JP5016555B2 - Gateway device, browser display method on PC, and gateway control program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a gateway apparatus , a browser display method on a PC, and a gateway control program, and more particularly, to a terminal that can access the Internet and can browse a WWW site. The present invention relates to a gateway device , a browser display method on a PC, and a gateway control program for improving convenience of WWW site access by sharing a URL for access.

  Terminals that can access the Internet are often used to browse information on the same WWW (World Wide Web) site for collaborative work and meetings. In such a case, if there is a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as “PC”) and the environment is such that an email can be used, the URL of the WWW site to be shared is described in the body of the email. Browsing information on the same WWW site is realized by copying and pasting and calling a WWW browser from mail software.

In addition, when it is desired to share information on the WWW site in real time as in the case of a remote conference system, the URLs of the information on the WWW site are exchanged with each other through the remote conference server device, and the information is browsed. There is a technique for realizing (for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2003-271498 A

  However, according to the technology disclosed in Patent Document 1, a dedicated terminal or a dedicated terminal and a PC on which an application for performing an operation corresponding to the terminal is installed, and a server for passing a URL between the terminals is provided. Necessary. Therefore, for example, there is a problem that URL information cannot be transferred in order to use information on a WWW site being displayed on a terminal in the above-described technology with a WWW browser operating on a PC not incorporated in the system. .

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and transmits a URL of a WWW site from a PC on which a dedicated device or dedicated application software is installed to a general-purpose PC on which a WWW browser is installed. An object of the present invention is to provide a gateway device , a browser display method on a PC, and a gateway control program capable of browsing information on the WWW site.

  FIG. 1 is a principle configuration diagram of the present invention.

The present invention (Claim 1) is a gateway device for performing Internet connection for a terminal on a local network,
Terminal identifier storage means for storing the IP address of a browser terminal (hereinafter referred to as “PC”) connected to the gateway device and the identifier of the extension telephone in association with each other;
Site information acquisition means 103 for acquiring all or part of information of an arbitrary WWW (World Wide Web) site on the Internet;
A summary generation unit 102 that generates a summary composed of a plurality of records with a summary of the information and a set of URLs where the information exists as one record from the site information, and stores the summary in the summary storage unit 106;
Upon obtaining the information providing request summary from extension telephone connected to the gateway device, and Summary transmitting means for providing to said extension telephone summary from the summary storage means 106,
Means for acquiring a record designation request for the summary from the extension telephone, and storing the record index of the record designation request in the record index storage means together with the URL of the record;
When an information acquisition request by HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) is received from a PC paired with the extension telephone, the URL of the record corresponding to the index stored in the record index storage means is returned as an HTTP redirect response. Means,
Have

The present invention (Claim 2) includes a gateway device and a browser terminal (hereinafter referred to as “PC”) which is under the gateway device and has the extension telephone identification information and the redirect function in advance in the gateway device; And the gateway device, the extension phone, and the PC can access a WEB server such as the Internet, and the browser device on the PC In a system accessing a URL of a specific http server unit on the gateway device,
Gateway device
Accessing a WEB server, acquiring http information, analyzing and processing the acquired information, collecting a plurality of headlines, creating a headline list in which tag information is assigned to each headline, and storing;
Extension phone
Sending a headline list acquisition request to the gateway device, and the extension telephone acquiring the headline list accordingly;
Extracting a plurality of headlines with tag information from the headline list, converting the headlines into data capable of displaying one or more headlines, and displaying the one or more headlines;
When a headline to be viewed in detail is selected from among the headlines displayed on the extension telephone, the tag information of the selected headline is notified to the gateway device together with information associated with the extension telephone and the PC; ,
Gateway device
Based on the information associated with the received tag information, the URL of the WEB server corresponding to the headline and the IP address of the PC corresponding to the associated information are searched from the stored headline list, and on the gateway device. In the http server unit, a response for instructing redirection so that the WEB server corresponding to the headline can be accessed is displayed to the browser of the PC, thereby displaying a WEB page corresponding to the URL. .

