KR20030021856A - method and apparatus for managing site by unity id in internet - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method and device for managing an ID integrated site is provided to enable Internet users to execute member joining procedures to many sites easily by automatically executing member joining procedures for the user, integrally managing IDs of joined sites, and supplying an automatic log-in service when using a site. CONSTITUTION: A user terminal(100) includes all terminals capable of being connected to the Internet such as a PC, a PDA, a mobile terminal, etc. A managing server(200) includes a main server(210) which executes an ID integrated site managing program and a storage(220) having a member joining information database(222) and a personal site managing list database(224). The user terminal(100) is connected to Internet search sites(300) and general sites(400) through the managing server(200). A representative ID, a password, and member joining information are registered in an ID integrated site managing server. A site to be joined as a member is selected through the Internet search site(300). Input information for being a member of the selected site is analyzed. The analyzed input information is written on an input space of the site from member joining information registered in the managing server(200). A successful member joining result is displayed on a web screen. A URL, an ID, and a password of the site are registered in a personal site managing list.

Description

Method and apparatus for managing site by unity id in internet}

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for managing an integrated ID site, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for managing an integrated ID site and enabling automatic login of a plurality of sites using one representative ID.

In general, a variety of information can be obtained by simply accessing a site on the Internet. Among these sites, there are general sites that can be used without membership registration, free sites where information can be used for free through membership registration, and paid sites where information can be paid for subscription.

Recently, a membership site type that requires membership registration and uses information for free or for a fee is generally adopted.

Therefore, it is common practice that users who use information on the Internet inevitably go through the membership registration procedure for each site in order to use the membership system, and have a plurality of IDs and passwords.

Therefore, it is cumbersome to input similar personal information every time you join the site. In addition, the ID and password that are not used often can be forgotten, so there is a problem in that it cannot be used again later.

For the site administrator, the burden of operating such as managing a separate manpower just by responding to the lost ID and password is increasing.

Therefore, in recent years, by using personal information entered once at first, this information is used later when registering to eliminate the hassle of repetitive input of personal information, and introduces technologies for integrating IDs of multiple sites. It is becoming.

In Korea Patent Publication No. 2000-37057, service providers are able to secure a web-based service by providing integrated domains such as database, member management, product exhibition, and event events. Site production costs, website operation costs, advertising costs, etc. can be reduced, and the service user provides the advantage of a one-stop service that enables users to use all the information in the connected domain and purchase products with a single website access and membership.

The invention of No. 2000-37057 has a disadvantage in that the affiliate database is shared by affiliates, and the service is not available for sites not affiliated with the main server.

In Korean Patent Publication No. 2000-54130, the personal information of a member is stored and managed in a specific server, and when a member requests access to a website to which he / she wants to subscribe, he requests a membership from a specific server to the website. By providing the personal information of the member, it is possible to input the personal information of one time, so it is not necessary to input the same personal information every time, making it easier to register.

In the invention of 2000-54130, when a user enters a unique ID and password after accessing a website, the website requests authentication to a specific server. Therefore, the membership authentication protocol must be made in advance between the website and the specific server. Websites that do not have such a convention have a disadvantage that they cannot be provided with a subscription service.

In Korean Patent Publication No. 2000-58580, personal information is registered in advance in the DB server for integrated management of personal information, and when the user registers in a web page that supports the authentication method of the DB server, the member information is automatically taken from the DB server on the web page. It handles member registration and performs automatic login through the DB server user authentication process.

In No. 2000-58580, a user authentication client browser must be installed in a user terminal in a manner of sharing member information subscribed to a DB server, and a website must support a format conforming to a protocol for communicating with a DB server in advance. In addition, when joining the site, you need to enter the DB ID and password by accessing the site, but entering a single integrated DB ID or password is a hassle of repeated input every time the site is joined.

In Korean Patent Publication No. 2001-232, only users who are registered to multiple sites to obtain various information can forget their IDs and passwords and cannot access again. If you do so, you can manage all your IDs so that you can log in to all the sites that you subscribe to with just one click.

The invention of 2001-232 has a disadvantage in that it is not possible to provide a service for a non-affiliated site because users can sign up for an affiliated management database and only affiliated sites are provided with an automatic login service.

In general, the above-described inventions reduce the repetitive input work of personally identifiable information by using the personally identifiable information which is initially input at a site to be subscribed to later, and manage the integrated user ID.

