JPH11224269A - Client computer, server computer, server supporting device, computer network, information providing method in computer network, and computer readable medium for recording information provision program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To promptly re-access desired information even in the case that a page number is large by displaying an information providing page so as to position display information on the screen of a client computer based on a bookmark. SOLUTION: By linking a processing by the bookmark service program of a server 2 and a processing by the bookmark service supporting program of a client 3, a bookmark service is realized. The bookmark B specified by bookmark setting information is set on one Web page 6 or plural Web pages 6. By constituting the bookmark setting information, the bookmark B can be set to the information of a 1-character unit inside the Web page 6 for instance. Also, by specifying the bookmark B, the web page 6 is displayed so as to position the part of the bookmark B on the screen, even in the case of the Web page 6 of a large capacity.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a client computer, a server computer, a server support apparatus, a computer network, an information providing method in a computer network, and a computer-readable recording medium on which an information providing program is recorded.
In particular, the present invention relates to a technology for facilitating re-access to specific information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the development of the Internet or an intranet, which is a computer network within a company, has been remarkable, and many users have obtained and transmitted information using the computer network. When acquiring information using such a computer network, a user needs to provide his or her computer with a URL (Uniform Reform) which is page designation information.
source Locator), the WWW page (World Wide Web page,
(Hereinafter, simply referred to as a Web page), and by moving to the associated Web page, a specific page on which desired information is described is displayed on the own computer.

[0003] In this case, the URL is a list of specific characters, alphabets, or numbers, and if the Web site has an enormous and complicated structure, input becomes extremely troublesome. From such a background, in a conventional computer network, a kind of “bookmark” commonly called “bookmark” is set on a specific page in which desired information is described, and information related to the bookmark is stored in its own computer. A technology that omits the input of a URL and facilitates access to a specific page from the next time is adopted.

[0004]

The above-mentioned conventional bookmark is set for one page, that is, one screen within a scrollable range displayed on a computer. When scrolling must be performed over a wide range, it is difficult and time-consuming to find desired information. Although it is possible to search for a phrase for each Web page, it is extremely complicated and difficult to frequently search each time a specific page is called.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and has the following objects. Quickly re-access the desired information even if the page is large. Re-access more detailed information.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, as a first means relating to a computer network, an information providing page including a plurality of display information is stored and based on page designation information. A server computer for transmitting the requested information providing page to the client computer, and a client computer for transmitting the page specifying information to the server computer and displaying on the screen the information providing page received based on the page specifying information. In the computer network, a bookmark is set for each display information on the information providing page, and after the setting of the bookmark for the display information, when the display of the display information is instructed from the client computer, the display information is displayed based on the bookmark. Adopting means of displaying the information providing page so as to be positioned on the screen of the client computer. Further, as a second means relating to the computer network, a server computer for storing an information providing page composed of a plurality of display information and transmitting an information providing page requested to be transmitted based on page designation information to a client computer; A client computer that transmits the page designation information to a computer and displays the information providing page received on the screen based on the page designation information on a computer network. When the setting of a bookmark is instructed, the page designation information of the display information and the position information of the display information on the information providing page are stored as bookmark setting information, and when the display of the display information is instructed, the page designation is performed. Information The server computer obtains the information providing page by transmitting the information providing page so that a part of the display information is located on a screen based on the position information, and the server computer receives the page specifying information. Then, a means of reading the corresponding information providing page and transmitting it to the client computer is adopted. For example, in the second means, the server computer is provided with a mark server for storing the bookmark setting information received from the client computer. When the server computer receives the page designation information, the server sets the bookmark setting information. It is conceivable to employ means for determining whether or not bookmark setting information corresponding to the information is stored in the mark server, and transmitting an information providing page related to the page designation information to the client computer according to the determination result. Can be In this case, it is conceivable that the mark server is directly connected to a communication line and the mark server is shared by a plurality of server computers. As a third means relating to a computer network, a server computer for storing an information providing page composed of a plurality of pieces of display information and transmitting an information providing page requested to be transmitted based on page designation information to a client computer; A mark server that stores mark list information received from the client computer in a computer network including a client computer that transmits the page designation information and displays a screen of an information providing page received based on the page designation information. The mark server is provided in association with the server computer, and the mark server provides, for each information display page transmitted from the server computer to the client computer, an information providing page of the display information. A position information and a first control code for enabling setting of a bookmark are embedded, and setting of a bookmark to the display information in which the control code is embedded is instructed in a client computer, and display contents and position information of the display information are instructed. And when the first control code is received by the server computer, the display content and position information of the display information, the page designation information of the information providing page, and the call of the display information are determined based on the first control code. The designated second control codes are sequentially registered as mark list information,
After the registration of the mark list information, when a request for transmitting the information providing page is received from the client computer to the server computer, all the mark list information registered in the server computer is read and transmitted to the client computer, and the mark list information is transmitted. When a certain display information is selected by the client computer based on the information, a means for calling an information providing page based on the second control code of the display information and transmitting it from the server computer to the client computer is adopted.
In this means, it is conceivable that the mark server is directly connected to a communication line and the mark server is shared by a plurality of server computers. It is also possible to provide the server computer with a mark server function.

