JPH1196181A - Method for managing transition of access picture on www, and its recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To display pictures of an information providing system such as a WWW in accordance with order specified by a user. SOLUTION: User's personal computers(PCs) 20, 30 are respectively connected to a server computer 10 to be an information provider through networks 40, 50 such as the Internet, and when a user specifies the transition order of pictures to be used from a browser, the computer 10 manages the order and transits pictures in the specified order. After obtaining the ID and password of the user, the computer 10 checks whether their registration is to be permitted or not, displays a constitution list of information providing pictures on the screen of the user PC to allow the user to specify display transition order. Then, the computer 10 checks the validity of the specified display transition order, generates picture transition information by a picture transition management mechanism and stores the generated information in a picture transition management file 60 in each user's ID to complete the registration.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a WWW (World).
The present invention relates to a screen transition management method for an information providing system such as d Wide Web), and in particular, manages information provision on a network such as the Internet so as to transition in the order of designated screens, and accesses on the WWW to realize this. Screen transition management method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, various information providing systems and the like are frequently implemented on networks such as the Internet, and various kinds of information are exchanged between an information viewer and an information provider. As a screen transition method for providing information in this case, a method of transitioning according to an access flow determined by an information provider is used. However, in this method, as the amount of information provided by the information provider increases,
If the information required by the user is a part of the information provided by the information provider, in order to obtain the required information, the user must follow the access flow set by the information provider.
In other words, when the amount of information to be provided increases, screen transitions inevitably become multi-layered, but it is necessary to go through various screens to reach the information required by the user, which takes time and effort. Very inefficient. Conventionally proposed technologies relating to such a problem include, for example, a hypermedia system described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-67150, which monitors the operation of a user and displays the display order and display time interval of the hypermedia parts. Is stored as a template independently of spatial layout information, and this history is reused to enable the operation of the operator to be reproduced. Also, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-8134
No. 6, like the hypermedia system described in
By executing a story creation program to develop a story, storing and managing the composition order of the pages that compose the story, it is easy to change the story according to the situation at the place There is.

[0003]

As described above, in the conventional screen transition management method, since the access flow for information browsing is set by the information provider, the user tries to browse and obtain specific information. In such a case, the transition set by the information provider must be followed. Furthermore, if the amount of information provided by the information provider increases, if the information user tries to browse only specific information from the entire information, it is assumed that the hypermedia system as described above is used. Also, various operations have to be performed according to the access flow set by the information provider. As described above, when it is desired to view a part of the data from the entire information, there is a problem that the operability is poor by any of the conventionally proposed methods and the time required for the browsing increases. Was. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to solve such a conventional problem and, in a screen provided by an information provider, change a screen only required by an information user according to a predetermined order. An object of the present invention is to provide an access screen transition management method in the WWW in which a transition screen can be changed every time.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, in the access screen transition management method in WWW according to the present invention, a personal computer for browsing information by a user, the Internet for providing information by an information provider, etc. This is realized by registering an information provision screen that transits in advance in a server computer connected by the network. In other words, the transition screen is changed for each user by registering from the browser and managing it by the server computer so that only the screens required by the information user transit according to a certain order.

[0005]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an access screen management system to which the present invention is applied. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a server computer, reference numerals 20 and 30 denote user terminals, reference numerals 40 and 50 denote networks such as the Internet connecting the server computer 10 to the terminal 20 or 30, and reference numerals 60 and 70 denote server computers 10 and 10, respectively. Is an external storage device, 60 stores the screen transition management file, 70 stores the provided information,
Reference numeral 80 denotes an external storage device of the terminal 20, which stores certificate information to be used in communication requiring a digital certificate. The server computer 10 serves as a server among host computers, and incorporates a screen management mechanism (software). On the other hand, each of the user terminals 20 and 30 has a built-in browser. The browser is software used for grasping the entire image by overlooking the data group and the object group and searching for desired information. In this embodiment,
The user registers the desired screen transition order in the server computer 10 in advance before receiving the screen provision from the provider.

Next, the processing of the access screen transition management system will be described. FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of registering a new order of screen transition according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
As shown in (1), a user ID and a password are first obtained by key input from the user. That is, a user (for example, a user who uses the terminal 20) displays a user ID, a user ID, and a user ID on an information providing screen of the server computer 10 which is an information provider connected to a personal computer via a network 40 such as the Internet. By inputting the password, the screen management mechanism obtains information for confirmation.
(Step 10). Next, the user ID and password of the user registered in advance and the user ID and password newly input this time are checked to confirm the user's use authorization. (Step 20).

Next, a list of all information providing screens registered in advance in the server computer 10 is displayed on the browser of the user terminal 20 (step 30). Further, the screen transition information is obtained by inputting the screen ID and the order of the screen transition that the user wants to use from this screen (step 4).
0). Next, the validity of the screen transition order is checked based on the screen transition information input by the user (step 5).
0). In the screen transition, there are a case where everything can be set freely and a case where a certain rule exists. Next, based on the screen transition information input by the user, the screen transition information and link information to be pasted on the screen (URL: Uniform Resource Loc)
attor) is generated (step 60). Next, the generated screen transition information and the link information pasted on the screen are registered in the screen transition management file 60 together with the user ID (step 70). The screen transition information stored in the screen transition management file 60 includes the user I
D, screen ID, screen transition order, and link information (UR
L). The above is the flow operation for newly registering the order of screen transition.