However, all of these inventions have a common problem that a management server storing personally identifiable information cannot receive a subscription service unless a plurality of sites cooperate with each other or enter into any prior agreement.

In view of the fact that new sites are provided on the Internet differently every day, it is inevitable that a user wants to use the new site to obtain new information more convenient to use.

Therefore, it would be practically impossible for a management server operator to integrate or manage affiliation with a myriad of sites that are poured differently on the Internet every day.

The purpose of the present invention is to automatically handle the registration process on behalf of the user without affiliation with the site in order to solve the problems of the prior art by integrated management of the ID of the subscribed sites and by providing an automatic login service when using the site It is to provide a method and apparatus for managing ID integrated sites that can facilitate internet users to sign up to more sites without limitation and provide a convenient Internet environment.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for managing an ID integrated site that can minimize the operational burden of a management server by eliminating the need to create an affiliate database by only selecting a site to join through a search site on the Internet. have.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for managing an ID integrated site that can be used to smoothly manage member registration by registering at least one sub ID as well as a representative ID and replacing the sub ID with a sub ID when a member exists. There is.

1 is a schematic diagram of an integrated ID management system according to the present invention.

2 is a diagram showing the configuration of a membership information database of the system of FIG.

3 is a diagram showing the configuration of a personal site management database of the system of FIG.

Figure 4 is a flow chart of membership registration integrated site management program according to the present invention.

Figure 5 is an automatic login flow chart of the ID integrated site management program according to the present invention.

6 to 15 is a screen state on the user terminal during the registration process of the ID integrated site management program.

Figure 16 is a screen state on the user terminal when running the ID integrated site management program.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

100: user terminal 200: ID integrated site management system

210: management server 220: storage means

222: Membership Information Database

224: Personal site management database

300: search site 400: general site

In order to achieve the above objects, the method of the present invention registers a representative ID, password, and membership information in an ID integrated site management server. Select a site to be registered through the Internet search site, analyze the membership registration information of the selected site, and fill in the member registration field of the site with the member registration input information according to the analysis result from the membership registration information registered in the management server. Sign up for membership. The successful registration result provided from the site is displayed on the web screen, and the URL, ID and password of the registered site are registered in the personal site management list.

Therefore, when registering to a plurality of sites by one-time member information, membership can be easily registered without input of additional member information, and login of each site registered with one ID can be performed automatically.

The present invention displays a personal site management list, and when a site on the list is selected, the selected site is automatically logged in. It automatically returns to the homepage of the management server by the automatic return program from the automatically logged in site. Auto return displays the auto return screen on right-click.

The present invention simultaneously registers at least one or more sub IDs when registering a representative ID. If the use of the representative ID is not possible when registering for the selected site, the user can use the available ID among the at least one or more sub IDs.

The apparatus of the present invention includes a storage means and a management server. The storage means stores the ID integrated site management program. The management server executes the ID integrated site management program stored in the storage means and the ID integrated site management program

a) registering a representative ID, password and subscription information provided from the user terminal, b) linking an internet search site to the user terminal and linking a site selected from a linked internet search site to the user terminal, c) linked Analyze the membership input information of the site, d) fill in the member registration input field of the site with the membership input information according to the analysis result from the registered member registration information, and e) from the site Displaying the successful registration result provided on the screen of the user terminal, and f) registering the URL, ID and password of the registered site in the personal site management list.

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

Figure 1 shows a schematic diagram of the integrated ID site management system according to the present invention.

The user terminal 100 includes all terminals capable of accessing the Internet, such as a personal computer, a PDA, or a mobile terminal.

The management server 200 is a main server 210 that substantially performs the ID integrated site management program of the present invention. The storage means 220 in which the membership registration database 222 and the personal site management list database 224 are constructed. ).

The user terminal 100 is connected to the Internet search sites 300 and the general site 400 through the management server 200. Internet search sites include sites that provide information on the latest general sites, such as Yahoo, Lycos, Empas, Naver, and the like.

General sites 400 include sites that a user wishes to subscribe to.

2 shows the configuration of the membership information database of the storage unit 220.

2, the member registration information database 222, for example, the user representative ID / sub ID / password / user name / social security number / date of birth / gender / mobile phone number / phone number / e-mail / job / homepage / zip code / Address 1 / Address 2 / Work Zip / Address 1 / Address 2 / Work Name / Department Name / Work Phone Number / Fax Number / Joining Path / Hobbies / Interests / Date of Registration / Authority / Credit / Mileage (Points) / Referrer ID / It contains fields such as bank name, bank ID, and account holder.

