JP4922278B2 - Instant messenger method for inputting text on a web page, user terminal - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a method and a user terminal for executing processing by inputting text into a web page using a user interface of an instant messenger.

  Instant messenger is application software that realizes text-based conversation by exchanging text (message) for each sentence entered in a text input window with a member by P2P (Peer to Peer) communication. The operation is highly operable, and after selecting a communication partner, it is only necessary to repeat the operation of inputting a message to be transmitted to the partner into the text input window and performing one action for transmitting the message to the partner. .

Here, as one action for transmitting a message to the other party, there are an operation of clicking a send button prepared in advance with a mouse, an operation of inputting a line feed (Enter) key of the keyboard, and the like. The simplest operation is an operation of inputting a line feed (Enter) key of the keyboard every time a sentence is input into the text input window.
Yahoo Japan Corporation, “Yahoo! Messenger”, [online], Yahoo Japan Corporation, [searched September 26, 2008], Internet <URL: http: // messenger. yahoo. co. jp / newtoim. html>

  On the other hand, there are increasing opportunities to input text such as characters in a text input window in a Web page such as an Internet search engine. The operation of inputting text on a Web page and transmitting it to a Web server is the same as the above-described instant messenger.

  However, the input window of the instant messenger and the input window to the web page are different, and there is room for improvement in terms of user convenience. Furthermore, in order to input characters into the input window of the Web page, it is necessary to open a Web page for displaying the input window.

  Furthermore, for example, if you want to enter the same text in the input windows of multiple web pages, enter the text in one web page, then move the mouse to activate the other web page and enter the same text. In this respect, there is room for improving user convenience.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a method and a user terminal that can instantly obtain a processed Web page by inputting text into a Web page using an instant messenger user interface. .

  In order to solve this problem, the present invention adopts the following configuration.

(1) An instant messenger method executed by a user terminal that is communicably connected to a Web server and has a Web browser function,
Receiving from the user the text entered in the user text input window of the instant messenger and the ID of the web page to which the text is input;
As a result of specifying the address of the Web page based on the ID of the Web page and inputting the text to the Web page, the Web page processed by the Web server is sent to the Web browser of the user terminal. Steps to display;
An instant messenger method characterized by including:

  According to (1), the user terminal inserts the text input in the user text input window of the instant messenger into the Web page of the Web page acquired based on the ID of the Web page, and the text is input and processed. Since the subsequent Web page is displayed, it is possible to immediately display the Web page as a result of inputting text into the Web page using the instant messenger user interface. Therefore, there is no need to bother to open a web page for the web page input window, and a processed web page can be obtained.

Here, the Web page ID may be the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the Web page itself.
The user terminal stores a table in which the ID of the Web page is associated with the URL of the Web page, refers to this table, converts the ID of the Web page other than the URL into the URL of the Web page, and based on the URL Web pages may be acquired.

  (2) The storage unit of the user terminal stores in advance a command of a Web page that is processed and displayed by the Web server when a processing button is pressed in advance. When the processing button is pressed based on the command, the Web page processed by the Web server is displayed on the Web browser of the user terminal as a result of the text being input to the Web page. The instant messenger method according to (1), which is characterized.

  According to (2), the user terminal inserts the text input in the user text input window of the instant messenger into the Web page of the Web page acquired based on the ID of the Web page, the text is input, and the processing button Since the web page after being pressed and processed is displayed, it is possible to immediately display the web page as a result of inputting text into the web page using the user interface of the instant messenger. Therefore, there is no need to bother to open a web page for the web page input window, and a processed web page can be obtained.

(3) In the step of receiving, a plurality of IDs of Web pages that are input destinations of the text are received;
In the displaying step, the addresses of a plurality of corresponding web pages are identified based on the IDs of the plurality of web pages, and the web server processes the text as a result of inputting the text to the web page. The instant messenger method according to (1), wherein a plurality of web pages are displayed on a web browser of the user terminal.

  According to (3), the user terminal designates the IDs of a plurality of Web pages as communication destinations, and accesses a plurality of different Web pages to the respective Web servers, whereby the input text is broadcasted. As described above, it is possible to obtain a result of simultaneous input to a plurality of Web pages. By using this, for example, if you specify Web pages of multiple different search sites as communication destinations, the search results are displayed by entering the same word simultaneously on multiple search sites and displaying the first Web page of the search site It is possible to obtain without doing.

