KR20020026635A - Method of displaying abstracts on list of web board and method of accumulating points using the web board - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A bulletin board service method displaying an abstract of list and a point accumulating method using a bulletin board are provided to make a user easy to find a desired bulletin by promptly deciding whether the user sees the bulletin or not so as to display a part of bulletin content for a corresponding title. CONSTITUTION: The bulletin input window is auxiliary equipped with a document abstract box(304). A user inputs a user name or ID to a name box(301), a user e-mail address to an e-mail box, a title for a bulletin to a title box(303) and an abstract for the bulletin to an abstract box(304). In case of clicking a store button(307) after inputting a bulletin content to a bulletin box(305), a bulletin program of server processes the inputted data. At the same time, the content of title box converts into an image type file and the content of abstract box converts into a comment of the title image. If the content of abstract box is empty, a part of bulletin contents converts into the comment.

Description

Method of displaying abstracts on list of web board and method of accumulating points using the web board}

The present invention relates to a method of providing a bulletin board service on the Internet and a method of earning points by using a bulletin board, and more specifically, to a bulletin board service method showing a summary of posting contents in a bulletin board list and a bulletin board. Posting is about how to earn points to provide points.

In general, the Internet consists of a number of computers and computer networks interconnected via communication links. Interconnected computers can exchange information using a variety of services such as e-mail, gopher, FTP, and the World Wide Web (WWW). Or web page information written in XML) to remote client systems. Each resource on the web (i.e. computer or web page) is given a unique uniform resource locator (URL), and in order to view a particular web page, the client system designates the URL of that web page and sends it according to the HTTP protocol. If so, the server system sends corresponding web page information correspondingly. When the client system receives the web page, the client system typically displays it on the monitor through a browser.

In recent years, the number of users using the Internet has exploded, and numerous applications have been developed to provide various Internet businesses in the cyber space, and notices are provided at all sites that provide Internet services. In addition, bulletin boards (web boards) are provided for posting visitors' opinions and information.

As such, in order to use the bulletin board service, the publisher inputs the posting content in text according to the form as shown in FIG. 1A. When the bulletin board input is completed, the title of the bulletin board is displayed as shown in FIG. 1B. To make it visible to the general public.

However, in the conventional bulletin board, if you want to find the contents you want by looking at the list, the information displayed as the title is extremely limited. Therefore, you must click the title to move the page and read the relevant contents. There is a problem that it takes a long time to read and unnecessary information. In addition, in the conventional bulletin board service for sharing information, there is a problem in that good information is lost because it does not provide a practical benefit to the information publisher. That is, although each user has their own beneficial information, there is not much benefit to return when the information is disclosed, so the desire to post the information is lowered and the useful information is often lost.

In order to solve the problems described above, the present invention can quickly determine whether to view the relevant postings by showing a part (ie, a summary) of the posting contents of the corresponding title in the list of the bulletin boards, and thus, find a convenient bulletin board. The purpose is to provide a service.

Another object of the present invention is to reserve a certain point in the account of the information publisher in order to solve the above problems, and when someone reads the posting content, bringing a predetermined point in return for using the posting information from the account of the person It is to provide a point earning method using a bulletin board that is credited to the information publisher's account.

Figure 1a is an example of a conventional bulletin board input form,

Figure 1b is a list display example of a conventional bulletin board,

2 is an example of an exemplary Internet configuration to which the present invention is applied;

3 is an example of a bulletin board input form according to the present invention;

4 is a list display example of a bulletin board according to the present invention;

5 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for posting on a bulletin board according to the present invention;

6 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for searching for a desired posting content in a list of bulletin boards according to the present invention;

7 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for accumulating points using a bulletin board according to the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

102, 104: user client 110: network

120: bulletin board server system 122: web server

124: database

In order to achieve the above object, the bulletin board service of the present invention is a bulletin board service method in which a plurality of clients are connected to a server operating a bulletin board to use the bulletin board, and the publisher accesses the bulletin board and at least on the input screen. A first step of inputting a title and a publication; A second step of the server converting the input title into an image; A third step of the server converting a part of the posting content into an annotation of a title converted into the image; When the cursor is positioned on a title in the bulletin board list, the gist includes a fourth step of displaying an annotation of the title, thereby enabling the user to know the gist of the posting content without moving to the posting content page.

In addition, the point earning method of the present invention in order to achieve the other object as described above, if you post the information on the bulletin board to earn a certain point in the account of the information publisher, the information users find the desired post in the posting list after the corresponding post If you go to the page of the information user's account is reduced to a predetermined point, and the predetermined information points to the account of the information publisher, characterized in that the.