Next, update registration of processing of the access screen transition management system will be described. FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a process of updating the order registration of screen transitions according to an embodiment of the present invention. First, the screen management mechanism of the server computer 10 obtains the user ID and password of the user. That is, the user enters a user ID and a password on a user confirmation screen in the information providing screen of the server computer 10 of the information provider connected to the personal computer 20 via the network 40 such as the Internet, thereby performing screen management. The mechanism obtains information for confirmation (step 8)
0). Next, the user ID of the user registered in advance,
The password and the newly input user ID and password are checked, and the user is confirmed for use authorization. Here, it is confirmed whether or not the user has the authority to update the screen transition information registered in advance (step 90). Next, the browser of the user terminal 20 displays a list of all information providing screens registered in the server computer 10 in advance and screen transition information for the user set by the user (step 100). Here, the screen transition information for the user is information in which the user has registered the screen transition order earlier.

Next, the screen management mechanism obtains screen transition information by allowing the user to input a screen ID desired to be used and information for changing the order of screen transition from this screen (step 110). Next, the validity of the screen transition order is checked based on the screen transition information input by the user (step 120). In the screen transition,
There are cases where everything can be set freely, and cases where certain rules exist. Next, screen transition information and link information to be pasted on the screen are generated based on the screen transition information input by the user (step 130). Lastly, the screen transition information generated for the user ID and the link information pasted on the screen are updated to the previously registered screen transition information and the link information pasted on the screen. (Step 140). Thereby, the provided information is displayed on the screen in the updated screen transition order.

Next, a procedure for displaying the provided information in accordance with the registered screen transition will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a display of a registration screen transition showing one embodiment of the present invention. First, a user inputs a user ID and a password on a user confirmation screen in an information providing screen of the server computer 10 of an information provider connected to the personal computer 20 via a network 40 such as the Internet. The management mechanism obtains information for confirmation (step 150). Next, when performing authentication using a digital certificate other than the user ID and the password, information on the digital certificate is obtained from the certificate information file 80 (step 160). When performing authentication using a digital certificate, personal authentication using a digital certificate is performed (step 170). Note that the processing method of the personal authentication uses a general method such as SSL (Secure Socket Layer) and will not be described here any further.

After the personal authentication is completed, screen transition management information registered for each user is obtained (step 180). That is, the screen transition information for each user stored in the screen transition management file 60 is extracted from the user ID and the password.
Next, based on the obtained screen transition management information, the screen transition information and the link information pasted on the screen are confirmed, and a screen to be displayed is generated according to the screen transition order specified by the user (step 190). Finally, a display screen (HTML file) generated based on the screen transition management information is displayed (step 200). Thereby, the screen of the provided information can be displayed in accordance with the screen transition order newly registered or updated by the user. In this embodiment, when the user himself / herself performs the screen operation in the screen transition order registered in advance, the operation buttons of the “next screen” and the “previous screen” are set and the link information is changed. become. Also,
It is also possible to dynamically link to another screen.
In addition, the generation of the display screen in the screen transition order can be performed by extracting necessary information from the database each time to create an HTML file, but it is also possible to prepare the screen in advance.

Further, the access screen transition management method in WWW described in the above-described embodiment is converted into programs, and the programs are converted into flexible disks,
CD (compact disk), HD (hard disk)
By storing or transporting the medium, the access screen transition management method described in the present embodiment can be realized anywhere.

[0013]

As described above, according to the present invention,
In providing information by using a network such as the Internet, provided information is displayed in accordance with the screen transition order specified by the user, so that necessary information can be obtained quickly and network costs can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an access screen management system to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is an operation flowchart of new registration of a screen transition order according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an operation flowchart of update registration of a screen transition order according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a display of registered screen transitions according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

10: server computer, 20, 30: user terminal, 40, 50: network connecting server computer and terminal, 60: screen transition management file of server computer, 70: similarly provided information file of server computer, 80: terminal 20 The certificate information file in the external storage device.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A network such as the Internet and a W
In an access screen transition management method of an information browsing system using an information providing system such as WW, a personal computer of a user who wants to obtain various information, and a server computer which is an information provider to provide the information, By connecting via a network such as the Internet, the user specifies the order of transition of the use screen from the browser, which is viewing software, and the server computer as the information provider transits the use screen specified by the user. In the WWW, the server computer receives the order information, and the server computer manages the screen transition of the provided information, so that when the user accesses the use screen, the screen transitions according to the designated order. Access screen transition management method. 2. The access screen transition management method in WWW according to claim 1, wherein when the user designates the order of transition of the use screen, the user first acquires an ID and a password of the user and performs transition. Confirm whether or not the registration of the ranking is permitted, display the list of the configuration of the information provision screen on the user's screen, have the user input the display transition rank, and check the validity of the input display transition rank. An access screen transition management method in the WWW, wherein the screen transition management mechanism generates screen transition information after the check, and stores the screen transition information in a screen transition management file for each user ID. 3. The access screen transition management method in WWW according to claim 1, wherein when the user updates the registration order of the transition of the use screen, after acquiring the user's ID and password, The screen transition list set by the user and the configuration list of the information provision screen were displayed on the user's screen, the user entered the display transition order, and the validity of the input display transition order was checked. Thereafter, a screen transition management mechanism generates screen transition information, and updates the screen transition information in a screen transition management file for each user ID. 4. A recording medium characterized by converting the access screen transition management method according to claim 1 into a program and storing the program.