JP3570890B2 - Method and apparatus for browsing home pages on Internet terminals - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
According to the present invention, when a request for an ID and / or a password is received from a server when browsing a home page of an accessed server, the ID and / or password corresponding to the URL of the bookmark registered in the terminal are automatically stored in the server. The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for browsing a homepage in an Internet terminal, which can transmit data to the Internet and simplify the operation.
[0002]
[Prior art]
The WEB browser in the Internet terminal has a function of managing the exchange of data such as browsing with the homepage of each Internet server, and the browser is equipped with a “bookmark function” called a bookmark.
[0003]
Therefore, by registering the homepage frequently accessed by the user in the bookmark, it is possible to automate the operation of accessing the homepage of each Internet server in the user terminal.
[0004]
In addition, the bookmark is provided with an ID / password that can be stored in the bookmark together with the URL for the page used once in order to respond to a request for an ID / password when accessing a URL with security. I have.
[0005]
If this is used, the ID / password together with the URL can be stored in the bookmark. Therefore, when the URL is directly designated from the next time onward and accessed, the ID / password stored in the bookmark is automatically transmitted. Thus, the operation can be simplified.
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, if the user jumps from the link on the page and accesses the URL with security while browsing the homepage, the user is requested again for the ID / password.
[0007]
When such a request is made, the user inputs the ID / password in a dialog formed on the screen, and when the server confirms this, the transmission data of the page is received. Is done.
[0008]
If the user accesses the page without using the above-mentioned bookmark, an ID / password request is made in the same manner, and a procedure for inputting the ID / password in the dialogue must be taken in the same manner as described above.
[0009]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned operational inconvenience, and once an ID / password is registered in a bookmark, the ID / password is registered in the next access regardless of whether the bookmark is used or not. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and an apparatus for browsing a homepage in an Internet terminal that can simplify the operation by automatically transmitting an ID / password.
[0010]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
A method for browsing a homepage in an Internet terminal according to the present invention, which has been made to achieve the above object, is a method for browsing a homepage in an Internet terminal that is equipped with an Internet browser and exchanges data with an Internet server. A request judging step of judging whether or not a request for an ID and / or a password has been received from the server when browsing the home page of the accessed server; and judging that a request for an ID and / or a password has been received from the server in the request judging step. A search step for searching for an ID and / or password corresponding to a URL stored in a bookmark constructed in the Internet browser, and an ID and a password searched from the bookmark in the search step. Others characterized in that a communication processing step of transmitting the password to the server side so as to perform in the internet terminal.
[0011]
In this case, it is characterized in that a series of steps including the request determination step, the search step, and the communication processing step is executed by a background process.
[0012]
Also, the homepage browsing device in the Internet terminal according to the present invention is a homepage browsing device in the Internet terminal that is equipped with an Internet browser and exchanges data with an Internet server. A request judging unit for judging whether a request for an ID and / or a password has been received from the server side, and when the request judging unit judges that a request for an ID and / or a password has been received from the server side, Search means for searching for an ID and / or password corresponding to the URL stored in the constructed bookmark, and communication processing for transmitting the ID and / or password searched from the bookmark by the search means to the server side And means is provided in the internet terminal.
[0013]
According to the method and apparatus for browsing a home page as described above, when a user jumps from a link on a page to access a URL with security, and when the user accesses the URL without using a bookmark, the server sends the URL. In response to the request for the ID and / or the password, a background search is performed to search for a bookmark constructed in the browser.
[0014]
Then, a communication process of searching for the ID and / or password from the server name and the area name described on the bookmark and automatically transmitting the searched ID and / or password to the server is executed.
[0015]
Therefore, the user can browse the page on the tire log without performing a new input operation of the ID and / or the password.
[0016]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, a homepage browsing apparatus according to the present invention will be described based on an embodiment shown in the drawings.
[0017]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a network connection status between an Internet terminal and a WEB server. The Internet terminal 1 is equipped with a CPU 2 which stores a program as a homepage browsing device according to the present invention, and is hereinafter also referred to as a browser 2. The Internet terminal 1 is configured to receive an input command from a remote control keyboard 3 that receives a user operation, for example.
