KR20080087188A - Apparatus and method for clipping in real-time, and web-page service system using thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A device and a method for clipping contents in real-time, and an integrated webpage service system using the same are provided to enable a user to view desired webpages by clipping a predetermined contents section of the desired webpage on the Internet, and display the webpage comprising the clipped webpages in other terminals as well as a personal terminal of the user by storing information for extracting the clipped contents in a server. An extraction rule generator(171) generates an extraction rule for selecting contents and extracting a selected contents section. An extraction rule storing part(173) stores the generated extraction rule. A contents extractor(175) extracts the contents corresponding to the extraction rule. The extraction rule generator includes a contents selector for selecting the contents section providing the contents and a rule generator for generating the rule for extracting the contents from the webpage providing the contents. The extraction rule is location information of the contents section. An authentication information storing part(177) stores authentication information for receiving authentication from a webpage providing the webpage. A user browses various kinds of internet sites by using an internet browser provided from a terminal(130).

Description

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In order to better understand the drawings cited in the detailed description of the invention, a brief description of each drawing is provided.

1 is a view for explaining the configuration of an integrated service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram of a clipping apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a web content integration service, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for clipping various contents provided on the Internet in real time, and to a method of integrating clipped contents into one page using the same.

As Internet technology has advanced dramatically, many portal sites have emerged. The portal site is the first entry site for netizens to access the Internet. Portal services provided by portal sites are generally created to conduct internet business by attracting numerous netizens who use the Internet into their Internet service area. Such portal sites offer a comprehensive set of services and content available on the Internet, allowing users to spend a lot of time on the site from connection to termination.

Large portal site companies include Yahoo ™, America Online (AOL ™) and Excite ™. Among these, Yahoo has successfully adopted the Internet search directory service and introduced the concept of portal site, for example, webmail service and various services connected with the directory such as the latest news, stock investment information, and direct chat. By using the portal site, it succeeded in attracting a large amount of advertisements.

Internet service and content providers have created a community in the virtual space to generate more registered users and homepage usage, resulting in higher advertising revenue and marketing revenue using user information. Strive to raise Unlike the existing physical space, the virtual space community visited by many unknown users must constantly update and solve problems for management. However, according to the conventional method of operating a total portal site, since many people of various hierarchies are gathered into one site, there is a problem that it is difficult to satisfy various needs of consumers.

To address these issues, specialized portal sites have emerged that aim to target specific classes with deep and detailed information on themes such as trade, entertainment, law, and e-commerce. However, even in such specialized portal sites, since services provided are classified according to criteria set by the service provider, there is a problem in that a lot of efforts are required to search for a site suitable for individual tastes or interests.

In order to solve this problem, a web service integration service method has been proposed in which a user collects contents or services required by the user and creates a web page using only the contents or services required by the user.

In the web service integrated service method, a service provider providing an integrated service acquires and provides contents in advance. Contents provided at this time are contents presented by a server operated by a service provider or contents that can be provided by using an external resource description framework (RSDF) Site Summary (RSDF). Meanwhile, a user selects only desired contents among contents provided by service providers to create a web page.

However, even when using the web services integrated service method, there is a problem that the provided contents or services are limited to the contents provided by the corresponding server and the contents that can be provided by using the RSS.

Therefore, the user needs to make a web service integration service using not only services or contents provided by a service provider providing an integrated service, but also services or contents provided by arbitrary sites on the Internet.

An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for clipping in real time a variety of contents provided on the Internet.

Another technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to provide a method of clipping various contents provided on the Internet in real time, and a method of integrating the clipped contents into a single page using the same.

The real-time clipping device according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above technical problem is to clip any content provided on the Internet, and includes an extraction rule generator, extraction rule storage, and the content extraction unit. The extraction rule generator selects the content and generates an extraction rule for extracting the selected content area. The extraction rule storage unit stores the extraction rule. The content extraction unit extracts the content corresponding to the extraction rule so that the extracted content is displayed.

The extraction rule generation unit includes a content selection unit and a rule generation unit. The content selection unit selects a content area in which the content is provided. The rule generator generates a rule for extracting the content from the web page provided with the content.

In this case, the extraction rule is preferably location information of the content area, and the location information is preferably node information of a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) tree of the content area.

