KR20010102814A - Method of providing information of website by using client program and record media readable by computer having the program - Google Patents

Abstract

A method of providing information on a plurality of websites from a server system connected to the Internet to a client system is provided. Categorized item information which categorizes websites is transmitted to the client system. Website list information corresponding to each category is transmitted to the client system. In a partial area of the display screen of the client, a classification item for classifying a plurality of websites is displayed. When the user selects one of them, a list of websites corresponding to the selected category is displayed in a partial area of the display screen of the client system. When the user selects one of the website lists, a summary web page corresponding to the website is sent to the client system.

Description

Method of providing website information using client program and recording medium that can be read by computer where program is stored {METHOD OF PROVIDING INFORMATION OF WEBSITE BY USING CLIENT PROGRAM AND RECORD MEDIA READABLE BY COMPUTER HAVING THE PROGRAM}

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing information on an Internet site so that general users can receive desired information through the Internet. Specifically, the present invention provides a differentiation for an Internet site operator to inform users of an Internet service. The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing information through an internet medium, and more specifically, to a web document, which is a simple and concise summary of the contents of an Internet service provider's homepage, in a minimal size, and a summary of various services that provide similar services. Users can save the pages in a standardized format on a central server (or each server) and download the summary pages in real time from a browser dedicated to summary pages installed on the user's PC (client system). NETSCAPE NAVIGATOR How to provide information about an Internet site that allows you to get the information you need from the summarized pages, or to find a site that contains information before you enter the site through Internet Explorer (INTERNET EXPLORER). Relates to a device.

Existing services through general web browsers and Internet web pages are almost uniformly configured to announce their services. To differentiate them, the homepage can be accessed by using a large amount of multimedia data that causes an overload of servers and leased lines. Design and FLASH are available. However, this type of service is more economical than bringing about the promotion of the site. On the other hand, from a user's point of view, it is necessary to load almost all the data of the site even if they do not want to know whether or not the information they want is on the site. Crazy

The present invention was created to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an internet service company summarizes all (or some) information provided by its site in a standardized form provided by the present invention, thereby providing one (or several) webs. It provides a method and device for making a page and classifying the information of various sites so summarized by content, site, and category by using a dedicated browser. The purpose is to provide a function to promote the site's services.

1 is a block diagram of an information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 and 3 show the configuration of a file used in the system.

4 is a flow chart of an information providing method in the system of FIG.

5 to 11 are captured screens displayed on the client system according to the information providing method

* Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

100: Client Program 110: User Interface

120: dedicated browser 160: web server

190: Summary webpage

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for providing information of respective Internet sites. First, the service types of the Internet sites are classified by content, country, region, age, gender, use, etc., and the services of the sites classified by the classification are summarized / arranged and arranged in a predetermined form. The content of the service is produced as an implicit web document. The web document thus produced is displayed through a dedicated web browser. The client program equipped with a dedicated web browser further includes a user interface unit for easily finding and searching a list of Internet sites corresponding to the classified service types and classifications. At this time, the area displayed by the user interface unit is desired because it refers to a file that collects information of the websites most liked by users through the program type and user preference analysis differentiated according to the purpose of the program and the user's taste. Internet information can be browsed with a click of the mouse. According to the present invention, by being provided with the complicated procedures and general Internet site information scattered among the general users, the user using the Internet can easily find the information he / she wants, and the various sites are searched for information. Minimizing the time it takes to download unwanted images, videos, flashes, etc. while you're around makes it easy and fast. Companies that run Internet sites can ease the burden of expanding the servers and leased lines needed to process multimedia data (MULTI-MEDIA DATA) introduced competitively with other sites to advertise their sites and interest users.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a method for providing information on a plurality of websites from a server system connected to the Internet to a client system,

Delivering classification item information categorizing the websites to a client system;

Delivering website list information corresponding to each category to a client system;

Displaying the category information on a portion of a display screen of the client system;

When the user selects one of the categories, displaying a website list corresponding to the selected category in a partial area of the display screen of the client system;

