JP4805188B2 - Web page browsing method, web page browsing apparatus, web page browsing program, and recording medium recording the web page browsing program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for browsing a web page by operating a button.

  In recent years, functions for connecting to the Internet have been installed in game consoles and televisions, and Internet websites have been browsed using television devices.

  Since the personal computer is installed on the desktop, you can browse the website freely using a pointing device such as a mouse, but TV devices are often viewed from a remote location. , I am unfamiliar with performing browsing operations near TV devices.

  Therefore, use a pointing device equipped with an acceleration sensor or the like that can be lifted into the air from a remote location, or use a TV remote control to focus the link displayed on the screen up, down, left, or right. A method of moving using a key has been considered.

In addition, in order to reduce click operations necessary for browsing a web page, a method of sequentially displaying using a scenario has been proposed (see Patent Document 1).
JP 2000-3369 A

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a screen displaying a web page of a news site on the Internet. A web page that displays a list of news has many news headlines and links to each genre displayed on the screen, as in the screen shown in FIG.

  In such a website, when the cursor key of the TV remote controller is used, it is necessary to press the cursor key many times in order to select a desired link. Also, the focus moves to the link closest to the direction corresponding to the pressed cursor key, but the link on the web page is arranged according to the screen design of the web page. There is a problem that it is necessary and troublesome to actually confirm to which link it has moved.

  In addition, it is difficult to designate and select a link with a small display area displayed on a television screen with a pointing device that is lifted in the air and used.

  On the other hand, with the method proposed in Patent Document 1, it is difficult for the user to arbitrarily move to the link destination.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to enable easy browsing of a web page with few operations.

The web page browsing method according to the first aspect of the present invention is a web page browsing method for browsing a web page transmitted by a web server arranged on a network, and receives web page information from the web server by communication means. A step of extracting link information indicating another web page from the web page information by the extracting means, a step of adding one or more characters to each of the link information by the symbol adding means, Means for associating the link information and the symbol with each other in the storage means, adding the symbol to the web page information by the symbol providing means, and displaying the web page information with the symbol added by the display means. one of the steps of, a symbol that represents the vertical and horizontal directions are arranged corresponding to the respective symbol By the input means having a button, comprising the steps of: accepting an input of symbols representing the direction, the input processing means reads the link information corresponding to the input symbol by searching from the memory means, a web page corresponding to the link information And operating the communication means to receive the information.

  In the present invention, the link information described in the received web page information is extracted, a different symbol is assigned to each of the extracted link information, stored in the storage means, and given to the web page information By adding the displayed symbol and displaying it, the user inputs the symbol displayed by the display unit, so that the link information corresponding to the input symbol is retrieved from the storage unit, and the web pointed to by the link information Since it can move to a page, it is possible to easily browse a web page.

  In the present invention, when a symbol is added to the link information, the link information is obtained by extracting the word from the link information previously selected by the user and storing the word stored in the word storage means. If so, you can add symbols with fewer characters to links that are of greater interest to users, so that when users browse web pages Operation can be reduced.

  In the present invention, the same symbol can be assigned to the same link by providing history storage means for storing the link information previously selected by the user and the symbol assigned to the link information in association with each other. Therefore, since the user only has to input the same symbol for frequently used links, the user can view the web page without checking the display screen in detail.

  In the present invention, the user can conveniently browse the web page by assigning symbols to the re-display and read stop commands used when browsing the web page in the same manner as the link information. Can increase the sex.

A web page browsing apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention is a web page browsing apparatus for browsing a web page transmitted by a web server arranged on a network, and communication means for receiving web page information from the web server; Extraction means for extracting link information pointing to another web page from the web page information, and adding one or more characters to each of the extracted link information, and associating the link information with the symbols in the storage means Symbols are added to the web page information, and display means for displaying the web page information to which the symbols have been added, and symbols representing the up , down, left , and right directions are arranged corresponding to the symbols. has one of the buttons, an input unit for accepting an input of symbols representing the direction, the storage means the link information corresponding to the input symbol Reading and et searching, and having an an input processing unit for operating the communication means to receive the web page information corresponding to the link information.