On the other hand, according to the present invention, as a first means relating to a server computer, an information providing page including a plurality of display information is stored, and information is provided from a client computer connected via a communication line by using page designation information. When a page transmission is requested, a server computer that reads an information providing page based on the page designation information and transmits the page to a client computer receives the position information of the page designation information and the display information in which a bookmark is set from the client computer. Then, the information providing page corresponding to the display information is read based on the page designation information, and the information providing page is read based on the position information of the display information so that the display information is located on the screen of the client computer. Client computer To adopt a means of transmitting.
In the second means relating to the server computer, the information providing page including a plurality of pieces of display information is stored, and transmission of the information providing page is requested by the client computer connected via the communication line by the page designation information. And a server computer that reads out the information providing page based on the page designation information and transmits the information providing page to the client computer, wherein the information providing page to be transmitted to the client computer is displayed on the information providing page of the display information for each display information of the information providing page. The first control code for enabling the setting of the position information and the bookmark is embedded, and the setting of the bookmark in the display information in which the control code is embedded is instructed in the client computer, and the display content of the display information, the position information, and The first control code is When received, the display content and the position information of the display information, the page designation information of the information providing page, and the second control code for instructing the calling of the display information are displayed in the mark list information based on the first control code. After the registration of the mark list information, when a transmission request of the information providing page is received from the client computer, all the registered mark list information is read out and transmitted to the client computer, and the mark list information is transmitted to the client computer. When a certain display information is selected by the client computer based on the second control code of the display information, an information providing page is called and transmitted to the client computer.

According to the present invention, as means relating to the client computer, the server is connected via a communication line to a server computer storing an information providing page composed of a plurality of display information, and provides information to the server computer based on the page designation information. A client computer that requests transmission of a page and displays the information providing page on a screen stores page designation information and position information of the display information of the information providing page instructed to set the bookmark, and stores the position information of the display information. When display is instructed, the information providing page is obtained from the server computer based on the page designation information, and the information providing page is displayed based on the position information so that a part of the display information is located on a screen. Adopt means.

According to the present invention, as means relating to the server support apparatus, a plurality of information provision pages are connected via a communication line to a client computer which issues a request for transmitting an information provision page and displays the received information provision page on a screen. In a server support device provided in association with a server computer that stores a page and transmits an information providing page in response to a request from a client computer,
For an information providing page transmitted from a server computer to a client computer, a first control code for enabling setting of position information and a bookmark on the information providing page of the display information is embedded for each display information of the information providing page, When the setting of a bookmark to the display information in which the control code is embedded is instructed by the client computer and the display content of the display information, the position information, and the first control code are received by the server computer, the first control is performed. Based on the code, the display content and position information of the display information, the page designation information of the information providing page, and the second control code for instructing the calling of the display information are sequentially registered as mark list information. After registration, a request to send an information provision page from the client computer is sent to the server When received by the computer, all the registered mark list information is read and transmitted to the client computer. When certain display information is selected on the client computer based on the mark list information, the second of the display information is selected. The information providing page is called based on the control code and transmitted to the client computer.

Further, according to the present invention, as first means relating to a method for providing information in a computer network,
A server computer for storing an information providing page including a plurality of display information and transmitting an information providing page requested to be transmitted based on the page specifying information to a client computer; and transmitting the page specifying information to the server computer, and In a method for providing information in a computer network comprising a client computer for displaying an information providing page received based on designated information on a screen, a bookmark is set for each display information for the information providing page, and a bookmark for the display information is provided. After the setting, when the display of the display information is instructed from the client computer, the information providing page is displayed based on the bookmark so that the display information is located on the screen of the client computer. As a second means relating to an information providing method in a computer network, an information providing page composed of a plurality of display information is transmitted from a server computer in response to a request from a client computer based on page designation information of the information providing page. In an information providing method in a computer network for transmitting an information providing page to a client computer and displaying the information providing page on a screen of the client computer, when an instruction to set a bookmark to display information of a certain information providing page is issued, the information providing page is displayed. The page designation information and the position information of the display information are stored in the client computer as bookmark setting information, and when the display of the display information is instructed in the client computer, the page designation information of the display information is stored in the server computer. Acquires information providing page was sent to over data, the display information is to employ a means of displaying the information providing page so as to be positioned on the screen to the client computer based on the position information. As a third means relating to an information providing method in a computer network, an information providing page composed of a plurality of pieces of display information is transmitted from a server computer in response to a request from a client computer based on page designation information of the information providing page. In an information providing method in a computer network for transmitting an information providing page to a client computer and displaying the information providing page on a screen of the client computer, the information providing page transmitted from the server computer to the client computer is provided for each display information of the information providing page. Embedding a first control code for enabling setting of position information and a bookmark on an information providing page of display information, and setting a bookmark to the display information in which the control code is embedded is transmitted to a client computer. When the display content of the display information, the position information, and the first control code are received by the server computer, the display content of the display information, the position information, and the first control code are received based on the first control code. The page designation information of the information providing page and the second control code for instructing the calling of the display information are sequentially registered in the server computer as mark list information, and after the registration of the mark list information, the client computer requests the information providing page to be transmitted. Is received by the server computer, all the registered mark list information is read and transmitted to the client computer, and when certain display information is selected at the client computer based on the mark list information, the second of the display information is Server computer by calling an information providing page based on control code 2 Send Luo client computer, the part of the display information to adopt a means of displaying the information providing page so as to be positioned on the screen to the client computer.

Further, according to the present invention, as a first means relating to a computer-readable recording medium on which an information providing program is recorded, a plurality of displays are provided from a server computer to a client computer based on page designation information in a computer network. In a computer-readable recording medium on which an information providing program to be executed by a server computer is provided when providing an information providing page composed of information, the information providing program transmits the information providing program to a client computer. A process of embedding a first control code for enabling setting of position information and a bookmark on the information providing page of the display information for each display information of the information providing page, and bookmarking the display information in which the control code is embedded settings of It is indicated in the client computer display contents and position of the display information information, and the first
Is received, the second control for instructing the display of the display information, the position information, the page designation information of the information providing page, and the calling of the display information based on the first control code. A process of sequentially registering codes as mark list information, and, after the registration of the mark list information, when a transmission request for an information providing page is received from the client computer, all the registered mark list information is read out and transmitted to the client computer. And a process of, when certain display information is selected based on the mark list information, calling an information providing page based on the second control code of the display information and transmitting the page to the client computer, is executed by the server computer. A means of causing the configuration is adopted.

