KR20010038277A - A method of internetworking communication by Internet key server - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A communication method through an Internet key server is provided to simply and rapidly carry out Internet access by offering an Internet key server managing a hot key provided for Internet access with a variety of previously appointed sites. CONSTITUTION: A user computer is provided with a multimedia keyboard(10), in which a plurality of hot keys(11) connected with previously appointed Internet sites(S1-SN) in an one-to-one ratio. If the user pushes a specific hot key(11), a corresponding key value and user information are transferred to an Internet key server(20) that provides management and service for the hot keys(11). The Internet key server(20) generates and stores data for a data warehouse and, at the same time, searches a user database(21) to extract the configuration data of the corresponding hot key(11). Then the Internet key server(20) detects the pushed hot key out of the multiple hot keys and executes special functions, such as connection with the corresponding site, on-line information requests, menu configuration, etc.

Description

A method of internetworking communication by Internet key server}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication method through an Internet key server, and in particular, a key server is responsible for managing a hotkey and a web site designated to the hotkey in a multimedia keyboard, with a single key operation. The present invention relates to a communication method through an Internet key server capable of providing a user with desired sites and information.

In recent years, computers are being developed to be easily used by workers, and therefore, education, entertainment, and business using computers are gradually spreading. As such, as the use of computers expands, multimedia functions, in which various peripheral devices are connected to one system to provide various programs in order to satisfy more diverse user needs, have become important tasks in the computer industry.

For example, a computer with a multimedia function is provided with a special key that can perform a special function such as driving a TV, netscape, CD-ROM, or power on / off in a system. A multimedia keyboard is included.

Looking at the implementation method for the multimedia keyboard according to the prior art as follows.

First, the implementation of the multimedia keyboard has a special key provided on the keyboard as much as a special function that the user wants to perform, and according to circumstances, a method for performing a specific function using the special key and a special key for performing a special function are separately provided. However, there is a way to perform the special function by properly combining the special key and the general key.

In addition, the implementation of the multimedia keyboard is provided with a specific function key in addition to the general key, and when the specific function key is pressed once, the general key can be used as a special key for changing a key code value to perform a special function. When the specific function key is pressed again, the key code value of the special key is changed back to the key code value of the general key so that a general input function can be performed.

When performing an internet (internetworking) connection using such a multimedia keyboard, a database management system that allows various types of data to be used as a decision-making means in a user's desired form regardless of a place in an open system (Database Management System) We need to build a data warehouse that is a DBMS-based solution.

However, in the conventional case, only the analysis of the company's customers by using the web log for analyzing the homepage visitor of the corresponding company or the purchase analysis of the customer of the e-commerce site is used for the data warehouse construction method. It was possible, and knowing who entered the company's website, they had no idea how often other customers visited it.

In general, users' web usage analysis can be found through web logs of who enters their homepage, but there is a problem in that the analysis is limited because only the website is analyzed. The problem is that it remains at the idea level of web usage analysis that combines the buyer's product with the buyer's information to find out what they are doing.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, the object of which is to move to the site immediately by simply manipulating a number of predetermined sites and hotkeys provided for Internet access to each site once; By providing an Internet key server that manages the hotkeys to provide a user with the desired service, not only can the user quickly and quickly access the Internet, but also provide the user with an inexpensive keyboard and convenience when accessing the Internet. To provide a communication method through the Internet key server (Internet Key server) that can increase the amount of information available to the company hosting the opportunity to secure a large number of users.

1 is a block diagram showing a communication structure using an Internet key server according to the present invention,

2 is a flowchart illustrating a communication method via an Internet key server according to the present invention;

3 is a diagram illustrating a structure of data for a data warehouse generated in a sixth step of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of generating data for a data warehouse in a sixth step of FIG. 2 in more detail.

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10: multimedia keyboard 11: communication hotkey

20: Internet Key Server 21: User Database

S: site

According to a first aspect of the Internet communication method according to the present invention for solving the above problems, a plurality of communication hot keys having a connection command to a designated site (Site) is provided on a keyboard, so that a specific hot key is provided by a user. A hotkey monitoring step of continuously monitoring whether it is pressed; A data transmission step of transmitting a key value and user information to a key server that provides management and service for the hotkey when a specific hotkey is pressed in the hotkey monitoring step; If the key value received in the data transmission step is valid, a communication step is performed to enable Internet communication by extracting and accessing a hotkey currently pressed from the key value and user information and a site designated to the hotkey.

According to the additional feature of the first feature, in the communication step, a site for distinguishing a designated site from an undesignated site and granting an access permission to a designated site to prevent access of an unspecified site when accessing the site. It includes a verification step.

According to a first aspect of the method of communication via an Internet key server according to the present invention, a plurality of communication hot keys having a connection command to a site designated on a keyboard are provided so that a specific hot key is pressed. A first connection step of performing a connection between the specific hotkey and the Internet key server so that a key value and user information for the specific hotkey are transmitted to an Internet key server providing management and service for a ground hotkey; When the corresponding key value and user information are transmitted in the first access step, the Internet key server updates the current use time at the previous use time of the Internet key server, and identifies the user and service provider, access time and type, and access site. A data generation step of generating and storing data for a data warehouse; According to the data warehouse data generated in the data generation step, the Internet key server includes a second connection step for supporting communication between the user who owns the hotkey and the site designated by the hotkey.

