JP5048623B2 - Web page delivery method, web page delivery system, and program thereof - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a web page delivery method, a web page delivery system, and a program for the web page delivery method displayed on a user terminal via a network.

  In order to access a predetermined web page on the Internet from the user terminal, it is necessary to input a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) that is the address of the web page site. However, since it is cumbersome to input a URL every time it is accessed, the URL of a site that is visited many times is registered in advance, and the registered URL (the registered URL is called a bookmark) is selected. The target site was accessed.

  Thus, conventionally, in order to reach a desired content using a registered bookmark, a desired bookmark is searched by following the bookmark list managed in the list.

  For example, it is easier to read by sorting the bookmark list, and the reference date and time and the number of references are recorded for each bookmark. Techniques for improving are disclosed. (See Patent Document 1)

  In addition, a bookmark can be traced to a formula based on a single bookmark, and a document chain information table related to the browsed document is provided in the bookmark information to provide highly relevant document information. Has been disclosed (see Patent Document 2).

In addition, a technique is disclosed in which a registered person searches for a desired bookmark using a bookmark and shares the collected bookmark with a bookmark management server to improve the degree of information enhancement. (See Patent Document 3)
Japanese Patent Application No. 10-334120 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-296529 JP 2003-67328 A

  However, in Patent Document 1, bookmarks that are frequently used are displayed at the upper level and are easy to refer to, but there is a drawback that it is difficult to immediately access information that is not frequently used. Further, in Patent Document 2, the relevance of bookmarks is obvious at a glance, but there is a drawback that a burden is imposed on the work of attaching the relevance.

  Furthermore, in Patent Document 3, since the bookmark information collectively managed by the server becomes a large amount, the workload of selecting and selecting desired information by visual inspection is heavy.

  Further, Patent Document 1, Patent Document 2 and Patent Document 3 require that the bookmark searcher designates a bookmark himself / herself, displays and browses the contents thereof, and performs visual confirmation. There was a drawback that it took time for visual confirmation.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of such a conventional technique, and an object of the present invention is to provide a web page distribution method capable of visually recognizing the latest web page desired by the user as if watching television. Is to provide a system.

(1) A web page distribution method executed by a user terminal and a server device connected to the user terminal via a network,
The user terminal accepts URL information of a web page for which bookmark registration is desired, and transmits the URL information to the server device;
The server device receives the URL information, and classifies the received URL information into categories indicating the characteristics of a web page;
The URL information classified for each category is associated with display schedule information for determining the order of display on the user terminal, and a web page corresponding to the URL information is displayed on the user terminal based on the display schedule. Steps to display in
A web page delivery method comprising:

  According to the invention according to (1), by having the configuration as described above, the user receives URL information corresponding to a web page for which bookmark registration is desired (via a user interface such as a remote controller or a mouse), The URL information is classified, and the classified URL information is set as a display schedule (web my channel information). At a predetermined timing, the user terminal 30 displays a web page based on the display schedule.

  In this way, according to the invention according to (1), the user can configure and visually recognize the channel of the web page simply by bookmarking, and thus can visually recognize the web page passively. it can. Furthermore, since the registered bookmarks are classified into categories, a web page corresponding to the category to be displayed can be visually recognized. Furthermore, since the latest page of a favorite web page can be visually recognized only by bookmarking, even a beginner unfamiliar with computer operation can easily and quickly find the desired content (web page related to the desired bookmark). Can be handled as if watching TV.

  That is, among the web pages displayed via the network, it is possible to passively enjoy and enjoy the web pages that are currently of interest to the user as if watching a television.

  (2) In the step of transmitting to the server device, when the web page is randomly selected and displayed on the user terminal, the web page that the user desires to register the bookmark is displayed. The web page delivery method according to (1), wherein the URL information is transmitted to the server device by selecting a bookmark.

  In this way, according to the invention according to (2), the bookmark is selected at the timing when the web page that the user desires to register is displayed in a state where the web page is randomly displayed. Since the URL information of this web page is transmitted, the convenience of the bookmark function is improved, and it becomes possible to easily and quickly extract desired content (web page related to the target bookmark) as if watching TV. .

  (3) In the classifying step, the category information is created up to a predetermined number based on the URL information, and the number of the category information created based on the URL information is the predetermined number. When it exceeds, newly created preliminary category information, the category information having the smallest number of the URL information classified into the category information in the category information is included in the preliminary category information, The web page delivery method system according to (1) or (2).

  According to the invention according to (3), the user can easily grasp the entire information by maintaining an appropriate number of categories without increasing the number of categories indefinitely. Further, display schedule information that can be easily understood and easily understood by the user can be determined (generated).

