KR20020041036A - providing method of statistic information using internet connection history from internet terminals of users - Google Patents

Abstract

Invented method for providing statistical information using internet access records of Internet terminals allows members to automatically install and execute a predetermined computer program on a terminal used for Internet access and information use on the Internet. Overall access records related to members' Internet usage, such as site address, time of access, content used, etc. For example, if the operating system is Windows98, the folder called history in the Windows folder of the hard disk where Windows98 is installed Access records of Internet sites are left, and record files such as Internet access records and cookie files are automatically received and stored in a server through a predetermined computer program installed and running on a member's computer, and the stored records are analyzed. Various analysis through Internet statistics such as site access ranking, site access ranking by category, popular site by category, and popular content ranking, and personal environment set by members after signing up, such as member's age, gender, occupation, job, interest, and residence It can be provided according to the member's internet access record and personal environment set up by the member by reproducing it by specialized internet statistics information such as the site ranking by industry, hobbies, etc., preference site by age, and popular site by interest. Way. In addition, the Internet information transmitted by the server and displayed to the member through a predetermined program installed in the member's Internet terminal is connected and provided so that the member can directly access the corresponding site or content.

When introducing some functions of a predetermined computer program transmitted and automatically installed on the member's terminal, the first predetermined program is automatically executed together with other Internet programs that the member uses to access the Internet. During the predetermined process of installing the program, the member's identification code and password inputted by the member can be automatically transmitted to the server to process member authentication.

The next function is to display the information to the member through the screen of the installed program when the server transmits the matching information based on the personal environment set in advance by the authenticated member, and the name and site of the Internet site that the member has accessed. It has a function of automatically sending internet usage information such as address, time of access, and contents used to the server. In addition, when a user who does not register as a member obtains the program through other channels and attempts to install the program, the user is automatically connected to a server to induce membership.

All of the above functions are performed regardless of whether or not the user has access to the server, so long as the member has access to the Internet. Therefore, the member can freely search the Internet regardless of the data transmission and reception from the Internet terminal to the server or from the server to his Internet terminal. can do.

Users who utilize the information on the Internet using a terminal with internet access are judged to be members / non-members when connected to the Internet, and if they are members, the personal environment set in advance by the member, namely, age, gender, occupation, and job of the member , Interests, residence. It sends information to the members such as content item rankings, popular sites and contents, product lists and recommendations that correspond to information such as hobbies, etc. Receive and store in the access record database.

If the connected user is a non-member, send the screen for joining the membership and input the contract agreement details agreeing to receive the Internet access record from the member's Internet terminal to the server along with the general information of the member and save it in the member database. In addition, the member is granted a qualification through a process of transmitting and automatically installing a predetermined program that can receive the Internet access record from the member's terminal. In addition, it is possible to set or change the personal environment according to the needs of the member, and if the member does not set the personal environment, the initial setting is reflected.

The member's Internet access records received from the member's terminal and stored in the access record database are used to analyze statistics from various points of view through the analysis server to generate statistical data about the entire Internet, and the generated information is analyzed database In addition to the personal preferences set by the member, such as the member's age, gender, occupation, job, interests, and place of residence. Based on the information such as hobbies, information such as ranking of the corresponding content items, popular sites and contents, a list of products, and recommendations are transmitted to the member's Internet terminal.

The analysis server analyzes the Internet access records of members stored in the access history database, and general internet statistics such as site access ranking, site access ranking by category, popular site by category, and popular content ranking, and personal environment set by members after registration. In other words, it reproduces specialized Internet statistics such as site rankings by industry, age-specific sites, popular sites by interests, etc. based on information such as age, gender, occupation, job, interests, residence, hobbies, etc. of members.

Description

Provisioning method of statistic information using internet connection history from internet terminals of users}

According to the present invention, Internet access records that remain on a member's Internet terminal by accessing an Internet site of a member using the Internet, for example, when the operating system is Windows98, are stored in a folder called history in a Windows folder of a hard disk on which Windows98 is installed. The access records of the Internet sites that have been accessed are left. Record files such as Internet access records and cookie files are automatically received and stored on the server through a predetermined computer program installed and running on the member's computer, and the stored records are stored. After analyzing various data through the analysis server, general internet statistics such as site access rank, site access rank by category, popular site by category, and popular content ranking, and personal environment set by members after registration, such as member's age, gender, and occupation , Job, interests, residence It can be provided according to the member's internet access record and personal environment set up by the member by reproducing it by specialized internet statistics information such as the site ranking by industry, hobbies, etc., preference site by age, and popular site by interest. Way. In addition, the Internet information transmitted by the server and displayed to the member through a predetermined program installed in the member's Internet terminal is connected and provided so that the member can directly access the corresponding site or content.

