KR20080086561A - Server for continuosly furnishing online information to client terminal and method of the same - Google Patents

Abstract

A server and a method for continuously providing on-line information to a client terminal are provided to install a client application after a web page is ended and mitigate inconvenience due to a low web page loading speed. A link for installing a client application is established on a web page(302). When a user who connects to the web page finishes connection with the web page, the client application is installed in a client terminal of the user through the link(309). Information relating to the web page is continuously provided to the client terminal having the client application installed therein(310).

Description

SERVER FOR CONTINUOSLY FURNISHING ONLINE INFORMATION TO CLIENT TERMINAL AND METHOD OF THE SAME}

1 is a diagram illustrating a conventional client application installed when a web page is loaded.

2 is a diagram illustrating a system for continuously providing online information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing online information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating a database for explaining charging processing according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a block diagram illustrating an online information providing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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

500: online information server

510: link setting unit

520: application installation unit

530: information provider

540: installation judgment unit

550: billing processing unit

560: receiver

The present invention relates to a server and a method for continuously providing online information to a client terminal. More particularly, the present invention relates to a process of installing a client application on a client terminal of a user when the user terminates access to a web page browsed. An online information providing server and an online information providing method are provided.

Today, with the spread of the Internet, various web services have been developed. A representative example of such a web service is a service that continuously provides information from a web server to the client terminal. To this end, the client terminal installs a predetermined client application when loading a web page provided by the web server, and continuously receives and displays information from the web server through the client application.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a conventional client application installed when the web page 100 is loaded.

As shown in FIG. 1, the client terminal accesses the webpage 100 and loads the webpage 100 according to a user's request. With the loading of the web page 100, the client terminal displays a predetermined popup message window 110 for installation of the client application on the screen, and the user displays the client through the popup message window 110. Enter whether to install the application. Accordingly, the client terminal installs the client application according to the user's input, and continuously receives information about the user's field of interest from the predetermined web server.

However, the client application installed with the loading of the conventional web page has caused the user to experience a slow loading speed. That is, the user may feel inconvenient due to the relatively slow processing speed due to the pop-up message window 110 which is loaded with the web page 100 and asks whether to install. In addition, the users who have a sense of rejection in the pop-up spam browser have an antipathy in the pop-up message window 110 for installing the client application, and thus stop viewing the web page 100. May also occur.

The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, and an object thereof is to provide an online information providing method and an online information providing server for installing a client application after the termination of a web page.

An object of the present invention is to solve the inconvenience of the loading speed of the slow web page that the user feels as the client application is installed when accessing the conventional web page.

An object of the present invention is to install a client application differently from a pop-up spam browser, thereby reducing the user's antagonism due to the installation of the client application, and consequently, to improve the penetration rate of the client application that continuously provides information will be.

It is an object of the present invention to perform a billing process according to the amount of information sent to a client terminal to compensate legitimate profits to a server provider and to provide a quality service to a user according to the profits.

In order to achieve the above object and solve the problems of the prior art, the online information providing method for continuously providing information to the client terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, the client application is installed on the provided web page, Setting a link to perform the step of, when the user accessing the web page terminates access to the web page, processing the client application to be installed on the client terminal of the user through the link; and the client application And continuously providing information related to the web page to the installed client terminals.

An online information providing server for continuously providing information to a client terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a link setting unit for setting a link for installing a client application on a provided web page, and accessing the web page. When the user terminates the connection with the web page, the application installation unit for processing the client application to be installed on the client terminal of the user via the link, and the client terminal with the client application is installed associated with the web page Characterized in that it comprises an information providing unit for continuously providing information.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and the contents described in the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited or limited to the embodiments.

2 is a diagram illustrating a system 200 for continuously providing online information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the system 200 is implemented through a client terminal 210, a web server 220, and an online information providing server 230. In this case, the on-line information providing server 230 according to the present invention installs a client application when the client terminal 210 terminates access to the web page, and continuously provides the information provided by the web server 220. Provided as a user through the client application. In the present specification, the termination of the connection with the web page by the client terminal may be used as a concept including both the closing of the loaded webpage and the branching of the loaded webpage to another webpage. have.