  (4) In the classification step, the category information having the largest number of the URL information included in the preliminary category, and the category information having the smallest number of the URL information not included in the preliminary category information; When the number of the URL information of the category information not included in the preliminary category information is small, the category information included in the preliminary category information and the category information not included in the preliminary category information (3) The web page delivery method according to (3).

  According to the invention according to (4), even if the category information is classified into preliminary category information (for example, a category as a trash can), URL information belonging to the category information is newly added as a bookmark. Category information that the user is interested in by replacing with category information that is not classified in the spare category information (category information that is determined to have less URL information is newly classified as spare category information) Can be made independent from the spare category information, and can be made display schedule information that is easy for the user to view and easy to select quickly.

  (5) In the step of classifying, subcategory information is extracted based on the URL information in the category, and when there are at least two extracted subcategory information, the category information includes The web page delivery method according to any one of (1) to (4), wherein the sub category information is generated.

  According to the invention according to (5), it is possible to create sub-category information in the category information and form the category information in a tree shape, so that the user can configure the category information while viewing the web page. It becomes possible to grasp the web page to be displayed.

  (6) In the classification step, the category information is created based on a characteristic word specified by a TF (Term Frequency) IDF (Inverse Document Frequency) from the web page corresponding to the URL information. The web page delivery method according to any one of (1) to (5).

  According to the invention according to (6), the URL information classification unit 12 can automatically generate category information common to a plurality of URL information by TF / IDF. In addition, since category information common to a plurality of URL information is not left to the user's judgment, it can be generated objectively, efficiently and at high speed.

  (7) In the classifying step, when a predetermined time elapses from a time when the URL information classified into the category information and the URL information classified into the preliminary category information are transmitted, the URL information is The web page delivery method according to any one of (1) to (6), wherein the web page delivery method is deleted.

  According to the invention according to (7), since the URL information that is losing interest to the user is automatically deleted over time, the display schedule information including the URL information is always organized, and the user can view the information at that time. It can be composed of fresh information of interest.

(8) A web page delivery system in which a user terminal, a web server that delivers a web page, and a server device are connected to each other via a network,
The user terminal includes URL information transmitting means for receiving URL information of a web page for which bookmark registration is desired and transmitting the URL information to the server device,
The server device includes a classification unit that receives the URL information and classifies the received URL information for each category indicating a feature of a web page.
The user terminal associates the URL information classified for each category with display schedule information for determining an order to display on the user terminal, and based on the display schedule, the web corresponding to the URL information A web page distribution system characterized by displaying a page.

  According to the invention according to (8), the user terminal 30 is URL information of a web page that the user desires to register as a bookmark, receives the URL information, transmits the URL information to the server device, URL information is received, the received URL information is classified for each category indicating the characteristics of the web page, and the URL information classified for each category is associated with a display schedule for determining the order of display on the user terminal 30 Then, the user terminal displays a web page corresponding to the URL information based on the display schedule.

  In this way, according to the invention according to (8), since the user can configure and visually recognize the channel of the web page simply by bookmarking, the user can visually recognize the web page passively. it can. Furthermore, since the registered bookmarks are classified into categories, a web page corresponding to the category to be displayed can be visually recognized. Furthermore, since the latest page of a favorite web page can be visually recognized only by bookmarking, even a beginner unfamiliar with computer operation can easily and quickly find the desired content (web page related to the desired bookmark). Can be handled as if watching TV.

  That is, among the web pages displayed via the network, it is possible to passively enjoy and enjoy the web pages that are currently of interest to the user as if watching a television.

  (9) A program that causes a computer to execute the method according to any one of (1) to (7).

  According to such a configuration, the same effects as (1) to (7) can be expected by causing the computer to execute the program.

  According to the present invention, among web pages displayed via a network, it is possible to passively view and enjoy a web page of interest to the user as if watching a television.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  [Entire system configuration]

  FIG. 1 shows a web page distribution system including a server 10 as a server device according to the present embodiment, a web server 50 that distributes web pages based on URL information, and a user terminal 30 as a user terminal. 1 is shown. In FIG. 1, the web page distribution system 1 has one server 10 and one user terminal 30, but is not limited thereto, and may be configured by a plurality of units.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the server 10 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) 330, main memory 340, BIOS (Basic Input Output System) 350, I / O controller 360, hard disk 370, optical disk drive 380, and 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 control unit 300 is a part that controls the server 10 in an integrated manner, and by appropriately reading and executing various programs stored in the hard disk 370, the control unit 300 cooperates with the hardware described above, and performs various functions according to the present invention. Realized.

  The communication I / F 330 is a network adapter when the server 10 transmits / receives information to / from other devices such as the user terminal 30 via the network.