According to an additional feature of the second feature, the data generation step includes a user identification step of updating a user identification code (ID) and an IP address, and a domain name system used in the network. A service provider determination step of determining an Internet service provider (ISP) from a name system, a connection type setting step of setting the data field value to either a telephone connection or a dedicated line LAN according to the user's connection type, and the user And a time division step of managing an Internet access start time and an end time of the Internet connection, and a site division step of retrieving a corresponding site from the key value and updating a site field and a site classification field.

On the other hand, according to another additional feature of the second feature, the second access step includes an information extraction step of extracting the number of visits to the site, the time of visit, the customer information used.

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

First, FIG. 1 illustrates a communication structure using an Internet key server. Referring to the present invention, a plurality of communication hotkeys are connected to a user side computer one-to-one with predetermined first to N-th sites S1, S2, SN. A multimedia keyboard 10 provided with (11) is provided, and when a user presses the specific hotkey 11, the corresponding key value and user information in the Internet key server 20 which provides management and service for a plurality of hotkeys. Will be delivered.

Then, the Internet key server 20 generates and stores data for the data warehouse while counting the number of times the hotkey 11 is pressed, and simultaneously retrieves the user database 21 to extract configuration data of the corresponding hotkey 11. Accordingly, the hotkey 11 pressed out of the plurality of hotkeys 11 is searched to perform a predetermined special function such as connection to the corresponding site S, an online information request, and menu configuration.

Here, when moving to the site (S) according to the pressing operation of the hot key 11 to prevent the access of the non-designated site or to move randomly to the site, the site specified by the Internet key server 20 ( In order to move to S), a site verification program is pre-built on the user's computer.

At this time, the hot key 11 is to use a program to call a certain function without using a command or menu when a particular key is pressed to perform the function immediately, in the present invention, menus, shopping, securities, banks, news Keys are provided for internet access for searching, health, and health, but the number of keys can be increased or decreased according to the needs of the user.

On the other hand, in addition to the Internet access using the hotkey 11, the user can access other sites besides the site S designated by the hotkey 11 using the multimedia keyboard 10 or the mouse.

Next, a flowchart of a communication method through an Internet key server is shown in FIG. 2. Referring to this, when any one of a plurality of communication hotkeys 11 is input in a first step, a user side computer and an internet key server ( 20 to confirm that the internet connection is properly performed, and if the result of the check in the second step S2 is no, the third step is to try the internet connection again (see S1, S2, and S3). However, if the check result of the second step S2 is YES, the key value and the user information of the hot key 11 input to the Internet key server 20 in the fourth step are transmitted. )

Next, in the fifth step, it is determined whether the key value received in the fourth step S4 is valid. If the determination result of the fifth step S5 is no, the system is immediately terminated. (See S5)

However, when the determination result of the fifth step S5 is YES, in the sixth step, the data warehouse for identifying the user and the Internet service provider, the access time and type, and the access site in the Internet key server 20 is used. Generate data (see S6).

In the seventh step, the data warehouse data generated in the sixth step (S6) is stored in a user database (hereinafter referred to as a DB) 21 and the user information received in the fourth step (S4). Also, the configuration data of the hotkey 11 corresponding to the user information is retrieved (see S7).

According to the search result of the seventh step S7, in the eighth step, accurate information about the user who has entered the current hotkey 11 and the configuration data of the hotkey 11 used by the user is extracted (see S8). In the ninth step, the hot key 11 that is currently pressed from the hot key 11 configuration data of the eighth step S8 is distinguished by the key value received through the fourth step S4. Performs the function corresponding to the hotkey 11 (see S9 and S10).

In particular, in the tenth step S10, as shown in FIG. 1, if a key having a site S connection function such as shopping, securities, bank, news, and health is pressed, the corresponding website S is extracted. The website (S) and the user's computer are directly connected to the Internet, but if the key is pressed with an information request function such as a search, the collected information is displayed on the screen of the user's computer after performing the online (data collection) extraction. If a key having a menu configuration function such as a menu is pressed, a menu configuration screen is displayed and then a menu is configured through user input, and the configured menu is displayed in the user DB 21 of the Internet key server 20. Will be saved.

Meanwhile, in the sixth step S6, the data for the data warehouse by the Internet key server 20 stores user information using a multimedia keyboard having a hotkey 11 largely as shown in FIG. 3. The structure (D1) and the logical data structure (D2) needed to analyze the user's Internet usage characteristics are divided.

The user data structure (D1) is composed of a user name, age, occupation, address, gender, Internet mail address, mobile phone number, Internet service provider (hereinafter referred to as ISP). You can also add other information.

