JP5337128B2 - Web page browsing history recording system and Web page browsing history recording program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a web page browsing history recording system and a web page browsing history recording program for recording a browsing history of a web page browsed by a user with a web browser.

  As is well known, with the widespread use of broadband, the number of Internet users using computers has increased rapidly, and now browsing of Web pages has become a typical method of using computers.

  Many of the computers that are currently popular use an operation system (OS) of a window system, and a user displays a Web page in a window for browsing and working. In browsing this Web page, the content displayed to the user is switched by an operation of changing the Web page of the active window display or activating another window.

  In the behavior search method of Non-Patent Document 1, a period during which a Web page is actively displayed focusing on each operation is defined as an “active period”, and a user's behavior history is analyzed. Here, a plug-in for the action history automatic collection module is created for the Web browser, and an event message is acquired by the plug-in.

Web browsing history recording of Non-Patent Document 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1A shows the browsing of Web pages A to C in time series from time t _{0 to} t ₄ by opening window 1.2 with a Web browser. Here, browsing operations of S01 to S04 are performed.
S01: The display content of window 1 is switched from Web page A to Web page B.
S02: Window 2 is newly opened and Web page C is displayed.
S03: Window 2 was closed and window 1 was displayed.
S04: Window 1 is closed.

FIG. 1B shows an active period created during the browsing operation of S01 to S04. Here, the contents displayed to the user during the browsing operation of S01 to S04, that is, the active window is switched, so that the four active periods “A”, “B ₁ ”, “C”, “B ₂ ” are switched according to each switching. Is created. At this time, the start time and end time of each active period are recorded for recording the web browsing history. At the same time, an html file, thumbnail image, etc. of the browsing web page are stored for each active period. The stored information can be browsed as needed.

Tetsuyuki Morita, Tsuneko Kura, Tetsuo Hidaka, Keiichiro Oura, Akitori Tanaka, Yasuhisa Kato, Masahiro Oku “Memory-Retriever: Behavioral Retrieval Method Recalling Experience Acquisition Information” IPSJ Journal Vol. 47 No. 3, Mar. 2007

  However, since the Web browsing history recording method of Non-Patent Document 1 treats each operation of S01 to S04 in the same way as the point that the content displayed for the user is switched, the following problem occurs.

  That is, S01. In S02, a Web page with new contents (content) is displayed, whereas in S03, a Web page with new contents is not displayed, and the already displayed Web page is displayed again in the foreground window. It is only done. In this respect, S01. The display contents are different between S02 and S03.

However, since the Web browsing history recording method of Non-Patent Document 1 creates an active period without considering the difference in display contents, the active period B ₁ . The same html file, thumbnail image, and the like are stored in B ₂ , and the capacity of the history to be stored increases, and there is a risk that the storage capacity will be compressed.

When processing is performed on the stored html file, the active period B ₁ . Because the same html files or thumbnail images, etc. In B ₂ are stored, repeating the same processing, processing efficiency is also likely to deteriorate.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems of the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to suppress the storage capacity of the Web browsing history and make the processing of the storage history more efficient.

The present invention is a Web page browsing history recording system for recording a browsing history when a user browses a Web page, and includes a display start event issued by a Web browser when a Web page content display is started, and a Web page content display. A detecting means for detecting a display end event issued by the Web browser when it is ended, a display start event detected by the detecting means is a content generation event accompanied by the content generation of the Web page, and content non-generation not accompanied by the content generation The display start event determination means for determining any of the events, and the display end event detected by the detection means are either a content disappearance event that causes the disappearance of the content of the Web page, or a content non-annihilation event that does not accompany the disappearance of the content Display end event to judge And a content information recording unit that records the content information of the Web page as a browsing history according to the determination result of each event determination unit, and the content information recording unit has the determination result as a content generation event / If the content disappearance event, the content information is recorded, while if the determination result is a content non-generation event / content non-annihilation event, the content information is not recorded .

  According to the present invention, since the display content of the Web page is recorded only when the display content is generated / erased, the display content of the Web page is recorded when the display content is not generated / erased. Not.

In addition, content information is recorded in a content generation event / content disappearance event, while content information is not recorded in a content non-generation event / content non-disappearance event, and content information is duplicated (duplicate storage) or repeated. Is prevented.

