KR100660289B1 - System and method for providing access data capacity information of internet site - Google Patents

Abstract

A system and a method for offering access data capacity information of an Internet site are provided to make a user to determine connection to an Internet service providing site in a packet-based Internet meter-rate system by checking the access data capacity information of the requested Internet service providing site through a user screen. Each Internet service providing server(12) selectively provides each Internet service to each client(14) through the Internet. A database(16) stores the access data capacity information of each Internet service providing server. A portal server(18) searches the access data capacity information of a specific Internet service providing server from the database and provides the search information to the client if the client requests the connection for the specific Internet service providing server. The portal server includes a modem, an access data capacity measurer measuring access data capacity of the Internet service providing server, and a controller connected to the Internet through the modem and requesting the access data capacity measurer to measure the access data capacity.

Description

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ACCESS DATA CAPACITY INFORMATION IN AN INTERNET SITE {SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ACCESS DATA CAPACITY INFORMATION OF INTERNET SITE}

1 is a network diagram showing an embodiment of an access data capacity information providing system of an Internet site according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of the portal server shown in FIG. 1;

3 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a method for providing access data capacity information of an Internet site according to the present invention step by step;

4 is a flowchart illustrating another embodiment of a method for providing access data capacity information of an Internet site according to the present invention step by step;

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment in which a portal server confirms, to a user, access data capacity information of a specific Internet site through a screen in a system and method for providing access data capacity information of an Internet site according to the present invention; FIG.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10: Internet 12: Internet service providing server

14: Client 16: Database

18: portal server 20: matching unit

22: control unit

24: access data capacity measuring unit 26: key input unit

28: display unit

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing access data capacity information of an internet site, and more particularly, to access data of a specific internet service providing site requested by a user in a packet-based internet pay-as-you-go service. The present invention relates to a system and method for allowing a user to check a capacity information on a screen and then determine whether to access a specific Internet service providing site.

Internet pay-as-you-go is a system that charges high-speed internet access fees based on usage time and data transfer volume.

Therefore, when the internet pay-as-you-go system is implemented in the future, it is necessary to confirm the access data capacity information of the specific internet service providing site to be accessed by the user so that the user can carefully select the use of the specific internet service providing site.

In this regard, Korean Patent Application No. 2002-0053483 discloses an Internet comprising a client based on a RADIUS protocol for providing an Internet access service to a subscriber terminal and a server performing authentication and accounting procedures for the subscriber at the request of the client. A billing method in an access service system, comprising: a first step of requesting, by a client, authentication of the subscriber to the server when the subscriber station requests access; A second step of transmitting, by the client, an accounting start request packet to the server, when the server transmits an authentication success message to the client; A third step of transmitting, by the client, an accounting end request packet to the server when the end-of-use state of the subscriber station is detected; And a fourth step of generating user-based pay-as-you-go data using the accounting start request packet and the accounting end request packet.

However, in this method, a fee is charged based on a pay-per-use in an Internet access service system comprising a client providing an Internet access service to a subscriber terminal and a server performing authentication and accounting procedures for the subscriber at the request of the client. In addition, the user does not confirm the access data capacity information of the specific Internet service providing site that the subscriber wants to access.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and provides a user with access data capacity information of a specific Internet service providing site requested by a user in a packet-based internet pay-as-you-go service on a screen. It is an object of the present invention to provide a system and method for providing access data capacity information of an Internet site for determining the final access of a specific Internet service providing site requested by the user after viewing and confirming access data capacity information on a screen.

In order to achieve this purpose,

According to one embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of Internet service providing servers for selectively providing respective Internet services to a plurality of clients over the Internet, and a database for managing respective access data capacity information of the plurality of Internet service providing servers And a portal server for retrieving access data capacity information of the specific Internet service providing server from the database and providing the retrieved access data capacity information to the specific client when a specific client requests access to a specific Internet service providing server. Is provided.

The portal server includes a matching unit that matches the Internet, an access data capacity measuring unit that measures an access data capacity of a specific Internet service providing server, and is connected to the Internet through the matching unit, and specified to the access data capacity measuring unit. It may be configured to include a control unit for requesting to measure the access data capacity of the service providing server.

Preferably, the portal server provides the searched access data capacity information to the specific client to connect the specific client to the specific Internet service providing server when the specific client wants to use the searched access data capacity. It is good.

When the access data capacity information of the specific Internet service providing server is not retrieved from the database, the portal server may access the specific Internet service providing server and measure the access data capacity of the specific Internet service providing server.

