KR20020016438A - An apparatus and method for providing contents over internet - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system and a method for providing contents on the Internet are provided to offer information contents rapidly by collectively offering the contents of all subordinating categories linked to the higher-rank categories when a user selects the highest-rank category on a multi-layer web browser. CONSTITUTION: The system comprises a user terminal(10) for connecting to a web site through the Internet(12), a highest-rank categories storing unit(14), a subordinating categories storing unit(16), a subordinating categories contents storing unit(18), and a web server(20). The user terminal is a personal computer or such mobile terminals as a PCS(Personal Communication System) phone, a cellular phone or a PDA(Personal Digital Assistant). The web server registers respective contents for the highest-rank category or the subordinating categories. The registered contents are linked to the corresponding highest-rank category. If a user clicks a specific highest-rank category, all subordinating categories linked to the highest-rank category and contents of the subordinating categories are listed on a web page and transmitted to the user terminal.

Description

An apparatus and method for providing contents on the Internet

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for providing contents on the Internet. More specifically, when a user selects a top category item on a web browser screen of a multi-level classification, the contents of all sub-category items linked thereto are collectively provided to the user. It relates to an apparatus and a method.

In order to find the content you want after surfing a web-site or launching a customized web browser, you typically click the parent icon step by step to find the content you are looking for. You will find.

In other words, when a user accesses an arbitrary web site, the web site may display, for example, the screen of FIG. 1 on the user's terminal, and the user may display, for example, "greeting / training / After selecting the top-level category of "secretary" and clicking the middle-class category of "personnel", a sub-category item, the user's terminal displays a list of contents related to personnel as shown in FIG.

Accordingly, the user selects a desired item from the contents list related to the greeting currently displayed on the terminal and views the contents.

Then, in order to view contents related to training or secretary, it is necessary to click on the category of "training" or "secretary" again on the screen of FIG. 2 so that the related contents list can be viewed.

However, while this method may be useful for users who are new to the website or new to the web browser, those who frequently visit the website or use the web browser often know the content navigation steps by frequent or frequent use. It is rather cumbersome for a user who knows where the information he wants is located.

Disclosure of Invention The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object thereof is to provide a content providing device on the Internet that provides various types of information to a user quickly for convenience.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a content providing method on the Internet to facilitate the convenience by providing a variety of information content to the user quickly.

1 and 2 are screen examples employed to explain a problem occurring in a conventional web site,

3 is a block diagram of a content providing device on the Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining a program building operation in the web server shown in FIG. 3;

5 is a flowchart illustrating a content providing method on the Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention;

6 and 7 are screen examples employed in the method description of the present invention.

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10: user terminal 12: the Internet

14: the highest category storage unit 16: the lower category storage unit

18: Content storage unit by sub category 20: Web server

In order to achieve the above object, an apparatus for providing content on the Internet according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is an apparatus for providing content to a user accessing a web site.

Storage means for storing information of the highest classification item for the content provided by the web site, information of the lower category item linked to the highest category item, and content information registered in the lower category item; And display all sub-categories linked to the top-category category and contents registered in the respective sub-category items on one screen as the user clicks on the top category through data input means connected through a network. And a web server for transmitting to the user.

In addition, the content providing method on the Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention, in the method for providing content to a user connected to a web site,

Registering the content as a top category and a sub category subordinate thereto, and linking the sub category and the content registered in the sub category to a corresponding top category; And display all sub-categories linked to the top-level categorized item and contents registered in the sub-categorized item on one screen as the user clicks on the top-class categorized item through data input means connected through a network. And a second process provided to the user.

Hereinafter, an apparatus for providing contents on the Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3 is a block diagram of an apparatus for providing contents on the Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention, the embodiment of the present invention comprises: a user terminal 10 for accessing a web site via the Internet 12; A highest classification item storage unit 14 for storing information of the highest classification items for content provided by a web site; A lower classification item storage unit 16 for storing information of lower classification items linked to the highest classification item; A content storage unit 18 for each sub category that stores content information registered in each sub category; And registering each content as a top category and a subordinate category according to the multi-level classification method, and linking the content registered in the sub category and its respective sub category to the corresponding top category. When a user clicks on any top-level category, the web server 20 lists all the sub-categories linked to it and the contents registered in each sub-category to be displayed on one screen and transmits them to the user's terminal 10. ).

