JP4995152B2 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and an information processing program.

  Conventionally, a bookmark function for registering a URL (Uniform Resource Locater) of a website desired by a user in a web browser has been used. Furthermore, an online bookmark service for managing bookmarks for each individual user is provided on a server provided on the Internet or a mobile communication network.

  Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-6202 (Patent Document 1) describes a portable device used in a user terminal in order to provide a function of managing bookmarks for individual users and creating different bookmarks for each user. When a bookmark request or a content display / playback request is made from the bookmark device, this identification information is transmitted to the user terminal together with the request, and the user transmits the information to the service providing system, whereby the bookmark service for each user is transmitted. Is realized.

There is also a mechanism that allows a user to register a product that the user is interested in as a favorite in a specific website.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-6202

  In the above-mentioned patent document 1, since the target to be bookmarked is a web page, there is a problem that it is difficult to clip, call, or reuse specific information. For example, since a website for PC (Personal Computer) is registered in a bookmark, it may be difficult to see from a mobile terminal at the destination.

  Further, in order to organize the registered bookmarks for each piece of information such as products, books, restaurants, etc., manual classification or the like is required, and the user is forced to perform complicated processing. The above problem is not limited to the online bookmark service, but is the same when a URL is registered in a web browser.

  In addition, when registered as a favorite in a specific site, the UI (user interface) is different for each site, so it is necessary to perform individual operations. In addition, when a favorite list is created in a specific site, there is a problem that it is necessary to log in to each site or access the My page in order to refer to and edit the favorite list.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an information processing apparatus capable of easily generating a favorite list for each predetermined information by automatically uploading a URL bookmarked by a user, An object is to provide an information processing method and an information processing program.

An information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes a receiving unit that receives a URL bookmarked by a user and / or a URL stored in a storage area of a browsing history of a web browser, a URL of each website, and the URL From the URL received by the receiving means, the first storage means for storing in association the extraction rule for extracting the identification information related to the website from the API call format of the website, and the first storage means The URL stored in the URL is specified, the identification information is extracted from the URL received by the receiving means based on the extraction rule corresponding to the specified URL, and the extracted identification information and the API call format are extracted. generating means for generating a request to obtain the information of the web site based on bets, generated by the generating means Comprising a data acquisition means for acquiring data of the website based on the request, and a second storage means for storing the acquired data by said data acquisition means.

Also, the information processing method according to another aspect of the present invention relates the URL of each website, the extraction rule for extracting the identification information related to the website from the URL, and the API call format of the website. A receiving step for receiving a URL bookmarked by a user and / or a URL stored in a browsing history storage area of a web browser; A URL stored in the first storage means is specified from the URL received in the receiving step, and the identification information is obtained from the URL received in the receiving step based on the extraction rule corresponding to the specified URL. extracted, collected by the information of the web site based and extracted the identification information and the API call format A generation step of generating a request to a data acquisition step of acquiring data of the website based on the request generated by said generation step, the data acquired by the data acquiring step into second storage means Storing. Storing.

An information processing program according to another aspect of the present invention associates a URL of each website, an extraction rule for extracting identification information related to the website from the URL, and an API call format of the website. From the URL received by the receiving means, the receiving means for receiving the URL bookmarked by the user and / or the URL stored in the browsing history storage area of the web browser, The URL stored in the first storage means is specified, the identification information is extracted from the URL received by the receiving means based on the extraction rule corresponding to the specified URL, and the extracted identification information generating for generating a request to obtain the information of the web site based on said API call format Information processing means for functioning as data acquisition means for acquiring the data of the website based on the request generated by the generation means, and storage means for storing the data acquired by the data acquisition means in the second storage means It is a program.

  According to the present invention, an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and an information processing program capable of easily generating a favorite list for each predetermined information by automatically uploading a URL bookmarked by a user. Can be provided.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

<About the system according to the present invention>
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, in this system, an information processing apparatus 100, a PC 101, a website A102, a website B103, a website C104, a PC 105, and a mobile terminal 106 are connected via a network.

  The information processing apparatus 100 receives UR1, etc., in which bookmarks (identification information etc. of the URL and address of the bookmarked content (hereinafter referred to as URL) etc. are recorded in a web browser) are received by the PC 101, and each of the URLs etc. Site information is acquired, and a favorite DB (database) is created for each user based on the acquired information. Details of the information processing apparatus 100 will be described later.