A web page browsing program according to a third aspect of the present invention is a web page browsing program for browsing a web page transmitted by a web server arranged on a network, a process for receiving web page information from a web server, A process of extracting link information pointing to another web page from the page information, a process of assigning one or more characters to each of the link information, and a process of storing the link information and the symbol in association with each other in the storage means The process of adding symbols to the web page information, the process of displaying the web page information with the added symbols, and the symbols representing the top , bottom, left , and right directions are input with one button arranged corresponding to each symbol. input and process of accepting a symbol representing a direction that is, the link information corresponding to the input symbol retrieved from the storage means Reading, characterized in that to execute a process of operating the communication means to receive the web page information, to the computer corresponding to the link information.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to easily browse a web page with few operations.

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

  FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an overall configuration of a web page browsing system according to the present embodiment. The web page browsing system shown in the figure includes a television device 1 incorporating a web page browsing device, a remote control 2 for operating the television device 1 from a remote location, and a communication modem 3 for connecting to the Internet. The television apparatus 1 is connected to a communication modem 3 and is connected to the Internet via the communication modem 3. The remote controller 2 operates the television apparatus 1 by wireless communication such as infrared rays and Bluetooth (registered trademark). When the web page browsing system displays a web page on the screen of the television device 1, the web page browsing system gives a symbol to the link destination in the web page and displays the symbol by inputting the symbol with the remote controller 2. It is possible to move to the link destination corresponding to.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an outline of the remote controller 2 used in the web page browsing system in the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the remote controller 2 includes a power button 21, a net button 22, a direction button 23, a confirmation button 24, a numeric button 25, a channel button 26 and a volume button 27. The net button 22 is a button for instructing to start browsing the Internet. When the net button 22 is pressed, the television apparatus 1 is connected to the Internet via the communication modem 3 and starts browsing the website. Can do. A web page is browsed by inputting a symbol indicating a link destination using buttons such as a direction button 23 and a number button 25.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the television device 1 incorporating the web page browsing device according to the present embodiment. The television apparatus 1 shown in the figure includes an Internet communication unit 101, a symbol assigning unit 102, a map storage unit 103, a browser unit 104, a display unit 105, a remote control communication unit 106, and a remote control information processing unit 107, and further includes a web page. A word analysis unit 108, a word database unit 109, a usage word storage unit 110, and a usage map storage unit 111 are provided for managing information related to browsing history. The web page browsing device may be configured by dedicated hardware, or may be configured by a computer including an arithmetic processing device, a storage device, a memory, and the like, and processing of each unit may be executed by a program. . This program is stored in a storage device or the like provided in the web page browsing device, and can be recorded on a recording medium such as a CD-ROM, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, or a semiconductor memory, or provided through a network. Details of each part will be described below.

  The Internet communication unit 101 is connected to the Internet via the connected communication modem 3 and receives HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) data as web page information to be displayed.

  The symbol assigning unit 102 extracts link information such as a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of a website and a character string described corresponding to the URL from the received HTML data, and assigns a symbol to each of the link information To do. Then, the assigned symbol and the link information are associated with each other and stored in the map storage unit 103 as map information. The given symbol is embedded in a character string corresponding to a link in HTML data. Thereby, the given symbol can be confirmed on the display screen.

  The browser unit 104 inputs the HTML data in which the symbol assigned by the symbol assigning unit 102 is embedded, converts it into display data, and displays it on the display unit 105. The user refers to the display image in which the assigned symbol is embedded, and selects the link by inputting the symbol with the remote controller 2.

  The remote control communication unit 106 receives the button operation transmitted from the remote control 2 and outputs it to the remote control information processing unit 107.

  The remote control information processing unit 107 operates the browser unit 104 based on the button operation of the remote control 2 input from the remote control communication unit 106. At this time, if the input button operation corresponds to the symbol stored in the map storage unit 103, the link information corresponding to the symbol is read from the map storage unit 103 and read to the browser unit 104. Operate to display the linked destination.

  Moreover, the word analysis part 108 inputs the link information selected from the remote control information processing part 107, analyzes the link information, and updates the information regarding browsing history.

  The used word storage unit 110 stores words included in the link information selected by the user among the words registered in the word database unit 109. By adding a symbol with a shorter number of characters to the link information including the word stored in the use word storage unit 110, the user can browse a link destination with high interest with fewer button operations.

  The usage map storage unit 111 stores the selected link information and a symbol assigned to the link information in association with each other. By referring to the usage map storage unit 111, the same symbol can be given to the link information that has been visited.

  Next, the operation of the web page browsing system in the present embodiment will be described using the drawings. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation flow of the web page browsing system.

  When the user presses the net button 22 of the remote controller 2, browsing of the web page is started.