Meanwhile, the extraction rule may include address information of the web page including the content, HTML information including the content of the content, and style information or script information necessary to display the content.

On the other hand, the extraction rule storage unit may be stored with the additional information associated with the content, wherein the additional information is preferably a content URL (Uniform Resource Locator), content title, classification information.

Meanwhile, the clipping apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include an authentication information storage unit for storing authentication information for authentication in a website where the content is provided, wherein the content extraction unit is configured to authenticate at the website. After performing the extraction of the content.

Web content integration service system according to another embodiment of the present invention for achieving the technical problem further comprises the clipping device, at least one content providing server, and a user terminal. The content providing server is connected to the clipping device through the Internet and provides the contents. The user terminal is connected to the clipping device and displays the extracted content provided by the clipping device.

The real-time clipping method according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the other technical problem is to clip any content provided on the Internet, generating the extraction rule for selecting the content and extracting the selected content area, Storing the extraction rule, and extracting content corresponding to the extraction rule to display the extracted content.

The generating of the extraction rule may include selecting a content area in which the content is provided, and generating a rule for extracting the content from a web page provided with the content.

In this case, the extraction rule is preferably location information of the content area, and the location information is preferably node information of an HTML tree of the content area.

The extraction rule may include address information of a web page including the content, HTML information including the contents of the contents, and style information or script information necessary to display the content.

The storing of the extraction rule may be stored together with additional information related to the content, wherein the additional information is preferably a content URL, a content title, and classification information.

Meanwhile, the clipping method according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include performing authentication on the website using authentication information for authentication on the website where the content is provided.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION In order to fully understand the present invention, the operational advantages of the present invention, and the objects achieved by the practice of the present invention, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings which illustrate preferred embodiments of the present invention and the contents described in the drawings.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Like reference numerals in the drawings denote like elements.

1 is a view for explaining the configuration of an integrated service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The integrated service system includes an integrated service server 110, a user terminal 130, a plurality of Internet servers 150-1 through 150-n, and a clipping device 170 connected through the Internet 190. . In an embodiment of the present invention, the clipping device 170 may be implemented in the form of an agent.

The clipping device 170 may be connected to the Internet independently of the user terminal 130 or the integrated service server 110, or may be connected to the Internet through a connection with the user terminal 130 or the integrated service server 110. In addition, the user terminal 130 or the integrated service server 110 may be located separately.

2 is a block diagram of a clipping apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The clipping apparatus 170 may include an extraction rule generator 171, an extraction rule storage unit 173, and a content extraction unit 175, and may further include an authentication information storage unit 177. Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of the clipping apparatus will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

In general, a user may browse various types of Internet sites by using an Internet browser (Internet Explorer, Netscape, etc.) provided by the user terminal 130. Internet sites are provided by Internet servers 150-1 through 150-n connected via the Internet 190.

When the desired content is found while browsing, the user can select the content and clip the selected content. The extraction rule generator 171 provides a function for clipping a desired content by the user.

In more detail, the user may select desired content by using input means (mouse, keyboard, touch pad, etc.) provided from the user terminal. The extraction rule generator 171 selects content based on the information input by the input means and generates an extraction rule for extracting the selected content area.

The extraction rule generator 171 includes a content selector 1711 and a rule generator 1713. The content selector 1711 selects a content area where content is provided. Referring to the operation of the content selection unit 1711 in more detail, the user operates the content selection unit 1711 in a web page including the desired content, and selects the content using the input means. The content selection unit 1711 selects a content area where content is provided based on information input by the user. The selected area may be represented using location information and size information on the screen, or may be expressed using a structure of HTML syntax.

As described above, the clipping device 170 according to the embodiment of the present invention can be implemented as an agent, so that the user can select the desired contact by operating the content selector 1711 on the web page including the desired content. Can be. In addition, it is preferable to expose the content selector 1711 to the user in a toolbar or other executable form so that the user can browse the web page and execute it at any time.

Meanwhile, the rule generator 1713 generates a rule for extracting the content from the web page where the content is provided. In an embodiment of the present invention, the rule generator 1713 analyzes the structure of the web page provided with the content and generates an extraction rule that can automatically extract HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) codes and scripts necessary for displaying the selected area. It is desirable to occur.