Further, according to the present invention, as a fourth means relating to the computer network, an information providing page composed of a plurality of display information is stored and the information providing page requested to be transmitted based on the page designation information is transmitted to the client computer. In a computer network comprising a server computer for transmitting, and a client computer for transmitting the page designation information to the server computer and displaying a screen of an information provision page received based on the page designation information, A bookmark is set for an arbitrary character string, and after the setting of the bookmark for the character string, when the display of the character string is instructed from the client computer, the character string is set on the client computer based on the bookmark. Adopting means of displaying the information providing page so as to be positioned on the screen. Further, as a second means relating to the client computer, the server is connected via a communication line to a server computer storing an information providing page composed of a plurality of display information, and transmits the information providing page to the server computer based on the page designation information. A client computer that requests and displays the information providing page on a screen stores page designation information and position information of an arbitrary character string on the information providing page instructed to set a bookmark, and displays the character string. Is provided, an information providing page is obtained from the server computer based on the page designation information, and the information providing page is displayed such that the character string is located on a screen based on the position information. . Further, as a fourth means relating to an information providing method in a computer network, a server computer which stores an information providing page including a plurality of display information and transmits an information providing page requested to be transmitted based on page designation information to a client computer. And a client computer that transmits the page designation information to the server computer and displays the information provision page received on the screen based on the page designation information on a computer network. A bookmark is set for an arbitrary character string, and after setting a bookmark for the character string,
When the display of the character string is instructed from the client computer, the information providing page is displayed based on the bookmark so that the character string is located on the screen of the client computer.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring to the drawings, a client computer, a server computer, a server support device, a computer network, an information providing method in a computer network, and a computer in which an information providing program according to the present invention are recorded can be read with reference to the drawings. An embodiment of a simple recording medium will be described.

[First Embodiment] First, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG.
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a computer network in the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the computer network 1 includes a plurality of server computers 2 (hereinafter, referred to as server computers 2).
The server comprises a plurality of client computers 3 (hereinafter, simply referred to as clients), a communication line 4 for interconnecting each server 2 and each client 3, and a mark server 5 (server support device). As such a computer network 1, for example, the Internet, an intranet, or a LAN (Local Area)
Network).

One or a plurality of Web sites for providing information to the client 3 are registered in each server 2, and each of these Web sites has a plurality of Web pages 6.
(Information providing page). The Web page 6 is configured as one image based on page data, and the page data configures display information such as character information 6a and image information 6b and the display information into one image. (Hyper Text Markup Langua for HTML)
ge) format. That is, Web page 6
Uses HTML as the constituent element of the above display information,
It is composed of one image. Such a Web page 6 does not fit on the display screen of the client 3 when the amount of the page data becomes large, and in this case, the operation from the top to the end is confirmed by an operation such as scrolling.

The server 2 has a well-known server management program for providing the Web page 6 in response to a request from the client 3 and a bookmark service program P1 for realizing a bookmark service unique to the present embodiment. Have been. When the server 2 receives the transmission request of the Web page 6 from the client 3, the server 2 transmits the page data of the Web page 6 to the client 3 based on the server management program, and will be described below based on the bookmark service program P1. A bookmark service is provided to the client 3.

Each client 3 accesses the server 2 and receives the information provided by the Web page 6. The client 3 supports a browser (a kind of communication program) and a bookmark service related to the bookmark service supplied by the server 2. The program is installed.
The browser is a known program, and is a program for displaying a Web page 6 received from the shared server 2 on a screen when a transmission request of the Web page 6 is output to the server 2. Further, each client 3 has a table (bookmark table) 7 for storing setting information (bookmark setting information) of the bookmark B set for the Web page 6 in connection with the bookmark service in its storage means.

That is, in the present embodiment, the bookmark service program P1 of the server 2 is included in the normal communication processing performed between the server 2 operating according to the server management program and the client 3 operating according to the browser.
The bookmark service unique to the present embodiment is realized by linking the processing by the bookmark service and the processing by the bookmark service support program of the client 3. The communication line 4 is a digital line such as an analog line or an ISDN line applied to the Internet, an intranet, a LAN, or the like.

In this embodiment, the bookmark B is W
character information 6a and image information 6b constituting the web page 6,
That is, the bookmark setting information is set for a part of the Web page 6, and therefore, the bookmark setting information of the present embodiment includes the following information. Title given to specify the bookmark B U of the Web page 6 in which the bookmark B is set
RL Position information on the Web page 6 for specifying the character information 6a and the image information 6b in which the bookmark B is set The ID (identification number) and the password (password) of the client 3 that has set the bookmark B A memo for the bookmark B Writing time stamp

A plurality of bookmarks B specified by such bookmark setting information are set over one Web page 6 or a plurality of Web pages 6. In the present embodiment, by configuring the bookmark setting information in this way, it is possible to set the bookmark B in, for example, information in units of one character in the Web page 6, and to specify the bookmark B to specify the capacity. Even if the Web page 6 is large, the Web page 6 can be displayed such that the bookmark B portion is located on the screen.

The mark server 5 is managed by the server 2 operating according to the bookmark service program P1,
The bookmark setting information is stored as a database. The mark server 5 sequentially accumulates the bookmark setting information input from the client 3 via the server 2, and searches for the corresponding bookmark setting information when the server 2 instructs to read the bookmark setting information. Read and output to the server 2.