(4) A user terminal that is communicably connected to a Web server and has a Web browser function and an instant messenger function,
Means for receiving from the user the text entered in the user text input window of the instant messenger and the ID of the Web page that is the input destination of the text;
As a result of specifying the address of the Web page based on the ID of the Web page and inputting the text to the Web page, the Web page processed by the Web server is sent to the Web browser of the user terminal. Means for displaying;
The user terminal characterized by including.

  According to (4), it is possible to provide a user terminal that exhibits the same operations and effects as in (1).

  (5) It is provided with a storage unit that stores in advance a command of a Web page that is displayed when the processing button is pressed in advance. The user terminal according to (4), wherein a Web page processed by the Web server is displayed on a Web browser of the user terminal as a result of inputting the text to the Web page.

  According to (5), it is possible to provide a user terminal that exhibits the same operations and effects as in (2).

(6) The accepting unit accepts a plurality of IDs of Web pages that are input destinations of the text,
The means for displaying specifies addresses of a plurality of corresponding Web pages based on the IDs of the plurality of Web pages, and is processed by the Web server as a result of the text input to the Web page. The user terminal according to (4), wherein a plurality of Web pages are displayed on a Web browser of the user terminal.

  According to (6), it is possible to provide a user terminal that exhibits the same operations and effects as in (3).

  According to the present invention described above, it is possible to provide a method and a user terminal that can instantly obtain a processed Web page by inputting text into a Web page using an instant messenger user interface. .

  The outline of the present embodiment will be described based on FIG. FIG. 1 shows an instant messenger user interface 100 and web pages 200a and 200b. The instant messenger user interface 100 and the web pages 200a and 200b are displayed on the user terminal of the user who uses the instant messenger. A user who uses an instant messenger can specify another user's ID as a communication destination as usual, and can exchange messages with other users as usual via P2P or an instant messenger server. .

  In addition, as a feature of the present invention, a user who uses an instant messenger can specify the ID of a Web page instead of the user ID as a communication destination of the instant messenger. FIG. 1 shows a state in which the user with the user ID “AAA” designates the Web page IDs “P001” and “P002” as communication destinations. After the user designates the ID of the Web page as the communication destination, when the user inputs text such as “XX word” in the user text input window 101 of the instant messenger and clicks the send button, the Web page corresponding to the Web page ID In addition, a Web page 200a is displayed as a result of processing by inputting the text “Ox word”.

  That is, when a text is input to a Web page designated by the ID of the Web page and a processing button (search button for a search site) is pressed, a Web page displayed is input to a Web page where the text of the Web page is input. (In the case of a search site, the first page that accepts input of search characters) is displayed without being displayed.

  According to this, the user can input a Web page as a result of processing by inputting text into the text input window of one or more Web pages by the same operation as exchanging messages with other users using an instant messenger. You can get it instantly.

  In the example of FIG. 1, in the state where the user interface 100 of the instant messenger is displayed on the user terminal 10, the Web page ID = P001 (A search system) and P002 (B search system) are designated, and the user text When text is input into the input window 101 and the send button 102 is pressed, the Web page 200a as a result of searching for “Ox word” in the A search system and “Ox word” in the B search system A web page 200b as a result of the search is displayed.

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram of the present embodiment.
In this system, a plurality of user terminals 10 operated by a user as user terminals, an information providing device 20 that provides services to the user terminals 10, and a Web server 30 that provides Web pages communicate via the Internet.

  The information providing apparatus 20 includes a function of an instant messenger server that transmits and receives messages between user IDs, which is a conventional technique. When the function of the instant messenger is performed between the user terminals 10 by P2P, the instant messenger server only refers to the first user ID and IP address, and subsequent message transmission / reception is not performed via the instant messenger server. Alternatively, the user terminals 10 may transmit and receive each other.

  The user terminal 10 includes instant messenger means 15 for exchanging messages with other users' instant messengers. The instant messenger means 15 includes a communication destination setting means 11 for setting which communication destination the text input in the user text input window 101 is sent to, and a text acquisition for acquiring the text input in the user text input window 101. And means 12.

  In addition, when the communication destination set by the communication destination setting unit 11 is a Web page (Web page ID), the user terminal 10 inputs a Web page processed by inputting the text acquired by the text acquisition unit 12. , A Web page acquisition means 13 with text input acquired from a predetermined Web server 30a of the Web server 30 and an information storage means 14 are provided.

