KR20010103505A - Computer keyboard apparatus and input method for internet domain address of the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a keyboard device suitable for Internet use and a method for automatically inputting an Internet domain address thereof. The keyboard device includes a number of key matrices and novel macro keys and a microprocessor. The microprocessor determines that a specific domain name is input from the key matrix, and when any one of the macro keys is input, the microprocessor automatically inputs an Internet domain address corresponding to the input specific domain name and the macro key to the computer body. Therefore, by providing macro keys for automatically inputting the Internet domain address, the user is provided with convenience in using the Internet.

Description

A keyboard device for a computer and a method of automatically inputting an Internet domain address thereof {COMPUTER KEYBOARD APPARATUS AND INPUT METHOD FOR INTERNET DOMAIN ADDRESS OF THE SAME}

The present invention relates to a keyboard device for a computer, and more particularly, to a computer keyboard device and a method for automatically inputting an Internet domain address.

In order to communicate with other computers connected to the Internet, the computer must be connected to the Internet and know its address, or Internet domain name. There are two types of Internet domain names: addresses represented by numbers and addresses represented by English letters. Addresses expressed in numbers are displayed in four steps, separated by dots, for example 123.234.56.7. Each number separated by a dot can use a number from 0 to 255, and the address represented by the number is used so as not to be duplicated worldwide. These addresses, represented by numbers, are known as Internet public Internet Protocol (IP) addresses.

But when Internet users use these numerical addresses to communicate with other computers, they are hard to understand and hard to remember. Therefore, Internet domain names allow you to use addresses in English instead of numbers. Addresses written in English are composed of English words that we use in real life so that Internet users can conveniently communicate with other computers.

The address expressed in English letters is divided into dots, such as name.co.kr, and is composed of several steps. Each level is called the first, second, ... format from the very last to the right, and is used as a unique address that is not duplicated worldwide. This is called the Internet domain name.

Internet domain names are hierarchically organized in an inverted tree structure. This is a way to indicate a particular host on the Internet, where domain names are separated by dots and represent a wider area to the right.

That is, it is called a first level domain or a top-level domain (TLD), and the next higher level is called a second level domain (SLD). The seven top-level domains (com, net, org, edu, gov, mil, int), and the internationalization of the Internet, about 190 different top-level domains of each country in the world in accordance with ISO 3166. It contains the national top level domain. For example, the national domain kr is a top-level domain representing Korea, jp is Japan, and fr is France.

If the top-level domain is com, the domain applicant can use the desired name in the second stage such as aa, bbb, cccc, etc. If the top-level domain is kr (Korea) or jp (Japan), the second-level domain classifies institutions ( co, or, ac, etc.), the predefined name is used, and in step 3, the domain applicant such as nic can use the desired name. For example, the domain name of the Korea Internet Information Center (KRNIC) is expressed as nic.or.kr as three levels of nic, two levels of or, and one level of kr.

Therefore, the Internet domain address is expressed in the form of www.nic.or.kr or ftp.nic.or.kr in the form of a combination of a host name and a domain name representing a web server or an ftp server.

However, in today's frequent Internet use, it is very inconvenient because the Internet domain address must be typed in order to enter the Internet domain address. In order to solve this problem somewhat, some programs have bookmarks, etc., but this also does not solve the problem.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems, and to implement a computer keyboard device for automatically input processing of an Internet domain address.

Another object of the present invention is to solve the above-described problem, and to implement a method for automatically input processing of the Internet domain address of the keyboard device for a computer.

1 is a perspective view showing a keyboard device having macro keys for inputting an Internet domain address according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the keyboard device shown in FIG. 1; FIG.

3 is a flowchart showing a procedure for automatically inputting an Internet domain address according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart showing a procedure for registering a user defined key according to an embodiment of the present invention;

5A and 5B are diagrams for automatically inputting an Internet domain address into a display screen of a computer system having a keyboard device of the present invention; And

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an analysis process of automatically inputting an Internet domain address in step 146 of FIG.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawing *

100: keyboard device 102: microprocessor

104: data buffer 110: multi-macro key

112: first input macro key 114: second input macro key

116: third input macro key 118: fourth input macro key

120: connector 130: key metrics

According to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a first domain portion connected to the computer body, including a host type and a first separator on the Internet, and a second domain portion representing an Internet domain unique name And a keyboard portion for automatically inputting into the computer main body an Internet domain address comprising a third domain portion including a second dot and a domain extension, the computer keyboard comprising: a plurality of keys for entering the second domain portion; A key matrix provided; At least one macro key for inputting the third domain portion; When a specific second domain part is input from the key matrix, and then any one of the macro keys is input, the third domain part corresponding to any one of the first domain part, the specific second domain part, and the macro keys is replaced. And a microprocessor for coupling to the computer body.