Next, a method of registering the bookmark B in the computer network configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG.
The method for reading out the Web page 6 based on the bookmark B will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, when a user tries to receive information provision from the server 2, the UR of the target Web page 6 is
L is input to the client 3. Then, the client 3 accesses the server 2 based on the input URL and calls the Web page 6 corresponding to the URL (step SA1). As a result, the top portion of the Web page 6 is displayed on the screen of the client 3, so that the user searches the character information 6a and the image information 6b by performing a scroll operation with a mouse or an operation of turning over the Web page 6. Confirmation (step SA2).

When important information is found by this information search (step SA3), the user operates a keyboard, a mouse or the like to set a bookmark B for the specific information (step SA4). For example, when setting a bookmark B to a specific character string in the character information 6a, the user specifies the character string with a keyboard or a mouse and inputs a title for identifying the bookmark B.

In this case, the client 3 registers the above-mentioned various information in the bookmark table 7 as bookmark setting information relating to the bookmark B based on the bookmark service support program (step SA5).

When the registration of the bookmark setting information in the client 3 is completed in this way, the client 3
Transmits the bookmark setting information to the server 2 based on the bookmark service support program (step SA6). When the bookmark setting information is input from the client 3, the server 2 causes the mark server 5 to register the bookmark setting information based on the bookmark service program P1. Then, the bookmark B registration process ends by the above processing.

After the registration of the bookmark B, the user can quickly read out the bookmark B in order to read out the specific information relating to the specific character string which is a part of the Web page 6 without re-entering a complicated URL. In this case, the re-reading of the specific information using the bookmark setting information is performed as follows along the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, the title of the bookmark B is read from the bookmark table 7 based on the bookmark service support program, and is listed on the screen of the client 3 (step SB1). Then, when the title of the information to be reconfirmed is selected and designated from the list display (step SB2), the bookmark setting information associated with the title is read from the bookmark table 7 and transmitted to the server 2.

The server 2 having received the bookmark setting information compares the bookmark setting information with the bookmark setting information registered in the mark server 5 based on the bookmark service program P1 (step SB3). It is determined whether the bookmark setting information corresponding to is registered (step S
B4). If the result of this determination is “Yes”,
URL included in the bookmark setting information (specifying Web page 6 corresponding to bookmark B)
, The page data relating to the Web page 6 of the bookmark B is transmitted to the client 3 (step SB5).

As a result, the Web page 6 corresponding to the bookmark B is displayed on the client 3 based on the page data. For example, when the bookmark B is given to a specific character string as described above, the position of the specific character string in the Web page 6 is determined based on the information included in the bookmark information. The specified character string is designated and displayed on the client 3 (step SB6).

On the other hand, if the determination in step SB4 is "N
In the case of "o", the server 2 transmits a message notifying this to the client 3 in step SB7 based on the bookmark service program P1, and displays it. For example, when the Web page 6 is modified and the page data is changed, such a situation occurs. Character information 6a in which bookmark B is set in advance
When the image information 6b is modified, the server 2 detects this, and deletes the corresponding bookmark setting information.

As described above, the bookmark service program P1 is installed in the server 2, the bookmark table 7 is installed in the client 3, the bookmark service support program is installed, and the mark server 5 is attached to the server 2. In addition to the conventional setting of bookmarks for six Web pages,
A bookmark can be set for a part of the page 6 and the information related to the part can be easily displayed on the screen of the client 3.

In the above embodiment, the mark server 5
Is provided along with the server 2, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the server 2 may be directly connected to the communication line 4 as shown by a broken line in FIG.
By adopting such a configuration and sharing the mark server 5 with a plurality of servers 2, the mark server 5 can be operated efficiently, and the cost of the computer network can be reduced.

It is also possible to provide the server 2 with the functions of the mark server 5 without providing the mark server 5 independently. In this case, the load on the server 2 becomes heavy, but compared with the case where the mark server 5 is provided independently.
Computer network costs can be reduced. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the configuration is adopted in which the bookmark setting information is transmitted to the server every time a bookmark is specified. However, when the communication with the server is completed, all the bookmark setting information of the specified bookmark is collectively collected. It can also be sent to the server.

Second Embodiment Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Note that the configuration of this embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the bookmark table 7 is provided in the mark server 5, and the other configuration is the same as that of the first embodiment.

In the embodiment, the server 2 is equipped with a server management program, and the client 3 is equipped with a browser, which is the same as the first embodiment. It is characterized in that a bookmark service is realized by adding a bookmark service program P2. The mark server 5 realizes the following processing by installing the bookmark service program P2 from a storage medium.

This bookmark service program P2
Examples of the storage medium include a magnetic recording medium using a magnetic recording principle such as a floppy disk and a hard disk;
Data is temporarily stored in a magneto-optical recording medium based on a magneto-optical principle such as O (Magneto-Optical disk) or CD-ROM, an IC card or semiconductor ROM for electrically storing data, or a computer network such as the Internet. The main storage memory of a server computer or a client computer, and a signal transmission line that dynamically holds data for a certain period of time, such as a dedicated line of the Internet or a telephone line.

This bookmark service program P2
Is composed of a mark tag program, a mark program, and a mark calling program. The mark tag program uses the HT of the Web page 6 stored in the server 2.
A program for converting an ML source into an HTML source in which "tags" are embedded, a mark program is a Web program.
The program for designating the bookmark B on the page 6 and the mark calling program are programs for calling a sentence to which the bookmark B is added from the bookmark table 7.