  The PC 101 accesses the website A102 and the like to allow the user to browse the web page. When a bookmark is instructed by the user, the URL of the web page being browsed is recorded in a storage area related to the bookmark of the web browser.

  Further, the PC 101 transmits the bookmarked URL or the like to the information processing apparatus 100 via the network. The transmission of the bookmarked URL or the like can be realized by installing dedicated software from the information processing apparatus 100.

  For example, the dedicated program can be selected by selecting “Download Toolbar” displayed on the display screen of the portal site using the information processing apparatus 100, and the user can select the dedicated program. It can be downloaded by selecting. Next, when the downloaded dedicated program is installed and executed, a toolbar button or the like according to the present invention is displayed on the toolbar of the display screen.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the display screen 201 of the PC 101 after installing a dedicated program. In the example shown in FIG. 2, a state in which a pull-down menu is displayed when the “Auto UpLoad” button 202 displayed on the toolbar is clicked with a mouse or the like as long as the name of the button can be identified as the present invention is displayed. Show.

  At this time, when the setting 203 is selected by the user, an interval for transmitting the bookmarked URL or the like to the information processing apparatus 100 may be determined. For example, it is possible to select uploading periodically (the interval is set by the user), uploading each time the portal site is accessed, uploading each time the “Auto UpLoad” button 202 is clicked, and the like.

  The dedicated program does not necessarily need to be acquired via a network. For example, the dedicated program can be acquired by directly connecting a recording medium (DVD-ROM, CD-ROM, etc.) on which the dedicated program is recorded to the PC 101. It is.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the website A102, the website B103, and the website C104 are sites that provide content. For example, it operates online shopping and provides restaurant information.

  A PC 105 and a mobile terminal (including a mobile phone, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), etc.) 106 are devices that can be connected to a network, for example, devices that can be connected to the information processing apparatus 100 from an outside location. The user accesses the information processing apparatus 100 using the PC 105 or the portable terminal 106, and acquires information that can be acquired from the URL or the like bookmarked on the PC 101 from the information processing apparatus 100.

<Main functional configuration of information processing device>
FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a main functional configuration of the information processing apparatus 100. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the information processing apparatus 100 includes a reception unit 301, a storage unit 302, a storage unit 303, a control unit 304, a favorite DB (DB: database) 305, and a communication unit 306.

  The receiving unit 301 receives a bookmarked URL or the like from the PC 101 in which the dedicated program is installed. At this time, the URL or the like may be periodically received according to the contents of the dedicated program or user settings, or may be received every time the PC 101 is bookmarked.

  When regularly receiving a URL or the like, a timer or the like may be used to send the added amount of the registered bookmark or the like from the previous time to the PC 101 at a predetermined interval. When receiving, it is only necessary to detect that the PC 101 has been bookmarked and transmit the detected URL or the like to the PC 101.

  The receiving unit 301 records the URL received from the PC 101 in the URL list stored in the storage unit 302. At this time, the receiving unit 301 stores a URL or the like for each user in the storage unit 302 based on the user information acquired from the PC 101.

  The receiving unit 301 can receive not only bookmarked URLs but also URLs remaining as browsing history in the web browser.

  The storage unit 302 holds a URL list for each user. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a URL list for each user. As shown in FIG. 4, the URL list holds, for each user, URLs bookmarked on each user's PC received by the receiving unit 301 and / or URLs remaining as browsing history in the web browser.

  Returning to FIG. 3, the storage unit 303 holds a site management table. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the site management table. As shown in FIG. 5, for the site management table, the site name, site URL, extraction rule for extracting a unique key in the URL, and API (Application Program Interface) call format for obtaining desired information from the site , Are stored in association.

  For example, the site name “XXX” has a URL “http://XXX.com”, an extraction rule “third layer to after”, and an API call format “http://api.XXX”. Are stored in the site management table in association with each other.

  Here, in the extraction rule, where the unique key is in the URL is manually extracted in advance and stored in the site management table. The method of describing this extraction rule is not particularly determined, and it is only necessary to identify where the unique key is in the URL.

  The API call format is an address or the like for acquiring desired information based on the API published at each site.