  The BIOS 350 records a boot program executed by the CPU 310 when the server 10 is started up, a program depending on the hardware of the server 10, 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 server 10, a program for executing the functions of the present invention, a table to be described later, and the like. The server 10 can also use an external hard disk (not shown) 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.

  Note that the computer in the present invention refers to an information processing apparatus including a storage device, a control unit, and the like, and the server 10 includes an information processing apparatus including a storage device 410, a control unit 300, and the like.

  The user terminal 30 has the same configuration as the server 10 shown in FIG. 2 (details are omitted).

  However, in addition to the configuration shown in FIG. 2, the user terminal 30 of the present embodiment is provided with a display schedule information display unit 20 as a display unit including an input unit as an input unit as a user interface.

  This input unit can be constituted by a remote controller of an information reproducing device such as a mouse, a keyboard or a DVD.

  Further, the server 10 according to the present invention has the above-described configuration, so that the user receives URL information corresponding to a web page that the user desires to register a bookmark (via a user interface such as a remote controller or a mouse) When a plurality of URL information is classified, display schedule information (web my channel information) for determining the order in which the classified URL information is arranged and displayed in order, and when web my channel information is requested to be transmitted from the user terminal 30 The server device transmits the web my channel information to the user terminal 30, the user terminal 30 transmits the URL information to the display means to display the web page based on the web my channel information, and displays the web page on the display means. It has a function to make it.

  Here, a configuration for exhibiting the function will be described with reference to a functional block diagram shown in FIG. The server 10 includes a URL information receiving unit 11 as a part of the classifying unit, a URL information classifying unit 12 as a part of the classifying unit, a display schedule information determining unit 13 as a part of the display schedule transmitting unit, and a display A schedule information transmission request reception unit 14 and a display schedule information transmission unit 15 as a part of the display schedule transmission unit are provided.

  The user terminal 30 includes a bookmark receiving unit 17 as a part of the URL information transmitting unit, a URL information transmitting unit 18 as a part of the URL information transmitting unit, a display schedule information requesting unit 19, and a display schedule information transmitting unit 20. Display schedule information display unit 20 as a display means for displaying a web page based on the display schedule information transmitted from.

  Further, the display schedule information display unit 20 includes an input unit as an input unit that is a user interface such as a remote controller, a mouse, and a keyboard that transmits URL information corresponding to a web page for which mark bookmark registration is desired.

  First, each functional block of the server 10 will be described.

  The URL information receiving unit 11 has a function of receiving URL information transmitted from the URL information transmitting unit 18 of the user terminal 30.

  That is, the URL information receiving unit 11 displays the URL information corresponding to the web page while the user views the web page as the image information displayed on the user terminal 30 via the user interface such as a remote control of the user terminal 30 or a mouse. Select and send (via URL information sending unit 30 of user terminal 30), or input and send URL information corresponding to a web page as text information (via URL information sending unit 30 of user terminal 30) If so, the transmitted URL information is received.

  The URL information classification unit 12 creates up to a predetermined number of category information (10 as an example) based on the URL information, and the number of category information created based on the URL information exceeds the predetermined number. If the category information is newly created, preliminary category information (for example, a category as a trash can) is newly created, and category information having the smallest number of URL information classified as category information in the category information is included in the preliminary category information (URL information). (Move categories with a small number to the trash).

  By making the URL information classifying unit 12 function in this way, the user can easily grasp the entire information by maintaining an appropriate number of category information without increasing the category information indefinitely. . Further, display schedule information that can be easily understood and easily understood by the user can be determined (generated).

  The URL information classification unit 12 includes the URL information of the category information with the smallest number of URL information, which is not included in the preliminary category information, and the number of URL information of the category information with the largest number of URL information included in the preliminary category information. If the number is larger than the number of categories, the category information included in the preliminary category information and the category information not included in the preliminary category information are exchanged.

  By causing the URL information classification unit 12 to function in this way, URL information belonging to the category information is newly added as a bookmark even if the category information has been once classified into spare category information (for example, a category as a trash can). If it is done, it is replaced with category information that is not classified in the preliminary category information (category information that is determined to have less URL information will be newly classified as preliminary category information), so that the user is interested. It is possible to make the category information having the independent information from the preliminary category information easy to view and easy to select for the user.

  The URL information classification unit 12 extracts subcategory information based on the URL information in the category information, and generates subcategory information in the category information when there are at least two extracted subcategory information. And has a function of classifying URL information to be classified into sub-category information into sub-category information.

  As an example, when “gourmet” is included in the category information, a plurality of URL information classified into the category information “gourmet” is subdivided into “gourmet”, “Chinese cuisine” and “Japanese cuisine”. When extracted as a category, “Chinese cuisine” and “Japanese cuisine” are generated as subcategory information further subdivided into category information “gourmet”.

