KR100406757B1 - Method and system for providing web service with automatic management of plurality of identities and homepages - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a web service method and system for automatically managing a user ID and password for a spoke site or community to which a user subscribes, and operating a plurality of homepages.

The web service method of the present invention provides spoke site or community information according to a request of a user connected through a network. When a user requests to join, the user-created subscription information for the corresponding spoke site or community is stored in the memory system. When a user requests access to a specific spoke site or community, the user ID and password can be retrieved from the memory system for that spoke site or community, and the user can be automatically logged in to the spoke site or community where the user requests access. Send the retrieved user ID and password together. When community registration is completed, it provides a service to create and manage a homepage according to the community ID.

Description

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING WEB SERVICE WITH AUTOMATIC MANAGEMENT OF PLURALITY OF IDENTITIES AND HOMEPAGES}

The present invention relates to a web service method and system in which an integrated service server automatically manages a plurality of IDs and passwords used by a user.

The rapid development of today's science and especially communication technology has made people's lives very convenient and enjoyable. Among them, the development of the Internet has made it easier for people to communicate with others around the world and to obtain necessary information easily.

First launched in 1969 by the US Department of Defense for military purposes under the name ARPANET, the Internet began to gradually spread to the public until the 1990s, and it became popular only a few years ago.

As such, by the early 1990s, only a few people knew how to use computers, and among those who knew how to use computers, only a few could use the Internet as a means of communication. One of the reasons for the use of the Internet is the commercialization of the World Wide Web (WWW).

Recently, various services such as e-commerce, e-news, cyber stock trading, and electronic mail (e-mail) have been provided based on the internet using the web. Internet service is emerging as the most important business as it is easily accessible through the Internet.

In general, the Internet refers to a plurality of unit networks divided by an Internet Protocol (hereinafter, referred to as IP) address and a plurality of hosts having individual IP addresses provided in each unit network. Based on the Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (hereinafter referred to as TCP / IP), a local area network (LAN) or a public switched telephone network (PSTN) It is a data communication network capable of performing data communication. In this case, the host means that a computer or a computer equipped with a communication modem and a telephone are connected, and mutual communication is possible only with a unique IP address assigned to each host.

1 is a block diagram of a conventional network for accessing the Internet. As shown in FIG. 1, a conventional network for accessing the Internet includes an Internet terminal device 10 provided with a command input by a user to obtain desired information, and a command and a corresponding user from the Internet terminal device 10. Wired network 20 that receives an IP address and connects to other terminal devices, and a gateway that receives commands and IP addresses from the wired network 20 and converts the data into data used in the Internet (Gateway: 30) ), The Internet 40 for arranging a connection between different networks in order to execute a command transmitted from the gateway 30, and a web server that receives web commands from the Internet 40 and provides Web information. 50), an Internet Service Provider (ISP) for receiving commands from the Internet 40, and connecting to other networks; It consists of an intranet 70 connected to the Internet 40 through Confucius 60 and a database 80 that is held on the intranet 70 itself.

Referring to FIG. 1, the operation of the network is executed. First, the Internet terminal device 10 executes an Internet program, attempts to connect to a network to which the IP address is desired, and has its own IP address. The connection attempt is made by connecting to the Internet 30 through a wired network 20 to which the Internet terminal device 10 is connected, and then to the Internet 40 using a protocol such as TCP / IP. Once the connection is established, the Internet 40 informs the Internet terminal device 10 of the information of the place where the user wants to connect, and then performs data transmission from each other. If the desired information is in a database of a specific network connected to the Internet 40, the information of the database 80 connected to the intranet through the Internet service provider 60 connected to the Internet 40 and connected to the intranet You will be connected to.

Through these networks, users search for information through the Internet, called the "sea of information," and try to extract the desired information and make it their own information.

A user may access a search site, search for information he / she wants to obtain, such as science, culture, and sports, and perform necessary tasks using the searched information. In addition, they may access sites that provide portal services, join communities of interests, exchange information, or promote friendships among members through actual meetings. In addition, you can check various news by accessing sites that provide information related to editorials and various societies. If you want to inform others or respond to others, you can write your own articles and provide them to other netizens. . Alternatively, a user may subscribe to a shopping mall site where various items can be purchased, purchase necessary items, and check deposit and withdrawal or use a remittance service through a bank site with which he / she does business.

In addition, desired information may be obtained while paying a certain amount of money through a paid site subscribed to while paying a fee for using the information for a predetermined period or a fee for using the required software.