  Returning to FIG. 3, the control unit 304 acquires the URL and the like stored in the storage unit 302, and specifies a site based on the site management table stored in the storage unit 303. Next, the control unit 304 refers to the address from the API call format of the identified site, generates a request based on the referenced address and the unique key extracted according to the unique key extraction rule described later, Allocate and obtain the desired information. The control unit 304 stores the information acquired by the allocation in the favorite DB 305.

  FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the main functional configuration of the control means 304. The control unit 304 includes an identifying unit 601, an extracting unit 602, a generating unit 603, and an acquiring unit 604. The specifying unit 601 reads and acquires the URL from the storage unit 302 that holds the URL list, and specifies the site from the acquired URL by referring to the site management table held by the storage unit 303. The specifying unit 601 outputs the specified site and URL to the extracting unit 602.

  The extraction unit 602 refers to the site management table held by the storage unit 303, acquires an extraction rule corresponding to the site specified by the specifying unit 601, and extracts a unique key from the URL. Next, the extraction unit 602 outputs the extracted unique key to the generation unit 603.

  The generation unit 603 refers to the unique key acquired from the extraction unit 602 and the site management table stored in the storage unit 303, acquires the API call format corresponding to the site specified by the specifying unit 601, and acquires the acquired API call A request is generated based on the format and the unique key acquired from the extraction means.

  The request is a URL or the like for acquiring desired data, and can be generated by adding a unique key to an API call format address. The generation unit 603 outputs the generated request to the acquisition unit 604.

  The acquisition unit 604 acquires desired information in an HTML format or the like via the API of each site using the request acquired from the generation unit 603. The acquisition unit 604 stores the acquired information in the favorite DB 305.

  Returning to FIG. 3, the favorite DB 305 stores the information written by the acquisition unit 604 of the control unit 304. At this time, the written information can be stored for each category in the favorite DB 305 of each site, stored for each site, or stored for each bookmarked date.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a data structure of the favorite DB when information is stored for each category. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a data structure of the favorite DB when information is stored for each site. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a data structure of the favorite DB when information is stored for each bookmarked date.

  For example, when storing for each category as shown in FIG. 7, the category can be determined based on the product genre or the like of the information acquired via the API, and as shown in FIG. In the case of storing every time, the site may be specified from the URL of the request or the like and stored in the favorite DB 305 for each specified site, or in the case of storing by date as shown in FIG. What is necessary is just to make it store in favorite DB305 based on the date information which the processing apparatus 100 itself has, and the date information of the date and time when PC101 transmitted URL etc. Also, the favorite DB 305 stores information for each user, similar to the storage unit 302.

  Returning to FIG. 3, the communication unit 306 receives an access request to the favorite DB 305 from the PC 105 or the portable terminal 106, acquires information stored in the favorite DB 305, and sends the acquired information to the PC 105 or portable terminal 106. Send. At this time, the communication unit 306 first transmits the information list stored in the favorite DB 305 to the PC 105 or the portable terminal 106, and when the PC 105 or the portable terminal 106 receives an acquisition request for further detailed information, the communication unit 306 stores the information list in the favorite DB 305. Detailed information may be transmitted.

  The API 307 of the site A, the API 308 of the site B, and the API 309 of the site C are APIs of the respective sites A to C. By using this API, it is possible to acquire information desired by the user such as product information of each site. Become.

  The receiving unit 301 and the communication unit 306 are configured differently for easy understanding of the description, but may be configured by one communication unit. The information processing apparatus 100 is used in a portal site or the like, and a user can access the favorite DB by logging in to the site. At this time, the communication unit 306 also plays a role of communicating a user ID and a password for logging in to the site.

<Processing of Information Processing Device According to Embodiment 1>
FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining processing of the information processing apparatus according to the first embodiment. In step 101, the receiving unit 301 receives a bookmarked URL transmitted from the PC 101 and / or a URL recorded in the history of the web browser. At this time, the receiving unit 301 additionally stores the received URL in the URL list for each user.

  In step 102 following step 101, the specifying unit 601 obtains additional URLs from the URL list stored in the storage unit 302, and refers to the site management table stored in the storage unit 303. Identify your site.

  In step 103 following step 102, the extraction unit 602 extracts a unique key from the URL according to the site extraction rule specified by the specification unit 601.

  Proceeding to step 104 following step 103, the generating unit 603 generates a request based on the API call format of the site specified by the specifying unit 601 and the unique key extracted by the extracting unit 602.