  In this way, when URL information that should be classified into sub-category information “Chinese cuisine” and “Japanese cuisine” is newly transmitted as a bookmark, the URL information classification unit 12 displays the new URL information. Subcategory information is classified into “Chinese cuisine” and “Japanese cuisine”.

  As described above, the URL information classification unit 12 can automatically generate sub-category information common to a plurality of URL information. Further, since it becomes possible to create sub-category information in the category information and form the category information in a tree shape, the user can imagine the configuration of the category information while viewing the web page, and the displayed web page It becomes possible to grasp.

  The URL information classification unit 12 has a function of creating category information based on characteristic words specified by TF (Term Frequency) IDF (Inverse Document Frequency) from a web page corresponding to the URL information.

  In this way, the URL information classification unit 12 can automatically generate category information common to a plurality of URL information by TF / IDF. In addition, since category information common to a plurality of URL information is not left to the user's judgment, it can be generated objectively, efficiently and at high speed.

  The URL information classification unit 12 classifies the URL information classified into the category information and the URL information classified into the preliminary category information into the category information from the schedule information storage unit 16 when a predetermined time has elapsed from the transmission time. The URL information and the URL information classified into the preliminary category information are deleted.

  In this way, URL information that is losing interest to the user over time is automatically deleted, so display schedule information including URL information is always organized, and fresh information that is of interest to the user at that time Can be configured.

  The URL information classification unit 12 can be configured to delete category information or subcategory information that no longer includes URL information.

  If comprised in this way, the display schedule information containing URL information will always be organized, it will become compact information, and it will become information easy to handle for a user.

  The display schedule information determination unit 13 determines the URL information classified into the category information by the URL information classification unit 12 as display schedule information indicating the order of display on the user terminal 30 and stores the display schedule information in the schedule information database 16. To do.

  Here, the display schedule information is also called a web my channel, and the user's favorite web pages are neatly classified by the server device without being classified by the user himself (see FIGS. 5 and 6).

  The display schedule information transmission request receiving unit 14 has a function of receiving display schedule information transmission request information from a user terminal which is the user terminal 30.

  That is, the display schedule information transmission request receiving unit 14 is requested by operating the user terminal 30 to call a web page that the user has once registered when the user wants to view the web page via the network. The

  A transmission request for display schedule information including URL information as a web page registered by the user is accepted.

  In this case, the display schedule information transmission request receiving unit 14 receives user ID (Identification) information in order to identify the user.

  When receiving the display schedule information transmission request, the display schedule information transmission request receiving unit 14 reads the display schedule information stored in the schedule information database 16.

  In this case, since the display schedule information stored in the schedule information database 16 is associated with the user ID information, the display schedule information transmission request receiving unit 14 displays the display schedule associated with the user ID information received from the user terminal 30. Information is read from the schedule information database 16.

  The display schedule information transmission unit 15 has a function of transmitting display schedule information stored in the schedule information database 16 to a user terminal that is the user terminal 30.

  That is, the display schedule information transmission unit 15 displays the display schedule information associated with the user ID information read from the schedule information database 16 by the display schedule information transmission request reception unit 14 or the URL information based on the display schedule information. Send to.

  For the information transmitted by the display schedule information transmitting unit 15, URL information belonging to the category is sequentially transmitted to the user terminal 30 for each category included in the display schedule information, and the user terminal 30 displays a web page corresponding to the URL information. Receive from the web server 50 and display in order. Thus, since the user terminal 30 accesses the web server 50 based on the URL information and acquires the web page, the latest web page at the time of access can be acquired and displayed on the user terminal 30. It is.

  Alternatively, the entire display schedule information or the display schedule information may be divided and transmitted to the user terminal 30.

  When the display schedule information transmitting unit 15 transmits URL information to the user terminal 30 for each category included in the display schedule information, the most recently generated category order, the oldest generated category order, and the most recently accessed It can be transmitted in the order of the category including the URL information or the order of the category including the URL information having a large number of accesses to the URL information (there may be the total number of accesses to the URL information included in one category). These orders may be reflected in the display schedule information.

  In addition, the transmission order of a plurality of URL information in one category is the order of the most recently classified URL information, the oldest classified URL information, the recently accessed URL information, or the URL information with the largest number of accesses. can do. These orders may be reflected in the display schedule information.

  Next, each functional block of the user terminal 30 will be described.

  The bookmark receiving unit 17 has a function of receiving URL information corresponding to a web page that the user desires to register as a bookmark.