In a preferred embodiment of this aspect, the microprocessor further combines an enter key of the key matrix with the Internet domain address to which the first domain portion, the specific second domain portion, and the third domain portion are coupled to the computer. Send to the main body.

In a preferred embodiment of this feature, the macro keys are; A first macro key for inputting a dot com (.com) into said third domain portion of said internet domain address; A second macro key for inputting a dot-by-dot-key (.co.kr) into the third domain portion of the Internet domain address; A third macro key for inputting .NET into the third domain portion of the Internet domain address; And a fourth macro key for inputting, in the Internet domain address, domain extensions other than the first to third input macro keys among the domain extensions to the third domain portion.

In this embodiment, the fourth macro key defines and registers one domain extension other than the first to third input macro keys in the domain extension by the user.

In a preferred embodiment of this aspect, the macro key is provided by combining at least one or more keys of the key matrix to input the third domain portion.

According to another aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, the first domain portion including the type and host of the host and / or protocol on the Internet and the first dot, the second domain portion indicating the Internet domain unique name and In order to enter an Internet domain address consisting of a third domain portion comprising a second dot and a domain extension, it is associated with a computer host and has a plurality of key matrices and at least one macro key for entering a particular domain extension. A method for automatically inputting the Internet domain address from the computer keyboard device to the host, the computer keyboard device comprising the steps of: receiving a specific domain name input from the key matrix into the second domain portion; Determining whether one of the macro keys is input; When one of the macro keys is input, the Internet domain address is automatically input, including the step of converting the input specific domain name into the Internet domain address in response to the input macro key.

In a preferred embodiment of this aspect, the step of converting and outputting the Internet domain address further includes an enter key in the key matrix in the Internet domain address.

In a preferred embodiment of this aspect, the step of converting and outputting the Internet domain address; Inputting a key for moving a cursor to the front of the inputted specific domain name in response to the macro key; Inputting a world wild web (www: world wild web), which is one of the host types on the Internet, and the first delimiter; Inputting a key to move the cursor to the rear of the inputted specific domain name; Inputting an internet domain extension corresponding to the macro key.

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Therefore, according to the keyboard device of the present invention, when a domain unique name is input followed by a specific macro key, the user automatically inputs a specific Internet domain address desired.

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

1 shows a computer keyboard device according to the present invention.

Referring to the drawing, the keyboard device 100 includes new macro keys 110 for inputting an Internet domain address. The macro keys 110 are provided with at least one or more keys 112-118, each macro key 112, 114, 116 or 118 being a first or second level domain (hereinafter referred to as a domain extension) of a particular domain name. It is provided in correspondence with this). For example, the first macro key 112 may be a dot com (.com), the second macro key 114 may be dot com (.com), the third macro key 116 is a dot net (.net) domain It is provided for input by extension. The fourth macro key 118 is provided so that a user can register by defining a domain extension. The domain extension defined in the fourth macro key 118 may be registered in various ways, such as .o.al.k, .org, or .edu.

Also as another embodiment, the macro keys may be provided by combining at least one or more of the keys of the key matrix of the keyboard device, or have a single macro key and multi-level toggle function (eg, .com-> It can be provided to input the domain extension using a toggle function (eg, .com-> .net-> .org-> .com).

The keyboard device 100 includes a key matrix 130 including a plurality of keys, a connector 120 for data transmission by wire with a computer main body (host) (not shown). The connector 120 is provided with, for example, a PS / 2 type or USB interface connector. In addition, the keyboard device 100 may be provided as a wireless keyboard. In this case, an infrared transceiver (not shown) may be provided instead of the connector 120.

Specifically, referring to FIG. 2, the keyboard device 100 includes a novel microprocessor 102 and macro keys 110. And a key matrix 130, a data buffer 104, and a connector 120. And it is connected to the computer body through the connector 120.

The microprocessor 102 has a ROM type memory (not shown) therein, and stores a new program according to the present invention. The program determines the input of the macro keys 110, automatically inputs an Internet domain address corresponding to the input specific domain name and the macro key, and transmits the corresponding code to the computer main body.

The data buffer 104 stores ASCII codes corresponding to keys input from the key matrix 130, and outputs the ASCII codes to the connector 120 under the control of the microprocessor 102.