  Proceeding to step 105 following step 104, the acquisition unit 604 acquires information in HTML format or the like from each site via the API of each site based on the request generated by the generation unit 603. At this time, if the information to be acquired has a link to another website, it can be acquired as broken image data, or it can be acquired as information with the link still connected. It is.

  Progressing to step 106 following step 105, the acquisition unit 604 stores the information acquired from each site in the favorite DB 305. At this time, information may be simply stored, but as described above, information may be grouped and stored in the favorites DB 305 by category, site, bookmarked date, or the like.

  Further, the processing from step 101 to step 106 is performed on all the URLs etc. received by the receiving means 301.

  As described above, according to the information processing apparatus according to the first embodiment, a favorite list can be easily generated for each predetermined information by automatically uploading a URL bookmarked by a user.

  In addition, if a user logs in to a portal site using the information processing apparatus according to the first embodiment from a PC or mobile terminal, the web bookmarked by another PC or the like can be obtained by referring to the favorite DB 305 when necessary. You can refer to information on sites and web pages.

  Moreover, when acquiring information from each site based on the generated request, it is acquired as image data in a state where the link is cut, so that even if the link is broken or the website is closed, the desired information is referred to. be able to.

  By providing a search function for the favorite DB 305, information stored in the favorite DB 305 can be searched, and only necessary information can be provided to the user.

  Further, if microformats are also applied to the information stored in the favorite DB 305, it is possible to refer to restaurant addresses, contact information, event information, and the like. Note that microformats refers to a common format that gives meaning to text information in which metadata is embedded, using attributes of XHTML (Extensible HyperText Markup Language).

[Modification 1]
An information processing apparatus according to Modification 1 will be described. The first modification is different from the first embodiment in that the receiving unit receives a bookmarked URL or the like from a bookmark management server on the network.

<Main Functional Configuration of Information Processing Device According to Modification 1>
FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating a main functional configuration of the information processing apparatus 1100 according to the first modification. 11 that are the same as those shown in FIG. 3 are marked with the same symbols and descriptions of them will be omitted.

  The server 1101 is a server that provides a so-called online bookmark service. That is, it is a server that manages URLs to be bookmarked for each device ID such as a PC or user ID. The user can browse the bookmarked web page and the like by accessing the server 1101 from an outside location.

  The receiving unit 1102 includes a storage unit 1103. The storage unit 1103 stores the address of the server 1101, identification information such as a user ID or device ID, and a login password for the server 1101 if necessary.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen when setting the server address, user ID, and password. The display screen 1201 includes an address area 1202, a user ID area 1203, and a password area 1204. In each of the areas 1202 to 1204, an address, a user ID, and a password are input using an input unit such as a keyboard.

  When an OK button is pressed after a character symbol string is input to each of the areas 1202 to 1204, the character symbol string input to each of the areas 1202 to 1204 is stored in the storage unit 1103.

  The display screen 1201 is displayed when a setting in the pull-down menu displayed is selected (pressed) when a bookmark on the toolbar is pressed after logging in to the portal site using the information processing apparatus 100. It is an example of a screen to be displayed.

  Returning to FIG. 11, the reception unit 1102 accesses the server 1101 based on data stored in the storage unit 1103 and acquires a bookmarked URL or the like periodically or when instructed by the user. To do. The URL to be acquired may be an additional amount added after the previous acquisition. Since the processing after the receiving unit 1102 receives the URL is the same as that in the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted here.

  As described above, according to the information processing apparatus according to the first modification, even a URL or the like bookmarked to a server on the network using the online bookmark service can be automatically uploaded. An effect can be obtained.

  In addition, by combining the first modification and the first embodiment, the URL bookmarked in the web browser on the PC, the URL remaining as a history in the web browser, and the URL bookmarked in the server on the network are automatically set. It is also possible to upload.

[Modification 2]
An information processing apparatus according to Modification 2 will be described. In the second modification, the updated news and blog are quickly acquired by storing the latest news and blog in an OPML (Outline Processor Markup Language) format.

  In the information processing apparatus according to the modified example 2, an RSS reader (application software) for acquiring information distributed by a blog or a news site is installed. Here, when news sites and blogs are bookmarked, when storing news site and blog information in the favorite DB 305, these are stored in OPML format, and the information updated by the RSS reader is collectively displayed. Read.

