KR20020090416A - Performing method of software in distant place via communication network and medium stored with software so programmed to perform the method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for running a remote software by the communication and a medium recorded with the software programmed for performing the method are provided to realize a software rental service by running the software stored in a remote server from a terminal connected via a communication network. CONSTITUTION: A user connects a user terminal to the server via the communication network(S120). A web page is transmitted to the user terminal from the server(S130). The web page is displayed on a web browser of the user terminal. The software to be used in the web page displayed on the web browser is selected(S140). The existence of a no-share component is checked by the server(S160). If the no-share component is included, a guide message to select the installation of the component is displayed(S170). An installation file of the component is transmitted to the user terminal(S190). The server executes an execution file of the software by opening a network path to the user terminal(S230). The data and the partial components of the software are exchanged with the user terminal.

Description

Performing method of software in distant place via communication network and medium stored with software so programmed to perform the method}

The present invention relates to a method for executing a software in a remote place through communication, and a medium containing software programmed to perform the method. The present invention relates to a method for executing software at a remote location and a medium containing software programmed to perform the method.

In general, software is sold to users in a form stored in a predetermined medium (floppy disk, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, etc.), and in rare cases is sold in the form of being downloaded through a communication network such as the Internet.

Most users of computer terminals use the operating system ("OS"), office programs such as word processors and spreadsheets, communication programs, multimedia viewing programs, graphic editing programs, and other utilities. More than a dozen kinds of software, typically games and games.

In general, software is not legally allowed to be duplicated, and user permissions are limited so that it can be installed on only one computer, requiring users to purchase dozens or more types of software for each computer terminal they own.

By the way, among the dozens of softwares listed above, the frequency of use is not very high except for the operating system and one or two softwares. Their financial burden was a very big problem.

In particular, most software continues to release new versions, fixing bugs and defects in the earlier version and improving the functionality, while users can use older versions of the software to take advantage of the new version. To throw away and purchase it again, the financial burden of the individual users is not only increased continuously but also was a problem that the waste of resources intensified socially.

Accordingly, the necessity of a software leasing service that borrows and charges the software by the time spent by the communication has emerged, and the present invention executes the software stored in the remote server through the communication network so that the above described software leasing service is possible. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method of executing a software remotely through communication, and a medium containing software programmed to perform the method.

1 is a schematic block diagram of hardware for carrying out the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining an operation of a web browser plug-in program installed in the user terminal shown in FIG. 1;

3 is a flowchart for explaining a control operation of the server shown in FIG. 1;

4 to 7 illustrate the form of a web document and a document window provided in the server shown in FIG. 1 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

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

10: server 20: user terminal

N: Information Network

In the medium containing the software programmed to perform the software execution method of the remote location via the communication according to the present invention for achieving the above object, the medium containing the software programmed to perform the software execution method of the remote location via the communication, The software contained in the medium is executed by a plug-in method together with the communication web browser of the user terminal, and the step of checking the contents of the web document displayed on the web browser; and the item in which the software executable file is linked to the web document as a result of the check. And a user selects the executable file link item, activates a network connection protocol to connect a network path to which the executable file is linked, and calls the executable file of the selected link item through the connected network path. At run time It is characterized in that configured to perform the step.

According to the present invention, there is provided a method for executing a software remotely through communication for achieving the above object, wherein a user connects a user terminal to a server via a communication network, and a web document is transmitted from the server to the user terminal. A step in which the delivered web document is displayed on the web browser of the user terminal, a step in which the user selects the software to be used in the web document displayed on the web browser, and the server for the software selected by the user. Checking whether there are network non-sharable components, displaying a message for selecting the installation of these non-shareable components, and selecting the installation of the non-sharable components. The server installs the file for the non-shared component And transmitting execution to the user terminal, the server opens the network path with the user terminal to execute the executable file of the corresponding software, and the data and software part related to the executed software. And transmitting and receiving a component from the user terminal through the network path.

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

1 is a schematic block diagram of hardware for carrying out the present invention. As can be seen from the drawings, the hardware for carrying out the present invention includes a server 10 and at least one user terminal 20 and information. It comprises a communication network (N).

The server 10 is a computer device that performs user registration processing, login processing, presentation of a list of serviceable software, transmission and billing of software components, and the like, to users connected through an information communication network (N). .

The user terminal 20 is a computer device in which a user connects to the server 10 via the information communication network N to register and selects and executes an executable file stored in the server 10.