Hereinafter, the operation of the mark server 5 based on the bookmark service program P2 will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, when a specific URL is input from the client 3 and transmission of the Web page 6 corresponding to the URL is requested, the mark server 5
Reads the Web page 6 from the server 2 (step SC1), and reads the Web page 6 based on the mark tag program.
A tag (text identification tag) for activating the mark program is embedded in the HTML source of the web page 6 (step SC2).

This sentence identification tag is composed of position information on the Web page 6 of the character information to which the sentence identification tag is attached and the start instruction information (first control code) of the mark program. Is added to each character information based on a "comment tag" added to the head of the HTML source. For example, when the mark server 5 reads an HTML source including character information shown in the following (a),
A sentence identification tag is embedded for the character information "Today is fine weather" and "Let's go for a walk."
Is converted into an HTML source as shown in FIG.

(A) HTML source <html> <head> </ head> <body> The weather is good today. <br> Let's go for a walk. 〈Br〉 〈/ body〉 〈/ html〉 (b) HTML source after conversion 〈html〉 〈head〉 〈/ head〉 〈body〉 [Sentence identification tag] It is fine weather today. 〈/A〉 〈br〉 [Text identification tag] Let's go for a walk. 〈/A〉 〈br〉 〈/ body〉 〈/ html〉

By such a conversion, [text identification tag]
And the character string between the tags </a> is bookmark B
Is settable. When the conversion is completed, the converted HTML source is transmitted from the server 2 to the client 3.
(Step SC3).

Then, a Web page 6 is displayed on the client 3 based on the converted HTML source. Here, by operating a mouse or the like in the client 3, for example, an instruction to set the bookmark B to the character information “Today is fine weather.”
This instruction is input to the mark server 5 together with the character information and the sentence identification tag. When the same character information, that is, “Today is fine weather” is clicked again with a mouse or the like, the setting instruction of the bookmark B is canceled.

On the other hand, in the mark server 5, the mark program is started based on the sentence identification tag received from the client 3, and the character information, the position information of the character information, and the start instruction information of the mark calling program (second control) And the URL of the Web page 6 are registered in the bookmark table 7 as bookmark setting information (step SC4).

When the client 3 accesses the server 2 after the bookmark setting information is registered in the bookmark table 7, the mark server 5 outputs the bookmark setting information registered in the bookmark table 7 to the server 2. Then, the client 3 sends the bookmark setting information to the client 3 (step SC5). As a result, the client 3 displays the character information of the bookmark setting information on the screen. FIG. 5 shows a display example of the bookmark setting information, in which “My Mark Lis
A list of character information to which the bookmark B is added as “t” is displayed.

Here, when certain character information is selected from the bookmark setting information, the selection instruction information (mark selection information) is obtained by the mark server 5 via the server 2 (step SC6), and the mark The calling program is started. As a result, the mark server 5 transmits the HTML source of the Web page 6 corresponding to the character information of the mark selection information to the server 2 based on the bookmark setting information.
From the client 3 (step SC7).

Then, the character information portion is displayed on the screen of the client 3. At this time client 3
Is sent to the client 3 after being converted to a state in which a bookmark B can be set by the mark tag program as described above, so that the client 3 can newly set the bookmark B.

According to the present embodiment, the bookmark service program P2 is only mounted on the mark server 5 provided on the server side without taking measures such as mounting a special program on the client 3. Bookmark B can be set in the character information in Web page 6.

The following modifications are conceivable for this embodiment. (1) In this embodiment, the bookmark service is realized by installing the bookmark service program P2 in the mark server 5, but the same bookmark can be provided by providing the client 3 with a function corresponding to the bookmark service program P2. It is possible to realize the service. In this case, the bookmark table 7 is provided in the client 3, and the client 3 links and executes the processing of the program corresponding to the bookmark service program P2 with the processing of the browser.

(2) In the above embodiment, the mark server 5
Is attached to the server 2, but the mark server 5
May be directly connected to the communication line 4 to provide the client 3 with the bookmark service by sharing the mark server 5 with the plurality of servers 2.

(3) In the above embodiment, the mark server 5
Although a configuration in which a bookmark service program P2 is installed is adopted, it is sufficiently possible to provide such a function of the mark server 5 to the server. (4) In the above embodiment, the Web page 6 is configured using HTML, but the Web page 6 is configured using another language.
May be configured.

Third Embodiment Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the above embodiment, a bookmark is set in a character string for each sentence identification tag. In the present embodiment, a bookmark is set in an arbitrary character string without using a sentence identification tag. This function is realized using Java Script 1.2 (version 1.2), which is a script language for WWW browsers of Netscape, and the network configuration is the same as in each of the above-described embodiments. Hereinafter, the operation of the mark server 5 based on the bookmark service program P2 in the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, when a specific URL is input from the client 3 and transmission of the Web page 6 corresponding to the URL is requested to the server 2, the mark server 5
Read page b from server 2 (step SD1),
The header information for causing the bookmark service program P2 to function as a mark is embedded at the beginning of the Web page 6 (step SD2).

This header information is stored in the W
This is to enable processing by the bookmark service program P2 for the eb page 6. For example, when the mark server 5 reads the HTML source including the character information shown in the following (a), the mark server 5 embeds the header information between the <head> tag and the </ head> tag, and (b)
Is converted into an HTML source as shown in FIG.

(A) HTML source <html> <head> </ head> <body> The weather is good today. <br> Let's go for a walk. <br> </ body> </ html> (b) HTML source after conversion <html> <head> [header information] </ head> <body> The weather is nice today. 〈/A〉 〈br〉 Let's go for a walk. 〈/A〉 〈br〉 〈/ body〉 〈/ html〉

When the target Web page 6 is stored on the same server as the server on which the bookmark service program P2 is stored (for example, in the case of an intranet), it is not necessary to embed the header information. is there.