Thanks to the rapid development of communication technology and computer field, computer communication and internet communication have become a representative means of acquiring and exchanging information of modern people, and its functions and roles are infinitely increasing.

The Internet has been providing a variety of information with the emergence of a number of sites called the homepage, and the existing general business fields are being converted and applied to the Internet site-based business. As such, a lot of information provided using the Internet is provided through providers called information providers, and the information such as the number of people accessing their site and the type of information used are very important business data. do. In addition, Internet users who utilize the information of the Internet need a certain level of guides or guide information because the information on the Internet is too vast to search for information that suits their tastes or preferences on the Internet.

However, the information provided by existing site guides, called search engines, increases user confusion by providing hundreds of sites through simple subject search regardless of user's preference or taste. The information is often lacking in content or the site itself provides so-called dead information that has been shut down. Therefore, the information is quite insufficient for meaningful information on the user side.

Therefore, the invention provides a method for providing statistical information using the Internet access record of an Internet terminal, which allows members to automatically install and execute a predetermined computer program on a terminal used for accessing the Internet and using information on the Internet. The user's access to the overall access records related to the members' internet usage, such as the name, site address, time of access, content used, etc., for example, the history folder in the Windows folder of the hard disk where Windows98 is installed. The access records of the Internet sites are left. The record files such as internet access records and cookie files are automatically received and stored on the server through a predetermined computer program installed and running on the member's computer, and the stored records are analyzed. Diversity via Server Through the analysis, general internet statistics such as site access ranking, site access ranking by category, popular site by category, popular content ranking, and personal environment set by members after registration, such as member's age, gender, occupation, job, interest, It can be provided according to the member's internet access record and personal environment set up by the member after recreating it by specialized internet statistics information such as site ranking by industry based on residence, hobbies, etc., preferred site by age, and popular site by interest. That's how it is. In addition, the Internet information transmitted by the server and displayed to the member through a predetermined program installed in the member's Internet terminal is connected and provided so that the member can directly access the corresponding site or content.

When introducing some functions of a predetermined computer program transmitted and automatically installed on the member's terminal, the first predetermined program is automatically executed together with other Internet programs that the member uses to access the Internet. During the predetermined process of installing the program, the member's identification code and password inputted by the member can be automatically transmitted to the server to process member authentication.

The next function is to display the information to the member through the screen of the installed program when the server transmits the matching information based on the personal environment set in advance by the authenticated member, and the name and site of the Internet site that the member has accessed. It has a function of automatically sending internet usage information such as address, time of access, and contents used to the server. In addition, when a user who does not register as a member obtains the program through other channels and attempts to install the program, the user is automatically connected to a server to induce membership.

All of the above functions are performed regardless of whether or not the user has access to the server, so long as the member has access to the Internet. Therefore, the member can freely search the Internet regardless of the data transmission and reception from the Internet terminal to the server or from the server to his Internet terminal. can do.

Users who utilize the information on the Internet using a terminal with internet access are judged to be members / non-members when connected to the Internet, and if they are members, the personal environment set in advance by the member, namely, age, gender, occupation, and job of the member , Interests, residence. It sends information to the members such as content item rankings, popular sites and contents, lists of products and recommendations that correspond to information such as hobbies, etc. Receive and store in the access record database.

If the connected user is a non-member, send the screen for joining the membership and input the contract agreement details agreeing to receive the Internet access record from the member's Internet terminal to the server along with the general information of the member and save it in the member database. In addition, the member is granted a qualification through a process of transmitting and automatically installing a predetermined program that can receive the Internet access record from the member's terminal. In addition, it is possible to set or change the personal environment according to the needs of the member, and if the member does not set the personal environment, the initial setting is reflected.

The member's Internet access records received from the member's terminal and stored in the access record database are used to analyze statistics from various points of view through the analysis server to generate statistical data about the entire Internet, and the generated information is analyzed database In addition to the personal preferences set by the member, such as the member's age, gender, occupation, job, interests, and place of residence. Based on the information such as hobbies, information such as ranking of the corresponding content items, popular sites and contents, a list of products, and recommendations are transmitted to the member's Internet terminal.