The information communication network (N) is a communication network capable of transmitting and receiving information between computer terminal devices, and is a communication network capable of relatively wide-area data transmission and most recently used for exchanging information, for example, the information communication network (N). ) May be the Internet.

In addition, the server 10 and the user terminal 20 may be connected to the information communication network (N) through various devices and methods currently known, such as a modem or a channel service unit (CSU). A separate description will be omitted.

In addition, the server 10 and the user terminal 20 operate with the usual hardware of a computer system, such as a main processor, a network adapter, a display adapter, a main memory device, an auxiliary memory device, and an operation device such as a keyboard / mouse, not shown. It includes a system (Operating System) and a communication web browser (Web Browser) and the like, these matters are for the well-known in the technical field of the present invention, a separate description will be omitted.

In addition, the user terminal 20 includes software (hereinafter referred to as "remote execution medium software for terminal") that enables the user terminal 20 to execute software of the server 10 connected through the information communication network N. FIG. Is installed.

An operation example of the present invention through the hardware configured as described above will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, the remote execution medium software for the terminal is installed in the user terminal 20. The remote execution medium software for the terminal may be installed as the user terminal 20 from a portable storage medium such as a CD-ROM or the like. 10) may be transmitted to the user terminal 20 via the information communication network (N).

The remote execution-mediated software for the terminal is not a form of an executable file that is executed independently but a built-in function file, which is a program executed by a plug-in method to the communication web browser program of the user terminal 20. The installation program is installed in the set path where the plug-in program of the communication web browser program is stored. Here, of course, the installation program is to identify the type of the web browser for communication of the user terminal 20 to determine the storage path of the plug-in program according to the identified web browser.

Next, the operation of the remote execution medium software for the terminal installed in the user terminal 20 as described above will be described with reference to FIG.

When the communication web browser of the user terminal 20 is executed (S10), the remote execution medium software for the terminal is executed together in a plug-in manner to the communication web browser (S20), and loaded into the main memory of the user terminal 20 and the The contents of the web document displayed on the web browser are displayed on the web browser (S30).

In addition, the remote execution medium software for the terminal determines whether a link item of an executable file is selected among the contents of the web document displayed through the web browser (S40).

Here, the selection for the item of the web document refers to a case in which the user clicks the corresponding item of the web document with an indicator of a keyboard or a mouse.

For reference, a general software is composed of an executable file, a built-in function file, a system file, a data file, etc., and the executable file performs a predetermined algorithm of the corresponding software using the built-in function file, a system file, a data file, and the like. Is a component of the software. For example, in an environment where the operating system is "Windows" of the US "Micro Soft" company, the executable file is defined to have extensions of "EXE", "BAT", "COM" and the like.

That is, the remote execution medium software for the terminal determines whether the link path through the network is included in the item selected by the user among the contents of the web document, and if the link path is included as a result of the determination, the extension of the executable file is included in the link path. Determine if it is included.

If it is determined in step S40 that the link item of the executable file is not selected among the contents of the web document, the remote execution medium software for the terminal returns to the step S30 and the contents of the web document browsed through the web browser. Keep checking.

If the link item of the executable file is selected among the contents of the web document as a result of the determination in step S40, the installation status of the application program is recorded in the operating system of the user terminal 20 in the remote execution medium software for the terminal. Search the Registry file (S40).

Next, the remote execution medium software for the terminal activates the network path of the link item selected by the user in step S40 (S50).

For example, the remote execution medium software for a terminal uses a predetermined communication protocol to access a network shared directory of the server 10 in which a network path of a link item selected by a user is designated, and then stores an ID and password stored therein. Log on and register the network shared directory of the logged on server 10 as a network drive in the operating system of the user terminal 20 to register the network shared directory of the server 10 as a user terminal. Drive (20).

Here, as a communication protocol for connecting the user terminal 20 and the network shared directory (where the software to be executed) of the server 10 is connected, network connection and remote control are easy, and a communication web browser is commonly used. It is preferably a TCP / IP protocol.

Next, the remote execution medium software for the terminal executes the executable file selected by the user stored in the activated network path (S60), and determines whether the software of the executed executable file is normally operated (S70).

When the software is executed through a network path, all of the software executable files are not transmitted from the server 10 to the user terminal 20, and only some components that are essential for the execution of the software, such as a kernel, are installed in the server ( 10) is transmitted to the user terminal 20 through the information communication network (N), and loaded into the main memory of the user terminal 20, and other necessary components and peripheral data are often executed as the software (10) and the server (10) It is transmitted between the user terminal 20.

