KR101328092B1 - Method for processing auto complete of domain address - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for providing an autocomplete service when a domain address is input into a web browser address bar.
According to the present invention, a method for providing an autocomplete service when a domain address is input into a web browser address bar of a user terminal, the method comprising: detecting a character string input in a web browser address bar; (b) determining a language of the detected character string; (c) extracting language information set in an OS system on which the web browser is mounted; (d) comparing the determined language with the extracted language to determine whether they are the same; And (e) if it is the same, providing the domain address information of the corresponding language as an autocomplete string in the web browser address bar.

Description

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The present invention relates to an autocomplete service in a user terminal equipped with a web browser, and more particularly to a method for providing an autocomplete service when a domain address is input into a web browser address bar.

With the recent rapid development of electronic engineering and communication engineering, user terminals (PC, smart phones, mobile phones, laptops, etc.) in which communication is applied also have various functions. That is, with the rapid development of wired / wireless communication and data processing technology, people can use not only voice calls but also Internet access, video communication, and video message transmission using a communication terminal. In addition, due to the rapid dissemination of communication terminals, communication terminals are becoming an essential communication means in modern life, such as a considerable amount of communication occurring in human relationships through communication terminals.

On the other hand, the Internet is an open network configured to freely connect to a counterpart computer that wants to connect anywhere in the world using a common protocol called TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / internet Protocol). In addition, the Internet is used not only for transmitting basic text information but also for delivering multimedia information with the development of compression technology. As the use of the Internet is rapidly increasing in Korea and around the world, the importance of the Internet is rapidly increasing as a strategic tool for efficiency and productivity reconsideration in all parts of the existing business. In addition, new business opportunities are continuously created through the Internet, and the scope of the business is expanding. As a result, operators using the Internet are gradually increasing. As part of the business through the Internet, sites that provide various contents such as internet advertisements, internet broadcasting, internet newspapers / magazines, search services, portal services, e-commerce, and online games are rapidly increasing.

As a result of the rapid increase in the number of companies using the Internet, it is becoming more important for companies to promote their websites and homepages. Among these, the importance of access addresses that can access web sites and homepages, that is, IP addresses and domain addresses, has become more important in recent years, since access addresses are part of the primary promotional means.

Among the access addresses, IP addresses are composed of numbers, which are difficult for general users to remember or intuitively recognize, whereas domain addresses are composed of strings, which are easily recognized and remembered by users.

Common domain addresses are in English. Recently, due to the depletion of domain addresses and the development of unique domain addressing schemes in each country, there is an ongoing service to use domain addresses in each language. In other words, in the case of Korea, a service for establishing a Korean domain address system and inputting a domain address in Korean to a web browser is being used.

In such a domain address system using a language of each country, domain addresses are input in each language, and each domain area (top-level domain, subdomain, host domain, etc.) is input in each language. In other words, for example, in Korean, a host domain name in Korean is input followed by ".Korea" in the top-level domain area.

However, such a domain address system in each language has a disadvantage in that it is inconvenient for existing users to use and the top-level domain of each country must be input in each language.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and when using a domain address system in each language in the browser mounted on the user terminal, to provide an autocomplete processing method for the input of the national domain in the language of each country The purpose is.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be described below and will be appreciated by the embodiments of the invention. Further, objects and advantages of the present invention can be realized by the means and the combination shown in the appended claims.

In order to achieve the above object, the domain address autocompletion processing method according to the present invention is a method for providing an autocompletion service when a domain address is input into a web browser address window of a user terminal, the method being input into a web browser address window. Detecting a string; (b) determining a language of the detected character string; (c) extracting language information set in an OS system on which the web browser is mounted; (d) comparing the determined language with the extracted language to determine whether they are the same; And (e) if the same, as the result of the determination, providing domain address information of the corresponding language as an autocomplete string in the web browser address bar.

Before the step (a), further comprising the step of installing an application program for performing the steps (a) to (e) in the user terminal; or before the step (a), (1) It is preferable to further include a step of installing the agent program to perform the steps (a) to (e) in the web browser.

