access the history acquisition list storage unit 14, the proxy server 20 acquires or does not acquire the URL or application browsing history as necessary, or a new URL is set. It is possible to easily perform processes such as registering applications and applications.

  In addition to the update by the terminal 10, the configuration file 15 is accessed from the configuration file changing unit 31 of either the proxy server 20 or an external device (proxy server, server, etc.) 30 different from the proxy server 20. It is also possible to update. Thereby, for example, in the case of conducting a log audience survey by distributing to a large number of users, the setting file 15 is not modified by the third party by the third party without modifying the setting of the user himself / herself. It is possible to update such as addition / change.

  The operation of the components of the terminal 10 shown in FIG. 1 can be constructed as a program and installed in a computer used as a network usage history acquisition device to be executed or distributed via a network. is there.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications and applications are possible within the scope of the claims.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Terminal 11 Communication monitoring part 12 Collected data determination part 13 Communication setting part 14 History acquisition list memory | storage part 15 Setting file 20 Proxy server 21 Browse data acquisition part 22 Browse data storage part 30 Terminal, proxy server, or external apparatus 31 Setting file change part

Claims (7)

A network usage history acquisition device for a user terminal to acquire a history of using the network,
History acquisition information storage means for holding information on whether to collect history information corresponding to an application or communication destination from a proxy server;
Communication monitoring means for monitoring use of the network of the user terminal and acquiring an application or communication destination with which the user terminal is communicating;
Collected data determination means for determining whether to collect history with reference to the history acquisition information storage means based on the communicating application or the communication destination;
Communication setting means for setting the network communication determined to collect history in the collected data determining means via a proxy server;
A network usage history acquisition apparatus comprising: The communication setting means includes
Means for storing the determination result of the collected data determination means in a setting file;
Means for updating the configuration file based on a request from a user;
The network usage history acquisition apparatus according to claim 1, comprising: The network usage history acquisition device according to claim 2, wherein the setting file is updated by the proxy server or an external device. A network usage history acquisition method for a user terminal to acquire a network usage history,
In an apparatus having history acquisition information storage means, communication monitoring means, collected data determination means, communication setting means for holding history information corresponding to an application or a communication destination, whether to collect from a proxy server,
A communication monitoring step in which the communication monitoring means monitors the use of the network of the user terminal and acquires an application or a communication destination with which the user terminal is communicating;
A collected data determination step for determining whether or not the collected data determination means collects a history with reference to the history acquisition information storage means based on the communicating application or the communication destination;
A communication setting step in which the communication setting means sets the network communication determined to collect history in the collected data determination step via a proxy server;
A network usage history acquisition method characterized by: In the communication setting step,
Storing the determination result of the collected data determination means in a setting file;
Updating the configuration file based on a request from a user;
The network usage history acquisition method according to claim 4, wherein: The network usage history acquisition method according to claim 5, wherein the setting file is updated by the proxy server or an external device. Computer
The network history acquisition program for functioning as each means of the network utilization log | history acquisition apparatus of any one of Claims 1 thru | or 3.

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