By adding the header information to the HTML source in this manner, the Web page 6 is ready for processing by the bookmark service program P2. Then, the converted HTML source is sent from the server 2 to the client 3 (step SD).
3).

On the other hand, the client 3 displays the Web page 6 based on the converted HTML source. Here, in the client 3, for example, a character string (character information) “Today is fine weather” is selected by a mouse drag operation, and the setting of the bookmark B to this character string is instructed. Bookmark setting instruction) is the character string "Today is fine weather."
In order to identify the position, a character string of 10 characters before and after the character string and a Web page 6 included in the character string
Is transmitted to the mark server 5 together with the URL of the mark server.

Here, the above character string is a Java Script 1.2
Is stored in the main memory of the client 3 by the function prepared in step (1). Therefore, the length of this string is
It can be freely selected on the Web browser of the client 3. For example, “with good weather” may be selected. Further, in order to detect the position of the character string, the preceding and succeeding character strings are acquired by 10 characters at a time, but the number of characters can be changed as a matter of course. Further, when the same character string, that is, “Today is fine weather” is dragged again and a mark operation is performed, the setting of the bookmark B for the character string is released.

In the mark server 5, the mark program is started in accordance with the bookmark setting instruction received from the client 3, and the character string “Today is fine weather”, the character string of 10 characters before and after the character string and the Web page 6 The URL is registered in the bookmark table 7 as bookmark setting information (step SD4).

When the client 3 accesses the server 2 after the bookmark setting information is registered in the bookmark table 7, the mark server 5 outputs the bookmark setting information registered in the bookmark table 7 to the server 2. Then, the client 3 sends the bookmark setting information to the client 3 (step SD5). As a result, the client 3 displays the character information of the bookmark setting information on the screen. FIG. 5 shows a display example of the bookmark setting information, in which “My Mark Lis
A list of character information to which the bookmark B is added as “t” is displayed.

Here, when a certain character information is selected and instructed from the bookmark setting information, this selection instructing information (mark selection information) is obtained by the mark server 5 via the server 2 (step SD6). The calling program is started. As a result, the mark server 5 transmits the HTML source of the Web page 6 corresponding to the character information of the mark selection information to the server 2 based on the bookmark setting information.
To the client 3 (step SD7).

At the same time, information on the character string and the character string of 10 characters before and after the character string is transmitted to the client 3. The client 3 searches the Web page 6 for the character string, detects the position of the Web page 6 that matches the character string and the character string of 10 characters before and after the character string, and locates and displays the detected position. I do.

According to the present embodiment, the bookmark service program P2 is only mounted on the mark server 5 provided on the server side, without taking measures such as mounting a special program on the client 3. Bookmark B can be set in the character information in Web page 6. In addition, in the processing according to FIG. 4 described above, it is possible to set a bookmark only for each piece of character information to which a “text identification tag” has been added. A bookmark can be set to any character string of the character information of.

In an environment where the above-mentioned Java Script 1.2 cannot be used, for example, in an environment where a WWW browsing program of Microsoft Corporation is used, by using the following means, the specific character string by the above-mentioned Java Script 1.2 can be obtained. And the same function as the bookmark setting process described above.

That is, H described in Java Script for acquiring a character string instructed to set a bookmark is described.
A TML document (MarkIt.htm) and an HTML document (MarkItGo.htm) for transmitting information relating to setting of a bookmark to the character string to the mark server 5 are installed in the client 3, and these HTML are operated by mouse or keyboard operation. Set the document to open. For example, add the item "Mark It" to the pop-up menu that appears when you right-click the mouse with the character string specified, and when "Mark It" is instructed, MarkIt.htm imports the character string .

Thus, MarkIt.htm and MarkItGo.htm
And installed on the client 3,
When the operator of the client 3 selects an arbitrary character string in the Web page 6 being browsed to set a bookmark and designates “Mark It” in the pop-up menu, MarkIt.htm converts the character string to the client 3 in the main memory. Subsequently, MarkItGo.htm is opened, and the character string taken into the main memory and the URL of the Web page 6 related to the character string are displayed on the client 3.

Following the display of MarkItGo.htm, a mark list in which the character string is registered is displayed on the client 3. When the character string on the mark list is designated, the character string and the URL of the Web page 6 are designated.
Is transmitted to the mark server 5 and registered in the bookmark table 7 as bookmark setting information in the same manner as described above.

As described above, Mar written in Java Script
By installing kIt.htm on the client 3, a bookmark can be set to an arbitrary character string on the Web page 6. Note that, as described above,
By specifying a character string on the mark list, the Web page 6 of the character string can be displayed on the client 3 in a state where the character string portion is located on the screen.

[0070]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The following effects are obtained. (1) A server computer that stores an information providing page including a plurality of pieces of display information and transmits an information providing page requested to be transmitted based on the page specifying information to a client computer, and transmits the page specifying information to the server computer. And a client computer for displaying the information providing page received on the basis of the page designation information on a screen. In the computer network, a bookmark is set for each display information for the information providing page. After the setting, when the display of the display information is instructed from the client computer, the information providing page is displayed so that the display information is located on the screen of the client computer based on the bookmark. I also can re-access the promptly the display information by the bookmark set in the display information. (2) Since a bookmark is also set to display information constituting the information providing page, that is, a part of the information providing page, it is possible to recreate more detailed information as compared with the conventional technique of setting a bookmark in page units. Can be accessed. (3) The server computer is provided with a mark server for storing the bookmark setting information received from the client computer. When the page designation information is received from the client computer, the server computer sets the bookmark corresponding to the bookmark setting information. It is determined whether the setting information is stored in the mark server, and an information providing page related to the page designation information is transmitted to the client computer according to the determination result.
That is, by providing the mark server on the server side, it is possible to provide a client computer with a detailed information providing service in providing information on the information providing page. (4) Since the storage unit is connected to the communication line and the plurality of servers share the storage unit, the bookmark information can be more effectively used in the entire computer network. (5) Still further, a bookmark is set for an arbitrary character string on the information providing page, and when the display of the character string is instructed from the client computer after the setting of the bookmark for the character string, the bookmark is set based on the bookmark. Since the information providing page is displayed so that the character string is located on the screen of the client computer, a bookmark can be set to an arbitrary character string.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram illustrating a configuration example of a computer network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a bookmark registration process according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a Web page reading process based on a bookmark according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of a mark server according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of mark list information displayed on a client in the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of a mark server according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

