KR20020012716A - Bookmark registration system in an internet and operating method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system for registering a bookmark on the Internet and an operating method thereof are provided to easily register an internet site as a bookmark by enabling the user to register the user's interesting fields and keywords in an Internet information providing server, and by enabling the user to receive information on the Internet sites obtained from the server. CONSTITUTION: An Internet information providing server(130) provides information on Internet sites(140_1-140_n) according to a user's request. In addition, the Internet information providing server(130) provides information on internet sites(140_1-140_n) obtained to the user in case that the information on the internet sites(140_1-140_n) suitable for interesting fields and keywords registered by the user. The Internet information providing server(130) is equipped with a site information providing server(131) which provides information on Internet sites(140_1-140_n), a member information management server(132) which manages member registration information, an e-mail management server(133) which obtains information on Internet sites(140_1-140_n) suitable for interesting fields and keywords registered by a member and a bookmark management server(134) which additionally registers the information obtained in bookmarks registered by the member. A network(200) connects the Internet information providing server(130) with terminals(110_1-110_n).

Description

Bookmark registration system in internet and operating method

The present invention relates to an information retrieval method using the Internet. In particular, in order to register an Internet site list of a field of interest as a bookmark so that an Internet user can easily visit the Internet site, information about the Internet site is provided. Register their interests and keywords in the Internet information server providing the information, and provide information about Internet sites satisfying the interests and keywords obtained from the Internet information server from the Internet information server. The present invention relates to a bookmark registration system and a method of operating the same on the Internet, which can easily register an Internet site of interest to a bookmark.

Today, a quantum leap in the field of computer-related telecommunications not only dramatically improves work efficiency, but also changes our daily way of life. For example, the use of a product purchase method using an online shopping mall on a network is gradually expanding in a shopping form related to product purchase.

In addition, due to the rapid spread of ultra-high speed network, a network having a data connection speed of several Mbit / sec has been installed in the home. As a result, many things that have not been possible at home have become possible.

On the other hand, the number of Internet sites providing information with the spread of the Internet environment is increasing exponentially. Therefore, the Internet user is not able to know when and where the Internet site that provides the beneficial information on their field of interest is occurring.

As a result, Internet users can obtain information about Internet sites that provide information about their interests, such as Yahoo (http://www.yahoo.com) and Lycos (http://www.yahoo.com). Many portal sites such as http://www.lycos.co.kr) and Naver (http://www.naver.com) are used.

In general, a portal site that provides information about an Internet site provides a site search function using keywords and a site search function by topic using a directory service. Accordingly, the Internet user accesses the portal site and searches for an Internet site that provides the corresponding information through a keyword about his or her field of interest. In addition, since the Internet user frequently registers a site that is expected to be visited in his or her bookmark, the user can easily access the site by clicking the bookmark in the future.

In addition, an Internet user may access a portal site and search for an Internet site that provides corresponding information by hierarchically accessing a field of interest through a directory service. At this time, the Internet user can register a site that is expected to visit frequently in his bookmark, so that the user can easily access the site by clicking the bookmark in the future.

As such, Internet users can easily access the site in the future by obtaining information on the Internet site that provides useful information about their area of interest through the portal site and registering the site in their bookmarks. can do.

However, in order to bookmark an Internet site that provides useful information on one's interests in this way, an Internet user should periodically access the portal site and search for an Internet site that provides information on his or her interests. There is a hassle to do.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and in registering a list of Internet sites in a field of interest so that Internet users can easily visit the Internet site, providing information on the Internet site. By registering their interests and keywords in the Internet information server, and receiving information from the Internet information server about the Internet site that satisfies the interests and keywords obtained from the Internet information server, An object of the present invention is to provide a bookmark registration system and a method of operating the same, which can easily register an Internet site on a bookmark.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a bookmark registration system in the Internet according to the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a process of registering a bookmark on a user's terminal in a system employing a method of operating a bookmark registration system on the Internet according to the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating another embodiment of a process of registering a bookmark on a user's terminal in a system employing a method of operating a bookmark registration system on the Internet according to the present invention;

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

110_1, 110_2, 110_3, ..., 110_n ... terminal

120 ... Network 130 ... Internet Information Server

131 ... Site Information Server 132 ... Member Information Management Server

133 ... Email Management Server 134 ... Bookmark Management Server

140_1, 140_2, 140_3, ..., 140_n ... Internet Sites

In order to achieve the above object, the bookmark registration system in the Internet according to the present invention,

Provides Internet site information according to a user's request, and when information on an Internet site satisfying the interests and keywords registered by the user is obtained, an Internet information providing server that provides the user with information about the obtained Internet site. ; And

Its feature is that it includes a network connecting the terminal used by the user and the Internet information providing server.