When the user selects one of the website lists, a method is provided for providing Internet website information comprising the step of sending a summary web page corresponding to the website to a client system.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a program for operating a processor of a client computer connected to a server computer via the Internet and having a processor and a storage device,

Displaying a plurality of website classification items recorded on the storage device in a partial area of the display screen of the client computer;

Displaying a list of websites belonging to a corresponding classified item recorded in the storage device when the user selects one of the displayed classified items;

When the user selects one of a list of websites, requesting a server system to send a summary web page introducing the selected website;

A computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for operating the processor to perform the step of displaying the transferred summary web page is provided.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to Examples and drawings.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an embodiment of a system for performing an information providing method according to the present invention. The client system 90 is connected to a server system 180 that performs the information providing method according to the present invention through the Internet. The client system 90 includes a processor (CPU) and a storage device. The client system 90 is an information providing client program running on an OS (dedicated software installed in the client to display a summary web page, which is referred to herein as "information providing client program" or "client program"). 100 is provided. The client program 100 includes a dedicated browser module 110 and a user interface module 120. The user interface module 110 manages the site classification item file 130 and the site list file 140 for each classification item stored in the storage device.

The server system 180 includes a processor (CPU) and a storage device. The web server 160 is provided on the OS of the server system 180. The storage device includes a user management database 180, summary web page data 190 (which is preferably in the server system 180 of the service provider, but may also be in the server system of each corresponding website), and site classification for updating. An item file 200 and an update classified site list file 210 are provided. The storage device further includes a user management database that records the IP address, location, and the like, assigned to the user's client system.

The user interface module 110 of the information providing client program 100 documents the classification and contents of the summary webpage data 190 so that the user can easily browse the desired Internet information. In step 130, the list of service-specific web pages for each category is documented and sorted, and the screen list file for each category is read and displayed on the screen. In other words, the interface module of the client program provides a user interface that the user can select from the categorized list in which the summary web page is classified in a dedicated web browser. The user interface unit is divided into a classification list for displaying site classification items and a website list list for displaying service contents of websites organized by categories, and an interface for displaying a list of websites belonging to a selected field according to the selection of an interest list. .

The dedicated browser module 120 of the client program 100 receives the document of the summary web page 190 selected by the user from the web server 160 and displays the document on the screen. That is, the dedicated web browser module of the client program is a program for each service type for displaying a web page produced in a predetermined form and a predetermined size. The dedicated web browser should be able to provide an interface that is small in size, simple in configuration, and able to find the desired information with a minimum of operations in using the Internet for the purpose of the present invention.

The web browser module included in the client program of the present invention may secure a partial area of the display screen of the entire monitor and display a web page transmitted to the area, and may be configured and displayed in any particular dedicated web browser. It is not limited to the interface type.

The list list display area according to the operation of the user interface module (also referred to as a “user interface unit”) 110 may not be displayed on the screen according to the type and purpose of the service. For example, in the case of an information providing client program produced for advertisement purposes, a content of a predetermined advertisement is continuously displayed through a display area of a dedicated browser module without a display driven by a user's user interface unit. It may be.

As described above, the client program includes a basic user interface for displaying a summary web page and a user user interface for providing the configured classification and summary website listing information. And it has a function to download and display the site classification item file for update and the site list file for each category for update stored in the web server and displayed on the user interface. Further, it includes a function of encrypting, recording and transmitting the user's personal information to the server, and transmitting the selected service to the server for the user's preference analysis when the user selects the information of the service classification and summary website.

Meanwhile, the site classification item file 130 stored in the client system 90 and the site list file 140 classified according to the classification, and the site classification item file 200 for updating and the site list file updated according to the classification provided in the server system 180 ( Each of the update files 200 and 210 of the server system is compared with each other and received from the data communication interface (CGI) 170 to update those of the client system 90. Specifically, information such as a creation date of the file is transmitted to the server system 180 through the data communication interface (CGI) 170, and the site classification item file (for update) is updated from the server through the data communication interface (HTTP, 180). 200) and the classified site list file 210 for updating is received.