The present invention (Claim 3) includes a gateway device, an extension telephone under the gateway device, having an identifier, and a browser terminal (hereinafter referred to as “PC”) having a redirection function. In a system in which the device, the extension telephone, and the PC can access a WEB server such as the Internet, and the browser device on the PC accesses the URL of a specific http server unit on the gateway device,
Gateway device
Accessing a WEB server, acquiring http information, analyzing and processing the acquired information, collecting a plurality of headlines, creating a headline list in which tag information is assigned to each headline, and storing;
Extension phone
Sending a headline list acquisition request to the gateway device, and acquiring the headline list accordingly;
Extracting a plurality of headlines with tag information from the headline list, converting the headlines into data capable of displaying one or more, and displaying one or more of the headlines;
When a headline to be viewed in detail is selected from among the headlines displayed on the extension telephone, the tag information is notified to the gateway device together with the identifier of the extension telephone;
Gateway device
Based on the received tag information and the URL accessed from the PC, the PC is identified, the URL of the WEB server corresponding to the headline is searched from the stored headline list, and the http server unit on the gateway device The step of displaying the WEB page corresponding to the URL by transmitting a response instructing the redirect so that the WEB server corresponding to the headline can be accessed to the browser of the accessed PC. .

The present invention (Claim 4 ) is a gateway control program for causing a computer to function as each means constituting the gateway apparatus according to Claim 1 .

  As described above, according to the present invention, a WWW site URL is transmitted from a PC on which a dedicated device or dedicated application software is installed to a general-purpose PC on which only a WWW browser is installed. You can browse the information on the site.

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

  FIG. 2 shows a system configuration in an embodiment of the present invention.

  In the system system shown in the figure, a gateway device 100 of an access source (SOHO, home, etc.) and a Web server 300 are connected to a network 200 such as the Internet, and the gateway device 100 is connected to an extension telephone 110 and a PC 120. . In this embodiment, the extension telephone 110 is used as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to the telephone, and the terminal may be a PC installed with dedicated application software to which the present invention is applicable. Good.

  The extension telephone 110 is connected to the GW apparatus 100, performs telephone services (voice incoming / outgoing calls, telephone conversations), and displays information including text and images on the display 111 shown in FIG. 3 under the control of the GW apparatus 100. , Buttons 112, 113, 114, and has a function of notifying the GW apparatus 100 of input from the user.

  The display 111 of the extension telephone 110 performs various displays by communicating with the GW apparatus 100 in addition to the information, status, calendar, and the like of the extension telephone 110.

  The cursor button 113 is used to input an operation for moving the cursor display on the display 111.

  The cursor display 116 is one type of display on the display 111, and moves on the display 111 by operating the cursor button 113. By displaying the display item with an underline, it indicates that the item is indicated. Instead of the underline, the item may be highlighted or the color may be changed.

  The decision button 114 is a button that is pressed to instruct that the item selected in the cursor display is selected.

  The handset 115 performs voice input / output when used as a telephone.

  The dial button 112 is a button for inputting a telephone number for designating the other party when used as a telephone.

  The PC 120 provides a service to the user by running a Web browser application and accessing the Web server 300 and the GW apparatus 100 using HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol).

  The Web server 300 is a server that can communicate with the GW apparatus 100 and the PC 120 via the network 200 and provides various types of information using a URL.

  The network 200 performs communication using IP (Internet Protocol). For example, the Internet.

  A gateway device (hereinafter referred to as “GW device”) 100 interfaces with the network 200 at a user's home, performs processing for URL sharing described later, is connected to the network 200, and is connected to the PC 120 and the Web server 300. IP routing function that enables communication with the Internet.

  FIG. 4 shows the configuration of the gateway device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  The gateway device 100 includes an extension telephone control unit 101, a content processing unit 102, an HTTP server unit 103, a routing unit 104, an Ethernet interface (I / F) 105, a headline list DB 106, and a device identifier DB 107.