The logical data structure D2 is based on a user identification (ID), a user Internet protocol address (IP address), a connection type, a connection start, a connection termination, an access site classification, an access site, and an ISP. It can be structured and other information can be added.

The process of generating such data warehouse data will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 4 as follows.

In the first step, it is determined whether an attempt to access the Internet to the corresponding site S using the hotkey 11 is the first time (see S601). If the determination result of the first step S601 is 'No', In step 2, the total connection time of the previous website (S) is updated to calculate the access time (see S602).

However, when the determination result of the first step S601 is YES or when the second step S602 is completed, the third step generates a new data warehouse data record (see S603).

Thereafter, in the fourth step, the connection start, user ID, and user IP address are updated (see S604), and in the fifth step, the ISP is determined from the domain name system (DNS) server. (See S605)

Next, in the sixth step, it is checked whether the user has used the telephone connection when connecting to the Internet. (See S606) If the check result of the sixth step (S606) is YES, the connection type data in the seventh step. If the field value is dial-up, but the result of the check in the sixth step S606 is no, the connection type data field value is set to the dedicated line LAN in the eighth step (see S607 and S608).

In the ninth step, the corresponding website S is read from the user DB () from the user input key value. In the tenth step, the website field and the website classification field read in the ninth step S609 are updated. This completes the creation of the warehouse data (see S609 and S610).

In the tenth step (S610) to provide data on customer analysis to the company that manages the site (S), customer information such as the number of visits to the site (S), time of visit, user age group and occupation It can also be extracted.

Therefore, in the present invention, the hotkey 11 having a connection command to the designated site S is installed in the multimedia keyboard 10, and the site designated to the hotkey 11 is operated as the user presses the hotkey 11. The Internet key server 20 is responsible for data generation and construction for the data warehouse for access to (S), and performs overall management and service provision for the hotkey 11.

In the above, the Internet key server 20 enters into the Internet connection contract for the hot key 11 with the company hosting each site (S), the number of times of pressing the hot key 11 or use the previous site (S) We will update your current usage time on time to bill each company for an amount proportional to your total access time. Then, each company uses the service because the user who owns the multimedia keyboard 10 equipped with the hotkey 11 connects to the site S managed by the company immediately upon accessing the Internet using the hotkey 11. Not only can you increase the volume, but you can actually analyze which sites are visited by whom and how often.

In addition, if the Internet key server 20 provides the multimedia keyboard 10 at a free or inexpensive price, it is possible to purchase an inexpensive keyboard as well as to perform internet access with a single key operation. In this case, the Internet key server 20 generates the user data structure D1 using only information that can be leaked through the user's consent so that the user's personal information is not leaked.

The communication method through the Internet key server of the present invention configured as described above moves to a corresponding site immediately by simply manipulating a plurality of predetermined sites and a hotkey provided for accessing the Internet with each site once. By providing an Internet key server that manages the hotkeys to provide a user with the desired service, not only can the user quickly and quickly access the Internet, but also provide the user with an inexpensive keyboard and convenience when accessing the Internet. The company hosting the site has the effect of increasing the amount of information available while providing the opportunity to attract a large number of users.

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A hotkey monitoring step comprising a plurality of communication hotkeys having a connection command to a site designated on a keyboard, the hotkey monitoring step continuously monitoring whether a specific hotkey is pressed by a user; A data transmission step of transmitting a key value and user information to a key server that provides management and service for the hotkey when a specific hotkey is pressed in the hotkey monitoring step; And a communication step for enabling Internet communication by extracting and accessing a hotkey currently pressed from the key value and user information and a site designated to the hotkey, if the key value received in the data transmission step is valid. Internet communication method. The method of claim 1, The communication step includes a site verification step of distinguishing a designated site from an undesignated site and granting an access permission to a designated site to prevent access of an unspecified site when accessing the corresponding site. . The Internet Key Server is provided with a number of communication hot keys that have access commands to a designated site on the keyboard, and provides management and service for the hot keys when a specific hot key is pressed. A first connection step of performing a connection between the specific hotkey and the Internet key server so that the key value and the user information are transmitted; When the corresponding key value and user information are transmitted in the first access step, the Internet key server updates the current use time at the previous use time of the Internet key server, and identifies the user and service provider, access time and type, and access site. A data generation step of generating and storing data for a data warehouse; According to the data warehouse data generated in the data generation step, the Internet key server Internet key server comprising a second connection step for supporting communication between the user who owns the hotkey and the site specified in the hotkey ( Communication method through Internet Key server. The method of claim 3, wherein In the data generation step, a user identification step of updating a user identification code (ID) and an IP address is determined, and an Internet service provider (ISP) is determined from a domain name system used in the network. A service provider determination step, a connection type setting step of setting the data field value to either a dial-up connection or a dedicated line LAN according to the user connection type, and a time for managing the user's Internet connection start time and end time And a site discrimination step of retrieving a corresponding site from the key value and updating a site field and a site classification field. The method of claim 3, wherein The second access step is a communication method through an Internet key server, characterized in that it comprises an information extraction step of extracting the number of visits, the visit time, the use customer information for the site.