In this case, the extraction rule is preferably location information of the content area, and more preferably location information is node information of a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) tree of the content area.

Meanwhile, in an embodiment of the present invention, the extraction rule may include address information of a web page including content, HTML information including content of a contact, and style information or script information necessary to display the content.

The extraction rule storage unit 173 stores the extraction rule. On the other hand, the extraction rule storage unit 173 may be stored with the additional information associated with the content. In this case, the additional information may be additional description using content URL (Uniform Resource Locator), content title, tag, and the like, and classification information of the content.

In an embodiment of the present invention in which the clipping device 170 may be implemented as an agent, the extraction rule storage unit 173 may be located in the user terminal 130 according to the service environment, or located in the integrated service server 110. You may. In the case where the user terminal 130 is located, the extraction rule is preferably stored in the hard disk of the user terminal 130. On the other hand, when located in the integrated service server 110, the extraction rule is preferably stored in the hard disk of the server (110). On the other hand, the method of storing the extraction rule may use a general data storage method such as using a database or directly stored in a file.

When the user wants to see the clipped content, the user may access the integrated service server 110 through a browser provided by the user terminal 130 to display his / her own web page.

The server may include a screen layout editing unit for arbitrarily placing the clipped content on its own web page. The screen layout editing unit provides a function of allowing the user to adjust the size and position when displaying the clipped content on his or her web page. The size and location designated by the user are stored in the content storage unit.

When the user accesses the integrated service server 110, the integrated service server 110 reads extraction rules stored in the extraction rule storage unit 173, and includes information necessary for displaying a web page in an HTML page to display the user terminal ( 130) to the browser. Accordingly, a user's own web page is displayed on the user terminal according to the screen arrangement type designated by the user.

In addition, the HTML page includes the extraction information for extracting the contents displayed on their own web page from the service site, the extraction information is transmitted to the content extraction unit 175.

The user executes the content extraction unit 175 to display the content to be viewed. At this time, the content extraction unit 175 extracts the content corresponding to the extraction rule (that is, the extraction rule corresponding to the content that the user wants to see) stored in the extraction rule storage unit 173 so that the extracted content is displayed. The operation of the content extraction unit 175 will be described in more detail as follows.

The content extraction unit 175 accesses the web server of the corresponding site by using the extraction information, and requests and receives a web page provided with the corresponding content. In addition, the content extraction unit 175 extracts only the corresponding content in the received web page using the extraction rule, and outputs only the HTML code of the extracted area to the corresponding display area of the browser of the user terminal 130. In this case, the content transmitted to the user terminal 130 includes style information and script information necessary for displaying the corresponding content, and thus the user terminal 130 is not content provided in a web page at the time of clipping, but is presently present. The content provided on the web page is displayed in real time.

Meanwhile, the clipping device 170 according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include an authentication information storage unit 177 for storing authentication information for authentication in a website where content is provided. Most web sites provide content for users who have been authenticated. Therefore, if the web site providing the content clipped by the user requires authentication, authentication information is required, and the authentication information storage unit 177 stores such authentication information.

When the clipped content is provided from a website that requires authentication, the authentication information for the website is delivered to the content extraction unit 171 together with the extraction information, and the content extraction unit 171 is provided on the website. Extract the content after performing authentication.

In the above description, the clipping device according to the embodiment of the present invention has been described as being implemented independently of the user terminal 130 or the integrated service server 110. However, as described above, the clipping device may be implemented as an agent. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that some or all of the clipping device may be distributed and implemented in the user terminal 130 and / or the integrated service server 110.

Meanwhile, the web page created by clipping as described above may be shared by other users and provided to other users as it is. Hereinafter, a web page sharing method between users according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

First, a user who writes his own web page by clipping contents provided on the Internet may provide his / her own web page as a channel to another user so that his / her own web page is shared with other users. At this time, a channel shared with other users is called a shared channel.

Users who want to subscribe to the provided shared channel can subscribe to the shared channel to the user who provides the shared channel. At this time, in the channel list of the web page of the user who subscribed to the subscription, the shared channels subscribed to the subscription are listed with the subscription notation. Therefore, users who have subscribed can conveniently view the shared channels they subscribe to in the web page area.