In a preferred embodiment, the display areas of the user interface module 110 and the dedicated web browser module 120 of the client program 100 appear in some areas of the background screen (see FIGS. 5A and 5B).

The web server 160 of the server system 180 outputs the summary web page 190 data to the dedicated web browser when an Internet connection request is input through the information providing client program 100. In response to a request of the information providing client program, a newly inputted site classification item file 200 for updating and a site list file for each category for update 210 are transmitted to the information providing client program 100.

2 is a structure of a site classification item file 130 in a client and an update site classification item file 200 in a server system. The new site classification item file 200 stored in the server system 180 and the file information unit 410 which can compare the creation date and size of the file, and a download recording the path where the site classification item file 200 for updating of the server is located. The route section 411 includes a list data section 414 for a detailed classification item for classifying the contents of the service.

3 is a structure of the classified site list file 140 in the client system 90, and the structure of the updated classified site list file 210 in the server system 180 is also the same. A file information unit 510 capable of comparing the date of creation and the date and size of the file classified by the site list file 210 for updating stored in the server system 180, and the path for the site category file 210 for the update classified by the server system are located. Briefly guides the service contents of the recorded download path unit 511, the title data unit 512 that stores the classified titles organized in the site classification item file 130, and the summary web page 190 of the corresponding site by title. Web address data section 514, which stores the path of the summary web page 190 to display the data of the summary web page from the web server 160, the service guide data section 513, which contains the information to the dedicated browser 120. It consists of.

Looking at the specific classification content contained in the site classification item file, the classification site list file, the summary web page 190 is as follows.

The site classification item file classifies services of the Internet web site according to content, country, region, age, gender, use, and the like.

The site list file for each category classifies at least one or more sites that can be representative of the category because the contents of the service are faithful among the sites corresponding to each category, and the title, contents of the service, and the address of the website are classified for each item classified for the service. To save.

The summary web page displays htm, html, asp, mov, swf of the contents of the website selected by each item in the overall classification, the representative service of the site, or the advertisement / event of the site in a predetermined size according to a predetermined form. It is produced as a web page. A web browser module 120 for each service type for displaying a web page produced in the predetermined form and the predetermined size is embedded in the client program.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the services of websites are classified as follows.

1. Classification of Sites: First, classify service types of Internet sites by content, country, region, age, gender, and usage.

-According to the user's tendency to use the Internet and the purpose of the program, the user's Internet usage trend and preferences are collected through surveys, and the sites according to the age and taste are classified into at least one category. Collect and classify.

(Example 1) Housewife client program for housewives

When providing a housewife's client program for housewives, a data file containing a classification related to the housewife is provided. The categories are categorized into housewives' favorite sites such as marriage, women's magazines, housewives' associations, childcare, housewives' education, cooking, securities and finance, and general sites such as news / media, travel / leisure and employment. Categorize it easily.

(Example 2) Client program for providing PC room information (for PC room customers)

When providing a client program for customers in a PC room, provide a data file containing a classification that is closely related to the PC room customer. For example, Internet services that are mainly used in PC rooms such as mud games, chat, cyber stock investment, entertainment, cyber education, and games, chat, and education for all ages, economic / securities, and news media. And adult preferences such as employment, and general interest areas such as clubs, travel, sports, etc., to satisfy the tastes of all users using PC rooms.

(Example 3) PC program information providing client program (for advertising)

In case of advertising, it may not be classified separately. That is, in the case of a PC that is not used by the customer in the PC room, the client program performs a function of providing an advertisement for the additional revenue of the PC room. At this time, the information providing client program continuously loads and displays an advertising web page (mainly a video or a web document in a flash format) that advertises at least one or more predetermined websites, regardless of the user's selection.

2. Site selection by category: Select at least one site that is representative of the category because the contents of the service are substantial among the sites corresponding to each category.

-The operator who operates the server system (manager of each category) collects the information of newly-new, reorganized or deleted sites through media such as internet search, newspaper, magazine and review the contents of the relevant site and then the contents of the service. Newly added or deleted in the above category. The information modified in the server system is stored in the classification site list file 210 for updating. After that, when the client system 90 is driven and connected, the client system 90 is transmitted to the client system 90 to update the list file 140.