After the step (d), if it is not the same as the determination result, it is preferable not to provide the autocomplete string.

In the step (e), the domain address information of the language is preferably information representing a country name of the language as a string of the language.

The autocomplete string provided in the web browser address bar is preferably provided as a top level domain area among domain address areas or as a national domain area among domain address areas.

The autocomplete string provided in the web browser address bar is preferably provided in the following format.

. [Your country name in your language]

(The braces in the above format are omitted when applying the country name string in that language.)

According to another aspect of the invention, the recording medium is recorded on the user terminal is a recording medium recording a program for processing to provide an autocomplete service when entering a domain address in the web browser address window, the procedure for detecting a character string entered in the web browser address window, A process of determining a language of the detected character string, a process of extracting language information set in an operating system system in which the web browser is mounted, and a process of determining whether or not the same language is compared by comparing the determined language with the extracted language As a result, a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a procedure of providing domain address information of a corresponding language as an autocomplete string in the web browser address window is provided.

According to the present invention, an improved structure for identifying a language of a character string input when using a web browser, identifying whether the language is the same as a language set in an OS on which the browser is installed, and, if identical, assists to complete a domain address of the corresponding language. By providing an autocomplete function in the domain address method according to the language used by the user, it provides the user with ease of use to unfamiliar users and induces smooth service use.

In addition, rather than providing an autocomplete function by connecting to a separate server through a communication network, after installing a program on a browser or an OS in a user terminal, the user terminal itself can provide an autocomplete function, so the implementation is easy. And the effect of enabling a quick process.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate preferred embodiments of the invention and, together with the description of the invention below, And should not be construed as limiting.
1 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of performing a domain address autocompletion processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart illustrating a detailed procedure of processing a domain address autocompletion processing method for each node according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating the main functional configuration of a program that implements a domain address autocompletion processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an autocomplete providing form displayed on a browser of a user terminal according to a domain address autocomplete processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram illustrating another example of an autocomplete providing form displayed on a browser of a user terminal according to a domain address autocomplete processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Prior to this, terms and words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as limited to ordinary or dictionary terms, and the inventor should appropriately interpret the concepts of the terms appropriately It should be interpreted in accordance with the meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention based on the principle that it can be defined. Therefore, the embodiments described in this specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are merely the most preferred embodiments of the present invention and do not represent all the technical ideas of the present invention. Therefore, It is to be understood that equivalents and modifications are possible.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of performing a domain address autocompletion processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, in the method for automatically completing a domain address according to the present invention, a user first inputs a string of a domain address to access a web browser address window of a user terminal, and proceeds to detect the input string. (S10)

Next, when a string input in the address input window of the web browser is detected, a language determination procedure for the detected string is performed. In this case, the detected character string is analyzed to determine which language or which language is used (S20). That is, for example, when an input of a character string in Korean is detected, the character string is determined to be Korean and is katakana. Alternatively, when hiragana is input, it is discriminated in Japanese.

When the language is determined, a procedure of extracting language information currently set in an operating system (OS) installed in the user terminal is performed. That is, a procedure for identifying a language that is currently set and used in the OS of the user terminal is performed. (S30) In the case of the Korean language OS (use language is set to Korean), Korean will be extracted as the set language information, and in case of the Japanese OS. Japanese will be extracted as the setting language information (the language used is set to Japanese).

When the language of the input character string is determined and language information set in the user terminal is extracted, a procedure of comparing the determined language with the extracted language is performed. That is, a procedure is performed to determine whether the language of the character string input in the browser address bar and the language set in the OS of the user terminal are the same language. (S40) For example, the input character string is Korean and the language set in the terminal is determined. In the case of Korean, the same language is judged.