[0018]
A well-known television receiver or display 4 is connected to the terminal 1 so that a command input state, data display of a homepage, and the like are performed.
[0019]
The Internet terminal 1 is configured to be able to execute communication with each Internet server (Web server) 7 via an Internet provider 6 by a PPP (Point to Point Protocol) connection by a telephone line 5 as a communication means. Have been.
[0020]
FIG. 2 schematically shows mainly the functions of the browser 2 mounted on the terminal 1. The browser 2 includes a user process executed as a foreground process and a search transmission process executed as a background process.
[0021]
In FIG. 2, portions corresponding to the blocks described in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals. In FIG. 2, for convenience of explanation, a block indicating the foreground processing is referred to as a foreground processing unit 11, and a block indicating the background processing is referred to as a background processing unit 12.
[0022]
The foreground processing means 11 can be divided into a homepage browsing process 11a operated by the user on the homepage screen and a bookmark list displaying process 11b operated by the user on the bookmark list screen.
[0023]
The process performed by the user on the screen in the former homepage browsing process 11a includes operating the up / down / left / right keys to scroll the homepage, selecting an item for which a link is designated, and accessing the WEB server, In addition, processing for inputting characters and selecting a file in an input box such as a form is included.
[0024]
The processing performed by the user on the screen in the latter bookmark list displaying process 11b includes selecting a bookmark to access the WEB server, inputting a URL to access the WEB server, editing the bookmark, and moving the bookmark. , Deletion, change, etc., and a process of registering the accessed home page in a bookmark and registering an ID / password.
[0025]
The background processing means 12 performs an access process for accessing a corresponding homepage from a bookmark, and when an ID / password is requested from the server side, an ID / password corresponding to the URL registered in the bookmark. A bookmark search process 12a to be searched is included, and a communication process 12b that operates in response to activation of the bookmark search process 12a is also included.
[0026]
The management part of the web browser software can be roughly divided into a homepage management unit 14, a bookmark management unit 15, a display management unit 16, and a communication management unit 17.
[0027]
The homepage management unit 14 manages data of a currently viewed homepage, and the data is stored in a memory or a drive 18. The bookmark management unit 15 manages currently registered bookmark data, and the data is stored in the memory or the drive 18.
[0028]
The display management unit 16 can be divided into a homepage display and a bookmark list display. The former homepage display is for displaying a list of data managed by the homepage management unit 14, and the latter bookmark display is for displaying a list of data managed by the bookmark management unit 15.
[0029]
In this case, the list display is performed on the television receiver or the display 4. Furthermore, when accessing the WEB server, the communication management unit 17 manages a part that accesses the WEB server 7 using a specific protocol.
[0030]
In FIG. 2, a solid line indicates a communication mode performed in the background processing, and a broken line indicates a communication mode performed in the foreground processing.
[0031]
Next, FIG. 3 shows search / transmission processing means executed in background processing in the browser 2 shown in FIG. 2, that is, when an ID / password is requested from the server side, the URL registered in the bookmark is stored in the URL. It is a flowchart explaining the processing operation | movement of the bookmark search process 12a which searches for the corresponding ID / password, and the communication process 12b which follows the start of the bookmark search process 12a.
[0032]
When entering this flowchart, it can be divided into start 1 when jumping from a link on a certain page and start 2 when manually inputting a URL without using a bookmark.
[0033]
First, in a routine entered from the start 1 when jumping from a link on a certain page, HTML is received in step S1. Based on this, the HTML is displayed on the screen 4 in step S2. Subsequently, in step S3, it is determined whether or not the user has instructed movement to the link destination. That is, it is determined whether the user operates the keyboard 3 and desires to browse the link destination area.
[0034]
Here, when there is no user's instruction (in the case of No), it returns to step S2 and circulates (stands) in the HTML display state.
[0035]
If it is determined in step S3 that the user has instructed to move to the link destination (in the case of Yes), in step S4, the communication management unit 17 is activated to access the server. Then, in step S5, it is determined whether an ID and a password associated with accessing the server 7 have been requested.