Here, the Internet information providing server,

A site information providing server providing information on an internet site;

A member information management server that manages member registration information about a member's interests and keywords designated by the member;

An e-mail management server that acquires information on an Internet site that satisfies interests and keywords registered by the member in the member information management server, and transmits information about the obtained Internet site to the member's e-mail account; And

Manage the bookmark registered by the member, obtain information on the Internet site satisfying the interests and keywords registered by the member in the member information management server, and add the information about the obtained Internet site to the bookmark registered by the member The feature is that a bookmark management server for registering is provided.

In addition, the operation method of the bookmark registration system on the Internet according to the present invention in order to achieve the above object,

(a) a terminal user registering his or her interests and keywords with an Internet information providing server;

(b) obtaining, by the Internet information providing server, Internet site information satisfying a field of interest and a keyword registered by the terminal user; And

(c) The Internet information providing server is characterized in that it comprises the step of providing the Internet site information obtained in the step (b) through the e-mail account of the terminal user.

The terminal user may further include the step of selecting a predetermined Internet site by referring to the Internet site information provided from the Internet information providing server and registering the selected Internet site in a bookmark of the terminal user. There is this.

In addition, to achieve the above object another embodiment of the operating method of the bookmark registration system on the Internet according to the present invention,

(i) a terminal user registering his or her interests and keywords in an internet information providing server, and registering a bookmark for recording an Internet site for the corresponding interests and keywords in the internet information providing server;

(j) obtaining, by the Internet information providing server, Internet site information satisfying a field of interest and a keyword registered by the terminal user; And

(k) The Internet information providing server is characterized in that it comprises the step of dividing the Internet site information obtained in the step (j) by category and adding to the bookmark registered by the terminal user in the step (i).

Here, (l) the Internet information providing server transmitting the bookmark information of the terminal user generated in the step (k) to the terminal; And

(m) the terminal user further comprising the step of selecting a predetermined internet site by referring to the bookmark information transmitted from the internet information providing server, and additionally registering the selected internet site to a bookmark of a user registered in the terminal. There is a characteristic in that.

The Internet information providing server is characterized in that the bookmark information is transmitted to the terminal in response to a download request of the terminal user in transmitting the bookmark information generated to the terminal in step (l).

In addition, the Internet information providing server, in transmitting the bookmark information generated to the terminal in the step (l), it is characterized in that it transmits the bookmark information to the terminal every predetermined period using a push method.

According to the present invention, in bookmarking the list of Internet sites of their interests so that Internet users can easily visit the Internet site, the Internet information providing server for providing information about the Internet site By registering the interests and keywords, and receiving information from the Internet information server about the Internet sites satisfying the corresponding interests and keywords obtained from the Internet information server, bookmarks the Internet sites for their own interests. There is an advantage that can be easily registered.

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

1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a bookmark registration system in the Internet according to the present invention.

Referring to Figure 1, the configuration of the bookmark registration system on the Internet according to the present invention requests the provision of information on the Internet site, a terminal for selecting the Internet site with reference to the information on the provided Internet site, and register in the bookmark ( 110_1, 110_2, 110_3, ..., 110_n) For example, a computer, a mobile communication terminal for the Internet, an Internet set-top, and the like, and Internet site information for a request of the terminals 110_1, 110_2, 110_3, ..., 110_n. When information about an Internet site that satisfies a field of interest and a keyword registered by a user 110_1, 110_2, 110_3, ..., 110_n is obtained, the terminal 110_1, 110_2 receives information about the acquired Internet site. , 110_3, ..., 110_n) such as the Internet information providing server 130 and the terminal (110_1, 110_2, 110_3, ..., 110_n) and the Internet connecting the Internet information providing server 130 Net It includes a large network 120.

Here, the Internet information providing server 130 may include a site information providing server 131 for providing information on an Internet site, and a member information management server for managing member registration information about a member's interests and keywords designated by the member ( 132 and obtaining information on an Internet site that satisfies the interests and keywords registered by the member in the member information management server 132, and transmits the information about the obtained Internet site to the member's e-mail account. Manages the e-mail management server 133 and the bookmark registered by the member, obtains information on the Internet site satisfying the interests and keywords registered by the member in the member information management server 132, and the obtained Internet site And a bookmark management server 134 for additionally registering information about the bookmark registered by the member. The Internet sites 110_1, 110_2, 110_3,..., 110_n refer to sites that are connected through the Internet network 120 and provide various information.