In addition, a client terminal continuously used herein refers to a computer terminal including a notebook, as well as VoIP, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Megaco, Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), cellular phone, and Personal Communication Service (PCS). Phone, Hand-Held PC, CDMA-2000 (1X, 3X) Phone, Wideband CDMA Phone, Dual Band / Dual Mode Phone, Global Standard for Mobile It can be interpreted as a portable portable device including a mobile phone, a mobile broadband system (MBS) phone, a satellite / terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) phone, or the like. That is, the client terminal refers to terminals that can be additionally extended to portable devices such as mobile phones, laptops, PDAs, etc., in addition to a normal personal computer. In addition, the client terminal can also receive the content expressed through the client application in the form of a text message such as SMS (Short Messaging Service) or MMS (Multimedia Message Server). That is, the user may continuously receive the information in the form of a text message from the online information providing server by designating a category of information desired to be received using a client application and inputting a telephone number into the client terminal. In this case, the information may be implemented in a form of a brief information including an image or a video or in a form in which a content of a message is converted into a RSS (Rich Site Summary).

More specifically, the web server 220 requests the online information providing server 230 to establish a link for a service in advance, and the online information providing server 230 requests the web server 220 according to the request. Set a link to the web page provided by). Accordingly, the web server 220 receives a request for a web page from the client terminal 210 and provides the web page to the client terminal 210 according to the request. Accordingly, the user of the client terminal 210 uses the web service by reading the accessed web page and other web pages linked from the web page. The user who has finished using the web service ends the use of the web service by terminating the connection with the connected webpage, ie, closing the web browser. Accordingly, the client terminal 210 notifies the online information providing server 230 that the user terminates the connection with the web page, and the online information providing server 230 according to the termination of the connection results in the client terminal. The client application is installed at 210. At this time, the installation of the client application may be installed with the user's consent. For example, the online information providing server 230 transmits an application program for installing the client application to the client terminal 210 according to the termination of access to the web page, and the client terminal 210 transmits the application program. Receive and run the application. Accordingly, the executed application program may query the user whether to install the client application and selectively install the application according to a response from the user to the query.

As a result, the online information providing method provided by the system 200 according to the present invention can solve the inconvenience of the loading speed of the slow web page that the user feels relatively as the client application is installed when the conventional web page is connected. . In addition, unlike the pop-up spam browser, the client application is installed at the end of the web page, thereby reducing the user's discomfort due to the installation of the client application and consequently, continuously providing the information. Can improve the penetration rate.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing online information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the web server requests a service from an online information providing server through step 301, and the online information providing server sets a link to a web page provided by the web server according to the request in step 302. The web server may apply a service by providing a web page with the link set to the client terminal. More specifically, the web server requests a link to the online information providing server so that a client application is installed on the client terminal accessing the web page through the link. Accordingly, the online information providing server sets the link to a web page provided by the web server according to the request, and the web server allows a client application to be installed through the link to a client terminal accessing the web page. The service can be applied.

In step 304, the client terminal makes a web connection to the web server and requests the web page. Accordingly, in step 305, the web server receives the request from the client terminal and provides the web page to the client terminal according to the received request. Accordingly, the client terminal performs web surfing through the web page by loading the web page from the web server in step 306. A user of the client terminal accessing the loaded web page may perform the web surfing by reading the web page or by viewing another web page branched from the web page.

After the web surfing is terminated, the user disconnects from the loaded webpage using an input device of the client terminal, for example, a mouse or a keyboard. That is, in step 307, the client terminal receives an input of the user for closing the web page loaded on the screen and terminates the connection with the loaded web page. Accordingly, the client terminal generates a corresponding event according to the termination of the web page, generates a query corresponding to the generated event, and transmits the generated query to the web server, and the web server receives the query to receive the web page. Check the connection termination. Accordingly, in step 308, the web server requests the client terminal, which has terminated access to the web page, to install the client application.