  A user selects URL information corresponding to a web page while viewing a web page as image information displayed via a network such as the Internet via a user interface such as a remote controller or a mouse (a user interface including a bookmark button). And send.

  Then, the bookmark receiving unit 17 of the user terminal 30 receives the transmitted URL information.

  In this case, the display schedule information display unit 20 that transmits URL information to the bookmark receiving unit 17 of the user terminal 30 includes a user interface such as a remote control and a mouse that transmits control information, and the bookmark included in the user interface. When the button is selected, URL information is transmitted.

  In this way, if the user selects a bookmark button while the web page that the user likes is displayed while viewing the web page as image information displayed via a network such as the Internet, the user can URL information about web pages that the user likes is automatically transmitted, classified, and display schedule information called a web my channel is automatically generated.

  Further, the user can input and transmit URL information corresponding to a web page as text information using an information processing device such as the user terminal 30, and the bookmark receiving unit 17 can receive the transmitted URL information.

  The URL information transmitting unit 18 has a function of transmitting the URL information received by the bookmark receiving unit 17 to the server 10 as a server device.

  The display schedule information request unit 19 has a function of requesting the server 10 which is a server device to transmit display schedule information (Web My Channel) determined based on the URL information.

  A display schedule when a user displays a web page on the display schedule information display unit 20 via a network such as the Internet and selects a web page based on display schedule information (web my channel) having classified URL information. Request to send information.

  The display schedule information display unit 20 receives the display schedule information transmitted from the server 10 as the server device, and corresponds to the URL information included in the schedule information according to the order of the display schedule information based on the display schedule information. 50 to access web pages in order. These orders may be reflected in the display schedule information.

  When the display schedule information transmission unit 15 transmits the URL information belonging to the category to the user terminal 30 in order for each category included in the display schedule information, the display schedule information display unit 20 displays the URL in the order of transmission. In addition to displaying web pages corresponding to information, the display schedule information display unit 20 can change the order of web pages to be displayed. These orders may be reflected in the display schedule information.

  In addition to displaying the web page by accessing the web server 50 corresponding to the URL information included in the schedule information according to the order of the display schedule information, the display schedule information display unit 20 Independently, the most recently generated category order, the oldest generated category order, the category order including recently accessed URL information, and the URL information with a large number of accesses to URL information (to the URL information included in one category) (It may be the total number of accesses).

  In this case, the display schedule information display unit 20 can store category information including URL information in a storage unit (not shown).

  In addition, when a plurality of URL information is transmitted from the display schedule information transmission unit 15 for each category, the display schedule information display unit 20 is classified in the order of the most recently classified URL information. The web pages can be displayed in the order of the URL information, the recently accessed URL information, and the URL information having the largest number of accesses.

  Also in this case, the display schedule information display unit 20 can store category information including URL information in a storage unit (not shown).

  Further, the display schedule information display unit 20 may display the web page corresponding to the URL information in the order of transmission when all of the display schedule information or the display schedule information is divided and transmitted. Alternatively, the web pages corresponding to the URL information may be displayed in an arbitrary order once stored in the storage unit.

  Furthermore, a part of the display schedule information display unit 20 of the user terminal 30 which is a user terminal can be configured as a remote controller used for information reproducing devices such as a DVD player, a CD player, and an HD player.

  A remote control used for the information playback device is a playback control transmitting means (a playback switch such as a playback button) for transmitting a control signal for displaying a web page included in the display schedule information in a playback state (playback mode) of the remote controller. Fast-forward control transmission means (fast-forward switch such as fast-forward button) that sends a control signal that should be displayed in the fast-forward state (fast-forward mode), and web page backward in the rewind state (rewind mode) Return control transmission means (return switch such as a return button) for transmitting a control signal to be displayed, and recording control transmission for receiving the URL information as the bookmark information in a recording state (recording mode) and transmitting it to the server device It functions as a means (recording switch such as a recording button).

  This is because the user terminal 30 detects a radio signal such as an infrared ray emitted from a remote controller used in an information reproducing device, a reproduction switch signal such as a reproduction button, a fast forward switch signal such as a fast forward button, and a backward switch such as a backward button. By converting a recording switch signal such as a signal or a recording button, a signal capable of executing each function can be obtained.

  Reproduction means that web pages are displayed in order based on display schedule information. In the case of a still image web page, one web page is displayed for a predetermined time (for example, 10 to 20 seconds). Thus, after the predetermined time has elapsed, the next web page may be displayed. In the case of a moving image, the moving image reproduction is displayed with a normal reproduction time. In the case of a still image web page, the fast-forwarding is a fast-forwarding with respect to this reproduction. For a still image web page, a predetermined reproduction time may be shortened (for example, 3 to 5 seconds). May be a mode of fast-forwarding moving image reproduction. Backtracking is a mode in which web pages that are displayed in order based on the display schedule are displayed in the reverse order of this order.