If it is determined that the language of the input character string and the language set in the terminal are the same, a procedure of proceeding domain address autocompletion processing of the corresponding language is performed. That is, a process of providing an autocompletion service for generating a country domain autocompletion string in a corresponding language and allowing a user to input the selection into a browser is performed (S50). The generated autocompletion string is a browser address bar. Among the domain addresses entered in, the top-level domain or country domain region entered at the end, which is the country name of the corresponding language in a string of the corresponding language. For example, if the language is Korean or Korean, an autocomplete string of ".Korea" is generated. In addition, the generated autocomplete string is provided to be entered at the end of the address string.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S40 that the language is not the same language, the automatic completion process which is the process of step S50 is not performed. That is, the domain address autocompletion process is limited. (S55) For example, when the string input in the address bar is English and the language set in the terminal is Korean, the two languages are not the same, and thus the autocompletion string is provided. Does not perform any processing.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a detailed procedure of processing a domain address autocompletion processing method for each node according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, a node in which a domain address autocompletion processing method according to the present invention is performed may be divided into a user side receiving a domain address and receiving an autocomplete service and a user terminal side used by the user. Among these, the user terminal includes a browser that receives an address directly from a user in a browser window and performs a browsing process, an operating system system (OS) that handles the overall operation of the user terminal, and an agent / application program that performs autocompletion processing. Are separated into detailed nodes.

First, a procedure for installing an agent or an application program for performing autocompletion processing is performed on a user terminal in order to receive an autocompletion process when the user uses the user terminal. (1) At this time, a web page or a web providing the program is provided. It can be downloaded from the site and installed, or it can be connected to a user terminal directly from the outside to install the program. In addition, the program for performing the autocomplete process may be installed and mounted in the browser, or may be installed and mounted in the operating system system. When installed in a browser, it is referred to as an agent program. When installed in an operating system, it may be referred to as an application program.

After the auto-complete program is installed, a procedure is performed in which the user inputs a character string in the address bar of the browser in order to access a desired web page or website while using the browser of the user terminal. You will enter the URL address or domain address you want to use, and any language string can be entered, including numbers.

When a string is entered in the browser address bar, an autocompletion agent / application program proceeds to detect the input string. (3) The program always monitors the browser address bar and immediately enters the string. Detect strings. For example, a hooking technique or a hooking API may be used as a method of detecting a character string input to the address bar.

The agent / application program detects a character string input in the browser address bar and performs a procedure of requesting and providing user language information set as a user language from an operating system. (4) That is, a language set as a user language of the current operating system. In order to check what is, the user language information currently set to the operating system is provided.

The agent / application program checks whether the detected character string and the currently set language provided by the OS are the same language, and proceeds to generate an autocomplete string if the language is the same. The string is the country name of the language in the same language identified after the dot delimiter. That is, for example, an autocomplete string generated when it is confirmed in Korean becomes ".Korea". On the other hand, if it is not confirmed in the same language, subsequent autocompletion processing is not performed anymore. Agents / applications should not proceed with the autocomplete process other than monitoring the browser address bar. For example, if the string entered in the address bar is English, while the language set in the OS is Korean, the autocompletion process is stopped and the procedure is finished.

After the agent / application program generates the autocomplete string, the procedure for providing the autocomplete string generated by the browser is performed. (6) The browser performs the autocomplete processing of the domain address of the browser through the provided autocomplete string. Done.

The browser proceeds with the process of providing the user with the autocomplete string provided from the program so that the user can check the autocomplete string. 7 Show the complete string to the user. That is, it displays the string entered by the user and the provided autocomplete string. It displays the string entered by the user followed by the autocomplete string. In other words, the autocomplete string is indicated to be located at the top of the domain address or the country.

For example, if the string entered by the user is "Hangul day", the autocomplete string is applied and the overall domain autocomplete address displayed to the user is "Hangul day.Korea". Here, the autocomplete string may be provided in the address bar of the browser, or may be provided in a separate window of the pull-down method in the area below the address bar. Of course, it may be provided at any position on the screen or may be provided in a pop-up form, and further examples will be omitted.

After checking the displayed autocomplete string, the user selects the displayed autocomplete string and enters the final domain address in the browser address bar. (8) In this case, the user inputs a desired string in addition to the displayed autocomplete string. You can also enter more.