  First, a signal indicating that the net button 22 of the remote controller 2 has been pressed is received by the remote control communication unit 106 and output to the remote control information processing unit 107. When detecting that the net button 22 is pressed, the remote control information processing unit 107 instructs the browser unit 104 to start the browser.

  When the browser unit 104 receives the browser activation command, the browser unit 104 transmits the URL of the website opened at the time of activation stored in advance to the symbol assigning unit 102 and tries to acquire data of the web page to be displayed.

  Upon receiving the URL request command, the symbol assigning unit 102 communicates with the web server corresponding to the URL via the Internet communication unit 101 and the communication modem 3, acquires HTML data using HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol), The data is stored in the storage device (S100).

  The symbol assigning unit 102 searches and extracts a URL and a character string indicating a link destination in the acquired HTML data. Then, link information including a pair of URL and character string is stored in the storage device (S101). The link information is managed as a link information list in order. At this time, if the extracted URL is described in a relative path, it is converted into an absolute path URL.

  Specifically, the value of the href attribute described in the <a> tag is extracted from the HTML data as a URL indicating the link destination, and the character string enclosed between the <a> tag and the </a> tag is used. A character string from which other tags are removed is extracted as a character string indicating a link destination. For example, <a href="http://xxx/local/nagoya/"> <b> <font size = "+ 1"> Nagoya </ font> </ b> </a> in the received HTML data Is described, “http: // xxx / local / nagoya /” is extracted as the URL indicating the link destination, and “Nagoya” is extracted as the character string indicating the link destination. Then, the extracted URL and the character string are associated with each other and stored in the storage device as link information.

  In order to give a shorter symbol to a character string related to a frequently visited link destination, link information including a word of high interest of the user is searched, and the link information list is rearranged. Specifically, the usage word list stored in the usage word storage unit 110 is read, and is the usage word registered in the usage word list included in the character string of the link information registered in the link information list? Check for no. When link information including a use word is detected, the link information is rearranged at the head of the link information list. Thereby, link information with high user interest is collected toward the front of the link information list.

  Then, after extracting link information from HTML data and creating a link information list, the symbol assigning unit 102 assigns a unique symbol to each link information registered in the link information list and assigns it as link information. The symbols are associated with each other and stored as map information in the map storage unit 103 (S102). The symbol is composed of a character string of one or more characters and can be easily input by the remote controller 2.

  At this time, in order to give the same symbol as the previous time to the link destination that has visited before, the link information is read from the usage map storage unit 111 and matched with the link information registered in the link information list. If link information having a URL that matches the URL of the link information read from the usage map storage unit 111 is in the link information list, the symbol previously assigned to the link information is read from the usage map storage unit 111, and the corresponding link information Are given the same symbol.

  The symbol assigning unit 102 assigns the link information to which no symbol is assigned in the link information list so that the symbols do not overlap in order from the top of the list, and stores the information in the map storage unit 103 as map information. At this time, by adding a symbol with a small number of characters from the top of the link information list, it is possible to move to a link destination with a high interest of the user by inputting a small number of symbols.

  Further, symbols may be assigned to commands such as return history, scroll down, search, etc., and registered as link information in the link information list. In this case, a command is registered in the link information instead of the URL. Thus, even when the remote controller 2 does not have a button corresponding to each command, the web page browsing operation can be performed by inputting the symbol assigned to each command with the remote controller 2.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a list of map information stored in the map storage unit 103. As shown in the figure, the map information is composed of link information such as a URL and a character string extracted from HTML data, and a symbol assigned to the link information. In the map information shown in the figure, since the words “Nagoya” and “tennis” are stored in the use word storage unit 110, the link information including these words is arranged at the top of the list, and “↑” and “ A symbol with a short number of characters such as “→” is added. In the example shown in the figure, map information obtained by adding symbols to commands such as “back” and “forward” is registered instead of the URL.

  Further, the symbol assigning unit 102 adds the symbol assigned to the link information to a character string surrounded by the <a> tag and the </a> tag in the HTML data. Thereby, the user can confirm the symbol given to the link information on the display screen.

  Next, the browser unit 104 receives the HTML data with the added symbol, converts it into display data, and displays it on the display unit 105 (S103). FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display screen displayed on the display unit 105. As shown in the figure, each link is displayed so that a given symbol can be confirmed. Symbols are also given to commands such as “scroll up” and “scroll down” and are displayed on the screen.