Accordingly, the remote execution medium software for the terminal determines whether the corresponding software is operating normally through the operating state of the software kernel loaded into the main memory of the user terminal 20 and the transmission state between the user terminal 20 and the server 10. do.

If the software is not normally executed in the step S70, the remote execution medium software for the terminal is a user component of the software terminal associated with the executable file executed in the step S60 from the registry file retrieved in the step S50. It is determined whether there is a record that has been installed at 20 (S80). If there is no installation record as a result of the determination, the process returns to step S60 to execute the corresponding executable file again.

If there is no record that the software component is installed in the user terminal 20 as a result of the determination in step S80, the remote execution medium software for the terminal installs the software component related to the executable file executed in the step S60. After displaying a guide message for guiding the instruction (S90), the process returns to the step S40.

That is, if the executable file stored in the server 10 is executed through the activated network path but is not executed, the remote execution medium software for the terminal determines that the software of the executable file contains a component that cannot be shared through the network. Searching the registry of the operating system of the terminal 10 and if there is no record that the component related to the software of the executable file is installed, it is determined that the non-sharable component is not installed in the user terminal 10 and guided to install it. Print a message. On the other hand, if there is a record that the components related to the software of the executable file are installed, the remote execution media software for the terminal assumes that the software is not executed or is delayed due to a problem on the server 10 side. Run the executable again.

For reference, software may include components that cannot be shared through the network (eg, built-in function files, system files, data files, etc.). In this case, the software cannot be shared. The element must be installed in the user terminal 20 to run the software over the network and share data.

If the software stored in the server 10 of the activated network path is normally operated as a result of the determination in step S70, the remote execution medium software for the terminal ends the control operation.

Next, the server 10 presents a list of remotely executable software to the user terminal 20 connected through the information communication network N, executes the software selected by the user, and selects the user. A process of transmitting a component that cannot be shared to a network according to the type of software will be described with reference to FIG. 3.

The server 10 checks the connection of the user terminal 20 through the information communication network N in the standby state (S110), and when the user terminal 20 connects to the server 10 (S20), membership registration and logon (Log On) and the web document to select the software to be used is transmitted to the user terminal 20 via the information communication network (N) (S130).

The web document transmitted from the server 10 is displayed on the web browser of the user terminal 20. For example, the web document may be configured as shown in FIG.

The user who wants to use the software of the server 10 for the first time selects a member registration in the web document, and the selection information selected by the user is transmitted from the user terminal 20 to the server 10 via the information communication network N. The server 10 transmits the web document including the membership registration form to the user terminal 20 through the information communication network N.

The registration form in the form of a web document transmitted from the server 10 is displayed on the web browser of the user terminal 20, and the user desires personal identification information (eg, name, gender, contact information, etc.) and desire on the registration form. Enter an identifier (ID), a password, a credit card company name and a credit card number for payment of the amount used.

The contents written by the user, that is, the membership registration information, are transmitted from the user terminal 20 to the server 10 via the information communication network N, and the server 10 registers the membership transmitted from the user terminal 20. If there is no defect in the input information such as missing or duplicated items by checking the information, it is stored in the member database and the display information for guiding approval is transmitted to the user terminal 20.

The display information transmitted from the server 10 is transmitted to the user terminal 20 through the information communication network (N), and a guide message for the approval of the subscription is displayed on the screen of the user terminal 20, thereby, the member. The procedure for joining is complete.

The user who has completed the membership registration through the above process receives the log-in menu from the web document displayed on the web browser received from the server 10 in step S130 and inputs an identifier and a password. The identifier and the password are transmitted from the user terminal 20 to the server 10 via the information communication network N.

The server 10 retrieves the identifier and password transmitted from the user terminal 20 in the member database and processes the logon success if it matches with the registered identifier and password. If the server 10 does not match, the server 10 processes the logon failure. Transfer to the terminal 20.

The logon processing result transmitted from the server 10 through the information communication network N is displayed on the screen of the user terminal 20. When the logon is successful, the user uses a keyboard or a mouse to display the user terminal 20. Select an item of software to use in the web document displayed on the browser.

The server 10 detects the user's software item selection in step S140, and checks whether there is a network non-shareable component in the software selected by the user in the embedded database (S150).