  In another aspect of the present invention, if the determination result is a content generation event, the content information recording unit stores the content of the Web page in a database, and stores content transition information having a content ID and a start date for each stored content. If the determination result is a content disappearance event while being recorded in the content transition table, the display end date and time is described in a record of the transition table corresponding to the content disappearing at the event. Thereby, the transition from the start date / time to the disappearance date / time of the stored content is recorded in the transition table.

  According to still another aspect of the present invention, the content information recording means records an event type / event occurrence date / time for each content generation event / content extinction event in the event table, and sets an event type for each content non-generation event / content non-extinction event. An event information recording means for recording the event occurrence date and time in the event table is further provided. This makes it possible to reproduce the active period of Non-Patent Document 1 using the event table record.

  According to still another aspect of the present invention, the content transition information recorded in the transition table includes a content number composed of a serial number assigned to each content, while the event information recording means includes a content non-generation The content number corresponding to the Web page that generated the event / content non-end event is acquired from the transition table, and the acquired content number is described in a record of the event table. As a result, the records between the two tables are associated through the content serial number.

  In addition, this invention is good also as an aspect of the program which makes a computer function as said each system. This program can be provided through a network or a recording medium.

  According to the present invention, the storage capacity of the Web browsing history can be suppressed, and the processing of the storage history can be made efficient.

(A) is a graph showing browsing of Web pages A to C in time series, (b) is a graph showing switching of the active period of Non-Patent Document 1 according to the graph of (a), and (c) is (a). FIG. 6D is a graph showing a display start event (content generation event / content non-generation event) of the Web browsing history recording system according to the embodiment of the present invention according to the graph of FIG. Graph showing content non-disappearance events. The block diagram of the same web browsing history recording system.

  In the Web browsing history recording system according to the embodiment of the present invention, when the contents of a plurality of Web pages displayed to the user are switched, a Web page with new contents is displayed instead of switching between active and inactive. Classification from the viewpoint of whether or not the displayed contents disappear, and appropriate processing is executed in each case. At this time, when the Web page C is newly opened in S02 of FIG. 1A, the identification that the Web page B remains in the background as inactive (content non-annihilation event), and when the Web page C is closed in S03 An identification that the Web page B is activated (content non-generation event) is added.

≪Basic principle≫
The system first classifies events generated by the Web browser when displaying the Web contents from the generation timing of the event (at the start of Web page display or at the end of Web page display), and then the Web page contents (contents) ) From the viewpoint of whether or not it is accompanied by generation / extinction of Specifically, events generated by the Web browser are classified as follows.
(1) Display start event Event that occurs when a Web page starts displaying content (1-1) Content generation event Event that occurs when a Web page with new content is displayed (1-2) Content non-generation event An event that occurs when a Web page that has already been displayed is not displayed again, such as switching from active to active, and a Web page that has already been displayed is displayed again. (2) Display end event Ends the display of the Web page content. (2-1) Content disappearance event Event that occurs when the content of the displayed Web page disappears (2-2) Content non-annihilation event From active to active event (including the case of switching to another) Like switching to inactive Events that occur when an operation is performed in which the content remains in the back (background) window, etc., without disappearing. The events that occur in each operation of S01 to S04 will be described based on FIGS. 1 (c) and 1 (d). . First, in S01, the content disappears because the content of the Web page A disappears (d-1). Further, since the contents of Web page B are newly displayed, a content generation event occurs (c-1).

  In S02, the content of the Web page B does not disappear but remains in the back window, so a content non-generation event occurs (d-2). Further, since the content of the Web page C is newly displayed, a content generation event occurs (c-1).

  In S03, since the content of the Web page C disappears, a content disappearance event occurs (d-1). At this time, the content of the Web page B is not newly displayed but is redisplayed from the content previously displayed (between S01 and S02), and therefore a content non-generation event occurs (c-2).

  In S04, since the content of Web page B disappears, a content disappearance event occurs (d-1).

  In the system, content information relating to HTML files, thumbnails, and the like of Web pages is performed only when a content generation event / content disappearance event occurs. Accordingly, recording of content information is not performed when a content non-generation event / content non-generation event occurs.

≪System configuration example≫
A configuration example of the system will be described with reference to FIG. Here, the system 1 is configured by a personal computer (PC), a mobile phone, or the like, and an extended function for collecting and classifying event messages is added to the Web browser 2.