In particular, recently, various communities have been activated so that one person can join one or several communities and work in it, so that people who live away from home can easily get acquainted with netizens with the same interests. As a result, ties between people are becoming more active.

For example, a user can sign up for a related school or major as a member, easily meet alumni from the same school they have long forgotten, or join a site that offers a diverse community to share the same interests as their interests. It also shares information with netizens who have hobbies.

As such, as various web sites such as community, sports, culture, and search service are activated, users often join and engage with one or more dozens of sites to expand their activities.

However, when a user is interested in more than one field and thus subscribes to sites in each field, it is difficult to use all of the services using the same ID or password. This is because the number of netizens using the Internet is rapidly increasing, and the IDs used by users are often duplicated. Therefore, the user must memorize the ID and password to be active in the site to which he subscribed, but it is difficult to remember all of them. However, it's hard to see that you've recorded both the ID and password for each site. In addition, there are the following limitations for individuals who join a number of different community sites to work with a single homepage.

First of all, if you have subscribed to community sites, such as games, golf, skiing, alumni, fan clubs, etc., the IDs you use on different community sites are not the same. In addition, you may not want to share a large number of the community you are currently working with, or you may want to create several personal homepages to participate in personal promotion and club activities. However, current Internet users have created their own personal homepages by Lycos, Naver, Dreamweaver, Pretzel, Netien, etc. to manage these activities. It is difficult to maintain consistent policies such as site integration management.

On the other hand, some users are interested in the community of a particular site and want to join the activity, but may require anonymity not to disclose personal information due to personal circumstances or problems within the community.

In particular, recently, there is a hub site that connects to one or more spoke sites and provides a portal service. When a subscriber subscribes to a hub site or one of spoke sites, the ID of the subscription is changed to another spoke site or hub. The service is being made available to the site at the same time.

In addition to such a plurality of spoke sites, the community within the same site can only use a single ID, it is impossible to guarantee the anonymity according to the field of interest.

In addition, the user can store a plurality of site information, IDs, and passwords for a plurality of sites that the user has registered as a member in the user's computer system, and the user can access the desired site using the stored information. 'Password management method' was published in the domestic publication number 2000-17937.

Figure 2 shows an exemplary screen for a conventional invention using a plurality of site information, ID and password shown in the domestic publication number 2000-17937. Referring to FIG. 2, in the conventional method of managing an ID and password of an Internet site, an icon 114 for opening a connection information file for opening a connection information file is provided at an arbitrary position of the monitor screen 110. When a user attempts to connect to a specific Internet site and receives an ID and password input window 112 for an authentication procedure from the Internet site, the Internet user clicks an icon 114 for opening a connection information file. Accordingly, the connection information display window 113 is opened on the screen, and inside each window, the connection information stored in the connection information file is displayed. The Internet user scrolls each item with a mouse and selects an item related to the Internet site. Then, the ID of the selected item is automatically entered in the ID field 112-1, and the password is automatically entered in the password field 112-2.

Accordingly, the Internet user can input the ID and password into the ID and password input window 112 by selecting the site.

However, such a conventional method should be provided with a separate program for displaying the site address, ID, and password on the user's computer system, and such a program may be provided by Internet Explorer or Netscape (Microsoft). It just uses the automatic completion of usernames and passwords in Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator's Netscape Navigator.

As a result, in the conventional method, when a user visits a plurality of web sites, joins a desired site, and has an ID and password written by the user for each site during the joining process, the user visits a plurality of web sites. It is in charge of storing function. When the user requests ID information and password information, the ID and password information stored in the memory are presented to the user.

In addition, since the above method automatically stores a plurality of IDs and passwords and fills in IDs and passwords of different web sites according to a user's request, different IDs are assigned to multiple communities within a single site. There is a problem that is not suitable for use.

The present invention is to solve the above problems, the web server automatically manages a plurality of IDs set by the user, so that the user can be active in various communities or sites with a variety of IDs, a plurality of IDs and individuals The purpose is to provide a web service method and system for automatically managing a homepage.

The service method of the present invention stores a plurality of ID and password information selected by the user in a web server, and when the user requests access to a specific site or community, the user selects the ID and password information selected by the user regarding the corresponding site or community. By providing automatically, the object of the present invention is to provide a web service method and system in which a user does not have to separately remember an ID and a password.

1 is a general network configuration diagram.

2 is an exemplary screen diagram of a conventional multiple ID management method.