Meanwhile, in the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, since the shared channel is shared by the users, when the user providing the shared channel changes the content of the shared channel, all users who subscribe to the shared channel also receive the changed content of the shared channel. You can see it as it is.

As described above, optimal embodiments have been disclosed in the drawings and the specification. Although specific terms have been used herein, they are used only for the purpose of describing the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention as defined in the claims or the claims. Therefore, those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible therefrom. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

As described above, the clipping apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention has the advantage of being able to collect a specific content area of a page that the user wants to see in various web pages on the Internet in real time by collecting them on their own web page. have.

In addition, the clipping device according to an embodiment of the present invention, by storing information that can extract the clipped content in the server, the self consisting of the contents that are clipped in the other terminal as well as the user's personal terminal The advantage is that you can have your own web page displayed.

Claims (22)

An apparatus for clipping any content provided on the Internet, An extraction rule generator which selects the content and generates an extraction rule for extracting the selected content area; An extraction rule storage unit for storing the extraction rule; And And a content extraction unit for extracting content corresponding to the extraction rule to display the extracted content. The method of claim 1, wherein the extraction rule generator, A content selection unit which selects a content area in which the content is provided; And And a rule generator for generating a rule for extracting the content from a web page provided with the content. The method of claim 1, wherein the extraction rule, And clipping information of the content area. The method of claim 3, wherein the location information, And a node information of a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) tree of the content area. The method of claim 1, wherein the extraction rule, And the address information of the web page including the contents, HTML information including the contents of the contents, and style information or script information necessary to display the contents. The method of claim 1, wherein the extraction rule storage unit, And storing the additional information related to the content. The method of claim 6, wherein the additional information, Clipping device characterized in that the content URL (Uniform Resource Locator), the content title, classification information. The method of claim 1, And an authentication information storage unit for storing authentication information for authentication in a web site where the content is provided. And the content extracting unit extracts the content after automatically performing authentication on the website in real time. In the method of clipping any content provided on the Internet, Generating an extraction rule for selecting the content and extracting the selected content area; Storing the extraction rule; And And extracting the content corresponding to the extraction rule and displaying the extracted content. The method of claim 9, wherein the generating of the extraction rule comprises: Selecting a content area in which the content is provided; And And generating a rule for extracting the content from a web page provided with the content. The method of claim 9, wherein the extraction rule, Clipping method, characterized in that the location information of the content area. The method of claim 11, wherein the location information, Clipping method characterized in that the node information of the HTML tree of the content area. The method of claim 9, wherein the extraction rule, Clipping method comprising the address information of the web page containing the content, HTML information including the content of the content, and style information or script information necessary for displaying the content. The method of claim 9, wherein storing the extraction rule comprises: And storing the additional information related to the content. The method of claim 14, wherein the additional information, Clipping method characterized in that the additional description using the content URL, the content title, tags, and the like, the classification information of the content. The method of claim 9, And performing authentication at the website by using authentication information for authentication at a website where the content is provided. A web content integration service system comprising the clipping device of claim 1, One or more content providing servers connected to the clipping device through the Internet and providing the contents; And And a user terminal connected with the clipping device and displaying the extracted content provided by the clipping device. A web content integration service system comprising the clipping device of claim 1, An integrated service server configured to provide the clipped contents as a web page using an extraction rule stored in the contents storage unit; One or more content providing servers connected to the clipping device through the Internet and providing the contents; And And a user terminal connected with the clipping device and displaying the extracted content provided by the clipping device. The method of claim 18, The content storage unit is located in the integrated service server, And the clipped content is provided as a web page to any user terminal that accesses the integrated service server. Providing a web page created by clipping content provided on the Internet as a shared channel; And If the user wants to subscribe to the shared channel provided, the web page sharing method comprising the step of making a subscription request to the user providing the shared channel. The method of claim 20, Displaying the shared channels registered in the channel list of the web page of the subscribed user together with the subscription notation; And And selecting the shared channel to be subscribed to from the channel list to display the selected shared channel. The method of claim 20, When the user providing the shared channel changes the content of the shared channel, the web page sharing method further comprises providing the changed content of the shared channel to all users subscribed to the shared channel as it is; .

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