Of course, it may further include personal information fields not illustrated here. The sub ID is a representative ID and refers to at least one or more other IDs registered in advance when the user cannot register on the site. If there is no sub ID, a sub ID may be generated and provided by an ID automatic generation program. Member registration information, that is, personally identifiable information, is divided into mandatory items and optional items when registering.

Referring to FIG. 3, the personal site management database 224 includes fields such as a subscription site name / URL / ID / password / subscriber / number of times / total access time / average access time.

4 is a flow chart for subscribing to the membership of the integrated site management program according to the present invention, Figures 6 to 15 shows the state of the screen on the user terminal when executing the integrated ID site management program.

Referring to FIG. 4, the user accesses the management server 200 through the terminal 100 (502). The management server 200 provides the home page of FIG. 6 to the user terminal 100 (504). In the case of an unsubscribed member, clicking the member registration button on the homepage (506) displays the member agreement terms screen of FIG. 7 (508). If the terms of the agreement are agreed on the screen of FIG. 7 (510), the member registration information input screen of FIG. 8 is displayed on the user terminal 100 (512). When the user enters his personal information on the input screen of FIG. 8 and clicks the registration button, membership is completed in the management server (514). The management server 200 registers the input member registration information in the member registration information database 222 (516).

As described above, when a user who has completed member registration is logged in to the management server 200 as shown in FIG. 9, the "Register site" button and the "Access site" button are displayed on the left side of the screen.

When the user knows the URL of the site to be subscribed to, if the keyboard is directly inputted into the upper URL input box and clicks the move button, the management server 200 links the corresponding site 400 (526).

If the user does not know the URL of the site to be subscribed to, as shown in FIG. 9, when a typical Internet search site 300 is selected (520, 522), the search site 300 is linked (526, 528). The homepage of the search site 300 is displayed on the screen as shown in FIG. 10 (530).

When the user selects the desired site using the search site 300 (532, 534, 536, 538) (540), the selected site 400 is linked (542, 544), and the homepage of the site 400 is shown in FIG. As shown at 546, the display is displayed on the user terminal screen (546).

When searching through an internet search site, it is desirable to reprocess and display the location information (URI) analysis.

When the member registration button is clicked on the homepage of the site 400 (548), the management server 200 mediates it (550, 552), and the membership agreement of FIG. 12 is displayed on the user terminal (554).

If you agree to the terms on the screen of FIG. 12 (556), as shown in FIG. 13, the management server 200 displays that the member registration process is on behalf of the user (558, 560, 562, 564). ).

The management server 200 extracts the source of the membership input page of the site 400 and analyzes the page contents (562). In response to the analysis result, necessary personal identification information is taken from the membership registration information database 222 and the site registration information is written and processed (564).

When analyzing the membership input information of the selected site, the location information providing program may be installed in the user's terminal in order to receive the registration location information (URI).

In the case where the ID cannot be used by the duplicate search of the representative ID in the site 400, the registration procedure is performed by using a pre-registered sub ID instead of the representative ID. If a sub ID is not available, a separate ID is automatically generated and processed. When analyzing the membership input information of the selected site, it is also possible to determine whether or not the membership registration using each registered ID to inform that you are registered.

If the membership is successfully completed on the site 400 (566), the management server 200 provides the web page of FIG. 14 to the user terminal 100 to report the successful completion of the membership to the site 400. The provided membership information is displayed (568).

When the user clicks the "OK" button in the screen of Figure 14, the management server 200 registers the URL, ID, password of the site 400 in the personal site management database 224 (570) personal site management list Is displayed as shown in FIG. 15 (572). At the top of the personal site management list of Fig. 15, management information of the most recently subscribed site is displayed.

Since the membership of the site is made through such a process, the user only needs to select a site to join after the user joins the management server, so the management server 200 acts on behalf of the user. There is no need to repeatedly enter information through the keyboard.

In addition, since the management server 200 only links the search site, the user searches for and selects a site to be subscribed to, and thus, the management server 200 does not need to be affiliated with other sites. This eliminates the operational burden of updating new sites.

Figure 5 shows an automatic login flow chart of the ID integrated site management program according to the present invention. 16 shows a screen state diagram on a user terminal at the time of automatic login execution.