3 is a block diagram of a computer system in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a block diagram of a web service system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a block diagram of an internal community in a web service system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a screen example when a user searches for community information in the web service method according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a screen example when a user wants to join a community in a web service method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8 illustrates a data field of a memory system in which a user ID and a password are stored in a web service system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

9 is an exemplary screen diagram illustrating a user login process in a web service method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a case in which an ID and password written by a user are stored in a memory system in the web service method according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

11 is a flow chart of managing a user ID and password so that a user can automatically log in to a community or spoke site in a web service method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

12 is a block diagram of a web service system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

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220: computer system 222: computer

224: CPU 226: memory system

228 input device 230 output device

234: ALU 236: register

238: control unit 240: main memory

242: secondary storage

300: integration service server 310: mail server

320: portal server 330: homepage server

340: community server 350: game server

360: stock server

302: Game Community 304: Stock Community

306: Educational Community 308: Sports Community

310: travel community 312: music community

314: Computer Community 316: Alumni Community

318: local community

In order to achieve the above object, the web service method of the present invention provides a user authentication step of identifying a user requesting access through a network, providing a spoke site or community information according to a user's request, and requesting a user's subscription. If there is, storing the user-created subscription information for that spoke site or community in the memory system and, if the user requests access to a particular spoke site or community, from the memory system for that spoke site or community. Retrieving the user ID and password, and transmitting the retrieved user ID and password together so that the user can be automatically logged in to the spoke site or community where the user's connection request is located.

The subscription information may include at least one of a user ID, a password, a social security number, an address, and an e-mail address.

The subscription information may further include information on whether the user's personal information is disclosed.

The memory system may include a user identification field for identifying a user, one or more domain fields configured in the user identification code sublayer to store spoke site or community information to which the user is subscribed, and each domain field sublayer. And a user ID and password entered by the user during the subscription process.

The searching and searching of the user ID and password may include searching for a spoke site or community requested by the user and extracting the user ID and password from a domain field including the searched spoke site or community. have.

In addition, the web service method of the present invention includes searching for user information stored in the memory system of the new web site when a new web site is added as a spoke site, and when there is a same user as the web service user of the present invention. In the memory system of the web service server of the present invention, the user information for the new web site is added to the subfield of the user, and when there is no same user as the web service user of the present invention, the user information is added to the web of the present invention. The method may further include adding to the memory system of the service server.

In addition, the present invention provides a user authentication means for identifying a user requesting access through a network, information providing means for providing spoke site or community information in response to a user request, and a memory for storing spoke site or community information and user information. Information storage means for storing user-created subscription information for a corresponding spoke site or community in the case of a user's request to join the system, and a memory if the user requests access to a specific spoke site or community; Search means for retrieving the user ID and password for the spoke site or community from the system, along with the retrieved user ID and password so that the user can be automatically logged in to the spoke site or community where the user requests to connect. It may include information transfer means.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3 is a block diagram of a computer system used in a web service system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3, a computer system 220 including a computer 222 includes a memory system 226, at least one central processing unit (CPU) 224 connected thereto to perform high speed operation, and an input device ( 228 and output device 230.

The CPU 224 includes an Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) 234 for performing calculations, a register 236 for the temporary storage of data and instructions, and a controller 238 for controlling the operation of the system 220. . The CPU 224 includes companies such as Digital, Alpha, MIPS Technologies, NEC, IDT, Siemens, etc. MIPS, Intel, Cyrix, AMD, and Nexgen. It can be a processor with a variety of architectures, such as x86 and IBM and Motorola's PowerPC.

The memory system 226 generally includes a high speed main memory 240 in the form of a storage medium such as random access memory (RAM) and read only memory (ROM), and floppy disk, hard disk, tape, CD-ROM, and flash memory. An auxiliary storage device 242 in the form of a long-term storage medium such as the like, and a device for storing data using an electric, magnetic, optical or other storage medium. In addition, the main memory 240 may include a video display memory for displaying an image through the display device. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the memory 226 may have various forms as a product having various storage capacities.

In addition, the input device 228 and the output device 230 may be conventional input devices and output devices. The input device 228 may include a keyboard, mouse, for example, a physical transducer such as a touch screen or a microphone. The output device 230 may be a display such as a display, a printer, a transducer, or the like. In addition, devices such as network interfaces or modems may be used as input and / or output devices.

In the technical field of the present invention, the computer system may include an operating system and at least one application program. An operating system is a set of software that controls the operation of a computer system and the assignment of resources. An application program is a set of software for performing tasks requested by a user by using computer resources available through the operating system. The operating system and application program will reside in memory system 226.