  Among these, the communication destination setting unit 11, the text acquisition unit 12, the text input Web page acquisition unit 13 and the instant messenger unit 15 are realized by the CPU executing a program. The storage unit 14 is a storage area of the storage device, and stores the Web page ID and the Web page URL in association with each other as described in FIG.

  The web server 30 provides web services by providing web pages, and provides web services in different domains.

  The information providing apparatus 20 includes an instant messenger management unit 26 that provides the instant messenger unit 15 of the user terminal 10 with a list of communication destinations capable of communication and a global IP address of another user terminal as a communication destination. The instant messenger management unit 26 includes a user authentication unit 21 that authenticates and identifies the user of the user terminal 10.

  In addition, when the text acquisition unit 12 acquires text from the user text input window 101, the information providing device 20 presents text candidates similar to the input text and enables selection of similar text. Means 23 are provided.

  Further, the information providing apparatus 20 includes a user information DB 25 that stores user authentication information and candidates that each user can select as an instant messenger communication destination.

  FIG. 3 is a Web page information table stored in the storage unit 14 of the user terminal 10.

  In the Web page information table, the Web page ID, the text input window ID, the URL of the Web page, and the processing command after the “Send button” of the instant messenger is pressed are associated with each other. Based on the Web page information table, the text-input Web page acquisition unit 13 acquires a Web page processed after text input. That is, when the user designates a Web page ID by the communication destination setting unit 11, the address (URL) is specified by referring to the URL of the Web page, and a predetermined Web server 30a is accessed. Then, the Web page acquisition means 13 with the text input performs the process on the Web page when the “Send button” of the instant messenger is pressed, based on the “Send button process” command in the Web page information table. ,decide. The Web page acquisition means 13 that has acquired the result of processing this command by the Web server 30a acquires and displays the Web page.

  When there are a plurality of text input windows for one Web page, the text input window IDs are different even for the same Web page ID. In this case, the communication destination setting unit 11 may input not only the web page ID but also the input window ID from the user.

FIG. 4 is a data structure diagram of the user information DB 25.
The user information DB 25 includes a user ID, an authentication password of the user, an online state indicating whether or not the user can use the instant messenger, and candidates that the user can designate as a communication destination of the instant messenger ( Other user IDs and Web page IDs) are stored in association with each other.

  Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the present embodiment. Here, the user terminal 10 may include a known Web browser.

  First, the user AAA operates the user terminal 10 to activate the instant messenger means 15 and logs into the service of the information providing apparatus 20. For this reason, the instant messenger means 15 transmits the user ID and password of the user AAA to the information providing apparatus 20 (S1).

  The instant messenger management means 26 passes the user ID and password received from the instant messenger means 15 to the user authentication means 21. The user authentication means 21 compares the user ID and password acquired from the instant messenger means 15 with the information registered in the user information DB 25, and specifies the user AAA (S2).

  After identifying the user AAA, the instant messenger management means 26 reads out the communication destination candidate associated with the user AAA from the user information DB 25 and transmits it to the instant messenger means 15 (S3).

  The communication destination setting unit 11 displays a list of communication destination candidates transmitted from the instant messenger management unit 26 on the display device, and accepts selection of a communication destination to which the text input in the user text input window 101 is transmitted. Here, it is assumed that other users “BBB” and Web pages “P001” and “P002” are included as communication destination candidates for user “AAA”.

  The user operates the input device to select one or a plurality of communication destination IDs to which the text input to the user text input window 101 is transmitted from the list of communication destination candidates (S4). Here, the ID of the communication destination may be directly input from an input device such as a keyboard.

  When the communication destination selected or input by the user is the ID “BBB” of another user, the instant messenger means 15 acquires the global IP address of the user terminal of the user “BBB” from the instant messenger management means 26, Are exchanged with the instant messenger of the user “BBB” via P2P or a server (S5, S6).

  On the other hand, when the communication destination selected or input by the user is a Web page ID, the instant messenger means 15 stores one or more Web page IDs selected or input by the user in the storage means 14. Here, it is assumed that the user has selected Web page IDs “P001” and “P002” as communication destinations.

  By the way, it is possible to determine whether the user's selection or input communication destination is another user or a Web page based on, for example, character characters constituting the ID. For example, in this embodiment, when the upper character constituting the ID is “P”, it is determined to be the ID of the Web page, and for other characters, it can be determined to be the user ID.

  When the user selects or inputs the ID of the Web page, the processes after S7 are executed (S5). The text acquisition means 12 displays the user text input window 101 on the user interface 100 of the instant messenger, and accepts text input to the user text input window 101 from the user (S7).