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 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Computer network 2 ... Server (server computer) 3 ... Client (client computer) 4 ... Communication line 5 ... Mark server (server support device) 6 ... Web page (information providing page) 6a ... Information (display information) 6b Image information (display information) 7 Bookmark table

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[Claims] 1. A server computer for storing an information providing page composed of a plurality of pieces of display information and transmitting an information providing page requested to be transmitted based on the page specifying information to a client computer, and storing the page specifying information in the server computer. A client network for transmitting and displaying the information providing page received on the basis of the page designation information on a screen, wherein a bookmark is set for each display information of the information providing page, and the display is performed. A computer characterized in that, when a display of display information is instructed from a client computer after setting a bookmark for information, an information providing page is displayed based on the bookmark so that the display information is located on a screen of the client computer. Network. 2. A server computer for storing an information providing page including a plurality of display information and transmitting an information providing page requested to be transmitted based on the page specifying information to a client computer, and storing the page specifying information in the server computer. A client computer for transmitting and displaying the information providing page received on the basis of the page designation information on a screen, wherein the client computer is instructed to set a bookmark in the display information of the information providing page. Then, the page designation information of the display information and the position information of the display information on the information providing page are stored as bookmark setting information,
Further, when the display of the display information is instructed, the page designation information is transmitted to the server computer to obtain an information providing page, and the information is provided so that a part of the display information is located on the screen based on the position information. A computer network for displaying a page, wherein the server computer reads the corresponding information providing page when the page designation information is received, and transmits the information providing page to a client computer. 3. A server computer for storing an information providing page including a plurality of display information and transmitting an information providing page requested to be transmitted based on the page specifying information to a client computer, and storing the page specifying information in the server computer. A client computer for transmitting and displaying the information providing page received on the basis of the page designation information on a screen, wherein the server computer is provided with a mark server for storing mark list information received from the client computer. The mark server is provided in association with the information providing page transmitted from the server computer to the client computer,
Embedding a first control code for enabling setting of position information and a bookmark on the information providing page of the display information for each display information of the information providing page, and setting a bookmark to the display information in which the control code is embedded Is instructed in the client computer, and the display content of the display information, the position information, and the first control code are received by the server computer. Based on the first control code, the display content of the display information and the position information are displayed. And the second control code instructing the calling of the display information and the page designation information of the information providing page are sequentially registered as mark list information. After the registration of the mark list information, the client computer sends the information providing page to the server computer. When a transmission request is received, all mark list information registered in the server computer is deleted. When a certain display information is selected in the client computer based on the mark list information, an information providing page is called based on the second control code of the display information, and the information providing page is called from the server computer to the client computer. A computer network. 4. An information providing page including a plurality of pieces of display information is stored, and when a client computer connected via a communication line requests transmission of the information providing page by page specifying information, the information providing page is stored based on the page specifying information. A server computer that reads out the information providing page and sends it to the client computer, wherein when the page designation information and the position information of the display information in which the bookmark is set are received from the client computer, the position information is read based on the page designation information. A server computer for reading an information providing page corresponding to the display information and transmitting the information providing page to the client computer based on the position information of the display information such that the display information is located on the screen of the client computer. . 5. An information providing page comprising a plurality of display information is stored, and when a request for transmission of the information providing page is made by a page designation information from a client computer connected via a communication line, the information providing page is stored based on the page designation information. A server computer that reads out the information providing page and transmits the information providing page to the client computer, wherein for the information providing page to be transmitted to the client computer, the position information and the bookmark on the information providing page of the display information for each display information of the information providing page The first control code is embedded in the display information in which the control code is embedded. The setting of the bookmark in the display information in which the control code is embedded is instructed in the client computer, and the display content and position information of the display information and the first control code are set. Is received, based on the first control code, And sequentially registers, as mark list information, display contents and position information of the display information, page designation information of the information providing page, and a second control code for instructing the display information to be called, and after the registration of the mark list information, When a transmission request for the information providing page is received from the client computer, all the registered mark list information is read and transmitted to the client computer, and when certain display information based on the mark list information is selected in the client computer, A server computer for calling an information providing page based on a second control code of the display information and transmitting the page to a client computer. 6. An information providing page connected to a server computer storing an information providing page composed of a plurality of display information via a communication line, and requesting the server computer to transmit the information providing page based on the page designation information. On the screen, and stores the page designation information and the position information of the display information of the information providing page in which the setting of the bookmark is instructed,
When the display of the display information is instructed, the information providing page is obtained from the server computer based on the page designation information, and the information providing page is arranged such that a part of the display information is located on a screen based on the position information. A client computer characterized by displaying the following. 7. An information providing page is transmitted via a communication line to a client computer that issues a transmission request for the information providing page and displays the received information providing page on a screen, stores a plurality of information providing pages, and responds to a request from the client computer. A server support device provided in association with a server computer that transmits an information providing page, wherein the information providing page transmitted from the server computer to the client computer is provided for each display information of the information providing page. A first control code for enabling the setting of the position information and the bookmark is embedded, and the setting of the bookmark in the display information in which the control code is embedded is instructed in the client computer, and the display content and the position information of the display information are instructed. And the first