4 is a block diagram of a web service system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 4, the web service system of the present invention may be configured as an integrated service server 300 having a plurality of spoke sites 310,. That is, the integrated service server 300 serving as a hub site and one or more spoke sites 310,. In the case of a general hub site and spoke site, when joining a hub site or one spoke site among the mutually connected sites, the same ID and password entered at the time of joining could be used for other hub sites or spoke sites.

However, if you want to use a different ID from a spoke site or hub site that you have already subscribed to, or if you want to act as a pseudonym, remember the ID and password of the site you subscribed to, You must record it.

In the web service system of the present invention, a user may first subscribe to an integrated service server 300 connected to a plurality of spoke sites and receive an ID and a password. Then, if you visit another spoke site or community and want to join it, you can use a separate ID and password for each spoke site or each community. Then, the integrated service server 300 will store the ID or password entered by the user for each spoke site in the memory system.

For example, after the user connects to the integrated service server 300, if the user wants to re-join the game site 350 that provides the game service among the spoke sites, the user may input an ID and password of his or her desired one. . In this way, the ID and password of the user registered in the game site 350 will be stored in the memory system of the integrated service server 300.

Then, if the user wants to access the game site 350 through the integrated service server 300, the user will select a text or image file linked to the game site 350. At this time, the integrated service server 300 checks the domain address of the game site 350 selected by the user, extracts the ID and password registered by the user from the memory system at the same time as the user accesses the game site 350, Will be sent to the game site 350 together. Therefore, the user does not need to separately remember the ID and password of the game site 350 to which he subscribes, and simply accesses the corresponding site through the integrated service server 300 to use his / her already registered ID and password. Service can be provided.

In this way, the user can use the mail service site 310 that can use e-mail, the homepage and portal site 320 that can use various services, and the homepage providing site that provides professional homepage production and related information (330). ), A community site 340 providing various kinds of specialized communities, a stock site 360 providing stock information and economic news, or other spoke sites.

At this time, a new spoke site 370 may be connected to the integrated service server 300. In this case, the user service information stored in the new spoke site 370 is retrieved from the integrated service server 300, and when there is a user subscribed to the integrated service server 300 among the users, the user registers the new spoke site 370. The extracted user ID and password may be extracted and added to the database of the corresponding user stored in the memory system of the integrated service server 300. Therefore, even if a new spoke site 370 is added, the user can use his or her ID and password registered in the spoke site 370 without change.

In FIG. 4, the case in which the web service system of the present invention is connected to a plurality of spoke sites has been described as an example. On the other hand, the case where the user can use a plurality of IDs and passwords is not limited to the case of the spoke site, the same can be applied to the community in the integrated service server 300.

That is, the user subscribes to a community to be active among many communities with different IDs and passwords, and community activities are possible accordingly.

5 illustrates a case in which a plurality of communities are included in the web service system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 5, the web service system 300 of the present invention may include various communities in various fields as in the case of connecting to a plurality of spoke sites.

The web service system 300 of the present invention may include one or more communities 302,..., 318 already created at the request of the user or already. A game community 302 that plays a game among users, such as a network game or a mud game, and shares information about various game information and game tournaments, and a securities community 304 that shares information such as an economy and stock quotes. ), An educational community (306) for exchanging information on academics, education, and employment, a sports community (308) for exchanging information on sports and baseball, and watching sports, and places such as mountains, seas, valleys, etc. Travel community 310 to share travel-related information and share travel-related information, music community 312 to exchange concerts or professional music information, computer community 314 to exchange computer programs or hardware, computer-related information, Alumni communities (316) with people of the same interests in the same school or the same major, and in the same area or neighborhood It may be the way the local community (318) creates a meeting between people as an example. Each of these communities may include one or more communities within the same category.

Therefore, the user can subscribe to the desired community in the same category with different IDs and passwords. As such, information about the community to which the user has subscribed, in particular the user's ID and password, will be stored in the memory system along with the user information in the integrated service server 300. When the user wants to log in to a specific community to which he or she subscribes, the integrated service server 300 provides the user's ID and password for the community, so that the user wants to be active in the community to which the user subscribes. You can always do community activities without having to remember your ID and password.

In particular, in a community where users do not want to disclose their personally identifiable information, the user can perform community activities using a specific ID without revealing personal information. Will be. As a result, more users can participate in community activities without the disclosure of their personal information, so that communication services through the Internet can be greatly activated.

6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen when a user who accesses a web service system confirms information regarding a specific community in a web service method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 6, when a user wants to join a community by accessing the web service system of the present invention, the user may check information on the community for each category. Then, the number of members or activities of each community existing in the category can be found in advance through the homepage of the corresponding community, and according to the result, the interested community can be joined.