[0036]
Here, when there is no request for the ID and the password from the server 7 (in the case of No), the process returns to the step S1, and the above routine is circulated. If it is determined in step S5 that the server 7 has requested the ID and the password (Yes), the process proceeds to step S6, and the area name of the URL to be accessed, that is, security is set. Get the name of the area.
[0037]
Then, in step S7, a server name (URL character string) and an area name are searched from the bookmark.
[0038]
FIG. 4 shows an example of the data structure of one bookmark. In step S7, each bookmark having the data structure shown in FIG. 4 is accessed to search for the logical product condition of the two items. Will be.
[0039]
Then, in step S8, it is determined whether a bookmark that matches the search condition has been searched. Here, if the above-mentioned condition is not registered in the bookmark (in the case of No), the process proceeds to step S9, and the user is prompted to input an ID and a password. Therefore, in step S9, the user inputs an ID and a password on the dialog, and shifts to step S10.
[0040]
Also, when it is determined in step S8 that a bookmark that matches the search condition has been searched (in the case of Yes), the process also proceeds to step S10. In step S10, the communication management unit 17 executes a process of transmitting the ID and the password corresponding to the searched bookmark to the server 7.
[0041]
Through this series of routines, the server 7 acquires the ID and the password, and transmits data of a specific area with URL security to the terminal.
[0042]
The above description is an operation in a case where a user jumps from a link on a certain page to browse a secured area. When a URL is manually input without using a bookmark, a step from the start 2 in FIG. 3 is performed. A routine to enter S11 is adopted. That is, in step S11, a URL is manually input by the user (using the keyboard 3), and thereafter, the process proceeds to step S4 and follows the same routine as described above.
[0043]
It should be noted that the method and apparatus for browsing home pages according to the present invention can of course be used even when the terminal is dedicated to the Internet or used as an Internet terminal by installing a browser on a personal computer, for example.
[0044]
【The invention's effect】
As apparent from the above description, according to the homepage browsing method and apparatus according to the present invention, when a request for an ID and / or a password is received from the server side, the homepage corresponds to a URL stored in a bookmark constructed in an Internet browser. A search is made for the ID and / or password to be transmitted, and the searched ID and / or password are transmitted to the server.
[0045]
Therefore, for example, even when a user jumps from a link on a page to access a URL with security, the user can browse the page without taking a procedure of inputting an ID and / or password again. The operation can be simplified.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a connection status between an Internet terminal and a server which can use the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram mainly showing functions of a browser according to the present invention mounted on an Internet terminal.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the browser shown in FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a data structure of one bookmark.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Internet terminal 2 Browser 3 Keyboard 4 Display 5 Communication means (telephone line)
6 Internet provider 7 Server 11 Foreground processing 12 Background processing 13 Switching function 14 Homepage manager 15 Bookmark manager 16 Display manager 17 Communication manager 18 Memory (drive)

Claims (2)

A method of browsing a homepage in an Internet terminal equipped with an Internet browser and exchanging data with an Internet server,
A request judging step of judging whether or not a request for an ID and / or a password accompanying access to the server has been received from the server when browsing the home page of the accessed server ;
A search step of searching for an ID and / or a password corresponding to a URL stored in a bookmark constructed in the Internet browser, when it is determined in the request determination step that a request for an ID and / or a password is received from the server side;
And a communication processing step of transmitting the ID and / or password retrieved from the bookmark area in the retrieval step to the server by the background processing in the Internet terminal. . A homepage browsing device in an Internet terminal equipped with an Internet browser and exchanging data with an Internet server,
Request determination means for determining by background processing whether or not a request for an ID and / or password associated with accessing the server has been received from the server when browsing the home page of the accessed server ;
When it is determined by the request determination unit that a request for an ID and / or password has been received from the server side, an ID and / or password corresponding to the URL stored in the bookmark constructed in the Internet browser is searched by background processing . Search means,
Communication apparatus for transmitting the ID and / or password retrieved from the bookmark by the retrieval means to the server by background processing, the Internet terminal being provided with the communication terminal;

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