KR100357232B1 - Automatically Text Data/Web Data Conversion System and Method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and method for automatically converting text-based data into web-based data for automatically converting text-based data information into web-based data information so as to provide information through the Internet.

The present invention constructs and stores a database of information on multimedia elements including various images constituting a web page so as to automatically convert information provided by IPs of a PC communication network into web-based content. In addition, by constructing a platform that can convert each field constituting different database provided by each IP into fields of the same type separately set, it can be converted into different types of database available in the same program. It is an invention that can transform IP of telecommunications service provider to Internet CP provider immediately without any extra cost

Description

Automatic Text-based Data / Web-based Data Conversion System and Method thereof

The present invention relates to a system and method for automatically converting text-based data into web-based data for automatically converting text-based data information into web-based data information so as to provide information through the Internet. In detail, the present invention relates to a text-based data / web-based data conversion system and method for converting IP of a PC communication service provider into an Internet CP provider immediately without any additional cost.

Recently, as the diffusion of personal computers with high performance and the communication industry using them have been rapidly developed, the provision of information and electronic commerce through computer communication is also growing at a high speed.

Information providers over a network include IP (Information Provider), which refers to an individual or an organization that provides information to a PC communication service provider, and CP that provides information to itself or an Internet service provider (ISP) through an Internet network. Contents Provider).

The information provided by IP is aimed at profit as a business, and is used for promotion and sales. It provides text-based information on various fields such as politics, economy, life, culture, education and employment on PC communications. It provides a summary database, and pays and promotes it.

In contrast, CP is a provider of information such as IP, but the carrier of the information itself is not a text-based, but a provider of information based on multimedia including video and sound. There is an explosive increase, with sufficient support for an acceptable environment.

In addition, ISPs are organizations that provide services for individuals or businesses to use the Internet. There are two types of ISPs, nonprofit networks that provide networks used for educational and research purposes, and commercial networks that are generally used at a fee. Recruitment of CPs and processing the information provided by CPs is provided to netizens for a fee or free through their own information providing site.

On the other hand, the information provided by IP is provided by the PC communication service company by field and subject. Similar menus are hierarchically divided into higher menus from lower menus to lower menus, and then classified and stored in a database, and PC communication service companies categorize the menus corresponding to the hierarchical structure according to the user's selection. It is possible to conveniently obtain the information that users want by outputting hierarchically and multilevelly from the upper screen to the lower screen classified into the scope of negotiation subject.

1 (a) to 1 (f) are diagrams for explaining a process of hierarchically acquiring information on a famous scene of a movie through PC communication, for example. FIGS. 1 (a) to 1 (f). As shown in FIG. 1 (f), the information desired by the user can be finally obtained.

For this purpose, PC communication service companies store information provided by various IPs in a database state and update it with the latest information from time to time to provide them to users, and information users request information by accessing a computer communication network. If so, the corresponding information is transmitted to the user.

At this time, the information transmitted from the PC communication service provider to the information user is output based on the text as shown in Fig. 1 (a) to 1 (f) as information based on the text data.

However, although the number of Internet users is exploding in recent years, the web page area in which information provided from the Internet is output includes various multimedia elements such as general texts, images, buttons, and hyperlink characters.

The main stage of IP and CP is the same in terms of virtual space created by communication, but IP is available only in PC communication network because it is composed of text-based data.

In order to convert each IP into a CP that can upload information on the Internet, it must be converted to web-based data separately, designed for the web output environment, and a dedicated service facility must be established. It was not easy to switch to IP, which is relatively small-capacity, because of the extra cost of additional factors such as the need for management personnel.

Therefore, PC communication service companies that provide information of IPs through PC communication have capital and technical power, so PC communication companies, which are large communication companies, should play a role in converting IPs to CP. In order to convert two IPs into a CP, a large amount of cost is required, and in order to convert all of them into CPs, there is a problem that a considerable amount of time is required because a separate program operation must be performed for each IP.