For example, when a user is interested in a game community, a game category can be selected from many categories, and a community existing within the selected game category can be identified. In the game category, a homepage address of a user (http://www.cybersarang.com/ID1) and a game club to which the user subscribes may be displayed. One or more game communities will be displayed here.

By selecting a game community list linked to each homepage of the game community, the user can access the homepage of the game community, through which the activity status or information about the game community can be checked. Then, the user can proceed with the joining process by selecting a favorite community and selecting the subscribe button.

In addition, the user may newly create or modify his homepage. This can use the homepage service function provided by the web service system of the present invention by selecting the button to manage the homepage.

7 illustrates an example screen when a user wants to join a network game club in a game community in a web service method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 7, when a user wants to join a network game group within a game category, when the user selects a text or an image linked to the homepage of the network game group from the game category, the user's browser screen moves to the network game group. will be.

In the case of a network game club, the homepage may display a group member activity situation, a meeting schedule of a group member, and information about various network games. To join the network game community, the user can select a join menu and enter a desired ID and password. At this time, the user can choose whether or not to disclose his or her personal information. If the user wants not to disclose his or her name or personal information due to personal circumstances or special reasons, the user may select a private menu.

When the user finishes joining the desired group, the ID and password entered by the user will be added to the user information in the memory system. When the user selects the linked text or image to log in to the network game club, the integrated service server extracts the ID and password entered by the user in the process of joining the network game club in the memory system in which the user information is stored. We will send it to the network game community. The server managing the network game club homepage goes through a login process using the ID and password transmitted from the integrated service server. Accordingly, the user can freely play the club activity even if the user does not separately remember his or her ID and password in the network game club. This is possible.

So far, the process of selecting a community to which the user wants to join from a plurality of communities provided in the integrated service server and logging in to the selected community using the user ID and password stored in the memory system has been described. The same applies to spoke sites or related sites that are connected to the integrated services server, just like communities.

Therefore, the user can operate with a separate ID and password in the spoke site or community to which he subscribes, and the user remembers the ID and password for the spoke site or community in the integrated service server separately. You do not have to do it or write it down.

In addition, by managing personal information about a user in the memory system of the integrated service server and not disclosing it to spoke sites or communities at the user's choice, the user can join necessary sites or communities without revealing his or her personal information. You can act.

8 illustrates a data field of a memory system that stores ID and password information of a user in a web service system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 8, in the web service system of the present invention, the integrated service server may store personal information of a subscribed user and ID and password information about a spoke site or community used by the user in a memory system. At this time, the user may have one ID and password using the integrated service server or another spoke site, or may have a plurality of ID and password when joined to one or more spoke sites or communities. Therefore, the user names Kim Cheol-soo, Hong Gil-dong, and Jeong Ho-jin are stored in the user identification field, and the domain information in the lower layer stores community information subscribed to by each user, and the user ID and password fields in the domain field lower layer The ID and password for the community entered during the join process will be stored.

For example, a user named Chul-soo joins game community A within a game category, uses the ID and password chulsu, joins travel community C within the travel category, uses the ID and password travelguy, and uses the music community within the music category. Let's look at the case of joining A and using the ID and password musician.

When a user named Kim is connected to the integrated web service server and wants to go to the homepage of the game community A, he or she enters the domain address of the game community A, or clicks the text or image linked to the homepage of the game community A. will be. The integrated web service server observes the user's work status, Kim Chul-soo, and extracts the ID and password used by the user from the memory system when the user enters a domain or selects the corresponding text or image to access game community A. Will be sent to the management server of game community A. The game community A receives the user ID and password sent from the integrated web service server, confirms the user, and, if a member, will log in.

Therefore, the user can manage his or her account more easily because the integrated web service server manages a plurality of IDs and passwords without having to separately remember the IDs and passwords of the communities or spoke sites once subscribed. In particular, since the user can arbitrarily select the ID and password used in the community or spoke site without disclosing his or her personal information, the range in which the user can operate in the community or the spoke site can be greatly expanded.

In addition, when a user named Hong Gil-dong is subscribed to the local community B, sports community C, alumni community F, and securities community B, the integrated web service server will manage the site access or community login process.

In addition, the same service will be provided for a user named Park Jung-soo who is joined to the educational community A, the computer community B, and the travel community C, and a user named Jeong Ho-jin who is joined to the music community B and the sports community E.