  The extension telephone control unit 101 communicates with the extension telephone 110 to perform telephone service, notification of information to be displayed on the extension telephone 110, and reception of control from the extension telephone 110.

  The content processing unit 102 communicates with the Web server 300, receives information from the Web server 300, processes and stores the information so that it can be used by the extension telephone control unit 101 and the HTTP server unit 103.

  The HTTP server unit 103 communicates with the PC 120, and for HTTP access from the PC 120, sets data in the GW apparatus 100 and guides the PC 120 to a location of information to be acquired by a procedure described later.

  The routing unit 104 performs IP routing control so that the PC 120, the extension telephone 110, the internal telephone control unit 101 in the GW apparatus 100, the content processing unit 102, the HTTP server unit 103, and the Web server 300 can communicate with each other.

  The Ethernet I / F 105 is a physical interface with the extension telephone 110, the PC 120, and the network 200.

  The headline list DB 106 uses information obtained by processing from the Web server 300 to be processed into a headline format that can be displayed on the display 111, and a URL where detailed information corresponding to the headline exists, as one record. Is assigned a record index (headline number).

  The device identifier DB 107 holds the IP address of the PC 120 and the identifier of the extension telephone 110 in association with each other.

  Next, the operation of the system in the above configuration will be described.

  FIG. 5 is a sequence chart of operations in one embodiment of the present invention.

  Step 101) First, the PC 120 is placed on a user's desk or the like together with the extension telephone 110, and both are used to provide various functions. For this purpose, the fact that the PC 120 operates as a pair with the extension telephone 110 is registered with the GW apparatus 100. The PC 120 communicates with the HTTP server unit 103 of the GW apparatus 100 through a Web browser, and registers the identifier of the extension telephone to be used as a pair using HTTP and HTML. An extension number or the like is used as the identifier.

  Step 102) The HTTP server unit 103 of the GW apparatus 100 receives the registration request from the PC 120, recognizes that the PC 120 is associated with the extension telephone 110, and notifies the extension telephone control unit 101 of the result. At this time, the extension number of the extension telephone and the source IP address of the IP packet notified of the association request from the PC 120 are notified. The extension telephone control unit 101 stores the extension number of the extension telephone 110 in association with the source IP address of the PC 120 in the device identifier DB 107.

  Step 103) The content processing unit 102 of the GW apparatus 100 receives information from the Web server 300 and displays it on the display 111 of the extension telephone 110. The content processing unit 102 communicates with the Web server 300 via the network 200, and acquires information such as news by HTTP. This information may be news site page information provided by a normal WWW, or a news list by RSS (RDS Site Summary).

  Step 104) The content processing unit 102 analyzes and processes this information to obtain a headline list. This headline list is made into a database in a format as shown in FIG. 6, for example, and held in the headline list DB 106. That is, one record is a set of a character string to be displayed as a headline, a URL set in which detailed information corresponding to the headline is held, and an index for the set.

  Step 105) In this situation, the extension telephone 110 requests the GW apparatus 100 to acquire a headline list. At this time, the state of the extension telephone 110 is as shown in FIG. 3, and the user moves the cursor to “1. News headline” of function selection of the display 111 and presses the decision button 114, The acquisition request is sent to the GW apparatus 100. Also, a special number (not to make a call to another extension terminal or an outside line from the extension telephone 110 to the GW apparatus 100, but a special extension number for requesting a function, for example, while listening to an extension dial tone) It may be an operation of dialing “* 123”. As a result of this operation, the extension telephone 110 notifies the GW apparatus 100 of a headline list acquisition request. This signal is an IP packet indicating that it is a request for a headline list when it is requested by moving the cursor to “1. News headline” of function selection of the display 111 and pressing the enter button 114. In the case of an operation of dialing a special number, it is a SIP call request (INVITE request).