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

2 is an example of a typical Internet configuration to which the present invention is applied. Referring to FIG. 2, user boards 102 and 104 are connected to a bulletin board server system 120 through a network 110. The user clients 102 and 104 are implemented with ordinary personal computers and applications, and are equipped with a web browser (such as Microsoft's Internet Explorer or Netscape's Netscape) for viewing web pages on an operating system (O / S). It may be connected to the network 110 according to various communication protocols (TCP / IP, PPP, etc.) to perform a web or e-mail service. In addition, a network connection device such as a modem, an ADSL modem, a network card, and the like, and peripheral devices such as a scanner, a web camera, a printer, and the like are included.

The network 110 is the Internet, which is a computer communication network according to the TCP / IP protocol, and the server system 120 is for connecting to a network and a web server 122 such as an Apache server based on Unix or Linux or an IIS server supporting ASP. Including a router, a hub, and the like, the CGI interoperates with the database system 124 that stores information and various data of customers through a LAN. And the bulletin board server system 120 is equipped with a bulletin board program for performing a service according to the present invention, the program is HTML or XML, XHTML, JavaScript (Visual Basic) script (VBScript), C ++, PHP, It can be written in Perl, etc.

In such a configuration, the user may access the bulletin board server system 120 through the Internet after driving the web browser, log in to receive various contents or services, and in particular, use the bulletin board service according to the present invention.

3 is an example of a bulletin board input form according to the present invention. When a user logs in to the bulletin board server system 120 and selects a bulletin board, buttons such as writing, editing, home, and the like are typically displayed together with the bulletin board list. At this time, when a user clicks a "write button" to post a new content, a writing input window as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed.

The writing input window according to the present invention is similar to a normal input window, but a document summary section 304 is added to briefly inform the publication contents in a list. The user enters a name or ID in the name field 301 and inputs his or her email address in the e-mail field. In the title column 303, the title of the posting is input, and in the summary column 304, the main content (summary) of the posting is input. At this time, in another embodiment of the present invention, in case of inputting an image separately without converting the title into an image, a user may be selected from among the images prepared in advance by setting a field 310 in which an image may be input in a part of the summary column. It is also possible to select and input the desired image (preferred mascot, etc.).

Subsequently, after entering the disclosure details in the posting field 305 and clicking the save button 307, the bulletin board program of the server processes the input contents so that others can see it. In this case, if the user clicks the home button 308 or the list button 309, the user can return to the list or home after saving, and may add columns for inputting a document or other content although not shown in the drawing.

As described above, when the user clicks the save button 307 after inputting, the input of the title field is converted into a file (gif, tif) in the form of an image according to the present invention, and the input of the summary field corresponds to the image of the title field. Is converted to a comment. If there is no input in the summary column 304, a part of the posting content 306 of the posting column is converted into a comment.

Therefore, if the user places the cursor in the title field of the bulletin board list, the summary converted to the comment of the corresponding title is displayed so that the summary of the posting contents can be seen on the list without going to the posting page.

4 is a list display example of a bulletin board according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 4, the bulletin board list shows a sequence number column 401, a title column 402, a writer Iran 403, and a summary column 412 of a post. Also, the point column 414 according to another embodiment of the present invention may be displayed, and additional information such as the number of inquiries may be displayed although not shown in the drawing.

When the title field is processed as an image, when the user places the cursor in the title field 402, the summary of the title is displayed as an annotation so that the summary of the posting content can be known on the list without moving to the posting page. In addition, if the image is added to the summary column 412 with the title as it is, placing the cursor on the image of the summary column 412 shows the gist of the posting contents of the corresponding title. Therefore, the user can more easily find the posting contents of the desired contents among the many published lists.

That is, in FIG. 4, the "summary" column is used to display the image when the image is input in the image field 310 of FIG. 3 without converting the title into an image in another embodiment of the present invention. In this case, the title is displayed literally, and when the cursor is positioned on the image of the summary column 412, the summary of the posting is displayed. And the "points" column 414 is a point required when reading the posts, in the case of reading the posts according to the present invention, the points are deleted from the account of the person who reads the posts (this is called the information user), The points will be credited to the account of the information publisher who posted the post.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for posting on a bulletin board according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 5, a user first accesses a server that provides a bulletin board service to use a bulletin board service, and then selects a bulletin board (501). When accessing the bulletin board, a list of posts, a writing button, a modification button, and a home button are generally displayed. When a writing button is clicked to post new contents, an input screen for writing (FIG. 3) appears (502 and 503).