If it is determined in the step S150 that there is a non-shareable component, the server 10 selects a window for selecting a "non-shareable component installation" item and an "execution" item for the software selected by the user, respectively. The display information for controlling to display is transmitted to the user terminal 20 via the information communication network (N) (S170).

The display information transmitted from the server 10 displays a selection window for selecting the "unshared component installation" item and the "execution" item on the browser of the user terminal 20, respectively. For example, the selection window for selecting the "non-shareable component installation" item and the "execution" item may be configured as shown in FIG. 5.

At this time, when the user selects the desired item in the selection window displayed in the step (S170), the corresponding selection information is transmitted from the user terminal 20 to the server 10 through the information communication network (N), the server 10 Determines the item selected by the user based on the selection information transmitted from the user terminal 20.

The server 10 determines whether the item selected by the user is an "unshared component installation" item (S180), and if the selection result is an "unshared component installation" item, the user in step S130. The installation file of the non-shareable component related to the selected software is transmitted to the user terminal 20 (S190).

The non-shareable component installation file transmitted from the server 10 is transferred to the user terminal 20 through the information communication network N and stored in a storage device (eg, a hard disk drive, etc.) of the user terminal 20. At the same time, it is automatically executed to install a non-sharable component of the software in the preset path of the user terminal 20.

Here, the non-shareable component installation file activates a network path from the user terminal 20 to the server 10 on which the network non-shareable component of the software is installed, thereby preventing the network shareable component from the server 10. Receive and install it. On the other hand, according to another embodiment of the present invention by including the network non-shareable component in the non-shareable component installation file, the non-shared component installation file is transmitted to the user terminal 20 and the non-shareable configuration The component installer may also be configured to install non-shareable components that were attached with it.

In this case, the non-shared component installation file registers installation information of the component in a registry file of the operating system of the user terminal 20 when the installation of the network non-shared component is completed.

For reference, the non-shareable component may be a library file, a system file, or a data file of software.

Next, the server 10 determines whether the user has selected the "execute" item in the selection window displayed in the step (S170) (S200), and if the user has not selected the "execute" item in the selection window, the step Return to S170.

Here, the "execution" item of the selection window includes link information on the storage path of the server 10 in which the executable file is stored among the components of the software selected by the user, and is installed in the user terminal 20 and installed on the web. The remote execution medium software for a terminal executed with the browser identifies the "execution" item displayed in the selection window as a link item of the executable file.

That is, the link item of the execution file described in FIG. 2 is the same as the "execute" item in the selection window described in FIG.

Accordingly, if the user selects the "execute" item in the selection window in step S200, the remote execution medium software for the terminal of the user terminal 20 is linked to the executable file in the "execution" item displayed in the selection window. According to the link information, the user terminal receives a control signal for activating a network path between the storage space of the server 10 in which the executable file is stored and the user terminal 20 and executing the executable file. 20) to the server 10 via the information communication network (N).

The control operation at this time is the same even if the user selects the software that does not include the network non-shareable component. If it is determined in step S160 that the network shareable component is not included in the software selected by the user, In operation S210, the server 10 transmits display information for controlling the display of a selection window to select an item “execution” for the software selected by the user to the user terminal 20 through the information communication network N.

On the browser of the user terminal 20, a selection window for selecting the "execute" item is displayed by the display information transmitted from the server 10. For example, the selection window for selecting the "execute" item may be configured as shown in FIG.

Here, when the user selects the "execute" item of the selection window, a control signal for instructing the user terminal 20 to execute the executable file of the corresponding software is transmitted from the user terminal 20 to the server via the information communication network N. 10) is sent.

The server 10 executes the executable file of the software selected by the user according to the control signal transmitted from the user terminal 20, and initially only some components essential to the execution of the software via the information communication network N. After transmitting to (20), other necessary components of the software and the peripheral data is often exchanged with the user terminal (20).

In addition, the server 10 executes the executable file of the software and at the same time counts the usage time of the software (S240), and determines whether the user selects the execution of the software (S250).

Here, the server 10 uses both the case where the user selects exit for the execution of the corresponding software on the interface screen of the software on which the user is executed and when the window of the web browser displaying the web document provided by the server 10 is closed. End of execution is considered optional.

If the user selects the end of the execution of the software as a result of the determination in step S240, the server 10 terminates the execution of the software (S260), and the usage time counted so far and the billing history according to the usage time The display information for the message window to be displayed is transmitted to the user terminal 20 via the information communication network (N) (S270).