The portal server may inform the specific client that the access data capacity of the specific Internet service providing server is unknown when the access data capacity information of the specific Internet service providing server is not retrieved from the database.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a method for providing access data capacity information of a specific Internet site in a portal server connected to the Internet, wherein when a specific client connected to the Internet requests access to a specific Internet site, the specific Internet A first step of retrieving access data capacity information of a site, a second step of providing the retrieved access data capacity information to the specific client so as to make a final selection whether the specific client will access the specific internet site; And a third step of connecting the particular client to the particular internet site when the particular client selects a connection to the particular internet site.

Preferably, in the second step, when the access data capacity information of the specific internet site is not retrieved in the first step, the second internet site is directly connected to the specific internet site to measure the access data capacity of the specific internet site, and the measurement It is preferable to provide the specified access data capacity to the specific client so that the specific client finally selects whether to access the specific internet site.

In the second step, if the access data capacity information of the specific Internet site is not retrieved and the access data capacity of the specific Internet site cannot be measured in the first step, the specific client may access the capacity of the access data of the specific Internet site. It is desirable to inform that there is no information and to make a final choice whether or not the particular client will access the particular internet site.

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

1 is a network diagram illustrating an embodiment of a system for providing access data capacity information of an Internet site according to the present invention, in which a plurality of Internet service providing servers 12, a plurality of clients 14, and a portal server 18 are provided. Each is connected to the Internet 10. The database 16 is accessed and updated by the portal server 18.

In the figure, the specific Internet service providing server 12 provides a specific Internet service to the specific client 14 in accordance with a service request from the specific client 14. At this time, the portal server 18 serves as a gateway for the specific client 14 to access the specific Internet service providing server 12. The client 14 is a multimedia computer (Personal Computer) that is equipped with audio equipment and video equipment and can be connected to the Internet. The client 14 is a computer that can use the services provided by each Internet site by connecting to the Internet 10.

The operation of the portal server 18 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5 as follows.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of the portal server 18 shown in FIG. 1, and includes a matching unit 20, a controller 22, an access data capacity measuring unit 24, a key input unit 26, and a display unit. It consists of 28.

The control unit 22 in the portal server 18 connects through the Internet 20 and the matching unit 20. The control unit 22 retrieves the access data capacity information of the specific Internet service providing server 12 from the database 16 when the specific client 14 requests a connection to the specific Internet service providing server 12, and retrieves the retrieved access data capacity information. Is provided to the specific client 14 to be displayed on the screen of the specific client 14 in the format shown in FIG. That is, by displaying the address of the site provided by the specific Internet service providing server 12, the quantitative information and the metering information of the data corresponding to the client's access, the check items for each service, the choice of whether to access the site requested by the user, etc. Allows the user to finally select or cancel the current Internet site.

On the other hand, if the access data capacity information of the specific Internet service providing server 12 is not retrieved from the database 16, the control unit 22 directly accesses the specific Internet service providing server 12 and access data capacity measuring unit 24. A predetermined program is executed to measure the access data capacity of the specific Internet service providing server 12. The controller 22 then updates the measured access data capacity information to the database 16.

In addition, the controller 22 knows the access data capacity of the specific Internet service providing server 12 to the specific client 14 when the access data capacity information of the specific Internet service providing server 12 is not retrieved from the database 16. You can also say you can't. Even in this case, the controller 22 connects the specific client 14 to the specific Internet service providing server 12 when the specific client 14 wants to access the specific Internet service providing server 12.

In addition, the operator of the portal server 18 operates the portal server 18 by providing a desired command to the control unit 22 through the key input unit 26.

The display unit 28 receives a display signal corresponding to each state performed by the portal server 18 from the control unit 22 and displays the respective states on display means such as a CRT monitor or an LCD monitor to display the portal server 18. Allows an operator to view each state of the portal server 18.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a method of providing access data capacity information of an Internet site according to the present invention step by step.

First, the client 14 connects to the portal site provided by the portal server 18 via the Internet 10 by a key input from a user by a keyboard or a mouse (step S10). For example, when the web browser is executed, the initial screen may be set to a portal site provided by the portal server 18. Further, even if the current screen state is not a screen corresponding to the portal site provided by the portal server 18, there is no problem in implementing the data capacity information providing method according to the present invention.

The user of the client 14 requests a connection to a specific Internet service providing site while accessing a portal site or another site (step S12). For example, you can type http://www.paran.com in the address bar of your web browser and select Go or select a specific Internet service provider from your favorites.

The portal server 18 searches the database 16 to determine whether the user has access data capacity information corresponding to the requested Internet service providing site (step S14). At this time, the portal server 18 performs a function of upgrading the database 16. For example, the portal server 18 stores the access data capacity information collected from the plurality of Internet service providing sites in the database 16 in real time. Each of the access data capacity information is periodically provided to the portal server 18 at a plurality of Internet service providing sites, or is provided at the request of the portal server 18.