The present invention has been invented in view of the above circumstances, and provides information on multimedia elements including various images to construct a web page so that information provided by IPs of a PC communication network can be automatically converted into web-based content. The database is constructed and stored as an information database, and each field constituting a different database provided by each IP is converted into fields of the same format separately set so that they can be used in different types of databases that can be used in the same program. By building a platform that can be switched, IPs can quickly switch to CP, which can provide a lot of information quickly on the Internet, and the load of the system despite processing information provided by many IPs that are converted to many CPs. Can build a light platform with less Regardless of the type, it can have various output formats, and the concurrency of data having the same data between the VT and the web is guaranteed, and the service operator needs only to create the entire information database, making service operation convenient and data registration convenient. It is an object of the present invention to provide a text-based data / web-based automatic data conversion system and method that can facilitate the upgrade of the system according to the present invention.

1A to 1E are views for explaining a process of hierarchically acquiring information through conventional PC communication;

2 is a block diagram according to an embodiment of the present invention,

3 is an example of a raw data data structure input according to the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of registering new data by IP according to the present invention;

5 is a flowchart for explaining the data storage operation of FIG. 4 in detail;

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of outputting data of IP as content according to the present invention;

7A is a database table for tag conversion according to the present invention;

7b is a list structure table according to the present invention;

7C is a diagram showing an output structure table according to the present invention.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

10-communication service server (web server), 12-database management server,

14-ISP, 16-PC service provider,

Text-based data / web-based data conversion system according to an embodiment of the present invention for realizing the above object, hierarchical menu in accordance with the request signal from the user terminal connected via a telnet connection to the database of various information A plurality of IP terminals for transmitting request information through selection; A web server for communication service; A database management server for converting each database composed of different field systems provided by the IP terminal into a dedicated field system of a common format, storing them as a database having the same field system, and storing a file for information of the dedicated field system. When the user connects to the IP terminal through Telnet or the Internet, the web server transmits the information stored in the database as text-based data or web-based data in consideration of the user's connection environment. It is designed to be displayed.

The information file of the database management server is provided with a database storing a plurality of output formats is characterized in that the user can output the data in the output format according to the type of information requested by the user.

In addition, the method for automatically converting text-based data / web-based data according to the present invention may be provided on the basis of a request and a selection signal of the user terminal, the step of connecting a server for communication service through a PC communication or an internet user terminal via telnet or the Internet. Outputting the lowest information service menu screen to the user terminal while the information service field is output in a hierarchical structure of the lower menu from the upper menu, and when a specific menu is selected from the lowest information service menu from the user terminal, the server for a communication service Accessing the index management server of the database management server and reading a list structure table for the corresponding list; Reading a list output structure table corresponding to a corresponding index of the list structure table and a list type of a list structure table to obtain values necessary for outputting the list; Connecting to each server corresponding to the execution type of the database; Outputting the list data of the database already input by IP to match the titles read from the output structure table and their output sizes; Subsequently, when the number of the corresponding content created by the hyperlink character is selected from the user terminal, the text file and the image file related to the content of the number are loaded and output.

Hereinafter will be described in detail with reference to the operation of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram of a system according to the present invention.

When a large amount of raw text data owned by IPs (IP1, IP2…) is registered and connected to the communication service server 10, which is a text / web conversion platform, via telnet or internet network, the text / web conversion platform is executed. The text data is processed and stored in the database management server 12. In this state, when Internet users request the provision of Internet contents through ISP 14 (ISP0, ISP1, ISP2, ...) or PC communication users request information through PC communication service provider 16, The communication service server 10 automatically outputs the data stored in the database management server 12 according to the user's connection state as data converted into an HTML document in a web form or outputs it as text-based data. To each of them.

As described above, the data provided by IP (IP1, IP2…) will provide each user with the same data to ISPs or PC communication service companies with different access environments. In addition, when users request the provision of specific information in order to receive the information, it is possible to simultaneously output the data in the form of web or text so that it does not occupy double storage area, thereby reducing the efficiency and investment cost of the system.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining an example of a raw data data structure. For example, FIG. 3 shows an example of a personal information input structure for data construction of an IP providing pen pal information. In order to save, do not need to register dozens or hundreds of individual information one by one, instead of registering a large amount of data, a specific tag (Tag) is added and processed and stored in one file format.