  Specifically, the system 1 includes a display start event detection unit 3 that detects an event issued by the Web browser 2 when it starts to display the content (content) of a Web page, and the detection event of the detection unit 3 generates content. Display start event determination means 4 for determining either an event or a content non-generation event, display end event detection means 5 for detecting an event issued by the Web browser when the display content of the Web page ends, and the detection means 5 Display end event determination means 6 for determining whether the detection event is a content disappearance event or a content non-disappearance event, and event information and content if the determination result of the determination means 4.6 is a content generation event / content end event Content information acquisition means 7 for recording information; Event information recording means 8 for recording event information if the determination result of means 4.6 is a content non-generation event / content non-end event, and content for which the information acquisition means 7 records content transition information among the content information The transition table 9 includes a content file DB 10 in which the information acquisition unit 7 stores content files of the content information, and an event table 11 in which both units 7.8 record event information.

  Each of these means 3 to 8 can be assembled as a plug-in in the Web browser 2, for example, and the table 9.11 and the DB 10 are constructed in a storage device such as a memory (RAM) or a hard disk drive device. The system 1 can be used for automatic collection of the action history of Non-Patent Document 1.

<< Processing contents of system 1 >>
The detection means 3 detects an event issued by the web browser when the user performs a web page display operation on the web browser 2 using a mouse or the like and starts displaying the contents of the web page. This detection event is sent to the determination means 4.

  The determination unit 4 determines whether the detected event sent from the detection unit 3 is a content generation event or a content non-generation event. For example, when a new Web page is displayed on a Web browser, it is determined as a content generation event, and when an inactive Web page is switched to active, it is determined as a content non-generation event. This determination result is sent to each means 7.8.

  If the determination result sent from the determination unit 4 is a content generation event, the information acquisition unit 7 acquires content information related to the display content of the Web page such as “URL, html file, thumbnail” from the Web browser 2. The “html file, thumbnail” acquired here is stored in the DB 10 as a content file. The content transition information of the saved file is inserted into the table 9 and the event information of the event is inserted into the table 11.

  Table 1 shows a record example of the table 9. In this record, the content serial number indicates a number assigned each time a record is inserted into the table 9, that is, a serial number assigned for each content. The content ID indicates an ID for uniquely identifying the content stored in the DB 10, and the window ID indicates an ID for uniquely identifying the window of the Web browser 2. As the window ID, an ID automatically assigned to the Web browser 2 by the OS (Operation System) of the system 1 is used.

  The start date / time indicates the date / time when the content started to exist, that is, the date / time when the content generation event occurred. The end date / time indicates the date / time when the existence of the content ends, and is not recorded at this point (content generation event). The URL indicates the URL of the Web page displayed by the Web browser 2 with the window ID, the html hash indicates the hash value of the contents of the html file displayed by the Web browser 2 with the window ID, and the html path is stored in the DB 10. The path name and thumbnail path of the saved html file indicate the path name of the thumbnail saved in the DB 10.

  Table 2 shows a record example of the table 11. Here, the event serial number indicates a serial number automatically assigned every time a record is inserted into the table 11. The content serial number indicates a number for having a relation with the table 9, and the same number as the content serial number of the table 9 is recorded. In Table 2, “5”, which is the same as the content serial number of Table 1, is recorded. ing. The event ID indicates an ID for identifying the type of event that has occurred (content generation event / content non-generation event / content disappearance event / content non-disappearance event), and the occurrence date / time indicates the date / time when the event occurred.

  If the determination result sent from the determination unit 4 is a content non-generation event, the information recording unit 8 does not record the content transition information in the table 9 or save the content file in the DB 10. A record of event information (each item in Table 2) is inserted into the table 11. At this time, the information recording unit 8 searches the corresponding record in the table 9 using the window ID of the Web browser that generated the event as a key, and obtains the content serial number of the Web page that has been switched from inactive to active. To do. The acquired number is described in the content serial number item of the table 11, and the records in the table 9.11.

  The detecting means 5 detects an event issued by the Web browser when the content display of the Web page is terminated (including when switching to another) by a user's mouse operation or the like. This detection event is sent to the determination means 6. Here, the determination means 6 determines whether the detection event sent from the detection means 6 is a content disappearance event or a content non-annihilation event. For example, when the displayed web page is closed, the content of the web page disappears. Therefore, it is determined as a content disappearance event, and when the active web page is switched to inactive, the web page remains in the rear window. It is determined as a non-content disappearance event. This determination result is sent to each means 7.8.

