KR20030043086A - Web Browser depend on Server Computer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A web browser capable of synchronizing a server is provided to automatically configure attributes of components according to the feature and the contents of the Internet service. CONSTITUTION: A web browser is driven without designating any attribute of each component. If a specific web page is requested at the web browser, the web browser receives account data via a port, which is capable of the FTP or TCP/IP transmission. Then, the web browser accesses the server, which offers the requested web page, via the port, and receives necessary configuration files and components designated in the configuration files. The web browser reads the attributes of the components which is not set at the initial step, and reconfigures an interface by using the read attributes. The web browser offers the requested page to a user via the reconfigured interface.

Description

Server Synchronous Web Browser {Web Browser depend on Server Computer}

By developing a flexible web browser that can change the design and function of the web browser according to the types and characteristics of the information provided by the server, it enables Internet information providers or individuals to provide more effective and comprehensive Internet services. The aim is to make more and more Internet services available from information providers.

Web browsers used as a medium for Internet searching and providing information. For example, web browsers such as Microsoft's Internet Explorer are designed to operate only by referring to configuration files stored on a local hard disk.

Local PC-dependent web browsers of these configuration files have a limitation in their function, design, and menu configuration, and cannot be changed.

Due to the limitations of the conventional web browsers, various Internet service providers must implement all information, services, and functions to be provided on a web page, and users using the Internet receive all information and services as web pages only. From the point of view, the current web browser is simply acting as a terminal to open a web page.

According to the present invention, the web browser acts synchronously to the server to read the configuration file and configuration file stored in the server; Provides Internet service through a web browser with an interface best suited for the type, feature, and function of information provided by each server by going through the steps of assembling the menu, design, and function of the web browser using the configuration file and configuration file read. , Or make available.

Figure 1 is a flow chart of server synchronous web browser execution

1) Programming language for development

Any programming language can be used as long as it is a programming language capable of sending and receiving Internet files such as FTP or socket communication.

2) Main function

① Access and display of all web pages displayed through web browsers including HTML

② Web server connection and file sending / receiving function through the port that can send / receive data with server such as TCP / IP, FTP, socket communication

③ Reconfiguration function of the program interface by the file used as the configuration file and various components of the web browser

3) Main components of server synchronous web browser

① Title Mark Bar

Bar for displaying web browser name

② Menu Button

Button to select when performing various functions of the web browser

Ex) back, refresh, stop, add favorites, etc.

③ Address input line

Address bar to enter webpage address to go to

④ Navigator

Window to show requested web page information

⑤ FTP (or TCP / IP) Connector

Connection method and tool for connecting to requested web page and port that can send and receive files such as FTP or TCP / IP

⑥ Configuration file

Configuration file that stores the location, size, function, etc. of components (menu buttons, etc.)

3) Server Synchronization Method

① When the program starts, it starts without specifying the property value of each component of the web browser.

For example, if there is a function button called [Button 1] of the web browser, the program is started without information on the image file, size, location, and command to be executed when the button is pressed.

② When the web browser is executed and requests a specific web page from the browser, the web browser goes to the server where the requested web page exists and receives the account information in the buffer to access the server through a port that can send and receive data such as FTP or TCP / IP. .

At this stage, the server must have a configuration file with this account information in the promised location.

③ The web browser connects to the server through a port capable of sending and receiving data such as FTP or TCP / IP, and receives various configuration files and components specified in the configuration file.

④ In the configuration files, put a file that stores the property values that each component of the web browser should have. Read the property values of each component of the web browser not specified in ① and apply the property values to the web browser. Reconfigure the browser's interface.

⑤ Because the above ②③④ process occurs in the underground of the web browser when the site is accessed, the user can only see the result of the change of the interface of the web browser for the site while accessing the new site.

1. Expansion of Internet Services Methods and Areas

The areas that Internet service providers could change or adjust were limited to web pages that were produced in the language for creating web pages, which are HTML-compliant. It was difficult to access various files or specific programs.

However, since the web browser itself is produced in a programming language that is compatible with the operating system of the user's PC, unlike the web page, the scope of the Internet service method is HTML, various script languages according to the present invention in which the menu of the web browser can be controlled by the influence of the server. It can be extended from the limited area of web page language such as CGI to the programming language area compatible with PC operating system such as Visual Basic and Visual C ++.

In other words, you can create a configuration file to call a specific application program of a client computer by calling a web browser specific button function, and you can call the desired executable program from the client computer. The operation such as executing this is made possible in the web browser.

2. Diversification of service provider and user's choice of web browser specification

Existing web browsers are difficult and limited in reflecting the intentions of service providers or users. However, according to the present invention, the service provider and the user can reflect their intentions in the design, function, and menu configuration of the web browser, and the user can select and use the web browser having a desired function and interface.

3. Reduce the cost of creating a dedicated browser

Some securities firms, banks, etc. develop and supply web browsers for each company to provide convenient stock information and internet banking services for customer satisfaction, and some Internet companies use content types for messengers, text messages, and chats. He develops and supplies web browsers.

However, these existing web browsers have a lot of development costs and time, and have been difficult to modify and reorganize once produced.

If you use the server synchronous web browser, you can easily and quickly create and update a web browser that meets the needs of each company by simply manipulating configuration files and components (images, auxiliary executables, etc.). .

Claims (2)

Web browser in which menus, buttons, designs, images, and functions are configured by referring to the contents of a configuration file stored on the server. Internet service using a web browser of the type set forth in [Claim 1]