Here, SN means menu 7 of the information displayed on the information service screen provided by IP, and AA to LL represent tags of the IP, that is, fields constituting a record in the database.

When the IP registers the data in the database management server 12, it connects to the server 10 for communication service via telnet, selects a specific number, and moves to the information service screen provided by the corresponding IP through a hierarchical step by topic. For example, when the present invention intends to move to the pen pal information IP that is held as an example to help understanding of the present invention, the pen pal information IP is finally provided through a hierarchical step such as 'All menu / Subject 1 / Subject 2 / Subject 3'. After moving to the initial screen of the information service to be selected, select a specific number to register the data, and then, using Z-MODEM or other data registration protocol, register the source data as one file as shown in FIG. 3.

If you want to check the registered data in PC communication environment, that is, VT environment, the information service that pen pal information IP finally provides through hierarchical steps like 'All menu / Topic 1 / Topic 2 / Topic 3' as before. After moving to the initial screen, select the menu containing the relevant data such as 'View Member Information' to print the member list, and then select the member to check the registered data.

The method of inputting new data and checking the registered data as described above is the same in the PC communication environment or the web environment.However, when connected to the PC communication environment, new data is registered based on a text-based menu. When connected to the same operation is made based on the menu is output based on the web.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of registering new data in which an IP is composed of one file as shown in FIG.

IP to register the data is connected to the communication service server 10, which is a text / web conversion platform via telnet (VT) (step S1).

In order to register the data, as described above, the screen moves to the initial screen of the information service to be registered through a hierarchical step such as 'All menu / Subject 1 / Subject 2 / Subject 3' (step S2).

Then, by selecting a specific number to register the data online to drive the data registration processor (step S3), and transmits the data (step S4), at this time to access the server daemon (Server Daemon) for data registration Inserting data is stored in a database in a specific directory of the database management server 12 (step S5).

If the server daemon notifies the result information confirming that the new file has been saved and confirms the transmission (step S6), it outputs a message indicating that the transmission is completed and terminates the data upload operation. To send back.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for describing an operation of storing data in FIG. 4 in detail.

When storing data in the database management server 12 reads the raw data of the IP (step S7). At this time, the text / web conversion platform converts and stores the IP tag of the raw data into tags TA to TL matching the IP tags AA to LL with reference to the tag set in the text / web conversion platform (S8). , Steps S9, S10).

Here, the IP tags AA through LL and the text / web conversion platform tags TA through TL are exemplarily set according to the raw data as shown in FIG. 3, and the quantity and the tag name are according to the structure of the database. It is obvious to those skilled in the art that it can be changed arbitrarily.

Accordingly, the IP tag is set differently according to the IP, but when the IP tag is stored in the database management server 12 by the text / web conversion platform, all of the IP tags are converted into the text / web conversion platform tags TA to TL. Will have the same tag.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of outputting data of IP as content according to the present invention.

The PC communication user or the Internet user connects to the communication service server 10 via telnet (step S11 _a ) or the Internet (step S11 _b ).

The user moves to the menu screen of the information service to be used in a hierarchical structure, such as 'All menu / topic 1 / topic 2 / topic 3' (step S12), and then the menu is output (step S13). Select an information service and request to display a list of information (step S14).

At this time, the communication service server 10 accesses the index management server of the database management server 12 and reads the list structure table as shown in FIG. 7B for the corresponding list (step S15). For example, the list structure table may include an index name, a menu number, a charge or not, a title, an execution type, an SN code, a list type, a list reference, a user level, a presence or absence of a menu, a directory name, an image directory, as shown in FIG. 7B. , Sysop ID, guitar 1, guitar 2, guitar 3, guitar 4, and so on.

Here, the 'list type' refers to the output form of the information list to be displayed to the user, the database management server 12 has a variety of output forms are stored can be output in various forms according to the designation in the 'list type' It is supposed to be. The output form determined by the 'list type' is stored in a number of special forms of output forms, and the reference is made according to the selection of whether to refer to the 'list type' in the 'list reference' tag. If it is selected as a reference in the 'reference' tag, it is output in the standard form.

In addition, the 'image directory' tag is a directory that stores the image to be displayed along with the information when outputting the information corresponding to the index name, and the Sysop ID is a tag that sets the authority to read or write data in the database.