When the control code is received by the server computer, based on the first control code, the display content and the position information of the display information, the page designation information of the information providing page, and the instruction to call the display information are given. 2 are sequentially registered as mark list information, and after the registration of the mark list information, when the server computer receives a transmission request for the information providing page from the client computer, all the registered mark list information is read out. Transmitting to the client computer, when a certain display information based on the mark list information is selected in the client computer, calling an information providing page based on the second control code of the display information and transmitting the information providing page to the client computer; Characteristic server support device. 8. A server computer for storing an information providing page including a plurality of pieces of display information and transmitting an information providing page requested to be transmitted based on the page specifying information to a client computer, and storing the page specifying information in the server computer. An information providing method in a computer network, comprising: a client computer for transmitting and displaying an information providing page received on the basis of the page designation information on a screen, wherein a bookmark is set in each display information of the information providing page. After setting a bookmark for the display information, when display of the display information is instructed from the client computer, the information providing page is displayed based on the bookmark so that the display information is located on the screen of the client computer. Information providing method in a computer network to symptoms. 9. An information providing page composed of a plurality of pieces of display information is transmitted from a server computer to a client computer in response to a request from a client computer based on page designation information of the information providing page.
An information providing method in a computer network for displaying an information providing page on a screen of the client computer, wherein when a setting of a bookmark to display information of a certain information providing page is instructed, page designation information of the information providing page and The position information of the display information is stored in the client computer as bookmark setting information, and when the display of the display information is instructed in the client computer, the page designation information of the display information is transmitted to the server computer to obtain the information providing page, An information providing method in a computer network, wherein an information providing page is displayed on a client computer based on the position information so that the display information is located on a screen. 10. An information providing page composed of a plurality of pieces of display information is transmitted from a server computer to a client computer in response to a request from a client computer based on page designation information of the information providing page. An information providing method in a computer network for displaying an information providing page on a screen, comprising: displaying an information providing page transmitted from a server computer to a client computer for each display information of the information providing page; A first control code for enabling setting of position information and a bookmark is embedded, and setting of a bookmark to the display information in which the control code is embedded is instructed in the client computer, and the display content of the display information, the position information, and the 1
When the control code is received by the server computer, based on the first control code, the display content and the position information of the display information, the page designation information of the information providing page, and the instruction to call the display information are given. 2 are sequentially registered in the server computer as mark list information. When a request for transmitting an information providing page is received from the client computer to the server computer after the registration of the mark list information, the registered mark list information is registered. All are read and transmitted to the client computer. When certain display information is selected in the client computer based on the mark list information, an information providing page is called based on the second control code of the display information and the server computer calls the information providing page. Sent to the computer and some of the displayed information Information providing method in a computer network, characterized in that to display the information providing page so as to be positioned on the surface on the client computer. 11. In a computer network,
A computer-readable recording medium storing an information providing program to be executed by a server computer when an information providing page including a plurality of pieces of display information is provided from a server computer to a client computer based on page designation information. Embedded in the information providing page to be transmitted to the client computer, for each display information of the information providing page, a process of embedding a first control code for enabling setting of position information and bookmark of the display information on the information providing page; When the setting of a bookmark to the display information in which the control code is embedded is instructed in the client computer and the display content of the display information, the position information, and the first control code are received, the bookmark is set based on the first control code. The display content of the display information, the position information, and the provision of the information. For sequentially registering the page designation information of the page and the second control code instructing the call of the display information as mark list information, and after the registration of the mark list information, receiving a transmission request for an information providing page from the client computer. Then, when all the registered mark list information is read and transmitted to the client computer, and when certain display information is selected based on the mark list information, the process is performed based on the second control code of the display information. A computer-readable recording medium on which an information providing program is recorded, wherein the information providing page is called and transmitted to a client computer. 12. A server computer for storing an information providing page including a plurality of pieces of display information and transmitting an information providing page requested to be transmitted based on the page specifying information to a client computer, and storing the page specifying information in the server computer. A client network for transmitting and displaying the information providing page received on the basis of the page designation information on a screen, wherein a bookmark is set for an arbitrary character string on the information providing page, After setting the bookmark for the character string, when the display of the character string is instructed from the client computer, the information providing page is displayed so that the character string is located on the screen of the client computer based on the bookmark. Kon -Menu data network. 13. An information providing page which is connected via a communication line to a server computer storing an information providing page including a plurality of display information and requests the server computer to transmit the information providing page based on the page designation information. Is displayed on a screen, and stores position information of an arbitrary character string on an information providing page in which page setting information and bookmark setting are instructed, and when the display of the character string is instructed, A client computer which obtains an information providing page from a server computer based on the page designation information, and displays the information providing page such that the character string is located on a screen based on the position information. 14. A server computer for storing an information providing page including a plurality of pieces of display information and transmitting an information providing page requested to be transmitted based on the page specifying information to a client computer, and storing the page specifying information in the server computer. An information providing method in a computer network including a client computer that transmits and displays an information providing page received based on the page designation information, wherein a bookmark is set for an arbitrary character string on the information providing page. After the setting of the bookmark for the character string, when the display of the character string is instructed from the client computer, the information providing page is displayed based on the bookmark so that the character string is located on the screen of the client computer. Information providing method in a computer network, wherein the door.