KR20030013074A - Method to provide Web hard service - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A web hard servicing method is provided to enable an individual member company to share information with clients by dividing and supplying a storage to the individual member in a large-sized company having a system or an infra necessary for supplying a web hard service. CONSTITUTION: If an opening request of a web hard service exists from computers of each member company connected through the Internet, a web server receives information necessary for an opening of a web hard service such as log-in information of a member company, a storage space, a domain name, etc. necessary for a member company, and receives an opening request of a web hard service(S10). A web hard system allocates a storage space requested by the member company to storage servers. If the member company uploads one's homepage through the Internet, the web hard system supplies the homepage through the Internet(S20). A manager of a corresponding member company connects to the homepage using a member company ID, divides a storage space allocated to oneself into at least one space, and endows an ID for an access with respect to each divided storage space(S30). If a client computer of the member company inputs the endowed ID, the web hard system makes the client computer be connected to a corresponding storage space and makes the client computer read or write data in the storage space(S40).

Description

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The present invention relates to a web hard service method, and in particular, a large operator having a system or infrastructure necessary to provide a web hard service distributes storage space to individual member companies so that individual member companies can share information with their customers. It is to make it possible.

With the widespread use of the Internet, a variety of Internet services are provided that take advantage of the Internet, which can be used without time and space constraints.

One such service is the Web Hard Service, which makes a remote storage space available as if it were a hard disk drive on your computer system. That is, consumers can upload or update any file or data remotely on a web hard service provider's storage, or download and use the file or data from any location.

In order to provide such a web hard service, not only a large capacity storage but also various equipments accompanying the same, there is a problem that the initial investment cost is not very small. In particular, companies that have branch offices in a wide area need to build an extranet, but the construction cost is not too low, and there is a risk of information leakage to share various data by e-mail or use a personal web hard service. There is a problem.

Accordingly, the present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems, and a large operator who owns a system or infrastructure necessary to provide a web hard service distributes storage space to individual member companies so that individual member companies work with their customers. It's about sharing information.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention can be provided through a web hard system including a web server, and one or more mass storage servers connected to the computer of each member company and individual consumers via the Internet.

At this time, if the web hard service according to the present invention requests the opening of the web hard service from the computer of the member company, the login information of the member, the storage space required by the member company, and the establishment of the web hard service such as a domain name. A first procedure for receiving a request for opening the web hard service by receiving information required for a web service; A second procedure of allocating storage space to a corresponding member company according to the details received in the first procedure, and providing the same through the web server when the member company uploads its home page; The member company divides its storage space into one or more spaces and assigns an access ID to each divided storage space between the member computers connected with the member company login information set in the first procedure. Third procedure for processing; And accessing the storage space when the computer of the member company customers who access the home page enters the ID given in the third procedure, and reads or writes data in the storage space according to the authority. It may be preferably configured to include a fourth procedure for processing.

1 is an embodiment of a system to which the present invention is applied;

2 shows a flowchart of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

11,12: member's computer 11-1,11-n, 12-1,12-m: consumer's computer

20: Internet 30: Web hard system

31: switching hub 32: web server

33-1,33-k: storage server

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

1 is a schematic diagram of a system to which the present invention is applied, and the web hard system 30 is connected to each member company's computers 11 and 12 and the Internet 20 to receive a request for opening a web hard service. Communicate In addition, the web hard system 30 is also connected to the computer (11-1, 11-n, 12-1, 12-m) of the individual consumer by member companies (for example, customers of each member company) through the Internet 20 Enable consumers to use web hard services.

Here, the web hard system 30 is interworked with a web server 32 that provides a web service based on the World Wide Web (WWW) through the Internet 20, and provides each member company with a web hard service. It also works with one or more mass storage servers 32-1 and 32-n to provide storage space. Then, the switching hub 31 is switched to the corresponding device depending on whether it is a web service or a storage service.

The web hard system 30 is preferably managed by a large operator (eg, Dacom) with technology and capital to manage a large network infrastructure. In addition, the web hard system 30 distributes certain storage space to member companies that want to use the web hard service independently, so that each member company can share information with its customers (eg, branches throughout the country). To help.

Since a technology necessary for such a web hard service is already well known and used, a detailed description thereof will be omitted, and the following description will be given based on a procedure for allowing each member company, which is the core of the present invention, to operate the web hard individually. Shall be.

Referring to Figure 2 will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of providing a web hard service in accordance with the present invention.