The analysis server analyzes the Internet access records of members stored in the access history database, and general internet statistics such as site access ranking, site access ranking by category, popular site by category, and popular content ranking, and personal environment set by members after registration. In other words, it reproduces specialized Internet statistics such as site rankings by industry, age-specific sites, popular sites by interests, etc. based on information such as members' ages, genders, occupations, jobs, interests, residences, hobbies, and the like.

And the membership registration; Enter the member's general information such as the member's name, social security number, e-mail address, identification code and password to subscribe, and the agreement for the right to transfer the Internet access record; Agreement with the automatic installation of a predetermined program, agreement of receiving a user's Internet access record through the installed program to the server, and a personal environment set by the member in advance; In addition to setting information based on a member's preferences and tastes such as a member's age, gender, occupation, job interests, place of residence, and hobbies, the user may also set the location on the program screen where the information is desired to be displayed. .

.

Hereinafter, an information providing method using an internet access record according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating hardware to which the information providing method of the present invention is applied.

Here, reference numeral 10 denotes an information providing server for receiving / analyzing the member's Internet access record and transmitting the reproduced information to a predetermined program installed in the member's Internet terminal based on the personal environment preset by the member. The plurality of personal terminals 20 and the information providing server 10 which receive the Internet access records of each member from a predetermined program installed as a plurality of personal terminals used for the Internet connection are provided with data and information via the Internet 30. Communication is possible.

Reference numeral 12 is a member database provided in the information providing server 10 and stores the member's general information, which is entered at the time of membership registration, and the contents of a contract agreement on access record usage, and the Internet received from the member's personal terminal 20. A database server that stores and outputs a variety of information, such as a connection record database that stores access records and an analysis information database that stores valuable information reproduced by analyzing data of the access record database. Reference numeral 14 is provided in the information providing server 10 and received from the member's personal terminal 20 and stored in the access record database. The member's Internet access record is reproduced as meaningful information by analyzing the data based on various statistical methods and rules. It is an analysis engine.

In the information providing method of the present invention acting on the hardware of such a configuration, as shown in FIG. 2A, the information providing server 10 is personal at step S22 while maintaining the connection state of the Internet 30 at step S20. It is determined whether the terminal 20 is connected to the information providing server 10 through the Internet 30.

When the personal terminal 20 is connected to the information providing server 10 via the Internet 30, the information providing server 10 is connected to the personal terminal 20 connected to the information providing server 10 in step S24. The initial guide screen is transmitted to be displayed on the monitor of the personal terminal 20.

Here, the initial guide screen, for example, a screen for receiving a member identification code and password, and a variety of information such as a service guide, a member registration guide for the connected users, so that the connected users can check.

In a next step (S26) information providing server 10 determines the member / non-member with the information input from the personal terminal 20.

That is, in the case of a member, the identification code and password given to the member are given, and when the identification code and the password are input, the identification code and the password are searched to determine whether the member is a member. If the code and password is not entered to receive the membership application in step S30 to join the member.

Here, the membership is input to the member's general information such as various personal information about the member, for example, the member's name, social security number, e-mail address, identification code and password, and then to the right to transfer the Internet access record The agreement is concluded with the agreement to automatically install a certain program as a contract and the transfer of the user's Internet access record to the server through the installed program. In step S32, the member database is stored and stored in the database server 12.

In this way, after the membership registration in step S30 and the agreement contracting step in step S32 are completed, the predetermined program promised in step S34 is transferred and automatically installed in the personal terminal 20 of the member, and the program is installed in the installation process. In order to be able to authenticate the member through the process of receiving the member's identification code in the program through the process of storing the authentication and internet access records of the member's authentication and Internet access only by accessing the Internet without access to the information providing server 10 ( 10) ready to transmit and receive.

All the ready personal terminal 20 and the information providing server 10 is maintained through the Internet 30, the personal preferences of the member to select the personal preferences of step (S40) for setting and change You can judge your needs. If the member selects personal preferences, the user's general preferences, such as the member's age, gender, occupation, job interests, residence, hobbies, etc., may be determined through step S42. The position on the screen where information is desired to be displayed on the monitor of the member's personal terminal 20 can be set.

In this way, the unique environment of the individual member set in step S42 is updated in the member database in step S44 and stored in the database server 12.