9 is a diagram illustrating a screen when a user accesses an integrated web service server in the web service method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 9, when a user accesses an integrated web service server through a network, the server may allow server access if the user is a registered user through a user verification process. When the user is confirmed, the user information may be retrieved from the memory system to output information of the community to which the user has joined or the spoke site to which the user has joined. It may also provide community or spoke site information that recommends a user to join.

The user may check whether the personal information is disclosed to the community or spoke site to which the user subscribed. If the user selects a community or spoke site to log in from among the user IDs and passwords stored in the memory system, the ID and password of the community or spoke site selected by the user are extracted and provided to the corresponding community or spoke site. The user does not need to enter a separate ID and password.

Meanwhile, the user may own one or more personal homepages that other users can check through the spoke site or the community used by the user. That is, a user can set domains for IDs used by each user, and can create a personal homepage in each domain. In this way, a user having a single homepage generally writes all the communities or all the activities in which they are active on their homepage, eliminating the inconvenience of managing them all at once, and creating a plurality of homepages for each community or interest. Can be managed individually In particular, according to the presence or absence of personal information among the community in which the user is active, the information posted on the homepage can be used separately.

For example, a user named Kim Chul-soo uses the ID chulsu for the game community A, so that a personal homepage having an address of www.cybersarang.co.kr/~chulsu can be constructed in the web service server of the present invention. Here, the user will post game related personal information. In addition, since the travel community ID is used as travelguy, it can have a personal homepage address of www.cybersarang.co.kr/~travelguy. The user may select and select personal information to be displayed on the homepage according to his / her choice. In addition, since the music community A uses the musicain ID, it may have a personal homepage address of www.cybersarang.co.kr/~musician. Therefore, since the user information disclosed in the game community A is known through the ID chulsu, other users who are active in the game community A will remember the homepage of the user Kim Chul-soo as www.cybersarang.co.kr/~chulsu. .

As a result, the user may not only use different IDs according to the communities he joins, but also provide different personal homepages for each community.

As such, it may be desirable to provide a user with a plurality of homepages upon the user's application.

On the other hand, although the user may provide different homepages for the ID owned by the web service server of the present invention and the ID for other spoke sites or communities, the user may have one ID for the web service server of the present invention. It is possible to have a plurality of personal homepages by using only and adding numbers or letters in a certain order thereto.

For example, a user named Kim Cheol-su uses only one ID of chulsu in the web service server of the present invention, and www.cybersarang.com/~chulsu1, www.cybersarang.com/~chulsu2, www.cybersarang.com/~chulsu3, You can have multiple personal homepages like this ...

10 is a flowchart illustrating a process of storing a user ID and password of a community or spoke site to which a user subscribes in the web service method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 10, when a user accesses the web service server of the present invention through a network such as the Internet, the web service server will identify the user using an ID and password or other information (S10). After the user authentication process is completed, the user may request community information formed in the spoke site or the web service server connected to the web service server. Upon receiving such a request from the user, the web service server will provide corresponding information according to the user's request (s12). Of course, the web service server may provide the user with various other information, such as an e-mail or a stock quote, in addition to the information about the spoke site and the community.

After the user has verified the spoke site or community information provided, if the user wishes to join a particular spoke site or community, the user will request a subscription accordingly. If a user requests to join, a user information input window for joining, such as an ID, password, and other personal information, will be displayed on the screen (s16). After the user enters all the input contents, the user's personal information and the user ID and password will be stored in the memory system (s18). At this time, the user may select whether or not to disclose personal information to the spoke site or community to join.

Meanwhile, the user ID and password may be stored together with information about the spoke site or the community to which the user applied for subscription. Afterwards, when there is a request for access to the spoke site or community to which the user subscribes, the user may extract the ID and password inputted by the user and transmit the extracted ID and password to the spoke site or community.

11 is a flowchart illustrating a process of accessing a spoke site or community to which a user subscribes in the web service method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 11, when a user requests access to a web service server of the present invention through a network, the user may be identified through a user authentication process (S20), and spoke site information or community information may be provided to the user according to the user's request. Will be provided (s22).

The user can check the spoke site or community information already subscribed to on the access screen, and if he / she wants to go to the spoke site or community homepage to which he subscribed, he will select the linked text or image. When the user selects text or an image linked to the spoke site or community, the web service server extracts the user ID and password for the spoke site or community of the user's choice from the memory system (s26) and sends it to the spoke site or community. Will be transmitted (s28). Therefore, the user can use the spoke site or community service using the ID and password entered in the joining process without having to remember the ID and password for the spoke site or community to which the user subscribes. Moreover, when not wanting to disclose personal information, since a separate ID and user name can be used, the user can be more freely active.