First, the web server 32 of the web hard system 30 operates a home page that allows each member company to open a web hard service. When the web server 32 requests to open a web hard service from the computer 11 or 12 of each member company connected through the Internet 20, the web server 32 stores the web such as login information of the member company, storage space required by the member company, and a domain name. Receives a request for the establishment of the hard service by receiving the information required to open the hard service (S10: Procedure 1).

Here, the login information includes a member's ID and password, and is used as authentication information when an administrator of each member company wants to manage their customers. The domain name means a home page address independently assigned to each member company, and the home page is provided to individual consumers through the web server 32. For example, member A may be given a Uniform Resource Location (URL) of "semire.webhard.co.kr". The storage space here refers to the storage capacity required by each member company.

The web hard system 30 that receives the request for opening the web hard service in the first step S10 allocates the storage spaces applied by the member to the storage servers 33-1 and 33-k, and the member connects to the Internet 20. When the user accesses his home page and uploads it through the Internet 20, it is provided (S20: second procedure).

On the other hand, when the second process (S20) is performed, the member companies can provide a web hard service to their customers through the Internet (20), before the administrator of the member company member ID set in the first procedure (S10) After accessing the home page using the administrator ID, the storage space allocated to the user is divided into one or more spaces, and an access ID for each divided storage space is assigned (S30: Third Step). .

To explain the third procedure (S30) as an example, the administrator of the member company A accesses its home page ("semire.webhard.co.kr") and sets the member company ID and password set in the first procedure (S10). Log in by typing.

Then, each branch of the member company A is connected to "semire.webhard.co.kr" to generate a branch ID to use the web hard. That is, if the total storage capacity of the member company A set in the first step (S10) is 10 gigabytes, the Gyeonggi branch and Gyeongbuk branch, which has a lot of usage, are allocated by 2 gigabytes, and an ID of each branch is assigned. In addition, the shared folder is created to allow access by ID of each branch by allocating 3 gigabytes.

At this time, depending on whether the data can be modified or not, a folder capable of both reading and writing and a folder having only read permission can be created. Since the function of creating such a folder is already known in the art, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Now, the web hard system allows the member computer of the member's home page to access the corresponding storage space when the user ID entered in the third step (S30) is accessed through the Internet, and the storage is stored according to the authority. Process to read or write data in the space (S40: fourth procedure).

In the above example, the member company A's Gyeonggi branch logs in as "semire.webhard.co.kr" with the ID assigned to him, and then plans the day by looking at the sales instructions announced by the head office, and shares them at the head office. You can download a new sales form from the folder you set up. If the Gyeongbuk branch is informed that there is no data on the product, the Gyeonggi branch can create a shared folder in the storage space allocated to it (eg 2 gigabytes) and set it so that the ID of the Gyeongbuk branch must be entered. . In addition, Kim Dae-ri of Gyeonggi Branch, the chairman of the climbing club of Member A, may use the note function to guide each branch about the current month's mountain climbing.

At the time of work, each branch connects to "semire.webhard.co.kr" and shares the sales status of the day in a folder where "write" permission is set. To finish.

In addition, the web hard system provides information related to the use of the web hard service, such as login information, upload information, and download information used by customers of each member company, to the member company's computer (S40: procedure 4). Through this process, each member company can know the details of their customers using the web hard service and can manage the customers according to the usage history.

Using the present invention, each member company can share certain storage space with its customers (eg branch offices) through large operators with systems and infrastructure that can provide web hard services.

Accordingly, the member companies can save the cost of building an extranet for connecting the main office and the branch office or the construction of an independent web hard system, thereby sharing information inexpensively.

Claims (2)

Each of these member companies can individually provide web hard services to their customers through a web hard system with a web server and one or more mass storage servers that connect to the computers of each member company and individual consumers via the Internet. When a request for opening a web hard service is requested from the member company's computer, the login information of the member company, storage space required by the member company, and information necessary for opening the web hard service, such as a domain name, are inputted. A first procedure for receiving a request for opening; A second procedure of allocating storage space to a corresponding member company according to the details received in the first procedure, and providing the same through the web server when the member company uploads its home page; The member company divides its storage space into one or more spaces and assigns an access ID to each divided storage space between the member computers connected with the member company login information set in the first procedure. Third procedure for processing; And When the computer of the member company customers who access the home page enters the ID given in the third step, the client can access the storage space, and the data can be read or written in the storage space according to the authority. And a fourth procedure to perform the web hard service method. The method of claim 1, And a step of providing information related to the use of the web hard service such as login information, upload information, and download information used by the customers of each member company to the member company's computer in the fourth procedure. .