Step 106) The extension telephone control unit 101 receives the headline list request and acquires the headline list from the content processing unit 102. At this time, the content processing unit 102 acquires the character string of the headline from the headline list DB 106 based on the record index (“1.”) of the request and transfers it to the extension telephone control unit 101.

  Step 107) Subsequently, the extension telephone control unit 101 converts the headline data acquired by the content processing unit 102 into data that can be displayed on the extension telephone 110.

  Step 108) The extension telephone control unit 101 transmits the headline data to the extension telephone 110. An example of the message is shown in FIG.

  Step 109) The extension telephone 110 receives the message sent from the extension telephone control unit 101 and displays the headline on the display 111. The state displayed on the display 111 of the extension telephone 110 at that time is shown in FIG.

  Thus, in the example of FIG. 8, the user of the extension telephone 110 can view the news headline on the display 111 of the extension telephone.

  Furthermore, the operation when the user wants to see the details of the news displayed as the headline in more detail using the PC 120 will be described.

  FIG. 9 is a sequence chart (part 2) of the operation according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  Step 201) When the user wants to see more details using the PC 120, the cursor is moved to the headline desired to be viewed in detail on the extension telephone 110 using the cursor button 113 and the decision button 114 is pressed. . In this example, it is assumed that the news “1.” has been selected. The screen state at that time is as shown in FIG.

  Step 202) When such an operation is performed, the extension telephone 110 notifies the GW apparatus 100 of the headline number (here, “1”).

  Step 203) The extension telephone control unit 101 that has received the signal acquires the IP address of the PC 120 corresponding to the extension telephone number of the extension telephone 110 that has issued the signal by searching the apparatus identifier DB 107.

  Step 204) The IP address obtained as a result is notified to the content processing unit 102 together with the headline number.

  Step 205) Based on the headline number, the content processing unit 102 searches the headline list DB 106 for a URL where details of the headline exist.

  Step 206) The result (URL) and the IP address of the PC 120 are notified to the HTTP server unit 103.

  Step 207) In the HTTP server unit 103, the notified URL and the IP address of the PC 120 are combined and held in a memory (not shown).

  Step 208) In order to view the details of the news displayed on the display 111 as a headline, the user activates the Web browser of the PC 120 after the operation on the telephone 110, and specifies a specific URL (here, “ http: // gw / headline ") is accessed via HTTP. Since this URL is always the same regardless of the headline information to be viewed, in order to simplify the user's operation, when the Web browser is activated, the Web browser is set in advance to access the URL. The URL can be saved in the bookmark.

  Step 209) This signal is transmitted to the HTTP server unit 103 of the GW apparatus 100 and analyzed.

  Step 210) As a result, the IP address notified in Step 204 (that is, the IP address of the PC 120 associated with the extension telephone 110) is set as the source IP address, and the requested URL is a specific URL ("http: // gw / headline "), it can be determined that the user wants to access the details of the headline selected by the extension telephone 110.

  Step 211) If judged so, the HTTP server unit 103 transmits a response instructing the redirect in the HTTP to the PC 120 so that the user can access the URL having the details of the desired headline. In this signal, the response is “301 Moved Permanently”, and the URL where the details of the headline stored in the memory (not shown) in step 207 exists is set in the “Location:” header.

  Step 212) The Web browser of the PC 120 interprets the signal by the function originally provided, and automatically redirects to the URL described in the Location header.

  Step 213) This gives access to the details of the headline.

  Step 214) In the PC 120, desired information is returned by the HTTP response from the Web server 300, and details of the headline are displayed on the Web browser.

[Second Embodiment]
Since the system configuration and the configurations of the telephone set and the GW apparatus in the present embodiment are the same as the configurations shown in FIGS. 2, 3, and 4, description on the configuration is omitted.

  The operation is the same up to the operation (step 202) when the user wants to see the details of the news displayed as the headline in more detail using the PC 120.

  FIGS. 11 and 12 are sequence charts of operations in the second embodiment of the present invention.