  In this way, the remote control used for the information playback device can be used in the web page distribution system, so the convenience of the bookmark function is improved, and beginners who are unfamiliar with computer operations from among the registered bookmarks. Even in such a case, it is possible to easily and quickly extract desired content (web page related to the target bookmark) automatically as if watching television.

  That is, among the web pages displayed via the network, it is possible to passively enjoy and enjoy the web pages that are currently of interest to the user as if watching a television.

  [Processing procedure]

  Here, a specific processing procedure that can be realized when the present invention is applied will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG. The processing procedure shown below is an example, and there are innumerable processing procedures that can be realized in addition to this.

  In step S1, the bookmark receiving unit 17 of the user terminal 30 receives URL information corresponding to the web page displayed on the display schedule information display unit 20 selected by the bookmark button of the remote controller as bookmark information.

  As this premise, the server 10 may select a web page at random and display it on the user terminal 30. That is, a web page for accepting bookmark information may be distributed from the server 10. In this case, the server 10 selects URL information on an arbitrary basis, acquires a web page from the web server 50, transmits the web page to the user terminal 30, and the user terminal 30 displays the web page.

  Then, the URL information transmission unit 18 transmits the URL information received by the bookmark reception unit 17 to the server 10 as a server device.

  In step S <b> 2, the URL information receiving unit 11 of the server 10 as the server device receives the URL information transmitted from the URL information transmitting unit 18 of the user terminal 30.

  In step S3, the URL information classification unit 13 of the server 10 serving as the server device classifies the URL information received in step S2 for each category based on keywords that are characteristic words extracted by a method such as TF / IDF.

  In step S4, the display schedule information determination unit 13 determines (generates) the display schedule information that determines the order in which the URL information classified into the category information by the URL information classification unit 12 is displayed on the user terminal 30, and displays the display schedule information. Is stored in the schedule information database 16.

  Here, the display schedule information is also referred to as a web my channel, and is generated by (determining) a user's favorite web page being neatly classified by the server device without being classified by the user himself / herself (FIG. 5). And FIG. 6).

  In step S <b> 5, the display schedule information transmission unit 15 of the server 10 as the server device transmits the display schedule information stored in the schedule information database 16 to the user terminal that is the user terminal 30.

  The user terminal 30 that has received the display schedule information sequentially displays web pages on the display schedule information display unit 20 according to the display schedule information.

  While viewing the web pages displayed in the user's favorite order on the display schedule information display unit 20, the user selects the web page with a user interface such as a remote controller at the timing when the desired web page is displayed, When the page is still image information or the web page is moving image information, the moving image of the selected web page can be viewed.

  When the web page is moving image information, the display schedule information display unit 20 displays the image information displayed based on the display schedule information as the first page information of a series of moving image information, guide information of moving image information, and highlight image information. It is possible to set.

  As described above, according to the present invention, among web pages displayed via a network, it is possible to passively enjoy watching a web page that is currently of interest to the user as if watching a TV. Become.

  [Example of display schedule information]

  Next, an example of the concept of display schedule information will be described with reference to FIG.

  In FIG. 5, sports and gourmet are displayed as category information included in the display schedule information, and a trash can is displayed as spare category information.

  The display schedule information is generated for each user ID information, and the display schedule information in FIG. 5 is display schedule information in which the user ID information is associated with “AAA”.

  The display schedule information display unit 20 of the user terminal 30 may or may not display the display schedule information and the spare category information.

  Sports (category set in channel 1) and gourmet (set in channel 2) as category information included in the display schedule information, and at least trash bin (set in channel 11) as spare category information, respectively One or more URL information is associated.

  The URL information associated with the category information is associated with the order of transmission to the display schedule information display unit 20 of the user terminal 30.

  For sports as category information set in channel 1, the URL information “http: as the display order 1 (transmitted first in the sport as category information to the display schedule information display unit 20 of the user terminal 30). //Www.ccc.com "is associated.

  In addition, for sports as category information, URL information “http: // www” is displayed as display order 2 (sent secondly in sports as category information to display schedule information display unit 20 of user terminal 30). .Fff.jp "are associated.

  Similarly, for the gourmet as category information set in channel 2, the URL information is displayed as display order 1 (which is first transmitted to the display schedule information display unit 20 of the user terminal 30 in the gourmet as category information). “Http://www.ddd.com” is associated.

  In addition, for gourmets as category information, the URL information “http: // www” is displayed as the display order 2 (sent second in the gourmet as category information to the display schedule information display unit 20 of the user terminal 30). .Ccc.kp "is associated.