  If the determination result sent from the determination unit 6 is a content disappearance event, the information acquisition unit 7 determines a corresponding record in the table 9 based on the window ID of the Web browser that generated the event. The end date and time is added to the record. At the same time, the event information (each item in Table 2) of the content disappearance event is inserted into the table 11 as in the case of the content generation event.

  If the determination result sent from the determination unit 6 is a content non-annihilation event, the information recording unit 8 does not record the end time in the table 9 and records it in the table 11 in the same manner as the content non-generation event. Only the record insertion of event information (each item in Table 2) of the content non-generation event is performed. Further, the corresponding record in the table 9 is searched using the window ID of the Web browser that has generated the content non-event as a key, and the content serial number of the Web page switched from active to inactive is acquired. The acquired number is described in the content serial number item of the table 11, and the records in the table 9.11.

  Therefore, according to the system 1, the HTML file / thumbnail of the Web page is stored in the DB 10 when the content generation event occurs, and the content transition information is recorded in the table 9 when each of the content generation event and the content disappearance event occurs. Is done. That is, when a content non-generation event occurs or when a content non-annihilation event occurs, storage / content transition information such as an HTML file is not recorded.

  As a result, the storage amount of content files such as HTML files and thumbnails is reduced, and the storage capacity of the DB 10 can be suppressed. In addition, the same HTML file, thumbnail, etc. are not redundantly stored in the DB 10 for each event, and if used in the behavior search method of Non-Patent Document 1, behavior history analysis can be made more efficient. For example, it is possible to prevent overlapping display of thumbnails in the action sequence display interface.

  Furthermore, since the event information of each event is inserted into the table 11, each record can be used for reproducing the active period of Non-Patent Document 1. At this time, since the records in the table 11 are associated with the records in the table 9 through content serial numbers, it is possible to easily determine whether the Web page is active or inactive.

≪Programs≫
The present invention can also be configured as a Web page browsing / recording program that causes a computer to function as part or all of the means 3 to 11 of the system 1. This program can be provided through a network such as a website or e-mail.

  The program is stored in a recording medium such as a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, MO, HDD, BD-ROM, BD-R, or BD-RE. It is also possible to record, save and distribute. This recording medium is read using a recording medium driving device, and the program code itself realizes the processing of the above embodiment, so that the recording medium also constitutes the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Web browsing history recording system 2 ... Web browser 3 ... Display start event detection means (detection means)
4. Display start event determination means (determination means)
5. Display end event detection means (detection means)
6 ... Display end event determination means (determination means)
7. Content information acquisition means (content information recording means. Information recording means)
8 ... Event information recording means 9 ... Content transition table 10 ... Content file DB
11 ... Event table

Claims (5)

A web page browsing history recording system for recording a browsing history of a user browsing a web page,
Detection means for detecting a display start event issued by the web browser when the content display of the web page is started and a display end event issued by the web browser when the content display of the web page is ended;
A display start event determination unit that determines whether the display start event detected by the detection unit is a content generation event accompanied by content generation of a Web page, or a content non-generation event not accompanied by content generation;
A display end event determining means for determining whether the display end event detected by the detecting means is a content disappearance event accompanying the disappearance of the content of the Web page or a content non-disappearing event not accompanying the content disappearance;
Content information recording means for recording the content information of the Web page as a browsing history according to the determination result of each event determination means,
The content information recording means records the content information if the determination result is a content generation event / content disappearance event, and does not record the content information if the determination result is a content non-generation event / content non-annihilation event. A Web browsing history recording system characterized by that. If the determination result is a content generation event, the content information recording unit stores the content of the web page in a database,
While recording content transition information having a content ID and start date for each stored content in the content transition table,
2. The Web browsing history recording system according to claim 1 , wherein if the determination result is a content disappearance event, a display end date and time is described in a record of the transition table corresponding to the content disappearing in the event. The content information recording means records the event type and event occurrence date and time in the event table for each content generation event / content disappearance event,
The Web browsing according to claim 1 , further comprising an event information recording unit that records an event type and an event occurrence date / time in an event table for each content non-generated event / content non-annihilated event. History recording system. While the content transition information recorded in the transition table includes a content number consisting of a serial number assigned to each content,
The event information recording means acquires the content number corresponding to the Web page that generated the content non-generation event / content non-end event from the transition table, and describes the acquired content number in a record of the event table. The Web browsing history recording system according to claim 3 . A Web browsing history recording program for causing a computer to function as each means of the Web browsing history recording system according to claim 1 .

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