3. Summary web page production: htm, html, asp, mov, swf, etc. in a certain size according to the prescribed form of the service content of all sites selected in the overall classification, the representative service of the site, or the advertisement / event of the site Create a summary web page in the form of.

-The summarized web page should be mainly configured to inform the site's information or to imply fast data loading and overall contents for users to understand the contents of the site. The format of the data must be different. In an embodiment of the present invention, for example, a size of 320 x 240 or 240 x 180 is taken to occupy only a part of the monitor screen. A web site may have various summary web pages for each size, and may send the size of the size required by the client program (in this case, the client program may use the web page considering the monitor resolution of the client system). You can determine the size of the file and record the resulting summary webpage address in a file).

Generally, what is included in a summary web page is the logo of the website that serves the summary web page, the main service content of the website, a hyperlink to view detailed information about the website's services, and the In this case, membership management menu is included. Based on the above basic contents, but may vary according to the characteristics of the service.

The summary web page contains the URL address of the website, and clicking on the area of the summary web page causes the client program to launch a normal web browser (e.g., Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, Mosaic, etc.). In the normal web browser, a web page provided by the website is transmitted and displayed.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the above embodiment, which will be described with reference to FIG. 4. First, the information providing client program 100 transmits its IP address to the web server 160 through the data communication interface CGI 170 through the Internet communication line. The server system 180 checks whether the IP address exists from the user management database 220, and if there is corresponding data, transmits a program driving permission signal to the information providing client program 100 (300). If the received IP address is an unregistered IP address (301), a new member registration (301) is stored in the user management database 220 (303), and then a program driving permission signal is transmitted to the client system (100).

The client program for providing information 100 receiving the permission signal reads the creation date and file size of the site classification item file 130 and the site list file 140 according to the classification stored in a predetermined path, and the web server via the data communication interface. In step 304, the server system 180 compares this with the site classification item file 200 for update and the site list file for each category for update 210, and then the data of the server system 180 is updated. If so, it transmits through a data communication interface (HTTP) 180. The client system 90 receives it and replaces it with an existing file (305). Alternatively, the client program may obtain and compare information on the update files of the server system and download the update files if the update file is up-to-date.

When the latest data is confirmed or updated, the information providing client program 100 reads the site classification item file 130 and the site list file 140 by classification, and displays the information in the user interface unit 110. Display (306). When the user selects one of the site classification lists (307), a list of sites belonging to the category is displayed in the detailed list item of the selected category. If one of the detailed items is selected again (308), the address of the summary web page is read from the classified site list file 140 and transmitted to the dedicated web browser 120 (309). The dedicated web browser 120 displays the transmitted summary web page 190 in the browser screen area (310). When the user requests detailed information among contents displayed in the screen area of the dedicated browser (311), the detailed web document is displayed through the web browser designated to the operating system through the hyperlink of the summary web page (312). At this time, if there is no general web browser specified in the operating system (313) to request the external program registration (314) is completed after the registration and displayed. The client program then waits for user selection again.

5 to 11 show screens displayed when the client program is executed. 5A and 5B are screens capturing a state where an information providing client program executed as an example of the present invention is executed. 5A and 5B show an area of a client program according to the present invention displayed on a desktop provided by Windows 98, an OS of Microsoft Corporation. It is displayed in the upper right corner of the screen. On the upper side, left side, and bottom side, areas for the user interface are provided. In general, the bottom-right scrollable area is a summary web page displayed in a dedicated browser.

FIG. 6 shows another form of display by a running client program for providing information. When the PC is waiting in an environment where the PC is allowed to be used only after a login procedure such as a PC room or school computer room, the dedicated browser 120 sequentially displays the summary web pages recorded in the list of the site list file 140 by category. As shown in the drawing, data such as a movie, music video, and cartoon image in the form of a movie or flash, such as MOV, SWF, and RM, are fetched and displayed.

7 to 9 only show areas displayed by the client program 100.