  Further, in the trash box as the category information set in the channel 11, the URL information “http” is displayed as the display order 1 (which is first transmitted to the display schedule information display unit 20 of the user terminal 30 in the trash box as the category information). //Eeee.com "is associated.

  Also, in the trash box as the category information, the URL information “http: // www” is displayed as the display order 2 (the second transmission is performed in the trash box as the category information to the display schedule information display unit 20 of the user terminal 30). .Ggg.cr "are associated.

  A predetermined number of category information items are generated. This is because if the number of category information is too large, the user may not be able to easily find a desired web page.

  For example, it is possible to configure the maximum number of category information as 10 and the number of trash bins as spare category information as one.

  In addition, although there is no limit on the number of URL information belonging to one category information or spare category information, it is unnecessary by deleting URL information after a predetermined time has elapsed from the time when the URL information was transmitted. It is possible to prevent the URL information from increasing.

  In addition, when the user displays and selects the URL information on the display schedule information display unit 20 of the user terminal 30 before a predetermined time elapses from the time when the URL information is transmitted, the user selects the URL information. By rewriting the time when the URL information is selected to the time when it was transmitted, it becomes possible to prevent the URL information that the user is interested in from being deleted.

  Next, the state memorize | stored in the schedule information database 16 as an example of the concept of display schedule information is demonstrated using FIG.

  FIG. 6A is a diagram showing an image when a remote controller used for an information reproducing device such as a DVD player is used as a device for controlling the display schedule information display unit 20 or the like of the user terminal 30.

  When the user presses the bookmark button 22 in FIG. 6A, the web page, user ID information, and bookmark time information displayed on the display schedule information display unit 20 when the user presses the bookmark button 22 are displayed in the bookmark receiving unit 17 of the user terminal 30. The information is input to the URL information receiving unit 11 of the server 10 via the URL information transmitting unit 18.

  In FIG. 6B, user ID information, URL information, category information, and bookmark time information included in the display schedule information are displayed in association with each other.

  When the bookmark button 22 in FIG. 6A is pressed by the user, the web page, user ID information, and bookmark time information are associated with each other via the URL information receiving unit 11, and the URL information classifying unit 12. Sent to.

  The URL information classification unit 12 generates category information from the transmitted web page, associates the generated category information with the web page, user ID information, and bookmark time information (FIG. 6B), and displays a display schedule. It transmits to the information determination part 13.

  The display schedule information determination unit 13 determines channel number information, information such as display order, category information, web page, user ID information, and bookmark time information as display schedule information and stores them in the schedule information database 16.

  [Example of how to display display schedule information]

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display method for displaying the display schedule information created by the server 10 on the display schedule information display unit 21 of the user terminal 30.

  When the display schedule information is received by the display schedule information display unit 21 of the user terminal 30 and the user selects the playback button 24 of the remote controller described in FIG. 6A, the web page is displayed according to the display schedule information described in FIG. Displayed in order.

  When the user selects the play button 24 of the remote control in FIG. 7, a web page related to soccer of display order 1 in which the category information displayed on the upper left side of FIG. 7 is sports is displayed first.

  When the web page displayed on the upper left side of FIG. 7 is video information, the video information regarding soccer is continuously reproduced as a web page.

  When the user selects the fast-forward button 25 of the remote control in FIG. 7, the category information displayed on the left side of the upper row in FIG. 7 is the marathon in the display order 2, which is the next web page of the soccer-related web page in the display order 1. A web page about is displayed.

  If the web page is still image information, the still image information that is the next web page is displayed even if the user does not select the fast-forward button 25. The time interval between the image information on the pages is shortened, and the next web page is displayed one after another.

  If the user continues to select the fast-forward button 25 of the remote control, the category information displayed in the upper middle of FIG. 7 is the web page related to baseball in the display order 3, which is the next web page, from the web page related to marathon which is a sport. Is displayed.

  Further, when the user continues to select the fast-forward button 25 on the remote controller, the category information displayed on the right side of the upper row of FIG. Are displayed in order.

  Further, when the user continues to select the fast-forward button 25 on the remote control, the category information displayed on the left side of the lower part of FIG. 7 displays a web page about Chinese food that is a gourmet, and then the middle part of the lower part of FIG. The web page related to Japanese cuisine whose category information is gourmet, and the web page and web page related to Italian cuisine whose category information displayed on the lower right side of FIG.

  When the user selects the back button 23, the web pages are displayed in the reverse order to the display order of the web pages indicated by the arrows in FIG. 7 described above.

  When the user selects the pause button 26, if the displayed web page is moving image information, the moving image information is stopped and displayed as still image information, and the displayed web page is the still image information. In that case, the still image information continues to be displayed.