The 'Other 1' to 'Other 4' tags are reserved tags in case a tag is needed in addition to the tag set in advance.

After reading the list structure table as described above, the list output structure table (refer to FIG. 7 (c)) corresponding to the index and the list type of the list structure table among the list structure tables is used to display the values required for the list output. It is obtained (step S16).

Subsequently, each server (e.g., bulletin board, data library, etc.) corresponding to the execution type (program function classification value) of FIG. 7 (b) is connected (step S17), and the list data of the database already input by the IP is shown. Titles read from the output structure table of 7 (c) and their output sizes are output (S18 and S19). In this case, data may be read from a table of an actual database corresponding to a 'title' tag in the output structure table of FIG. That is, based on the data defined in FIG. 7 (c), each IP may be outputted independently and in various forms.

In this way, when the user wants to see detailed information from the list displayed on the screen, if the user selects the number of the corresponding content written in the hyperlink character (step S20), the text file and the image file of the content of the corresponding number are displayed on the screen. (Step S21).

As described above, the text / web conversion platform according to the present invention is provided with various forms of images and output forms for outputting web documents, and then selectively applied to databases of respective IPs, thereby providing different tag formats and output formats for each IP. By converting and accommodating the IP database with a single tag into a database with a simple processing method, the information provider (IP) is prepared for the unlimited potential of the Internet and the future reorganization of communication services centered on the Internet. It is possible to provide the information they have on the Internet in the shortest possible time, thereby securing a large amount of CPs, and PC operators can convert existing IPs into CPs without any significant cost for the separate system construction. In addition, IPs also have the advantage of securing revenue through the Internet.

Claims (6)

A plurality of IP terminals which database various types of information and transmit request information through hierarchical menu selection according to a request signal from a user terminal connected through a telnet connection; A web server for communication service; A database management server for converting each database composed of different field systems provided by the IP terminal into a dedicated field system of a common format, storing them as a database having the same field system, and storing a file for information of the dedicated field system. When the user connects to the IP terminal through Telnet or the Internet, the web server transmits the information stored in the database as text-based data or web-based data in consideration of the user's connection environment. Text-based data / web-based data conversion system configured for display. The text file of claim 1, wherein the information file of the database management server includes a database storing a plurality of output formats so that data can be output in an output format according to the type of information requested by the user. Automatic data / web based data conversion system. When the PC communication or Internet user terminal is connected to the server for communication service through telnet or the Internet, the information service field that can be provided based on the request and selection signal of the user terminal is outputted in the hierarchical structure of the lower menu from the upper menu. Outputting the information service menu screen of the user terminal, and when a specific menu is selected from the lowest information service menu from the user terminal, the server for communication service accesses the index management server of the database management server and lists the table for the corresponding list. Reading; Reading a list output structure table corresponding to a corresponding index of the list structure table and a list type of a list structure table to obtain values necessary for outputting the list; Connecting to each server corresponding to the execution type of the database; Outputting the list data of the database already input by IP to match the titles read from the output structure table and their output sizes; Subsequently, when the number of the corresponding content created by the hyperlink character from the user terminal is selected, the text-based data / web-based data automatic conversion method comprising the step of loading and outputting a text file and an image file of the content of the number. 4. The list structure table of claim 3, wherein the list structure table includes an index name, a menu number, a charge status, a title, an execution type, an SN code, a list type, a list reference, a user level, a parent menu presence, a directory name, an image directory, and a shovel ID. , Other 1, Other 2, Other 3, Other 4 tag, characterized in that the text-based data / Web-based data automatic conversion method. The method of claim 4, wherein the list type tag of the list structure table is configured to selectively designate a list to be output according to information selected by a user in a database in which an output form of an information list to be output on a user's screen is stored. Text-based data / Web-based data automatic conversion method characterized in that. 6. The list structure table according to any one of claims 4 to 5, wherein the list structure table includes a 'list reference' tag, and the list structure table designates the 'list type' tag according to the selection of whether to refer to the contents of the 'list type' tag. Text-based data / Web-based data automatic conversion method characterized in that it is made to reference the list.