Through this process, when a user inputs a domain address in a browser address bar using a string having the same language as that set in the user terminal used by the user, the top-level domain or country domain region is automatically completed and displayed. By selecting it, you can easily finish entering the address.

3 is a diagram illustrating the main functional configuration of a program that implements a domain address autocompletion processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the main functional configuration of the program 100 in which the present invention is implemented may include a string detection module 110, a language determination module 120, an OS language confirmation module 130, a comparison determination module 140, It consists of an autocomplete processing module 150 and the like.

First, the program 100 in which the present invention is implemented is mounted in a user terminal. The user terminal to be mounted should be a terminal that can be provided with a browser by installing a browser. Examples of the user terminal may include a PC, a notebook computer, a smartphone, a tablet PC, a mobile terminal equipped with a browser, and the like. In addition, the program 100 may be installed and mounted on the OS of the user terminal, or may be installed and mounted on a browser. When installed on the OS, it is called an application, and when installed on a browser, it is called an agent or a plug-in.

The string detection module 110 detects a string input in an address bar of a browser provided in a user terminal. That is, the string detection module 110 monitors whether the user inputs a string in the browser address window, and when the string is input, detects the input string and transfers the detected string to a language determination module to be described later.

The language determination module 120 determines the language of the string detected through the string detection module 110. For example, when Korean is detected, Korean is determined, and when Japanese is input, Japanese is determined.

The OS language checking module 130 refers to the information set in the operating system of the user terminal, and checks the currently set language information. That is, by requesting the language information set in the OS, it is possible to check the language currently used through the OS setting language information provided. For example, in the case of the Hangul OS, since the set language information will be in Korean, it can be confirmed that the Korean language is set when the OS setting language is checked.

The comparison determination module 140 compares two languages determined and confirmed by the language determination module 120 and the OS language confirmation module 130, and determines whether they are the same language. That is, it is determined whether the language of the string input in the browser address bar and the language set in the user terminal are the same language or different languages. For example, if the language of the detected string in the browser address bar is Korean and the language set in the OS is Korean, the same language is determined. If the language of the detected string is English, the language set in the OS is Korean. To judge.

The autocompletion processing module 150 has a role of performing an autocompletion process when it is determined in the same language by the comparison determination module 140. The autocompletion processing module 150 first generates a country name of a language determined as the same language through the comparison determination module 140 as a character string of the corresponding language, and inserts a dot (.) Delimiter before the autocompletion processing. To generate an autocomplete string. Next, the generated autocomplete string is displayed and provided in combination with the string entered by the user in the browser address bar, thereby inducing the user to check and input the selected text. The autocomplete processing module 150 does not proceed with an operation (processing procedure) when the languages compared by the comparison determination module 140 do not match.

In addition, the format of the autocomplete string generated by the autocomplete processing module 150 may be as follows.

-"[String entered by the user]. [Your country name in your language]"

Here, braces are omitted when the string in braces is applied. In other words, the string entered by the user, which is the front brace, is placed first, followed by the dot (.) Delimiter, and the corresponding country name in the corresponding language, which is the rear brace, is located last. For example, if the string entered by the user is "Hangul day", the entire autocomplete string provided to the user and displayed is "Hangul day.Korea".

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an autocomplete providing form displayed on a browser of a user terminal according to a domain address autocomplete processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, an example of an autocomplete service provided to a user according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. First, the example screen shown in FIG. 4 assumes a state where a user inputs a Korean character string in an OS set to Korean.

First, as shown in the figure, the user inputs a string 20 of "Hangul" in the address input window 10 of the browser. After the user completes inputting the character string 20, the user clicks the enter key or the navigation button 30 of the browser menu corresponding to the enter key. That is, the user requests a page by inputting only the string of the host domain region and the enter key without completing the string of the top-level domain region or the national domain region in the address input window 10.

When the user presses the enter key or the move button 30 to request a page, the agent or the application program recognizes the input string 20 and determines that the same language is compared with language information set in the OS of the corresponding terminal. Accordingly, the string is completed in the top-level domain area in Korean, the language of the input string 20. That is, as shown in the figure, the string 40 of "Hangul. Korea" is automatically completed to complete the address input, and the process of requesting the final page with the string 40 proceeds.