After entering everything on the input screen, click the Save button to convert the input of the title field (303) into an image (gif or jpg format), and determine whether the summary is entered in the summary field 304, and if so, the summary If there is no input in the summary column 304, a part of the posting content is converted into the annotation of the title image. At this time, the conversion to comments may use "ALT" in the HTML tag (504 ~ 509).

Subsequently, all the input contents and the summary, the title image, etc., which are converted into comments, are stored and listed in the bulletin board list (510).

6 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for searching for a desired posting content in a list of bulletin boards according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 6, when a user accesses a bulletin board, a list of posts is displayed as shown in FIG. 4 (601, 602).

Then, when the user moves the cursor over the title, a summary of the title where the cursor is located is automatically displayed on the list page. If you click on the title to read the summary and read the post, you will go to the post page and display the post (603 ~ 606).

As such, according to the present invention, since the gist or part of the posting contents of the corresponding titles can be viewed on the posting list, the posting contents can be grasped even if the pages are not moved one by one, so that the desired post can be quickly found.

In the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the title is converted into an image, and an annotation is added. However, an additional image field 310 is added to the input window of FIG. 3 to allow a user to select an image of a plurality of images in a clip format. For example, you can convert a summary or part of a post into a comment on the selected image and then display the summary by displaying the image with a title on the list. As such, when the title is left in the text format and the additional image column is used, the title can be searched on the list.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for accumulating points using a bulletin board according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 7, when a user logs in, accesses a bulletin board, and publishes information, the user acquires a predetermined point according to the information posted in the ID account of the information publisher (701 to 704). The title of the posted information is displayed on the bulletin board list and can be used by general users.

After checking the title, summary, and points according to the present invention on the bulletin board list, and clicking the list to read the post, the points are reduced according to the use of the information in the account of the information user, and the information is used in the information publisher ID account of the post. Earn points according to (705 ~ 707). In this case, it is preferable that the accumulation ratio of the points according to the information posted and the points used according to the information is about 10: 1, and the points according to the information usage may be set differently according to the information contents. For example, if you post the information on the bulletin board, you will earn 10 points.If anyone uses the posted information as 1, if anyone reads the information, you will get -1 point for the information user and +1 point for the information publisher. give.

The accumulated points can be used to purchase goods and use of paid contents in various shopping malls online, and can be used to purchase goods and services of merchants offline.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the economic benefit of earning points can be obtained by releasing the information, so people with beneficial information will actively post the information, and accordingly, good information can be shared by many people, thereby promoting information exchange. Can be.

As described above, according to the present invention, in providing the bulletin board service, it is possible to easily grasp the posting contents of each post without moving the page on the bulletin board list, thereby finding the desired post quickly. In addition, when posting information on the bulletin board, by earning points, by increasing or decreasing the points according to the use of information, it is effective to activate the information exchange by allowing many people to share good information.

Claims (7)

In a bulletin board service method in which a plurality of clients are connected to a server operating a bulletin board to use the bulletin board, A first step of a publisher accessing the bulletin board and inputting at least a title and a posted content on an input screen; A second step of the server converting the input title into an image; A third step of the server converting a part of the posting content into an annotation of a title converted into the image; And When the cursor is placed on a title in the bulletin board list, including the fourth step of displaying the comment of the title Bulletin board service method characterized in that to know the gist of the posting content without having to go to the posting content page in the posting list. The method of claim 1, wherein the first step is to enter a summary to distinguish briefly from the posting content in the summary column, The third step is a bulletin board service method, characterized in that for converting the contents of the summary column to a comment. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the third step The bulletin board service method characterized in that if there is content entered in the summary column first, and converts a part of the posting content to the comment only if there is no content entered in the summary column. In a bulletin board service method in which a plurality of clients are connected to a server operating a bulletin board to use the bulletin board, A first step in which a publisher accesses the bulletin board and inputs at least one image and posting content on an input screen; A second step of the server converting a part of the posting content into an annotation of the image; And Including the third step of displaying the image in the list of the bulletin board and displaying the annotation when the image is selected. Bulletin board service method characterized in that to know the gist of the posting content without having to go to the posting content page in the posting list. The method of claim 4, wherein the first step is to enter a summary for distinguishing the posting contents in the summary column separately from the posting contents, The second step is a bulletin board service method, characterized in that for converting the contents of the summary column to a comment. Posting information on the bulletin board will earn a certain amount of points in the account of the information publisher.If the information user finds the desired post in the posting list and goes to the page of the posting, the point will be deducted from the information user's account. Point earning method using the bulletin board, characterized in that earning a predetermined point in the account of the information publisher. The method of claim 6, wherein the accumulated points can be used for cyber shopping and paid contents use online or when purchasing goods and services of an affiliated store offline.