7 shows the contents of the site classification item file 200. 8 shows the contents of the classified site list file 140. 9 is another display form. 10A and 10B show summary web page data in a display area of a dedicated browser of an information providing client program (see FIGS. 5A and 5B for a full screen). 11 is a screen to which a web browser showing detailed information through a hyperlink of a summary web page is linked. In other words, by clicking on the summary web page and running Internet Explorer, a detailed web page is searched.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the above embodiments, the present invention is not limited thereto. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that modifications, changes, and the like may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, and such modifications and changes also belong to the present invention.

According to the present invention, by providing the Internet site information scattered to the general users, users using the Internet can easily find the information they want. In particular, you can easily and quickly access the Internet by minimizing the time it takes to download unwanted images, videos, flashes, etc. while traveling through various sites for information. Companies operating Internet sites can relieve the expansion of servers and leased lines required to process multimedia data introduced competitively with other sites in order to inform their sites and interest users.

In particular, since the server system updates the classification item information and the website list information from time to time, the general user does not need to deliberately browse the newly created website. In addition, the content appears easily because it is displayed in a certain area of the desktop.

Claims (8)

As a method of providing information about a plurality of websites from a server system connected to the Internet to a client system, Delivering classification item information categorizing the websites to a client system; Delivering website list information corresponding to each category to a client system; Displaying the category information on a portion of a display screen of the client system; When the user selects one of the categories, displaying a website list corresponding to the selected category in a partial area of the display screen of the client system; If a user selects one of the website lists, sending a summary web page corresponding to the website to a client system. As a method of providing information about a plurality of websites to a server system and a client system connected through the Internet, Delivering the classification item data which classifies a plurality of websites as displayed in a partial area of the display screen of the client system; Delivering website list data displayed on a portion of the display screen of the client system, which belongs to at least one category of the plurality of categories; Accepting a website selection made by the user from the website list displayed on the client system; And transmitting a summary web page of the received website to a client system, the summary web page being of a size that can be displayed on a portion of the display screen of the client system. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the category data and the website list data are stored in a client system, and the category data and the web are stored only when the category data and the website list data stored in the server system are updated. Method for providing information on the Internet website, characterized in that transmitting the site list data. The client computer according to claim 1 or 2, wherein when a user who has viewed the summary website through the client computer requests detailed information about the website, the client computer is transferred from the website to a conventional web browser. A method of providing information on an internet website, characterized by displaying a web page. In order to provide information about a number of websites to client systems connected to client systems connected through the Internet, Have a processor and storage, The storage device may include classification item data in which a plurality of websites are classified as displayed on a partial area of a display screen of a client system, and at least one classification of the plurality of classification items as displayed in a partial area of a display screen of a client system. The website list data that belongs to the item is stored. The storage device stores a program for operating the processor. Delivering the classification item data which classifies a plurality of websites as displayed in a partial area of the display screen of the client system; Delivering website list data displayed on a portion of the display screen of the client system, which belongs to at least one category of the plurality of categories; Accepting a website selection made by the user from the website list displayed on the client system; Operating the processor to perform a step of transmitting to the client system a summary web page for the selected website, the size of which may be displayed on a portion of the display screen of the client system; Characterized in that the information providing device for the Internet website. A program for operating a processor of a client computer connected to a server computer through the Internet and having a processor and a storage device. Displaying a plurality of website classification items recorded on the storage device in a partial area of the display screen of the client computer; Displaying a list of websites belonging to a corresponding classified item recorded in the storage device when the user selects one of the displayed classified items; When the user selects one of a list of websites, requesting a server system to send a summary web page introducing the selected website; A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for operating the processor to perform the step of displaying the transferred summary web page. 7. The method of claim 6, further comprising recording a program for operating the processor to perform the step of receiving the category data and the website list data when the category data or the website list data stored in the server system is updated. Computer-readable recording media. 8. The web page according to claim 6 or 7, wherein when the user who has confirmed the summary website requests detailed information about the website, a web page delivered from the website by running a normal web browser mounted on the client computer. And a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program that causes the processor to perform the step of displaying the program.