By using the display information transmitted from the server 10, the user terminal 20 is displayed on the user time and billing history through a message window. For example, a message window displaying the usage time and billing history is shown in FIG. It may be configured in the form as shown.

The present invention is described above by illustrating specific embodiments, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. Those skilled in the art can easily make various changes and modifications to the present invention, and it should be noted that such variations or modifications are included within the scope of the present invention as long as the features of the present invention are used.

As described above, the present invention can execute software stored in a server in a remote user terminal connected through a communication network. Accordingly, by using the present invention, it is possible to use a software leasing service in a communication system in which a user accesses a server through communication without using an individual software and separately purchases the required software and uses the desired software as a lease and pays only for the use time. There is.

In the case of implementing the telecommunications software rental service using the present invention as described above, it is possible to reduce the financial burden for the individual to purchase a large number of software, and to reduce the production cost and reduce the software piracy rate for the software developer. There is a very beneficial ripple effect in the industry.

Claims (11)

In the medium containing the software programmed to perform the software execution method of the remote place through the communication, the software contained in the medium is executed in a plug-in manner with the communication web browser of the user terminal, Checking the contents of the web document displayed on the web browser; If the web document includes an item linked to a software executable file and the user selects the executable file linked item, activating a network connection protocol to connect a network path to which the executable file is linked; And a software programmed to perform a software execution method of a remote location via communication, wherein the step of calling and executing the executable file of the selected link item through the connected network path is performed. The software of claim 1, further comprising: searching whether the software component associated with the executable file is installed in the operating system of the user terminal before executing the executable file; Executing the executable file and checking whether the software of the executable file is normally executed; If the check result software is not normally executed and the search result does not have a software component associated with the executable file installed, a step of displaying a guide message for installing the software component related to the executable file through the user terminal. A medium containing software programmed to carry out a method of executing a software program remotely via communication, characterized in that it is further adapted. 3. The software of claim 2, wherein the software contained in the medium checks the installation record of the software component related to the executable file from a registry file in which the installation status of the application program is recorded in the operating system of the user terminal. Media that contains software programmed to perform a method of executing a software remotely through communication, wherein the software component detects whether a software component related to the software is installed. 4. The communication component according to claim 3, wherein the software component for searching whether the software contained in the medium is installed in the user terminal is a file or data of a kind which cannot be shared through a network among the software components of the executable file. A medium containing software programmed to perform a method of remotely executing software via a computer. The method according to claim 2, wherein the executable file is stored in a remote server where the executable file is stored, and is transmitted to the user terminal from the server and executed according to a transfer request from the user terminal. A medium containing software programmed to perform a method of executing a software remotely through communication, characterized by further comprising installation software programmed to install a network non-sharable software component on a user terminal. 6. The installation software of claim 5, wherein the installation software connects the network path where the network non-sharable software component is stored in the server and receives the network non-sharable software component from the server through the connected network path. A medium containing software programmed to perform a method of executing a software remotely through communication, the program being installed to be installed in a user terminal. The non-shareable software component of claim 5, wherein the installation software includes the non-shareable software component associated with the executable file, which is transmitted to the user terminal, transmitted to the user terminal, and then included with the non-shareable software component. A medium containing software programmed to perform a software execution method of a remote location via communication, the program being installed to a terminal. Connecting the user terminal to the server via a communication network; Transmitting a web document from the server to the user terminal, and displaying the delivered web document on a web browser of the user terminal; Selecting a software to be used by a user in a web document displayed on the web browser, Checking, by the server, if there is a network non-sharable component for the software selected by the user; If there is a non-shareable component of the network, displaying a guide message for selecting installation of these components; If the user selects installation of the non-sharable component, the server transmits the installation file of the non-sharable component to the user terminal; If the user selects to execute the selected software, the server opens the network path with the user terminal to execute the executable file of the corresponding software, and the data and some software components related to the executed software through the network path. A method for executing software remotely through communication, comprising the steps of transmitting and receiving with a terminal. 9. The method of claim 8, wherein the non-network shareable component is a built-in function file, a system file, or a data file. 10. The method according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the installation file includes an installation executable file and a file of a network non-sharable component, and the installation executable file is not shared in the installation file when received by the user terminal. A method for executing software remotely through communication, comprising installing a component file in a storage path of a preset user terminal. 10. The method according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the installation file is an executable file for installation, and when received at the user terminal, connects a network path with a server in which network non-shareable component files of the corresponding software are stored and connects the network path. And receiving the network non-shareable components from a server and installing them in a storage path of a preset user terminal.