In general, when a key of a key matrix is input, a scan code corresponding to the input key is generated. That is, the microprocessor determines which key is pressed and finds a code corresponding to the key and transmits the code to the computer. At this time, the transmitted code is called a scan code and is provided as an ASCII code. Since the computer body is not always waiting to receive data from the keyboard device, it must store the data of the selected key until the computer can receive it, and a data buffer is required for this purpose. The data buffer is operated by FIFO (First In First Out), which sends out data that comes first. If data is not sent to the computer until the data buffer is full, data is lost. However, when data starts to be transferred and the buffer becomes empty, it is confirmed that the key is pressed and the data is stored in the data buffer again.

The scan code stored in the data buffer is transmitted to the computer main body in serial form. The main body of the computer has a dedicated chip for receiving scan codes from the keyboard device and managing data to be sent to the keyboard device. This is called a keyboard controller. The keyboard controller receives and processes the scan code transmitted from the keyboard.

The keyboard device transmits data generated in synchronization with a clock signal transmitted from a computer main body to the keyboard controller in a serial format. The keyboard control converts data received from the keyboard device back into parallel data. The converted data is stored in a data register, and when data is filled in the data register, a keyboard interrupt is generated and the CPU reads a scan code. The read scan code (data) is sent to the data line of the ISA bus. The data is transferred via a PCI / ISA bridge controller to a keyboard buffer on main memory. The data transferred to the keyboard buffer can be used by using application soft interrupt 16H (INT 16H).

Referring back to FIG. 2, the macro keys 110 are provided with first to fourth macro keys 112 to 118. The first macro key 112 corresponds to a dot-com (.com) of the domain extension, the second macro key 114 corresponds to a dot-dot dot KAL (.co.kr) of the domain extension, the third macro Key 116 corresponds to .net (.net) of domain extension. The fourth macro key 118 is defined and registered by the user among domain extensions.

Herein, in order to help understand the operation of the present invention, Internet domain addresses are divided to fit the macro keys. That is, as shown in Table 1 below, the Internet domain address is divided into three equal parts.

TABLE 1

division First domain part Second domain part Third Domain Part Contents www. name .com www. name .com www. name .net www. name .or.kr

Referring to Table 1, the Internet domain address is divided into first to third domain units. The first domain portion includes a dot that is distinguished from a World Wide Web (www) or a file transfer protocol (ftp) representing a particular host or its protocol. The second domain portion includes a distinguished name that is directly typed by the user, and the third domain portion includes a dot and a domain name of the first or second stage domain (eg, com, com, net or or.kr, etc.).

Therefore, when a user inputs an Internet domain address in a program such as a web browser, when the user directly inputs the second domain part and inputs the corresponding macro key among the macro keys, the user automatically inputs the desired Internet domain address.

Specifically, the operation of automatically inputting the Internet domain address by the keyboard device will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3 to 6.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for automatically inputting an Internet domain address according to an embodiment of the present invention. This procedure is a program stored in the microprocessor 102, the program is processed by the microprocessor 102.

Referring to the drawing, when the microprocessor 102 inputs a 'name' corresponding to the second domain part among the key matrices 130 by the user in step S140, the microprocessor 102 accepts it. 'Name' input in step S142 is converted into an ASCII code and stored in the data buffer 104. In operation S144, which one of the macro keys 110 is input is determined. As a result of the determination, if any one is inputted, for example, when the first macro key 112 (.com) is inputted, this procedure proceeds to step S146 in which 'www.', 'Name', '.com', And 'enterkey', and the combined string, 'www.' The data is converted into an ASCII code corresponding to + 'name' + '.com' + 'enter key' 'and stored in the data buffer 104. Subsequently, in step S148, the ASCII code converted to the computer main body is transmitted. As a result, as shown in Fig. 5, the Internet domain address is automatically input to an application such as a displayed web browser of the computer main body.

If any one of the macro keys 110 is not input in step S144, the process proceeds to step S150 to process operations for general key input. That is, it converts the ASCII code corresponding to 'name' and transmits it to the computer main body.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for setting and registering the fourth macro key 118 by a user according to an embodiment of the present invention. This procedure is also a program stored in the microprocessor 102 and is processed by the microprocessor 102.

Referring to the drawing, the microprocessor 102 determines whether the user defined key 118, which is the fourth macro key, is input in step S160. As a result of the determination, if the user-defined key 118 is input, the procedure goes to step S162 to receive specific keys for the domain extension. For example, keys such as '.org', '.or.kr' or '.go.kr' are input. The ASCII code is converted into ASCII codes corresponding to the keys input in step S164 and stored in the data buffer 104. In step S166, it is determined whether the user-defined key 118 is input again. As a result of the determination, if the user defined key 118 is input again, the procedure goes to step S168 to register the input domain extension in correspondence with the user defined key 118. If the user-defined key 118 is not input again here, this procedure ends.