  The user operates the input device to input text in the user text input window 101 of the instant messenger. Each time the user inputs a character into the user text input window 101, the text input assisting means 23 proposes a keyword estimated from the character string being input. The text acquisition means 12 displays the keyword proposed by the text input auxiliary means 23 on the display device, and accepts not only the text input to the user text input window 101 but also the text selection from this keyword.

  The user completes inputting text in the user text input window 101 and clicks the send button of the user interface 100 or presses the Enter key on the keyboard, or reads the text from the keyword. When selected, the text acquisition unit 12 detects this event and stores the text input or selected by the user in the storage unit 14 (S8).

  Next, the text-input Web page acquisition unit 13 specifies the address of the Web page based on the URL (refer to the Web page information table) corresponding to the Web page ID input by the user (S9).

  Then, the text input to the specified address and the “send button processing command” are transmitted to the Web server 30a (S10). Then, based on the “send button processing command”, the Web server 30a executes the “send button processing command” with the input text being executed, and executes the processed Web page (next page). It transmits to the user terminal 10. The user terminal 10 acquires the processed Web page (next page) (S11).

  Next, the Web page acquisition means 13 with text input displays the Web page of the process after text input on the Web browser of the user terminal 10 (S12).

  Here, the “send button processing command” will be described. Usually, a Web page having an input window has an input window for inputting text and a processing button for processing the input text. In this case, a command for determining how to process the input text after the processing button is pressed is a “send button processing command”.

  The “process button” may not be provided, and the “line feed button” may be used instead. In other words, when text is input to the user text input window 101 of the instant messenger and the “line feed button” is pressed after the text is input, it may function in the same manner as the processing button.

For example, in a certain search system, when “ABC” is entered in the search window and a processing button (search button) is pressed, the URL address is
[Http: // search. yahoo. co. jp / search? p = ABC & search. x = 1 & fr = top_ga1 & tid = top_ga1 & ei = UTF-8].

Therefore, a combination of the “send button processing command” and the input text [http: // search. yahoo. co. jp / search? p =] (first half of command)
+ (ABC) (entered text)
+ [& Search. x = 1 & fr = top_ga1 & tid = top_ga1 & ei = UTF-8] (second half of command)
Then, a command combined with this text is transmitted to the Web server 30a, and a Web page (next page) for processing after the text is input is acquired.

  By storing the contents of the “send button processing command” and the regularity of the input position of the input text in the Web page information table in advance, the user terminal 10 can execute the processing after the text is input. A Web page (next page) can be acquired.

  In addition, although the example which inputs one Web page ID of a Web page was introduced, it enabled it to input the Web page ID of several Web pages simultaneously into the user interface of an instant messenger, and the process of S9-S12 was input The process may be repeated for each URL. As a result, it is possible to simultaneously input text input to the instant messenger to a plurality of Web pages. For example, if Web pages of a plurality of different search sites are designated as communication destinations, it is possible to perform a search by simultaneously inputting the same word at a plurality of search sites.

  Furthermore, since the process of inserting text into the Web page is performed on the user terminal side, the processing load can be distributed.

  [Hardware Configuration of User Terminal 10 and Information Providing Device 20]

Next, a hardware configuration of a computer apparatus that operates as the user terminal 10 or the information providing apparatus 20 in each of the above embodiments will be described. FIG. 6 shows the hardware configuration.
The computer includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 310 (a plurality of CPUs such as a CPU 320 may be added in a multiprocessor configuration), a bus line 200, and a communication I / F (I / F: interface) constituting the processing unit 300. 330, a main memory 340, a BIOS (Basic Input Output System) 350, an I / O controller 360, a hard disk 370, an optical disk drive 380, and a semiconductor memory 390. The hard disk 370, the optical disk drive 380, and the semiconductor memory 390 are collectively referred to as a storage device 410.

  The processing means 300 implements each means according to each of the above embodiments in cooperation with the hardware described above by appropriately reading and executing various programs stored in the hard disk 370 (described later).

  The communication I / F 330 is a network adapter when a Web client and a Web server transmit and receive information via the Internet. The communication I / F 330 may include a modem, a cable modem, and an Ethernet (registered trademark) adapter.

  The BIOS 350 records a boot program executed by the CPU 310, a program depending on hardware, and the like.

  A storage device 410 such as a hard disk 370, an optical disk drive 380, and a semiconductor memory 390 can be connected to the I / O controller 360.