  As described above, the user terminal 30 detects a radio signal such as an infrared ray emitted from a remote controller used for an information reproducing device, and a back switch such as a playback switch signal, a fast forward switch signal such as a fast forward button, and a back button. Each function can be executed by converting a recording switch signal such as a switch signal or a recording button.

  As another embodiment, the server 10 may access the web server 50 based on the display schedule information, receive a web page, and transmit the web page to the user terminal 30. That is, the user terminal 30 receives display schedule information from the server 10, and the user terminal 30 accesses the web server 50 based on the display schedule information to display a web page, and is the following aspect. Also good.

  After the server 10 accesses the web server 50 based on the display schedule information and receives the web page from the web server 50, the server 10 transmits the web page to the user terminal 30 and receives the web page at the user terminal 30. May be displayed. The server 10 may be configured to sequentially access the web server corresponding to the URL information based on the display schedule information, receive the web page, and sequentially transmit the web page to the user terminal 30.

  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.

  In the present embodiment, the server 10 has been described as having a hard disk 370 and an optical disk drive 380. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the server 10 may have a structure without these drive systems, ie, a so-called zero spindle. Good. In the case of such a configuration, the contents stored in the hard disk 370 are stored in the large-capacity semiconductor memory 390.

It is a figure which shows the web page delivery system comprised from the server which concerns on this embodiment, and a user terminal. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the server which concerns on this invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows the functional structure of the server which concerns on this embodiment. It is a flowchart with which it uses for description about the process sequence by the server which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the display schedule information which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the display schedule information which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the display method of the display schedule information which concerns on this embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Web page delivery system 10 Server 11 URL information receiving part 12 URL information classification | category part 13 Display schedule information determination part 14 Display schedule information transmission request reception part 15 Display schedule information transmission part 16 Schedule information database (DB)
30 user terminal 50 web server

Claims (9)

A web page distribution method executed by a user terminal and a server device connected to the user terminal via a network,
The user terminal accepts URL information of a web page for which bookmark registration is desired, and transmits the URL information to the server device;
The server device receives the URL information, and classifies the received URL information into categories indicating the characteristics of a web page;
Display schedule said server device, for determining said URL information classified for each of the categories, the order in which the web page corresponding to the URL information for each of the categories in the order determined for the category Ru is displayed on the user terminal associates the information, a step of based on said display schedule, Ru web page corresponding to the URL information is displayed on the user terminal,
A web page delivery method comprising:   In the step of transmitting to the server device, when the web page is randomly selected and displayed on the user terminal, the bookmark is selected while the web page that the user desires to register the bookmark is displayed. The web page delivery method according to claim 1, wherein the URL information is transmitted to the server device.   In the classifying step, the category information is created based on the URL information up to a predetermined number, and the number of the category information created based on the URL information exceeds the predetermined number 2. The preliminary category information is newly created, and the category information having the smallest number of the URL information classified into the category information in the category information is included in the preliminary category information. The web page delivery method according to 1 or 2.   In the classification step, the category information with the largest number of URL information included in the preliminary category information is compared with the category information with the smallest number of URL information not included in the preliminary category information. When the number of the URL information of the category information not included in the spare category information is small, the category information included in the spare category information is exchanged with the category information not included in the spare category information. The web page delivery method according to claim 3, wherein:   In the classification step, sub-category information is extracted based on the URL information in the category information, and when the extracted sub-category information becomes at least two or more, the sub-category information is included in the category information. The web page distribution method according to claim 1, wherein category information is generated.   In the classifying step, the category information is generated from the web page corresponding to the URL information based on a characteristic word specified by a TF (Term Frequency) IDF (Inverse Document Frequency). Item 6. The web page distribution method according to any one of Items 1 to 5.   In the classifying step, the URL information is deleted when a predetermined time elapses from the time when the URL information classified into the category information and the URL information classified into the preliminary category information are transmitted. The web page delivery method according to any one of claims 1 to 6. A web page delivery system in which a user terminal, a web server that delivers a web page, and a server device are connected to each other via a network,
The user terminal includes URL information transmitting means for receiving URL information of a web page for which bookmark registration is desired and transmitting the URL information to the server device,
The server device receives the URL information, and classifies the received URL information for each category indicating the characteristics of a web page ;
The URL information classified for each category is associated with display schedule information for determining the order in which web pages corresponding to the URL information are displayed on the user terminal for each category in the order determined for the category. Display control means for causing the user terminal to display a web page corresponding to the URL information based on the display schedule;
With
The web page distribution system, wherein the user terminal displays a web page corresponding to the URL information under the control of the display control means .   A program for causing a computer to execute the method according to claim 1.

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