12 is a block diagram of a system for implementing the method of FIG. 11 in the web service system according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 12, the web service server 400 of the present invention may store information and user information about the spoke site or community 480 in the memory system 410. When there is a request for spoke site or community information from the user 402 accessing the web service server 400 through the network, the transmitter 430 extracts it from the memory system 410 and sends it to the user 402. Will provide.

When the user 402 requests to join, the user receives the subscription information or the connection request signal provided from the user 402 for the spoke site or community 480 to which the user wants to join, and receives the received information from the user 402 and sends it to the memory system 410. The receiving unit 420 for storing will be provided. In addition, when a user requests access to a specific spoke site or community 480, the search unit 440 retrieves the user ID and password for the spoke site or community 480 from the memory system 410. In response to the user's request for connection, the user may include a transmission unit 450 that transmits the retrieved user ID and password together so that the user can be automatically logged in to the corresponding spoke site or community 480.

In the above, the case where the user logs in to the spoke site or the community to which the user subscribes has been described as an example of transmitting a user ID and a password, but the user who has accessed the web service server of the present invention and authenticated is the spoke site or community By sending only the user ID for, it may go through a user login process.

In addition, in the above description, the spoke site connected to the integrated service server has been described as an example. However, the spoke site is not limited to the spoke site and can be linked to the integrated service server to provide the same service to all sites using the service of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art having ordinary skill in the art.

In addition, in the above, a case in which a user uses various communities using different IDs within one web service server has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to a community. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the same applies to all services such as entertainment information, messages, news, securities, and the like.

As described above, according to the web service method and system of the present invention, the web service server manages the ID and password entered by the user during the subscription process. Therefore, since the user is automatically logged in even if he selects a web site or community to be connected to, the user does not have to memorize the ID and password of the site or community to which he / she subscribes.

In addition, the user can use any different IDs for one or more communities or web sites which he / she wishes to act on if he / she does not want to disclose his or her personal information. Site activity becomes possible.

In the above described in detail through the preferred embodiment of the web service method and system of the present invention, the content is not limited to the field of the invention described in the claims below. In addition, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made within the scope of the present invention.