  The hard disk 370 stores various programs for causing the hardware to function as the user terminal 10 or the information providing apparatus 20, programs for executing the respective means of the present invention, and data. It should be noted that a hard disk (not shown) provided separately outside can also be used as an external storage device.

  As the optical disk drive 380, for example, a DVD-ROM drive, a CD-ROM drive, a DVD-RAM drive, or a CD-RAM drive can be used. In this case, the optical disk 400 corresponding to each drive is used. A program or data can be read from the optical disk 400 by the optical disk drive 380 and provided to the main memory 340 or the hard disk 370 via the I / O controller 360.

  In the user terminal 10 or the information providing apparatus 20, the processing means 300 corresponds to each means, and the storage device 410 includes each storage area.

  The user terminal 10 includes an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse, and a display device such as a liquid crystal display.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not restricted to embodiment mentioned above. The effects described in the embodiments of the present invention are only the most preferable effects resulting from the present invention, and the effects of the present invention are limited to those described in the embodiments of the present invention. is not.

It is explanatory drawing explaining the outline | summary of embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the structure of embodiment of this invention. It is a structure figure of Web page information DB. It is a structural diagram of user information DB. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of this invention. It is a hardware block diagram of the user terminal 10 and the information provision apparatus 20.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 User terminal 11 Communication destination setting means 12 Text acquisition means 13 Text input completed Web page acquisition means 14 Storage means 15 Instant messenger means 20 Information provision apparatus (server)
21 User authentication means 23 Text input auxiliary means 25 User information DB
26 Instant messenger management means 30 Web server 100 User interface 101 User text input window 200a, b Web page

Claims (4)

An instant messenger method executed by a user terminal that is communicably connected to another user terminal and a web server and has a web browser function and an instant messenger function ,
The user terminal is
An ID setting step for setting an ID of another user terminal or a Web page as a communication destination of an instant messenger according to a user's selection operation;
Regardless of the setting result in the ID setting step, a user text input window of the instant messenger and a transmission button for transmitting the text input to the user text input window to the outside, A user text input window / send button display step for displaying a common send button regardless of whether it is a user terminal or the Web server;
In response to the transmission button has been operated by the user, and text reception step of receiving text entered in the user text input window of the instant messenger,
Process including
When the ID of the web page is set as the communication destination of the instant messenger in the ID setting step, the user terminal
Based on the ID of the Web page, and an address specifying step of specifying the address of the Web page,
As a result of the text is input before Symbol Web pages, and result display step of the Web page processed by the Web server and displays it on the Web browser of the user terminal,
An instant messenger method that performs processing including : The user terminal has a storage unit;
Before the Kiki憶部, are processed by the Web server by advance the transmission button is pressed, are commands prestored Web page displayed, in the step of displaying is based on the command Te, that the transmission button is pressed, as a result of the text in the Web page is input, a Web page processed by the the Web server and displays it on the Web browser of the user terminal, in claim 1 The instant messenger method described. The user terminal is
As processing in the ID setting step ,
Depending on the user's selection operation, one or more web page IDs are set as the instant messenger communication destination,
When a plurality of web page IDs are set as communication destinations of the instant messenger,
As the processing in the address specifying step, the addresses of a plurality of corresponding Web pages are specified based on the IDs of the plurality of Web pages,
Wherein as the processing in the results display step, as a result of the text is entered into the Web page, a plurality of Web pages that have been processed by the Web server and displays it on the Web browser of the user terminal, according to claim 1 or 2 Instant messenger method as described in. A user terminal that is communicably connected to another user terminal and a Web server, and has a Web browser function and an instant messenger function,
ID setting means for setting an ID of another user terminal or a Web page as a communication destination of an instant messenger according to a user's selection operation;
Regardless of the result set by the ID setting means, a user text input window of the instant messenger and a send button for transmitting the text input to the user text input window to the outside, wherein the external is the other A user text input window / send button display means for displaying a common send button regardless of whether it is a user terminal or the Web server;
In response to the transmission button has been operated by the user, the text receiving means for receiving text input to the user text input window of the instant messenger,
An address specifying means for specifying an address of the Web page based on the ID of the Web page when an ID of the Web page is set as a communication destination of the instant messenger by the ID setting means ;
If the address specifying means has specified the address of the Web page, as a result of the text is input before Symbol Web page, the Web page processed by the the Web server and displays it on the Web browser of the user terminal Display means;
The including Muyu over The terminal.

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