Next, a process of registering a bookmark on a user's terminal in a system having such a configuration will be described with reference to FIG. 2. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a process in which a user registers a bookmark in his terminal in a system employing a method of operating a bookmark registration system in the Internet according to the present invention.

First, a user of a terminal (see 110_1, 110_2, 110_3,..., 110_n of FIG. 1) registers his or her field of interest and keyword in the Internet information providing server 120 (step 201). Here, the Internet information providing server 120, Yahoo (YAHOO, http://kr.yahoo.com), Lycos (LYCOS, http://www.lycos.co.kr), Naver (NAVER, http: //www.naver.com), such as a portal site that provides information on Internet sites 140_1, 140_2, 140_3, ..., 140_n through keyword search functions and thematic directory services.

In addition, the field of interest of the user registered in the member information management server 132 of the Internet information providing server 120 refers to a field such as news, economy, patent, etc., and the keyword refers to words such as stocks or videos.

On the other hand, the Internet information providing server 130 obtains information on the Internet site that satisfies the field of interest and keywords registered by the user of the terminal (110_1, 110_2, 110_3, ..., 110_n) (step 202).

At this time, the Internet information providing server 130 may obtain information about the Internet site (140_1, 140_2, 140_3, ..., 140_n) satisfying the interest field and keywords registered by the user through a search engine. In addition, from the information registered by the operator of the Internet site (140_1, 140_2, 140_3, ..., 140_n) to the Internet information providing server 130 to introduce the site, the Internet information providing server 130 is the user Information about Internet sites 140_1, 140_2, 140_3,..., 140_n satisfying the registered interests and keywords may be obtained.

Accordingly, the email management server 133 of the Internet information providing server 130 provides the obtained Internet site information through an email account of the user of the terminal 110_1, 110_2, 110_3, ..., 110_n. (Step 203).

Then, the user of the terminal (110_1, 110_2, 110_3, ..., 110_n) by referring to the Internet site information provided from the Internet information providing server 130, a predetermined Internet site, that is, an Internet site that provides useful information to the user As an example, an Internet site that is likely to be frequently visited in the future is selected, and the selected Internet site is additionally registered in the bookmark of the terminal user (step 204).

Through this method, the user of the terminal (110_1, 110_2, 110_3, ..., 110_n) by registering the Internet site that is expected to visit frequently in their bookmarks, the information about their interests This can reduce the time required to search the Internet site to obtain.

Meanwhile, FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating another embodiment of a process in which a user registers a bookmark in his terminal in a system employing a method of operating a bookmark registration system in the Internet according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, a user of a terminal (see 110_1, 110_2, 110_3,..., 110_n of FIG. 1) registers his or her interests and keywords in the Internet information providing server 130, and registers the corresponding interests and keywords in the Internet. A bookmark capable of recording an internet site is registered in the internet information providing server 130 (step 301).

On the other hand, the Internet information providing server 130, the user of the terminal (110_1, 110_2, 110_3, ..., 110_n) with reference to the field of interest and keywords registered in the member information management server 132, the user registered Obtaining Internet site information satisfying the field of interest and keywords (step 302).

At this time, the Internet information providing server 130 may obtain information about the Internet site (140_1, 140_2, 140_3, ..., 140_n) satisfying the interest field and keywords registered by the user through a search engine.

In addition, from the information registered by the operator of the Internet site (140_1, 140_2, 140_3, ..., 140_n) to the Internet information providing server 130 to introduce the site, the Internet information providing server 130 is the user Information about Internet sites 140_1, 140_2, 140_3,..., 140_n satisfying the registered interests and keywords may be obtained.

In addition, the bookmark management server 134 of the Internet information providing server 130 divides the Internet site information obtained in step 302 into categories and adds them to the bookmark registered by the user in step 301 (step 303). Accordingly, the user refers to the Internet site information on his or her interests added to the bookmark of the Internet information providing server 130, and accesses the Internet information providing server 130 to the corresponding Internet site for the interests. It can be easily connected to.

Meanwhile, the Internet information providing server 130 transmits the generated bookmark information of the terminal user to the terminals 110_1, 110_2, 110_3, ..., 110_n of the user (step 304).