  Step 201) When the user wants to see more detailed information using the PC 120, the cursor is placed on the target headline using the cursor button 113 and the decision button 114 is pressed. In this example, it is assumed that the news “1.” has been selected. The state of the screen at that time is as shown in FIG.

  Step 202) When the above operation is performed, the extension telephone 110 notifies the GW apparatus 100 of the headline number (here, “1”).

  Step 301) The extension telephone control unit 101 of the GW apparatus 100 notified of the headline number notifies the content processing unit 102 of the identifier of the extension telephone 110 (here, “101”) and the headline number. .

  Step 302) The content processing unit 102 searches the headline list DB 106 for a URL where the details of the headline exist from the headline number.

  Step 303) The search result (URL) and the extension telephone identifier are notified to the HTTP server unit 103.

  Step 304) Upon receiving the notification, the HTTP server unit 103 combines the URL and the identifier of the extension telephone 110 and holds them in a memory (not shown), and a URL (in this case, a news detail display by the GW device 100) "http: // gw / headline / 101 /").

  Step 305) In order to view the details of the news displayed on the display 111 as a headline, the user activates the Web browser of the PC 120 after the operation on the telephone 110, and the news by the GW device 100 described above. The URL for detailed display ("http: // gw / headline / 0101 /") is accessed by HTTP. Since the URL is always the same for each extension telephone 110 regardless of the headline information desired to be browsed, the URL is accessed when the Web browser is started in order to simplify the user's operation. A Web browser can be set in advance, or a bookmark can be stored at the URL.

  Step 306) The signal is notified to the HTTP server unit 103 of the GW apparatus 100.

  Step 307) The HTTP server unit 103 analyzes the acquired signal. If the requested URL is a specific URL ("http: // gw / headline / 101 /"), it is determined that the user wants to access the details of the headline selected by the extension telephone 110. it can.

  Step 308) If determined so, the HTTP server unit 103 transmits a response instructing the redirect in HTTP to the PC 120 so that the user can access the desired URL where the details of the headline exist. In this example, the response is “301 Moved Permanently”, and the URL where the details of the headline exist is described in the “Location:” header.

  Step 309) The web browser of the PC 120 interprets the signal by the function originally provided, and automatically redirects to the URL described in the Location header.

  Step 310) The PC 120 accesses the details of the headline.

  Step 311) Thereby, desired information is returned from the Web server 300 as an HTTP response.

  Step 312) The details of the headline as the returned response are displayed on the Web browser of the PC 120.

  It is possible to construct the operation of each component of the GW apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 4 as a program, install it on a computer used as the GW apparatus, execute it, or distribute it via a network. .

  Further, the constructed program can be stored in a portable storage medium such as a hard disk, a flexible disk, or a CD-ROM, and can be installed or distributed in a computer.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications and applications can be made within the scope of the claims.

  The present invention can be applied to a system in which a plurality of terminals browsing Internet-accessible WWW sites are connected.

It is a principle block diagram of this invention. It is a system configuration figure in a 1st embodiment of the present invention. 1 is an external view of an extension telephone (headline display cu) in a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram of the gateway apparatus in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a sequence chart (the 1) of operation in a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is an example of headline list DB in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is an example of the headline transmission message | telegram in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is an example of a display of the extension telephone (headline selection which wants to see details) in a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is the sequence chart (the 2) of the operation | movement in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a sequence chart (the 3) of the operation | movement in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is the sequence chart (the 1) of the operation | movement in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is the sequence chart (the 2) of the operation | movement in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Gateway apparatus 101 Summary transmission means, extension telephone control part 102 Summary production | generation means, Content processing part 103 Site information acquisition means, HTTP server part 104 Routing part 105 Ethernet interface 106 Summary storage means, Headline list DB
107 Device identifier DB
110 Extension Telephone 111 Display 112 Dial Button 113 Cursor Button 114 Enter Button 115 Handset 116 Cursor Display 120 Personal Computer (PC)
200 network 300 Web server