The user terminal 10 is generally equipped with an input device such as a keyboard, a mouse or a conventional speech recognition software package, a display device such as a video monitor, a voice output device such as a speaker, and a processing device such as a CPU. -browser) consists of a built-in personal computer. In addition, the user terminal 10 may be configured as a portable mobile terminal such as a PCS phone, a cellular phone, a PDA, or the like, capable of accessing the Internet.

Although not shown in FIG. 3, the web server 20 operates when the user wirelessly connects using a portable mobile terminal because the user may access the website through a wire or may access the website through the wireless. In this case, the server and the personal computer are connected to each other to operate by wire, so it is easily distinguished by wire / wireless connection. In addition, the web server 20 may recognize the current wireless connection state by the phone number of the portable mobile terminal when the user is connected wirelessly, and the current through the IP address or the member ID of the user when the user is connected by wire You can also recognize that you are in a wired connection.

In this case, each server in the web server 20 shares the highest classification item storage unit 14, the lower classification item storage unit 16, and the contents storage unit 18 for each lower classification item, and share the shared information. On the basis of this, the content is provided to the user through mirroring. Here, mirroring refers to transferring content contents operated by wire to a server operated wirelessly or transferring content contents operated wirelessly to a server operated by wire.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining a program building operation performed in the web server 20 shown in FIG. 3, wherein the web server 20 firstly includes a top-level classification item and a multilevel classification method for each content. It registers as a lower category associated with the highest category (step S10). Thereafter, the program building is terminated by linking each of the sub-categories and the contents registered in each of the sub-categories with the corresponding top-level categorization items (step S12).

The above-described program building operation performed by the web server 20 is performed every fixed period (for example, six months, one year, etc.).

Next, a content providing method on the Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 5.

When the user operates his terminal 10 and accesses and logs in to a web site managed by the web server 20 through the Internet 12 (step S20), the web server 20 schedules provided by the web site. The screen (see FIG. 6) is transmitted to the user terminal 10. The schedule screen includes a category selection window (step S22).

When the user selects any one of the highest category items on the screen displayed on his terminal 10 (ie, the screen of FIG. 6), for example, on the screen of FIG. When an item is selected ("Yes" in step S24), a signal indicating that the major category is selected is transmitted to the web server 20 via the Internet 12.

The web server 20 transmits at least one or more sub-categories linked to the highest category and contents corresponding to the sub-category to the user terminal 10. Accordingly, on the user terminal 10, as shown in the screen of FIG. 7, the sub-categories (HR, training, general affairs) and "content list related to personnel", "content list related to training", "content list related to general affairs" Is displayed, and the user selects a desired item from the contents lists to see the desired contents (step S26). In order to collectively display the plurality of types of contents list on the user terminal 10, it is necessary to optimize the sorting items and the contents to have one screen configuration. In other words, by limiting the number of contents displayed on the contents list screen related to the personnel, training, and general affairs in the order of the latest information or scrolling by scrolling, the restriction on the number of contents is alleviated. You can.

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, if a user selects any one of the top-level categories, and registers the content as a multi-level classification item, the sub-category linked to it and the content corresponding to the sub-category Since it is displayed collectively on one screen, the user can easily find the desired information quickly.

On the other hand, the present invention is not limited only to the above-described embodiment, but can be modified and modified within the scope not departing from the gist of the present invention, the technical idea to which such modifications and variations are also applied to the claims Must see

Claims (4)

An apparatus for providing content to a user accessing a website, Storage means for storing information of the highest classification item for the content provided by the web site, information of the lower category item linked to the highest category item, and content information registered in the lower category item; And As the user clicks on a top category item through a data input unit connected through a network, all the sub category items linked to the top category item and contents registered in the respective sub category items are displayed on one screen. And a web server for transmitting to the user. The method of claim 1, The web server registers the content as a top-level category and a sub-category subordinate to it in advance before the user clicks on the top-level category, and classifies the content registered in the sub-category and its sub-category into a top-level category. Content providing apparatus on the Internet, characterized in that the link to the item. In the method for providing content to users who access a website, Registering the content as a top category and a sub category subordinate thereto, and linking the sub category and the content registered in the sub category to a corresponding top category; And As the user clicks on the highest classification item through a data input means connected through a network, all the lower classification items linked to the highest classification item and the contents registered in the lower classification item are configured to be displayed on one screen. And a second process provided to the user. The method of claim 3, wherein The first step is a content providing method on the Internet, characterized in that it is not performed every time the user accesses a web site, but is performed at regular intervals.