At this time, the Internet information providing server 130, in transmitting the bookmark information generated by the terminal (110_1, 110_2, 110_3, ..., 110_n) in step 304, the terminal (110_1, 110_2, 110_3, ..., 110_n) Bookmark information is transmitted to the terminals 110_1, 110_2, 110_3, ..., 110_n according to the user's download request.

In addition, the Internet information providing server 130 transmits the bookmark information generated by the terminals 110_1, 110_2, 110_3,..., 110_n in step 304 by using a push method for a predetermined period of time. The bookmark information may be transmitted to the terminals 110_1, 110_2, 110_3,..., 110_n every time.

On the other hand, the user of the terminal (110_1, 110_2, 110_3, ..., 110_n) by referring to the bookmark information transmitted from the Internet information providing server 130, a predetermined Internet site, that is, an Internet site that provides useful information to the user As an example, an Internet site that is likely to be frequently visited in the future is selected, and the selected Internet site is additionally registered in the bookmark of the terminal user (step 305).

Through this method, the user of the terminal (110_1, 110_2, 110_3, ..., 110_n) by registering the Internet site that is expected to visit frequently in their bookmarks, the information about their interests This can reduce the time required to search the Internet site to obtain.

As described above, according to the bookmark registration system and operation method thereof in the Internet according to the present invention, in registering an Internet site list of a field of interest of the user so that the Internet user can easily visit the Internet site, Register their interests and keywords in an Internet information server that provides information about Internet sites, and obtain information about Internet sites that satisfy the fields of interest and keywords obtained from the Internet information server from the Internet information server. By being provided, there is an advantage that it is possible to easily register the Internet site for their own interests in the bookmark.

Claims (8)

Provides Internet site information according to a user's request, and when information on an Internet site satisfying the interests and keywords registered by the user is obtained, an Internet information providing server that provides the user with information about the obtained Internet site. ; And And a network network connecting the terminal used by the user and the Internet information providing server. The method of claim 1, The Internet information providing server, A site information providing server providing information on an internet site; A member information management server that manages member registration information about a member's interests and keywords designated by the member; An e-mail management server that acquires information on an Internet site that satisfies interests and keywords registered by the member in the member information management server, and transmits information about the obtained Internet site to the member's e-mail account; And Manage the bookmark registered by the member, obtain information on the Internet site satisfying the interests and keywords registered by the member in the member information management server, and add the information about the obtained Internet site to the bookmark registered by the member A bookmark registration system on the Internet, comprising a bookmark management server for registering. (a) a terminal user registering his or her interests and keywords with an Internet information providing server; (b) acquiring, by the Internet information providing server, Internet site information satisfying an interest field and a keyword registered by the terminal user; And (c) the Internet information providing server, the step of providing the Internet site information obtained in the step (b) through the e-mail account of the terminal user, operating method of the bookmark registration system on the Internet. The method of claim 3, wherein Wherein the terminal user selects a predetermined Internet site by referring to the Internet site information provided from the Internet information providing server, and further registers the selected Internet site in a bookmark of the terminal user. How to use the bookmark registration system. (i) a terminal user registering his or her interests and keywords in an internet information providing server, and registering a bookmark for recording an Internet site for the corresponding interests and keywords in the internet information providing server; (j) obtaining, by the Internet information providing server, Internet site information satisfying a field of interest and a keyword registered by the terminal user; And (k) the Internet information providing server comprises the step of dividing the Internet site information obtained in step (j) by category and adding it to the bookmark registered by the terminal user in step (i). How to use the bookmark registration system. The method of claim 5, (l) the internet information providing server transmitting the bookmark information of the terminal user generated in the step (k) to the terminal; And (m) the terminal user further comprising the step of selecting a predetermined internet site by referring to the bookmark information transmitted from the internet information providing server, and additionally registering the selected internet site to a bookmark of a user registered in the terminal. Operating method of the bookmark registration system on the Internet, characterized in that the. The method of claim 6, The Internet information providing server registers bookmarks on the Internet, wherein the bookmark information is transmitted to the terminal according to a download request of the terminal user in transmitting the bookmark information generated to the terminal in step (l). How the system works. The method of claim 6, The internet information providing server registers bookmarks on the Internet, wherein the bookmark information is transmitted to the terminal every predetermined period by using a push method in transmitting the bookmark information generated to the terminal in step (l). How the system works.