Claims (4)

A gateway device for connecting to the Internet for a terminal on a local network,
Terminal identifier storage means for storing the IP address of a browser terminal (hereinafter referred to as “PC”) connected to the gateway device and the identifier of the extension telephone in association with each other;
Site information acquisition means for acquiring all or part of information on any WWW (World Wide Web) site on the Internet;
A summary generation unit configured to generate a summary including a plurality of records with a summary of the information and a set of URLs in which the information exists as one record from the information on the site,
When the extension telephone connected to the gateway device obtains the information providing request of the summary, the summary transmitting means for providing from said summary storing means the summary to the extension telephone,
Means for acquiring a record designation request for the summary from the extension telephone, and storing a record index of the record designation request together with a URL of the record in a record index storage means;
When an information acquisition request by HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) is received from a PC paired with the extension telephone, the URL of the record corresponding to the index stored in the record index storage means is sent as an HTTP redirect response. Means to return,
A gateway device comprising: A gateway terminal and a browser terminal (hereinafter referred to as “PC”) that is under the control of the gateway apparatus and has an extension telephone identification information and a redirect function are previously associated with the IP address of the PC. An extension telephone, and the gateway apparatus, the extension telephone, and the PC can access a WEB server such as the Internet, and the browser apparatus on the PC is a specific http server on the gateway apparatus. In the system accessing the URL of the
The gateway device is
Accessing the WEB server, acquiring http information, analyzing and processing the acquired information, collecting a plurality of headlines, creating a headline list in which tag information is assigned to each headline, and storing the headlines; ,
The extension telephone is
Sending an acquisition request for a headline list to the gateway device, and an extension telephone acquiring the headline list accordingly;
Extracting a plurality of headlines with tag information from the headline list, converting the headlines into data capable of displaying one or more headlines, and displaying one or more headlines;
When a headline to be viewed in detail is selected from among the headlines displayed on the extension telephone, tag information of the selected headline is notified to the gateway device together with information associated with the extension telephone and a PC. Steps,
The gateway device is
Based on the received tag information and the associated information, the URL of the WEB server corresponding to the headline and the IP address of the PC corresponding to the associated information are searched from the stored headline list, and the gateway A step of displaying a WEB page corresponding to the URL by transmitting a response instructing redirection so that the WEB server corresponding to the headline can be accessed to the browser of the PC in the http server unit on the apparatus When,
The browser display method on PC characterized by performing. A gateway apparatus, an extension telephone under the gateway apparatus, having an identifier, and a browser terminal (hereinafter, referred to as “PC”) having a redirect function, the gateway apparatus, the extension telephone, and the PC Is a communication system that can access a WEB server such as the Internet, and the browser device on the PC accesses the URL of a specific http server unit on the gateway device.
The gateway device is
Accessing the WEB server, acquiring http information, analyzing and processing the acquired information, collecting a plurality of headlines, creating a headline list in which tag information is assigned to each headline, and storing the headlines; ,
The extension telephone is
Sending a headline list acquisition request to the gateway device, and acquiring the headline list accordingly;
Extracting a plurality of headlines with tag information from the headline list, converting the headlines into data capable of displaying one or more headlines, and displaying one or more headlines;
When a headline to be viewed in detail is selected from among the headlines displayed on the extension telephone, the tag information is notified to the gateway device together with the extension telephone identifier;
The gateway device is
Based on the received tag information and the URL accessed from the PC, the PC is identified, the URL of the WEB server corresponding to the headline is searched from the stored headline list, and the http on the gateway device Displaying a WEB page corresponding to the URL by transmitting a response instructing redirection so that the WEB server corresponding to the headline can be accessed to the browser of the accessed PC in the server unit; ,
The browser display method on PC characterized by performing. The gateway control program for functioning a computer as each means which comprises the gateway apparatus of Claim 1 .

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