5A and 5B are diagrams of web browsers for explaining automatically inputting an Internet domain address on a display screen of a computer system having a keyboard device of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5A, the web browser screen 170 includes an input window 172 for directly inputting an Internet domain address. Accordingly, when the domain unique name 'name' 174 is input to the input window 172 and the second macro key 114 is input, the Internet domain address 176 is displayed on the input window 172 as shown in FIG. 5B. You can see that is automatically entered. In this case, although the enter key 178 is included in the internet domain address 176 according to an embodiment of the present invention, the enter key 178 is used to add or modify the automatically input internet domain address 176. It is obvious that it can be excluded.

6 is a flowchart showing an analysis of the procedure of automatically inputting the Internet domain address shown in FIG. 5B by step 146 of FIG. This procedure is also part of the program stored in the microprocessor 102.

Referring to the drawing, when the microprocessor 1020 receives a domain unique name 'name' in step S180 and one of the macro keys 110 is input in step S182, an ASCII corresponding to the home key is entered in step S184. The code is transmitted to the computer main body, and then an ASCII code corresponding to 'www' + '.' Is transmitted in step S186. In step S188, an ASCII code corresponding to an end key is transmitted, and in step S190. The domain extension corresponding to the input macro key is converted into an ASCII code, and the ASCII code corresponding to the Enter key is transmitted to the computer main body in step S192. The address is entered automatically.

In the above, the computer keyboard device and its operation according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention have been described, but this is merely an example, and various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

As described above, the computer keyboard device of the present invention is provided with macro keys for automatically inputting an Internet domain address, thereby providing convenience to a user when using the Internet.

In particular, it is possible to easily enter the Internet domain address when using the Internet for users or beginners who are not skilled at typing.

Claims (8)

A third domain portion associated with the computer body, the first domain portion including a host type and a first separator on the Internet, a second domain portion representing an Internet domain distinguished name, and a third separator and a third domain extension; A computer keyboard device for automatically inputting an Internet domain address consisting of a domain portion into the computer main body: A key matrix having a plurality of keys for inputting the second domain portion; At least one macro key for inputting the third domain portion; When a specific second domain part is input from the key matrix, and then any one of the macro keys is input, the third domain part corresponding to any one of the first domain part, the specific second domain part, and the macro keys is replaced. Keyboard device for a computer comprising a microprocessor coupled to the computer main body for transmission. The method of claim 1, And the microprocessor further combines an enter key of the key matrix with the Internet domain address combined with the first domain portion, the specific second domain portion, and the third domain portion to transmit to the computer body. Keyboard device. The method of claim 1, The macro keys; A first macro key for inputting a dot com (.com) into said third domain portion of said internet domain address; A second macro key for inputting a dot-by-dot-key (.co.kr) into the third domain portion of the Internet domain address; A third macro key for inputting .NET into the third domain portion of the Internet domain address; And a fourth macro key for inputting, in the Internet domain address, domain extensions other than the first to third input macro keys among the domain extensions into the third domain portion. The method of claim 3, wherein And the fourth macro key defines and registers another domain extension other than the first to third input macro keys in the domain extension by the user. The method of claim 1, And the macro keys are provided by combining at least one or more keys of the key matrix to input the third domain portion. A first domain portion including the type of host and / or protocol on the Internet and a first dot, a second domain portion representing an Internet domain distinguished name, and a third domain including a second dot and domain extension In a computer keyboard device having a plurality of key matrices and at least one macro key for entering a specific domain extension, for inputting a negatively configured Internet domain address, from the computer keyboard device to the host. In the method for automatically inputting the Internet domain address: Accepting a specific domain name input from the key matrix into the second domain portion; Determining whether one of the macro keys is input; When one of the macro keys is input, converting the input specific domain name into the internet domain address in response to the input macro key and outputting the internet domain address of the computer keyboard device. Input method. The method of claim 6, The step of converting the Internet domain address and outputting the Internet domain address automatic input method for a keyboard device for a computer, characterized in that for outputting further including the enter key in the key matrix in the Internet domain address. The method according to claim 6 or 7, Converting and outputting the Internet domain address; Inputting a key for moving a cursor to the front of the inputted specific domain name in response to the macro key; Inputting a world wild web (www: world wild web), which is one of the types of hosts and protocols on the Internet, and the first delimiter; Inputting a key to move the cursor to the rear of the inputted specific domain name; And inputting an internet domain extension corresponding to the macro key.