  The user refers to the symbol on the screen displayed on the display unit 105 and inputs the symbol corresponding to the link destination that he / she wants to visit using the remote controller 2 (S104). For example, when the screen shown in FIG. 6 is displayed and the user wants to see the news about “baseball”, in order to input the symbol “↑↑↑” given to the “baseball” link, The direction button 23 of “↑” is pressed three times, and the confirmation button 24 is used for determination. Information on the pressed button is transmitted to the television apparatus 1 by the remote controller 2.

  Remote control communication unit 106 receives information on the pressed button and outputs the information to remote control information processing unit 107. The remote control information processing unit 107 creates a symbol based on the information of the pressed button, and searches for map information having the same symbol from the map information stored in the map storage unit 103 (S105). URL or command is acquired from the retrieved map information. If the acquired command relates to screen display such as scroll down, the command is sent to the browser unit 104, and the browser unit 104 performs the corresponding processing and displays the screen again (S107). For example, when the map information shown in FIG. 5 is stored in the map storage unit 103 and a symbol “↓↓” is input, a command “scroll down” can be acquired. A scroll down command is sent.

  When the URL is acquired from the map information, the URL moves to the website indicated by the URL (S106). For example, when the map information shown in FIG. 5 is stored in the map storage unit 103 and the symbol “↑↑↑” is input, the URL “http: // xxxx / baseball /” can be acquired. The browser unit 104 is sent a move command to the URL.

  Further, when the URL is acquired and moved to another web page, the usage word storage unit 110 and the usage map storage unit 111 are updated (S108). Specifically, the remote control information processing unit 107 that has read the map information from the map storage unit 103 based on the input symbol outputs the map information to the word analysis unit 108. The word analysis unit 108 stores the input map information in the usage map storage unit 111. At this time, if the storage space limit of the usage map storage unit 111 is exceeded, the oldest map information is deleted. In addition, the word analysis unit 108 extracts words registered in the word database unit 109 from the input map information and stores them in the use word storage unit 110. At this time, when the storage space limit of the use word storage unit 110 is exceeded, the oldest word information is deleted. When moving to another web page, the map information stored in the map storage unit 103 is deleted. Further, the map information regarding the command does not change even if the web page is moved, and thus does not need to be deleted.

  Next, the search command will be described. The search command is a command for searching for a designated character string, and the search command and the keyword to be searched are added with a symbol and stored in the map storage unit 103. In the map information shown in FIG. 5, the search command “find” is assigned to the symbol “← →”, and the character string “Taro Yamada” can be searched by inputting this symbol. The character string to be searched is specified on the search keyword setting screen shown in FIG. The set keyword is added with a symbol together with the search command and stored in the map storage unit 103. Thereby, it is possible to search for a link including a designated character string with a simple input. The search keyword setting screen can be moved by inputting “→→→→” as shown in “Search setting” on the display screen of FIG.

  Next, an example in which buttons other than the direction button 23 are used for inputting symbols. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing another map information used in the web page browsing system. The map information shown in FIG. 5 is different in that numerals are used for the assigned symbols. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a screen displayed based on the map information shown in FIG. Since many remote controllers for television are provided with number buttons for selecting channels, numbers may be given as symbols as shown in FIGS. Of course, a symbol combining a number button and a direction button may be given. Thus, by using the symbols corresponding to the buttons provided on the remote controller 2, the user can easily input the symbols.

  It is not necessary to confirm the input of the symbol by pressing the confirm button 24. If any button is pressed and the next button is not pressed for a certain period of time, it is input by the previously pressed button. The symbol may be fixed.

  Further, the web page browsing device is not limited to the one built in the television device, and may be used with a personal computer, or may be used with a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone capable of browsing the web page. In the case of using with a mobile phone, the symbol may be input using a dial button provided on the mobile phone without using a remote control to input the symbol.

  Therefore, according to this embodiment, the link information is extracted from the received HTML data, and provided with the symbol assigning unit 102 for assigning individual symbols to each of the link information, and when the symbols are input, By providing the remote control information processing unit 107 that performs an operation of moving to the web page indicated by the link information corresponding to the symbol, the web page can be browsed by a simple method of inputting the symbol displayed on the screen with the remote control 2 or the like. It becomes possible.

  According to the present embodiment, by including the use word storage unit 110 that stores words included in the link information selected by the user, the link information that is highly interested in the user is selected, and a shorter number of characters is selected. Since a symbol can be given, the user can browse the web page with fewer symbols.