In step 309, the client terminal performs installation of the client application in response to an installation request from the web server. For example, when the client terminal receives an installation request from the web server, the client terminal may receive a predetermined application program for installing the client application from the online information providing server by referring to a link included in the web page. The application program may be provided in a download or streaming manner, and the client terminal may install the client application using the provided application program.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the online information providing server enables the application program to install the client application only when the user agrees to install the client application. For example, the application program may query the user whether to agree to the installation of the client application, and install the client application according to the response to the query. In this case, the application program may transmit a response to the query to the online information providing server, and may receive installation of the client application when receiving the authentication from the online information providing server. If the user does not agree to the installation of the client application, the application program may stop the installation of the client program and terminate automatically after a predetermined time elapses.

When the client application is installed in the client terminal, the application program reports completion of installation of the client application to the online information providing server.

After the installation of the client application is completed, the client terminal may continuously receive useful information from the online information providing server through the client application. More specifically, in step 310, the online information providing server collects and transmits information related to the web page viewed by the user to the client terminal, and the client terminal receives information from the online information providing server in step 311. Receive them and provide them to the user. For example, the client terminal may provide the received information to the user using a pop-up browser provided by the client application.

In one embodiment, the online information providing server may collect only the information related to the web page viewed by the user, other web pages accessed through the web page from the corresponding web server to provide to the client terminal. To this end, the online information providing server may receive history information about the web page or the other web page from an application program for installing the client application, and provide the information based on the history information. The history information includes internet cookie information, log information, temporary internet file information, and the like. In general, the client terminal stores a record of a visited web page on a hard disk. Accordingly, the application program extracts the history information stored in the hard disk and transmits the history information to the online information providing server, and the online information providing server may provide differentiated information only to the client terminal with reference to the history information. have. For example, if a user accesses a web page that provides information about a wedding and another web page that provides honeymoon travel information through the web page, the online information server provides the 'wedding' that the client terminal has accessed. And only information related to 'honeymoon' can be provided to the client terminal.

That is, the method for providing online information according to the present invention is different from the conventional web page, in which the client application is installed before the web page is loaded. Can be continuously provided to the user.

4, an embodiment in which an online information providing server calculates a predetermined cost and charges as it provides information to the client terminal will be described.

4 is a diagram illustrating a database 400 for explaining charging processing according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The online information providing server stores information related to billing processing through the database 400. That is, as shown in Figure 4, the database 400 stores the web server information that can uniquely identify the web server and the criteria for calculating the cost to charge the web server. The web server information may be a domain name, a server IP, etc. for the web server, and the criteria are 'number of times of providing information', which is a number of times that the online information providing server provides information from the web server to the users. The number of installations reflecting the number of times the client application is installed on the client terminal, and the service period provided to the client terminal.

For example, the database 400 stores the number of times that the online information providing server provides the information from the web server identified as 'Server A' to the client terminal '1230 times', and the online information providing server May perform the charging process using the number of times. At this time, the cost calculated per one time of the information transmission can be discussed in advance between the operator of the web server and the operator of the online information providing server.

As another example, the database 400 may store the number of installations of the client application in the client terminal, and the online information providing server may perform billing processing using the number. The calculated cost may be charged to the provider of the web server, which provided the web page viewed by the user. In addition, the cost calculated per case can be negotiated beforehand by the operator of the web server and the operator of the online information providing server. In addition, the online information providing server may perform the charging process by referring to the database 400 and reflecting the period of providing information from the web server to the client terminal. For example, the online information providing server is a period in which the information is provided with reference to the database 400, and charges the operator of the web server with a fee set according to a period of one day, one week, one month, or the like. Can be processed. That is, the operator of the web server may continuously provide online information to the user by paying only a fee for a predetermined period in the form of a flat rate regardless of the number of times of installing the client application and the number of providing information.

5 is a block diagram illustrating an online information providing server 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 5, the online information providing server 300 includes a link setting unit 510, an application installation unit 520, and an information providing unit 530.

