KR20010064680A - A service method for web navigation using virtual space based on 3 dimension - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A web navigation service method of 3-dimensional virtual space is provided to enable a user to rapidly and easily search information and to approach specific contents in a 3-dimensional virtual space by modeling a web navigator on 3-dimension, and by enabling the user to enter the avatar character into a specific object in a 3-dimension modeling area. CONSTITUTION: A user computer connects to a main site which supports a 3-dimensional navigator through the Internet. A web server judges whether a program for executing a 3D navigation is recorded in a user computer. In case that the 3D navigation program does not exist in the user computer, the web server downloads the 3D navigator to the user computer. In case that the 3D navigator exists in the user computer, an avatar is generated and displayed on a search screen and the center of the screen. In case that the user operates a direction key, the avatar is moved in the 3-dimensional virtual space. The avatar is moved toward an arbitrary object formed in the 3-dimensional virtual space, and entered into the object. The navigator is converted into contents which the object has. In case that a specific object is directly clicked using a cursor of a mouse, the object promptly is accessed. All sorts of entertainments are provided to each object. Therefore, the user rapidly approaches a site or a database. In case that the avatar is coming out, the user computer is escaped from the 3D virtual space support program. It is returned to an initial main screen.

Description

A service method for web navigation using virtual space based on 3 dimension}

The present invention relates to a construction and operation method of an Internet information retrieval site using 3D virtual reality, and in particular, a 3D which enables quick and convenient information retrieval and access to specific information in a 3D virtual space. The present invention relates to a virtual space web navigation service method.

In general, web navigator, a kind of search engine, collects and presents various site information scattered on the Internet according to the user's search request. Based on this, the user can select the information he / she wants from the searched information. have.

Most search engines make up the main search screen by displaying a specific site by inserting text or figures in a menu window or a vane-separated area with unique coordinates, and by listing text that defines a specific category. . In particular, a separate search box is provided on the main screen of such a search engine, and a user inputs a word to search for, and when a search execution command is given, all sites having the corresponding search word are searched and displayed.

However, when searching for a specific site using such a search box, since the search word is searched by wildcards, in most cases, the search word is searched along with numerous other domains related to the domain name of the site.

In other words, it is very difficult to find a desired site among a large number of unwanted sites in the search results. As a result, the search efficiency is extremely low, resulting in an increase in search time due to an increase in the number of clicks.

In addition, when a navigation system is moved from one menu screen to the next menu screen, the menu screens are developed with characters and simple shapes that are less discernible. Let it fall.

Therefore, the development of a new search engine that can improve the search efficiency and induce interest of the search engine user has been desired, and in response to this, the search screen is modeled in three dimensions and the user can A new concept of search engines has been developed that enables sites to be searched.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a 3D virtual space web navigation service method in which information retrieval and access to specific content in a 3D virtual space can be made quickly and conveniently.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a 3D virtual space web navigation service method having a Wikiwick function that anyone can easily perform an internet search without special education or training for using a web search engine.

1 is a block diagram of a system for implementing the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a service method according to the present invention.

※ Explanation of symbols about main part of drawing ※

10: web server 11: text information DB

12: Member DB 13: 3D Information DB

14: Internet 15: User Computer

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention generates and creates a plurality of three-dimensional modeled text corresponding objects (objects) and characters (avatars) that can move between the objects on a website main screen for information retrieval. And allowing the search site user to move the character to access a desired object or to directly access a specific content of the object by directly accessing it using a mouse.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a system of the present invention. As referred to herein, the web server 10 supporting the website of the search engine menu screen through the 3D virtual reality modeling has a text information DB 11 having a text-based site information in the search engine and a subscription member. The member DB 12, which stores the personal information of the user and the character data that is the avatar of the member himself, is connected to the 3D information DB 13, which contains data modeling various objects in three dimensions in the website search screen. To configure.

The 3D information DB 13 has a plurality of characters that are rendered in three dimensions to move within the three-dimensional modeling search screen, and these characters are one avatar per member.

The user computer 15, which is a kind of client computer, connects to the web server 10 through the Internet 14, and has its own avatar in a three-dimensional virtual space supported by the web server to access a specific site or information. It becomes accessible.

2 shows a flow diagram that includes the implementation of the present invention.

As referred to herein, when the user computer 15 is connected to the main site supporting the 3D navigator via the Internet, the web server 10 stores a program for executing the 3D navigation of the present invention on the user computer. Determine whether there is.

If there is no 3D navigator running program on the user's computer, the web server automatically downloads the 3D navigator on the user's computer. At this time, if the site is operated as a membership system, the process of receiving the user's personal information and registering and selecting the ID and password and the avatar character representing itself is additionally added.

When the 3D navigator exists in the user computer 15, a search screen modeled as a three-dimensional object and various search menus supported by the 3D information DB 13 connected to the web server 10 and the 3D search screen Avatar is created and appears in the center of.

In this state, the user moves the avatar in the 3D virtual space by manipulating a direction key such as a keyboard. When the user moves the avatar toward an arbitrary object formed in the 3D virtual space, the navigator enters the object. The connection is switched to the contents of the object.

At this time, if the content of the object that the avatar has entered or the menu screen linked to the object is modeled in three dimensions, the 3D information DB 12 is continuously driven to access the desired content or site by moving the avatar as before. It becomes possible.

Unlike the above, if the content of the object entered by the avatar or the menu screen linked to the object is produced based on the text information, the text information DB 11 is driven at this time, and the menu or term on the text-based search page is displayed. Selective designation allows access to the desired content or site.

In the meantime, when web navigation is performed by moving an avatar in a three-dimensional virtual space in which each object having various contents is modeled in three dimensions, a specific object is directly used by using a cursor of the mouse in addition to the movement of the avatar using a direction key. When clicked, you can directly access the object.

By providing chat, games, and various entertainment contents as individual objects in the three-dimensional modeling web navigator, the web navigator user can quickly and easily access a desired site or database.

When the avatar is taken out after execution of information search, chat, game, etc. in the 3D virtual space, the user computer escapes from the 3D virtual space support program and returns to the initial main screen.

As described above, the present invention models a web navigator in three dimensions in which a user's alter character and objects containing respective contents exist, and the user selects his alter character as a specific object within the 3D modeling area. Through the entry, it helps to accurately and conveniently access the desired information or content.

In addition, the present invention provides a Wikiwick function that anyone can easily perform an Internet search without special education or training for using a web search engine.

Claims (2)

On the website main screen for information retrieval, objects having a plurality of contents modeled in three dimensions and characters that can move between them are created to create a three-dimensional navigator, and the user of the three-dimensional navigator site 3. The method of claim 3, wherein the character accesses a specific object by moving the character with a direction key to directly access the content provided by the object. The 3D virtual space web navigation service method according to claim 1, wherein when a user wants to enter content provided by the specific object, direct access is permitted using a mouse.