  According to the present embodiment, by providing the usage map storage unit 111 that stores the link information previously selected by the user and the symbol given to the link information, Since it is possible to assign symbols, users can remember button operations with their bodies for frequently used links, and can browse web pages without checking the display screen in detail. Become.

  According to the present embodiment, a command for operating the browser unit 104 is also given a symbol in the same manner as the link information, so that a web page can be browsed without the remote control 2 having a special button for the command. Make it possible.

  According to the present embodiment, it is possible to confirm whether or not there is a link including the keyword by a simple operation by setting a keyword in advance for the search command and adding a symbol.

It is the schematic which shows the structure of the web page browsing system in one embodiment. It is the schematic which shows the structure of the remote control used for FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the television apparatus incorporating the web page browsing apparatus used for FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process of the web page browsing system shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the link information list used with the web page browsing system shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the screen displayed with the web page browsing system shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the search keyword setting screen used with the web page browsing system shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows another link information list used with the web page browsing system shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows another screen displayed with the web page browsing system shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the conventional screen which displayed the web page.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Television apparatus 2 ... Remote control 3 ... Communication modem 21 ... Power button 22 ... Net button 23 ... Direction button 24 ... Confirm button 25 ... Number button 26 ... Channel button 27 ... Volume button 101 ... Internet communication part 102 ... Symbol provision part 103 ... Map storage unit 104 ... Browser unit 105 ... Display unit 106 ... Remote control communication unit 107 ... Remote control information processing unit 108 ... Word analysis unit 109 ... Word database unit 110 ... Use word storage unit 111 ... Use map storage unit

Claims (4)

A web page browsing method for browsing a web page transmitted by a web server arranged on a network,
Receiving web page information from the web server by communication means;
Extracting link information pointing to another web page from the web page information by an extraction means;
A step of adding one or more characters to each of the link information by a symbol providing means;
Storing the link information and the symbol in a storage unit in association with each other by the symbol giving unit;
Adding the symbol to the web page information by the symbol providing means;
Displaying the web page information to which the symbol is added by a display means;
A step of receiving an input of a symbol representing a direction by an input means having one button in which symbols representing directions of up, down, left, and right are arranged corresponding to the respective symbols ;
Searching and reading out link information corresponding to the inputted symbol from the storage means by the input processing means, and operating the communication means to receive web page information corresponding to the link information;
The web page browsing method characterized by having. A web page browsing device for browsing a web page transmitted by a web server arranged on a network,
Communication means for receiving web page information from the web server;
Extraction means for extracting link information pointing to another web page from the web page information;
A symbol adding unit that adds one or more characters to each of the extracted link information, stores the link information and the symbol in association with each other in the storage unit, and adds the symbol to the web page information When,
Display means for displaying the web page information to which the symbol is added;
An input means for receiving an input of a symbol representing a direction, the symbol representing the direction of the top, bottom, left, and right has one button arranged corresponding to each symbol ;
Input processing means for retrieving and reading link information corresponding to the inputted symbol from the storage means, and operating the communication means to receive web page information corresponding to the link information;
A web page browsing device characterized by comprising: A web page browsing program for browsing a web page transmitted by a web server arranged on a network,
Receiving web page information from the web server;
A process of extracting link information pointing to another web page from the web page information;
A process of assigning one or more characters to each of the link information;
A process of storing the link information and the symbol in association with each other in a storage unit;
Adding the symbol to the web page information;
Processing to display the web page information to which the symbol is added;
A process of receiving an input of a symbol representing a direction in which a symbol representing a direction of up, down, left, and right is input by one button arranged corresponding to each symbol ;
Searching and reading link information corresponding to the inputted symbol from the storage means, and operating the communication means to receive web page information corresponding to the link information;
Web page browsing program characterized by causing a computer to execute. A recording medium recording a web page browsing program for browsing a web page transmitted by a web server arranged on a network,
Receiving web page information from the web server;
A process of extracting link information pointing to another web page from the web page information;
A process of assigning one or more characters to each of the link information;
A process of storing the link information and the symbol in association with each other in a storage unit;
Adding the symbol to the web page information;
Processing to display the web page information to which the symbol is added;
A process of receiving an input of a symbol representing a direction in which a symbol representing a direction of up, down, left, and right is input by one button arranged corresponding to each symbol ;
Searching and reading link information corresponding to the inputted symbol from the storage means, and operating the communication means to receive web page information corresponding to the link information;
A recording medium on which is recorded a web page browsing program characterized by causing a computer to execute.

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