As shown in FIG. 5, when a user first accesses a management server to access a registered site (580), logs in on the provided homepage 582 (584), and clicks the “connect site” button (586). The management server 200 provides a personal site management list of the user of FIG. 15 from the personal site management database 224 (588).

When the site to be accessed is clicked on the list of FIG. 15 (590), the management server 200 accesses the site 400 by referring to the URL of the selected site (592) and receives the homepage of the connected site 400. (594) A page source is extracted from the home page and the page content is analyzed (596).

The management server 200 obtains the necessary login information from the database 224 in response to the analysis result and fills in the login field of the site 400 so that the user ID and password of the site 400 are stored in the user terminal 100. The site page in the written state is provided to the user terminal 100 (598).

When the user clicks the login button only after viewing the ID and password, which are pre-filled as shown in FIG. 16, without inputting a separate ID and password on the screen of the terminal 100 (600), the management server 200 displays the site 400. (602) and if the login is accepted from the site 400 (604), the user terminal 100 and the site 400 is directly linked to allow the user to access the site 400.

Here, it is also possible to automatically log in to the site immediately without going through steps 598 and 600, that is, without clicking the login button of the user.

Even though the IDs of the various sites are different from each other, since the user is linked with one representative ID of the management server, the user only needs to memorize the representative ID and password necessary for accessing the management server.

In addition, even if the ID and password are forgotten when directly accessing the site, the ID and password of the sites subscribed to the personal site management database are easily accessed when the management server is accessed.

Although described with reference to the examples, those skilled in the art can understand that the present invention can be variously modified and changed without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention described in the claims below. There will be.

As described above, in the present invention, the Internet users can easily register to a plurality of sites through one input of member information through the management server. In addition, it is easy to manage the ID and password of the registered site and is convenient for use by automatically processing the login of the registered site.

In addition, by selecting a site to be registered on the web screen of the Internet search site, there is no need to make a partnership with many sites, and the construction of the member company's site database is not necessary, thus reducing the operation and management burden of the management server system.

Claims (13)

Registering a representative ID, password, and membership information in the integrated ID site management server; Selecting a site to register as an internet search site; Analyzing membership input information of the selected site; Substituting the member registration procedure by entering member registration input information according to the analysis result from the member registration information registered in the management server into a member registration input field of the site; Displaying a successful registration result provided from the site on a web screen; And registering a URL, an ID, and a password of the registered site in the personal site management list. The method of claim 1, Displaying the personal site management list; Selecting a site on the list; And Identity integration site management method further comprising the step of automatically logging in to the selected site. The method of claim 2, further comprising automatically returning to the homepage of the management server from the automatically logged in site. 4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the automatic return step is performed by an automatic return program installed in a user's terminal. [5] The method of claim 4, wherein the automatic returning step further comprises displaying an automatic return screen when a right mouse button is clicked. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one sub ID is registered at the same time when the representative ID is registered. 7. The method of claim 6, wherein if a representative ID is not available when registering at the selected site, membership registration is performed using an available ID among the at least one sub IDs. The method of claim 1, wherein the searching through the Internet search site further comprises reprocessing and displaying the location information (URI) for analysis. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of installing a location information providing program on the user's terminal in order to receive member registration location information (URI) in analyzing the membership input information of the selected site. ID integrated site management method. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining whether a member is registered by using each registered ID in analyzing the member input information of the selected site and notifying that the user is registered. ID integrated site management method. The method of claim 1, wherein the ID registration site is registered in a list when the user agrees to the terms and conditions displayed on the displayed screen. Storage means for storing the ID integrated site management program; And By executing the ID integrated site management program stored in the storage means, a) registering a representative ID, password and subscription information provided from the user terminal, b) linking an internet search site to the user terminal and linking a site selected from a linked internet search site to the user terminal, c) linked Analyze the membership input information of the site, d) fill in the member registration input field of the site with the membership input information according to the analysis result from the registered member registration information, and e) from the site And displaying a successful registration result provided on the screen of the user terminal, and f) a management server for registering URLs, IDs, and passwords of the registered sites in a personal site management list. Integrated Site Management Device. According to claim 1, wherein the integrated ID site management program And displaying the personal site management list in the management server in the logged in state of the user terminal, and automatically logging in the user terminal to the selected site on the list.