From the members who have not selected the environment setting in step S40, it is determined in step S46 whether the member's personal terminal 20 is transmitting the member's Internet access record to the information providing server 10, If the member's Internet access record is being transmitted to the information providing server 10, the member's Internet access records received by the information providing server 10 are stored in the access record database in step S50. In this case, the Internet access records of the member that the information providing server 10 receives are, for example, access records such as an Internet site name, a site address, a connected time, and content used by the member.

If the member's Internet access record is not received from the member's Internet terminal 20, the personal environment set by the member in advance is searched from the member database in step S52, and the respective settings related to the member's personal environment are met. The analysis results are retrieved from the analysis information database in step S54. At this time, the analysis information retrieved are results that match the information of the member's age, gender, occupation, job, interests, residence, hobbies, etc., entered by the member in step S42 and stored in the member database. If the profession is a baseball player, you will need information about various baseball equipment, and the information you want to find will be various sports related sites and sports equipment sites. Therefore, the member must first provide the ranking of the sports site and the sporting goods shopping mall sites.

The personal environment of the member inquired in step S52 and the analysis information retrieved through step S54 are described in step S56 such as age, gender, occupation, job, interests, residence, hobbies, etc. of the member. The results are consistent with the information. The derived analysis information is transmitted to the predetermined program installed in the member's Internet terminal through step S58 and displayed to the member when executing the predetermined program screen installed by the member's needs. The member can be transferred directly to the corresponding site or content by selecting the site and content analysis ranking and information displayed on the program screen received through the information providing server 10, which is installed on the member's Internet terminal in the information providing server 10. When the analysis information transmitted to a predetermined program is displayed on the screen in a program installed in the member's Internet terminal, a direct connection is provided.

Various analysis methods for the records stored in the access record database on the database server 12 in the present invention providing the information analyzed in such a manner is as shown in FIG. 2C as shown in FIG. 12, the Internet access records of the members accumulated in the access record database on 12 are read into the analysis server 14 in step S70, and various analyzes are performed through the analysis server 14 in step S72, and step S74. General statistical information, such as site access rankings, site access rankings by category, popular sites by category, popular content rankings, and personal preferences set by members after signing up, such as age of members, Site ranking by industry based on gender, job, job, interests, residence, hobbies, etc. Preferred site by age and interest It is reproduced with specialized Internet-based statistical information, such as your site. The analysis information which has undergone this process is stored in the analysis information database located on the database server 12 in step S76. As an example of the analysis result of the access record analysis of the analysis server 14, as a result of arranging the Internet access records received from 10,000 members, when there are sites 'A' and 'B' providing information in the same field, 9,000 If 1,000 members have accessed a total of 1,000 hours on a site called 'A', and 5,000 members have accessed a total of 2,000 hours on a site called 'B', the number of site accesses is 'A'. The quality of the information can be judged as a good site, 'B', which has a relatively long connection retention time. In the case where the members visited mainly, and the building site called 'B' had a large number of connections but the majority of the members were not related to the building industry, the quality and level of information provided by the 'B' site was' Various analyzes and conclusions can be drawn, such as the fact that it is lower than the A 'site.

The information providing server 10 passes the analysis information reproduced as meaningful information through the process from step S70 to step S76, and the personal terminal of the member through the above-described step S52 to step S58. Transfer to the predetermined program installed in the (20).

As described above, the users connected to the information providing server 10 are determined to be members / non-members to join the membership, and the Internet access records received from the personal terminal 20 to the information providing server 10 are analyzed through the analysis server 14. In addition, the reproduced information is transmitted to the member's personal terminal 20 to complete the provision of the information. In step S22, the member's personal terminal 20 that is not connected to the information providing server 10 is the step of FIG. 2B. The information providing server 10 detects predetermined authentication information transmitted from a predetermined program installed in the member's personal terminal 20 through S60 to determine whether the member accesses the Internet 30, and detects The authentication information is referred to the member database in step S62 to determine whether the member. In step S64, if the member is determined to be a member who is not connected to the information providing server 10 but is connected to the Internet 30, the predetermined member installed in the personal terminal 20 of the member in step S34 of FIG. It is connected to the above-described step (S46) through the program of the member to determine whether the Internet connection record of the member is transmitted from the Internet terminal 20 of the member to the information providing server 10, and if it is being transmitted (S50) and The process proceeds from step S70 to step S76 of FIG. 2C and from step S52 to step S58 of FIG. 2A to provide the analysis information to the member. If not, the process proceeds from step S52 to step S58 of FIG. 2A to provide analysis information to the member.