First, the link setting unit 510 sets a link for installing a client application on a web page provided to the client terminal. To this end, the link setting unit 510 processes the link on the web page in advance by interworking with the web server.

Next, when the user accessing the web page terminates the connection with the web page, the application installation unit 520 processes the client application to be installed in the client terminal of the user through the link. Conventionally, when the user accesses the web page, the installation of the client application is performed through the link, but the online information providing server 300 according to the present invention receives an event signal for terminating the access of the web page from the user. The client application is installed according to the event signal for terminating the connection. As a result, the online information providing server 300 may receive information about web pages read by the user and provide only information suitable for the user's preference. In addition, the online information providing server 500 according to the present invention can solve the inconvenience of the slow loading speed of the web page that the user feels as the client application is installed when accessing the conventional web page.

The application installation unit 520 according to an embodiment of the present invention asks the user whether to agree to the installation of the client application through the link, and whether the client application is installed according to the response. It may include an installation determination unit 540 to determine. That is, the online information providing server 500 according to the present invention may proceed with the installation of the client application with the user's consent. In FIG. 5, the installation determination unit 540 and the application installation unit 520 are illustrated as independent configuration modules. However, as described above, the installation plate end 540 is included in the application installation unit 520. It may be a module.

The information providing unit 530 continuously provides information related to the web page to client terminals on which the client application is installed. For example, the online information providing server 500 according to the present invention is different from keyword advertisements that are provided only once through the information providing unit 530, and information desired by a user, such as advertisements on a client terminal using a client application. Can be provided continuously. The ads may be targeted through text ads, banner ads, keyword ads, targeting ads such as email ads, contextual ads and affiliate marketing. It may be used as a concept including at least one of internet advertisements such as advertisements obtained through banner exchange and point build-up methods. In addition, the advertisement may include relevant online address information. That is, when selecting an advertisement, the client terminal may access the corresponding website using the online address information included in the advertisement.

In addition, the online information providing server 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include a billing processing unit 550.

The billing processing unit 550 may provide a predetermined cost according to the amount of information provided to the client application, the number of installations of the client application, and the period of providing the information in exchange for continuously providing the information related to the web page. And calculates and charges the calculated cost to the operator of the web server. For example, if the information providing unit 530 provides information to the client application in the form of an event message, the charging processing unit 550 may calculate the cost by accumulating the number of the event message sent. . The calculated cost may be charged to the user of the client terminal or the company providing the web server.

The online information providing server 300 according to another embodiment of the present invention may further include a receiving unit 560.

The receiving unit 560 receives history information about the accessed web page or another web page accessed through the web page from the client application. For example, the history information may include internet cookie information, log information, temporary internet file information, and the like. In this case, the information providing unit 530 may transmit information related to the history information. That is, the online information providing server 500 processes the installation of the client application on the client terminal when the user terminates the web page, thereby using the history information on various web pages viewed by the user. Only differentiated information can be provided to the user.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the online information providing server 500 receives authentication information from a user, authenticates the user based on the input authentication information, and authenticates the user to the client terminal. Only provide differentiated information. Accordingly, the user and other users using the same client terminal may be guaranteed privacy with respect to the information provided from the online information providing server 500, respectively. In this case, the user may perform an authentication process by inputting an ID and a password or inputting only a password as a login form.

As a result, the online information providing server 500 according to the present invention proceeds with the installation of the client application differently from the pop-up type spam browser, thereby reducing the user's discomfort due to the installation of the client application, and consequently, continuously providing information. It can improve the penetration rate of the client application. In addition, the online information providing server 500 may reward the operator with a legitimate profit and provide a quality service to the user according to the profit generation.

Embodiments of the present invention include program instructions for performing operations implemented by various computers, and can be further extended to portable devices such as mobile phones, laptops, PDAs, etc., which can be wired or wireless, in addition to a general personal computer. Possible media. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. The media may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the present invention, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical recording media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, magnetic-optical media such as floppy disks, and ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute the same program instructions are included. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

While specific embodiments of the present invention have been described so far, various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention.

Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be defined not only by the scope of the following claims, but also by those equivalent to the scope of the claims.

According to the present invention, an online information providing method and an online information providing server for installing a client application after the termination of a web page can be provided.

According to the present invention, as a client application is installed when accessing a conventional web page, inconvenience of a slow web page loading speed that a user feels can be solved.

According to the present invention, by installing the client application differently from the pop-up type spam browser, the user's half of the installation according to the installation of the client application is reduced, consequently, to improve the penetration rate of the client application that continuously provides information Can be.

According to the present invention, billing processing is performed according to the amount of information sent to the client terminal, the number of installations of the client application, and the period for providing the information, thereby rewarding the server provider with a legitimate profit, and the user according to the profit generation. Can provide high quality service.

Claims (14)

In the method for continuously providing online information to the client terminal, Setting a link on the provided web page to cause the client application to be installed; If the user accessing the web page terminates access to the web page, processing the client application to be installed in the client terminal of the user through the link; And Continuously providing information related to the web page to client terminals having the client application installed thereon; Online information providing method comprising a. The method of claim 1, Calculating a cost according to at least one of an amount of information provided to the client terminals, a number of installations of the client application, and a period for providing the information; And Billing the calculated cost to the operator of the web server; Online information providing method comprising a further. The method of claim 1, The step of processing to install the client application, Via the link, querying the user for consent to the installation of the client application; And Determining whether to install the client application according to a response to the query Online information providing method comprising a. The method of claim 3, The step of processing to install the client application, Processing the client application to be installed when the user agrees to install the client application as a result of the determination; or If the user does not agree to the installation of the client application, stopping the installation of the client application and terminating the application program for installation of the client application after a set time elapses; Online information providing method comprising a further. The method of claim 1, Receiving history information about the accessed web page or another web page accessed through the web page from the client application, The step of continuously providing information related to the web page to the client terminals, Generating the history related information by using the received history information; And Providing the history related information in the information related to the web page Online information providing method comprising a. The method of claim 5, And the history information comprises at least one of internet cookie information, log information, and temporary internet file information. The method of claim 1, The client terminal may be a computer terminal including a laptop, VoIP, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Megaco, Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), cellular phone, PCS (Personal Communication Service) phone, hand-held PC, CDMA-2000 (1X, 3X) phones, WCDMA (Wideband CDMA) phones, Dual Band / Dual Mode phones, Global Standard for Mobile (GSM) phones, Mobile Broadband System (MBS) phones, Satellite / An online information providing method, which is either a terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) phone or a portable portable device. A computer-readable recording medium for recording a program for executing the method of any one of claims 1 to 7 on a computer. A server for continuously providing online information to a client terminal, A link setting unit that sets a link for installing a client application on a provided web page; An application installation unit for processing the client application to be installed in the client terminal of the user through the link when the user accessing the web page terminates the connection with the web page; And Information providing unit for continuously providing information related to the web page to the client terminals, the client application is installed Online information providing server comprising a. The method of claim 9, A predetermined cost is calculated according to at least one of the amount of information provided to the client terminals, the number of installation of the client application, and the period for providing the information, and the calculated cost is charged to the operator of the web server. Billing processing department Online information providing server comprising a further. The method of claim 9, The application installation unit, An installation determination unit for asking the user whether to agree to the installation of the client application through the link, and determining whether to install the client application according to the response to the query. Online information providing server comprising a. The method of claim 11, The installation determination unit, As a result of the determination, (1) if the user agrees to the installation, process the client application to be installed, (2) If the user does not agree to the installation, the on-line information providing server which terminates the installation by terminating an application program for installation of the client application after a predetermined time elapses. The method of claim 10, And a receiving unit configured to receive history information about the accessed web page or another web page accessed through the web page from the client application. The information providing unit may generate the history related information by using the received history information and provide the history related information in the information related to the web page. The method of claim 13, And the history information comprises at least one of internet cookie information, log information, and temporary internet file information.

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