  As described above, according to the information processing apparatus according to the modified example 2, even if the information stored in the favorite DB is information on news sites and blogs, the information is stored in the OPML format and the information updated by the RSS reader or the like is acquired. By doing so, news and blogs stored in the favorite DB can be updated to the latest information all at once.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to such specific embodiments, and other than the above-described modifications within the scope of the gist of the present invention described in the claims. In addition, various modifications and changes can be made. Moreover, it is also possible to implement combining an Example and a modification. Note that the processing content described in the first embodiment or each modification may be a program, and the computer may execute the program to cause the information processing apparatus to perform the above-described processing. It is also possible to record the program on a recording medium, cause the computer to read the recording medium on which the program is recorded, and cause the information processing apparatus to execute the above-described processing.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The figure which shows an example of the display screen of PC. 2 is a block diagram showing a main functional configuration of the information processing apparatus 100. FIG. The figure which shows an example of the URL list for every user. The figure which shows an example of a site management table. The block diagram which shows the main function structures of a control means. The figure which shows the data structure of favorite DB at the time of storing for every category. The figure which shows the data structure of favorite DB at the time of storing for every site. The figure which shows the data structure of favorite DB at the time of storing for every bookmarked date. 3 is a flowchart for explaining processing of the information processing apparatus according to the first embodiment. The block diagram which shows the main function structure of the information processing apparatus which concerns on the modification 1. FIG. The figure which shows an example of a display screen.

Explanation of symbols

100, 1100 Information processing apparatus 101, 105 PC
102 Website A
103 Website B
104 Website C
106 Mobile terminal 201 Display screen 301, 1102 Receiving means 302, 303, 1103 Storage means 305 Favorite DB
304 Control means 306 Communication means 307 Site A API
308 Site B API
309 Site C API
601 Identification unit 602 Extraction unit 603 Generation unit 604 Acquisition unit 1101 Server

Claims (7)

Receiving means for receiving a URL bookmarked by a user and / or a URL stored in a storage area of a browsing history of a web browser;
First storage means for storing the URL of each website, an extraction rule for extracting identification information related to the website from the URL, and an API call format of the website;
The URL stored in the first storage unit is specified from the URL received by the receiving unit, and the identification information is obtained from the URL received by the receiving unit based on the extraction rule corresponding to the specified URL. Generating means for generating a request for acquiring information on the website based on the extracted identification information and the API call format;
Information acquisition means for acquiring information on the website based on the request generated by the generation means;
Second storage means for storing information acquired by the information acquisition means;
An information processing apparatus comprising: The information acquisition means includes
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein information on the website is acquired as image data. The second storage means
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information acquired by the information acquisition unit is grouped and stored. A third storage means for storing an address of the bookmark management server when the bookmarked URL is managed by a bookmark management server connected to a network;
The receiving means includes
4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the bookmarked URL is received from an address stored in the third storage unit. A communication means for communicating data with an external terminal;
The said communication means transmits the information stored in the said 2nd memory means to the said external terminal, when the access request to the said 2nd memory means is received from the said external terminal. The information processing apparatus described. Information processing in an information processing apparatus comprising first storage means for storing the URL of each website, an extraction rule for extracting identification information related to the website from the URL, and an API call format of the website A method,
A receiving step of receiving a URL bookmarked by a user and / or a URL stored in a storage area of a browsing history of a web browser;
The URL stored in the first storage means is specified from the URL received in the receiving step, and the identification information is obtained from the URL received in the receiving step based on the extraction rule corresponding to the specified URL. Generating a request for acquiring information on the website based on the extracted identification information and the API call format;
An information acquisition step of acquiring information on the website based on the request generated by the generation step;
A storage step of storing in the second storage means the information acquired by the information acquisition step;
An information processing method comprising: A computer comprising first storage means for storing the URL of each website, an extraction rule for extracting identification information relating to the website from the URL, and an API call format of the website;
Receiving means for receiving a URL bookmarked by a user and / or a URL stored in a storage area of a browsing history of a web browser;
The URL stored in the first storage unit is specified from the URL received by the receiving unit, and the identification information is obtained from the URL received by the receiving unit based on the extraction rule corresponding to the specified URL. Generating means for generating a request for acquiring the website information based on the extracted identification information and the API call format;
Information acquisition means for acquiring information on the website based on the request generated by the generation means;
Storage means for storing information acquired by the information acquisition means in a second storage means;
Information processing program to function as.

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