If the member is not connected to the Internet 30 or is connected to the Internet 30 but is not a member through steps S60 and S64 of FIG. 2B, the information providing server 10 and the member's Internet are used. The transmission / reception of the analysis information and the internet access record between the terminals 20 is not made.

As described above, according to the present invention, members can install and execute a predetermined computer program on a terminal used for accessing the Internet and using information on the Internet. Overall Internet access records related to the member's Internet use, such as contents, for example, if the operating system is Windows 98, the history folder in the Windows folder of the hard disk where Windows 98 is installed will contain access records of Internet sites that the user has accessed. , And records files such as internet access records and cookie files are automatically received and stored in the server, and the stored records are classified by various items such as site access rankings, popular content rankings, and interest product rankings through various analysis. Of course, my favorite member It is a way to provide or recommend information on sites, product lists, etc., based on the member's Internet access history. In addition, the Internet information transmitted by the server and displayed to the member through a predetermined program installed in the member's Internet terminal is connected and provided so that the member can directly access the corresponding site or content.

The information provided in this way can be used for the operators who operate the site on the Internet as a material for the contents or type of the site that Internet users prefer, and it can be helpful for the operation of the company and the site. There are various effects such as providing a guide to easily find a site or content that satisfies the tastes and preferences, as well as providing information directly on the Internet corresponding to the content.

Although described in the embodiments described above with respect to the present invention, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that modifications and variations are possible within the spirit and scope of the present invention, and such modifications and modifications belong to the appended claims.

Claims (6)

A first step of transmitting a member's Internet access record to a server through a predetermined program installed in a member's terminal connected to the Internet; A second step of transmitting an initial guide screen to a user who is automatically connected to a server or arbitrarily connected to a server in a process of installing a predetermined corresponding program obtained by the user through another path; A third step of allowing general membership to be entered by the second step if the user is not a member in the second step; A fourth step of allowing a contract agreement for a right to receive a member's Internet access record to a server in the third step; A fifth process of storing the general information received in the third process and contents of the agreement obtained from the member in the fourth process in a member database; A sixth step of transmitting and automatically installing a predetermined program in a terminal of the member if the agreement is agreed in the fourth step; A seventh step of transmitting information corresponding to the environment set by the member to the terminal of the member in the first step or the sixth step and displaying the information through a predetermined program installed; An eighth step of transmitting the Internet access record of the member to a server through a predetermined program installed in the member terminal in the first and sixth steps; A ninth step of storing the Internet usage record received from the member in the first step and the eighth step in an access record database; A tenth step of reproducing the Internet statistical information through the analysis server based on the Internet access records of the members stored and accumulated in the access record database in the ninth step; An eleventh step of storing the information reproduced in the ninth step in an analysis information database; Statistical information using the Internet access record of the Internet terminal, characterized in that the twelfth process to reproduce and display the Internet statistical information stored in the analysis information database in the tenth and eleventh process to the member terminal of the member; How to Provide. The method of claim 1, wherein the membership of the third process comprises: Method for providing statistical information using the Internet access records of the Internet terminal, characterized in that the member's name, social security number, E-mail address, identification code and password to enter the member's general information. The method of claim 1, wherein the fourth process arrangement; An Internet terminal, comprising: a contract agreement indicating that a member agrees to automatically install a predetermined program on a member's terminal, and to transfer the member's Internet access record to a server using the installed program. Statistical information providing method using internet access record. The method of claim 1, wherein the personal environment set by the member of the seventh process is: Characterized by the member's preferences and tastes, such as the age, gender, occupation, job, interests, residence, hobbies of the member, as well as the location on the program screen that you want to display the information, etc. Statistical information providing method using the Internet connection record of the Internet terminal. According to claim 1, wherein the Internet access record of the member to be transmitted to the server of the eighth process; Provides statistical information using the Internet access record of the Internet terminal, characterized in that the server receives additional items related to the Internet access record, as well as a record of the Internet site name, site address, time accessed and contents used. Way. According to claim 1, Analysis results transmitted to the member terminal of the twelfth process; General internet statistics such as site access ranking, sector access ranking, sector popularity site, popularity content ranking, etc., and the personal environment set by members after registration, such as member's age, gender, occupation, job, interest, residence, Method for providing statistical information using the Internet access records of the Internet terminal, characterized in that consisting of specialized Internet statistical information, such as site rankings by industry, preference sites by age, popular sites by interest based on information such as hobbies.