If the portal server 18 has the access data capacity information corresponding to the Internet service providing site requested by the user as a result of the determination in step S14, the portal server 18 sends the client (access data capacity information corresponding to the Internet service providing site requested by the user to the client ( Present through the screen provided in 14 (step S16). The screen configuration includes each item as shown in FIG. 5 described above.

The portal server 18 determines whether or not the user confirms usage against the presented access data capacity information (step S18). That is, the user may click on the example item of FIG. 5 when the user wants to confirm the use of the presented access data capacity information. On the other hand, if the user does not want to use the presented access data capacity information, the item No in FIG. 5 may be clicked.

The portal server 18 allows access to the Internet service providing site requested by the user when the user confirms the use for the presented access data capacity information (step S20). Accordingly, the service guide screen of the corresponding Internet site is displayed on the screen of the user, and the user is provided with the Internet service in a predetermined manner corresponding to the corresponding Internet site.

If the portal server 18 does not have access data capacity information corresponding to the Internet service providing site requested by the user as a result of the determination in step S14, the portal server 18 accesses the Internet service providing site requested by the user and access data corresponding to the service providing site. The dose is measured (step S22). The portal server 18 presents the measured access data capacity information to the user through the screen provided in the client 14 and moves to step S18 (step S24).

4 is a flowchart illustrating another embodiment of a method for providing access data capacity information of an Internet site according to the present invention step by step.

First, the client 14 accesses the portal site provided by the portal server 18 through the Internet 10 by key input from the user, and the user of the client 14 connects to the portal site or another site. In a state (S30, S32) of requesting access to a specific Internet service providing site is the same as the above-described step (S10, S12) of FIG.

Next, when the portal server 18 searches the database 16 and finds no access data capacity information corresponding to the requested Internet service providing site, the portal server 18 notifies the user of this fact through the screen of the client 14 ( Step S34). At this time, the voice device provided in the client 14 may output a warning sound such as a 'beep' sound.

Even in such a situation, the portal server 18 allows the user to access the requested Internet service providing site when the user wants to access the requested Internet service providing site (steps S36 and S38).

The technical spirit of the present invention has been described above with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, it is obvious that any person skilled in the art can make various modifications and imitations without departing from the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

As described above, the present invention provides a user with access data capacity information of a specific Internet service providing site requested by a user in a packet-based internet pay-as-you-go service on a screen, and the user reports the access data capacity information on the screen. After confirming, determine whether or not the specific internet service providing site requested by the user is finally accessed. Therefore, the user can carefully select the use of a specific Internet service providing site.

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A plurality of Internet service providing servers that selectively provide each Internet service to a plurality of clients over the Internet, A database for managing each access data capacity information of the plurality of Internet service providing servers; An Internet site including a portal server for retrieving access data capacity information of the specific Internet service providing server from the database and providing the retrieved access data capacity information to the specific client when a specific client requests access to a specific Internet service providing server; Access data capacity information providing system. The method of claim 1, The portal server includes a matching unit for matching with the Internet, An access data capacity measuring unit for measuring access data capacity of a specific Internet service providing server; And a control unit connected to the Internet through the matching unit and requesting the access data capacity measuring unit to measure an access data capacity of a specific Internet service providing server. The method of claim 1, The portal server provides the searched access data capacity information to the specific client and connects the specific client to the specific internet service providing server when the specific client wants to use the searched access data capacity. Access data capacity information providing system of the site. The method of claim 1, The portal server accesses the specific Internet service providing server when the access data capacity information of the specific Internet service providing server is not retrieved from the database, and measures the access data capacity of the specific Internet service providing server. Access data capacity information providing system of the site. The method of claim 1, The portal server notifies the specific client that the access data capacity of the specific Internet service providing server is unknown if the access data capacity information of the specific Internet service providing server is not retrieved from the database. Access data capacity information providing system. A method for providing access data capacity information of a specific Internet site in a portal server connected to the Internet, A first step of retrieving access data capacity information of the specific Internet site when a specific client connected to the Internet requests access to a specific Internet site; Providing the retrieved access data capacity information to the specific client so that the specific client finally selects whether to access the specific internet site; And a third step of connecting the specific client to the specific internet site when the specific client selects the connection of the specific internet site. The method of claim 6, In the second step, if the access data capacity information of the specific Internet site is not retrieved in the first step, access the specific Internet site directly to measure the access data capacity of the specific Internet site, and measure the measured access data. And providing capacity to the specific client so that the specific client finally selects whether or not to access the specific internet site. The method of claim 6, In the second step, if the access data capacity information of the specific Internet site is not retrieved and the access data capacity of the specific Internet site cannot be measured in the first step, the specific client may access the capacity of the access data of the specific Internet site. And providing a final selection of whether or not the specific client accesses the specific Internet site.

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