5 is a diagram illustrating another example of an autocomplete providing form displayed on a browser of a user terminal according to a domain address autocomplete processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, another example of an autocomplete service provided to a user according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. In addition, the example screen shown in FIG. 5 assumes a state where a user inputs a Korean character string in an OS set to Korean.

Referring to the figure, the user inputs a string "B" in the address input window (A) of the browser. A separate autocomplete output window C is generated below the address input window A together with the input of the string B. In the separate autocomplete output window (C) is output the autocomplete string (D) generated in accordance with the present invention, in addition to the string (B) input by the user in the top-level domain or country domain area of the country name in Korean The string Korea is printed with a dot separator. That is, as shown in the drawing, the user inputs the string "Hangul" and the autocomplete string (D) ".Korea" is combined in the separate autocomplete output window (C) under the "Hangul." Korea ".

In addition to the drawing, several additional domain address autocomplete strings are displayed in the autocomplete output window (C), which indicates the user-addable strings in the string (B) currently entered by the user. It is a function to reduce the hassle when inputting a user's address by displaying it with a string of ".Korea" as expected. The function of displaying the expected string as an additional autocomplete string may be additionally applied to the present invention.

In addition, in the drawings, an example of providing an autocomplete string by providing an autocomplete output window (C) in an area below the address window (A), but the present invention is not limited to this, and various means such as a separate area or a pop-up window Of course, you can provide an autocomplete string to the user so that the user can enter it.

The methods of the present invention as described above may be implemented in a program and stored in a recording medium (CD-ROM, RAM, ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, magneto-optical disk, etc.) in a computer-readable form.

While the specification contains many features, such features should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention or the scope of the claims. In addition, the features described in the individual embodiments herein may be combined and implemented in a single embodiment. Conversely, various features described herein in a single embodiment may be implemented in various embodiments individually or in a suitable subcombination.

It is to be understood that, although the operations have been described in a particular order in the figures, it should be understood that such operations are performed in a particular order as shown, or that a series of sequential orders, or all described operations, . In some circumstances, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous. It should also be understood that the division of various system components in the above embodiments does not require such distinction in all embodiments. The above-described program components and systems can generally be implemented as a single software product or as a package in multiple software products.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. The present invention is not limited to the drawings.

110: string detection module 120: language determination module
130: OS language check module 140: comparison judgment module
150: autocomplete processing module

Claims (9)

A method of providing an autocomplete service when a domain address is input into a web browser address bar of a user terminal.
(a) detecting a character string input in a web browser address bar;
(b) determining a language of the detected character string;
(c) extracting language information set in an OS system on which the web browser is mounted;
(d) comparing the determined language with the extracted language to determine whether they are the same; And
(e) if it is the same, providing the domain address information of the corresponding language in the web browser address bar as an autocomplete string if it is the same;
In the step (e), the domain address information of the language, domain address autocomplete processing method characterized in that the information representing the country name of the language as a string of the language. The method of claim 1,
Before the step (a)
And installing the application program performing the steps (a) to (e) on the user terminal. The method of claim 1,
Before the step (a)
(1) installing the agent program performing the steps (a) to (e) in the web browser; domain address autocompletion processing method further comprising. The method of claim 1,
After the step (d)
(f) The domain address autocompletion processing method characterized in that the automatic completion string is not provided if it is not the same as a result of the determination. delete 5. The method of claim 4,
The autocomplete string provided in the web browser address bar,
A method of processing domain address autocompletion, characterized in that it is provided as a top level domain area among domain address areas. 5. The method of claim 4,
The autocomplete string provided in the web browser address bar,
The domain address autocomplete processing method characterized in that it is provided to the country domain area of the domain address area. The method of claim 7, wherein
The autocomplete string provided in the web browser address bar,
Domain address autocomplete processing method characterized in that provided in the following format.
. [Your country name in your language]
(The braces in the above format are omitted when applying the country name string in that language.) delete

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