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A web service method for automatically managing a plurality of identities that allow a user to connect to any spoke site or community, Pre-store description information of at least one spoke site or service in a memory system; Receiving a request for providing information on an arbitrary site or service from a user terminal through a communication network; Extracting description information corresponding to the request for providing the information from description information about at least one spoke site or service previously stored; Transmitting the extracted description information to the user terminal through a communication network; Receiving a subscription request from the user terminal via a communication network, the subscription request including a spoke site or service corresponding to the description information, wherein the first user ID is another spoke already subscribed to by the user; Different from a second user ID selected for use of the site or other service, wherein the subscription request further includes at least one of a password, social security number, address, and mail address; Storing the subscription request in the memory system; Retrieving the first user ID stored corresponding to the spoke site or the service when the connection request for the spoke site or the service corresponding to the subscription request is received from the user terminal; And Transmitting the retrieved first user ID to the spoke site or the web server corresponding to the service so that the user can be automatically logged in to the site or service that the user has requested to access. Web service method comprising a. delete The method of claim 1, The subscription request is Information about whether your personal information is disclosed Web service method comprising more. The method of claim 1, The service is A web service method comprising at least one of community, chat, e-mail, bulletin board, archive, online game, entertainment information, message, news, and stock. The method of claim 1, The memory system A user identification field for identifying a user; One or more domain fields configured in the user identification code lower layer to store spoke site or service information to which the user is subscribed; And A user ID or password field configured in a lower layer of each domain field and filled in by a user during a subscription process Web service method comprising a. The method according to claim 1 or 5, Searching for the first user ID includes: Searching for spoke sites or services requested by the user; And Extracting the first user ID from a user ID or password field that is a lower layer of the domain field containing the retrieved spoke site or service Web service method comprising a. The method of claim 1, Retrieving the first user ID or transmitting the retrieved first user ID to the spoke site or the web server corresponding to the service; The first user ID is a password for the spoke site or the service. Web service method comprising more. The method of claim 1, If a new website is added as a spoke site, Sending a confirmation request as to whether user information for the user has already been stored in the database of the new web site; When the storage confirmation information of the user information is received from the new web site, adding the user information for the new web site to a lower field of a storage area corresponding to the user of the memory system. Web service method comprising more. The method of claim 1, When a request for providing a homepage address is received from the user terminal, Providing a corresponding user with at least one homepage corresponding to one ID and at least one homepage address corresponding to each of the plurality of IDs Web service method comprising more. The method of claim 9, The one or more homepages are A web service method that allows a user to simultaneously display one or more homepage screens on one screen and manage the same. A web service method for automatically managing a plurality of identities that allow a user to connect to any spoke site or community, Pre-store description information of at least one spoke site or service in a memory system; Receiving a request for providing information on an arbitrary site or service from a user terminal through a communication network; Extracting description information corresponding to the request for providing the information from description information about at least one spoke site or service previously stored; Transmitting the extracted description information to the user terminal through a communication network; Receiving a request for storing subscription information created by the user corresponding to at least one site or service from the user terminal, wherein the subscription information includes at least one of a user ID, a password, a social security number, an address, and an e-mail address; The user ID may be set differently for each community in one site including a plurality of communities or in a plurality of sites providing a community service; Storing the subscription information in a memory system corresponding to the spoke site or service; Receiving at least one personal homepage creation request corresponding to each of one or more IDs requested by the user from the user terminal; Generating at least one personal home page in response to the personal home page creation request; Receiving a home page list transmission request including at least one personal home page information generated corresponding to the user from the user terminal; Retrieving at least one personal home page information generated corresponding to the user; Generating a home page list using the retrieved at least one home page information; And Transmitting the home page list to the user terminal through a communication network. Web service method comprising a. The method of claim 11, One or more of the homepages included in the list of homepages A web service method that allows a user to simultaneously display one or more homepage screens on one screen and manage the same. In a web service system that automatically manages a plurality of IDs, A storage unit which stores descriptive information about at least one spoke site or service and a subscription request; Receiving a request for providing information about any site or service from a user terminal through a communication network, and the subscription request including a first user ID for using a spoke site or service corresponding to the description information from the user terminal through a communication network. A receiving unit, wherein the first user ID is different from a second user ID selected for use by another spoke site or other service that the user has already subscribed to, and the subscription request is a password, social security number, address, Further includes at least one of the mail addresses; An extraction unit configured to extract description information corresponding to the request for providing the information from description information about at least one spoke site or service previously stored; A search unit for searching for the first user ID stored corresponding to the spoke site or the service when a connection request for the spoke site or the service corresponding to the subscription request is received from the user terminal; And The searched first user ID corresponds to the spoke site or the service so that the extracted description information is transmitted to the user terminal through a communication network, so that the user can be automatically logged in to the site or service where the user's access request is requested. Transmitter to send to the web server Web service system comprising a. The method of claim 13, The subscription request is Information about whether your personal information is disclosed Web service system further comprising. The method of claim 13, The service is Web services system that includes at least one of community, chat, e-mail, bulletin boards, archives, online games, entertainment information, messages, news, and stocks. The method of claim 13, The storage unit A user identification field for identifying a user; One or more domain fields configured in the user identification code lower layer to store spoke site or service information to which the user is subscribed; And A user ID or password field configured in a lower layer of each domain field and filled in by a user during a subscription process Web service system comprising a. The method of claim 13, If a new website is added as a spoke site, Further comprising a user change unit for adding user information for the new web site in the lower field of the storage area corresponding to the user of the storage unit, The receiving unit further performs a function of receiving storage confirmation information of the user information from the new web site. Web service system, characterized in that. In order to perform a web service method for automatically managing a plurality of IDs, a program of instructions that can be executed by a digital processing apparatus is tangibly implemented, and in a recording medium that can be read by a digital processing apparatus, The web service method, Pre-store description information of at least one spoke site or service in a memory system; Receiving a request for providing information on an arbitrary site or service from a user terminal through a communication network; Extracting description information corresponding to the request for providing the information from description information about at least one spoke site or service previously stored; Transmitting the extracted description information to the user terminal through a communication network; Receiving a subscription request from the user terminal via a communication network, the subscription request including a spoke site or service corresponding to the description information, wherein the first user ID is another spoke already subscribed to by the user; Different from a second user ID selected for use of the site or other service, wherein the subscription request further includes at least one of a password, social security number, address, and mail address; Storing the subscription request in the memory system; Retrieving the first user ID stored corresponding to the spoke site or the service when the connection request for the spoke site or the service corresponding to the subscription request is received from the user terminal; And Transmitting the retrieved first user ID to the spoke site or the web server corresponding to the service so that the user can be automatically logged in to the site or service that the user has requested to access. Recording medium that records a program that can run.