WO2012063927A1

WO2012063927A1 - Internet access system

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Publication number: WO2012063927A1
Application number: PCT/JP2011/076024
Authority: WO
Inventors: 今井　修
Original assignee: 株式会社サーチレス
Priority date: 2010-11-12
Filing date: 2011-11-11
Publication date: 2012-05-18

Abstract

An objective of the present invention is to provide access to a home page by way of a character string such that the overhead of input by a user is small and the hierarchical structure of the home page is reflected thereby. At the same time, an objective of the present invention is to provide information transfer from the user which is sought by the user, other than access to the home page, as necessary. Input means for inputting a main key which is a number and a sub-key which is an alphabet string is independently provided, whereupon a main URL is defined on the basis of the main key, a sub-URL is defined on the basis of the sub-key, and information resources which are identified by the sub-URL are allowed to be displayed upon a client terminal device. Furthermore, a user area corresponding to the main URL or the sub-URL is provided upon the server so as to allow writing of information to the user area and viewing of the information.

Description

Internet access system

The present invention relates to an internet access system for easily accessing a home page on the internet.

There are many Internet homepages, and many users use search engines (such as google) to search among them for the ones that suit their preferences and preferences.
Companies that want to guide the user to their own home page describe the URL of the home page of the guide destination in the advertisement etc. A user who has seen an advertisement etc. can input the URL from the keyboard and browse the homepage.
However, entering a URL containing a large number of characters (alphabets) from the keyboard is troublesome and often causes errors. Therefore, it is widely used to display a keyword to be input to a search engine (a keyword such that a home page of a guidance destination is displayed at the top in a search for the keyword) instead of a URL in a description of an advertisement or the like.
In recent years, the opportunity to access the home page from a mobile phone has increased. In mobile phones, it is easy to enter numbers, but it is not easy to enter URLs by alphabet and search keywords that often use kanji.
In view of this situation, Patent Document 1 discloses a method of inputting a number (a character string of only numbers), defining a URL based on the number, and displaying a home page.

The homepage often has a hierarchical structure like the top page of a certain company and its subordinate homepage (company outline, product introduction, etc.). However, since the method disclosed in Patent Document 1 independently assigns a separate number to each URL, the number assigned to each URL does not reflect the hierarchical structure of the home page. (It is possible to assign a number that reflects the hierarchical structure, but it is not disclosed specifically how to assign it.)
The numbers are difficult for the user to remember as compared to the alphabet (which makes for meaningful words). According to the method of Patent Document 1, the user has to input a number independently assigned to each home page, and it is always easy for the user to use except when the home page is accessed only once for displaying an advertisement etc. It was not a thing. For example, it has been inconvenient when repeatedly accessing the home pages of multiple products of the same company.

Patent Document 2 discloses a method of providing access to an advertisement homepage of a product based on a character string unique to the product, such as a barcode number attached to the product. Such a product-specific character string may be considered to reflect a hierarchical structure based on the country of origin, the manufacturing company, and the like. However, it does not necessarily match the hierarchical structure of the home page.

When a user accesses a home page, the user is considered to be interested in the contents of the home page. In this case, the user may want to perform information transmission from the user to the company operating the home page, such as sending an e-mail to a person in charge, requesting material transmission, etc., as well as browsing the home page. Conventionally, a user accesses a home page while knowing that it does not directly communicate information, and then contacts the home page by clicking on a link provided on the home page to know a contact point on the home page. I had to do something like that. That is, there has been no provision of a user interface that enables the user to directly communicate information by inputting a character string representing a home page.
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-078928 Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2002-041634

The problem to be solved is to provide access to the home page by a character string in which the time and effort of input by the user is small and the hierarchical structure of the home page is reflected. At the same time, it is necessary to provide information transmission from the user requested by the user in addition to the access to the home page as needed.

In order to solve the above problems, the features possessed by the Internet access system of the present invention and the effects brought about by the features will be described.

The internet access system of the present invention is
An internet access system in which a client terminal device and a plurality of information resources identified by a URL are connected on a network and connectable to the client terminal device on the network to cause the client terminal device to access the information resource And
The URL for identifying the information resource is composed of a main URL representing one main home page and a sub URL representing a sub home page which is a lower home page of the home page,
First input means for receiving an input of a number from a client terminal;
A search homepage provided with a second input means for receiving input of an alphabet of up to 3 characters from the client terminal;
A main URL is determined based on a primary key which is a number accepted by the first input means, a sub URL is determined based on a sub key which is an alphabet accepted by the second input means, and identification is performed by the sub URL The information processing apparatus is characterized by comprising search means capable of displaying the information resource to be displayed on the client terminal device.

Primary key and subkey are input separately. It is easy for the user to understand that the primary key defines the main URL and the subkey defines the subURL. For example, a company is designated by a primary key which is a number, and products of the company are designated by an alphabetic subkey, etc., so that the input matches the user's intuition.
Although the information resource to be accessed is a home page in principle, it may be a pdf file or the like. This is because the pdf file can be displayed by a browser (for example, Internet Explorer) on the client terminal device.

The internet access system of the present invention is
A table is provided that associates the subkey with the subURL, and the table is editable by a user identified by the primary key.

The Internet access system defines the correspondence between subkeys and subURLs by means of a table.
The company that operates the Internet access system and the company that owns the displayed information resources are different companies. One company (a user identified by a primary key) that owns an information resource adds or deletes a sub URL as its own activity. It takes time and effort to contact the company that operates the Internet access system each time adding, deleting, etc. to change the table, and when adding a sub URL (for example, within one minute after the addition) In some cases, it may not be possible to provide access to the added sub-URL. The problem is solved by the company owning the information resource editing the table.
Here, a company that owns each information resource can edit only a portion related to its own sub URL (a subkey lower than the primary key identified by the company) of its own table, and the other company's table is erroneously Prevent you from editing

The internet access system of the present invention is
The search unit is characterized in that the information resource identified by the main URL determined based on the primary key can be displayed on the client terminal device when the subkey is not input on the access home page.

The user may want to display the information resource identified by the sub URL or the information resource identified by the main URL. When it is desired to display the information resource identified by the main URL, it can be displayed by inputting only the primary key.
Further, by displaying the main URL as a list of sub-URLs as shown in FIG. 5, it is possible to provide a user who has forgotten the sub-key alphabet with access to the information resource identified by the sub-URL.
Furthermore, when the subkey is a character string not included in the table, the list of subURLs as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed assuming that the subkey has not been input, and the input error of the subkey by the user is addressed. be able to.

The internet access system of the present invention is
The apparatus further comprises list display means for displaying on the client terminal device a drop down list including all or part of sub-URLs subordinate to the main URL defined by the input primary key when the primary key is input. It features.

Even when the display by the main URL is not a list of sub URLs, access to the information resource identified by the sub URL can be provided via the drop-down list.

The internet access system of the present invention is
The sub-key is a two-letter alphabet.

From the viewpoint of ease of storage by the user, it is preferable for the subkey to have a smaller number of characters. On the other hand, in order to use many sub URLs, the number of characters must be increased. By using 676 (= 26 × 26) subkeys as two alphabets, a practical number of sub URLs can be used with a small number of characters.

The internet access system of the present invention is
The system further comprises area selection means for selecting one of a plurality of user areas provided on the server based on the entire key, which is a combination of the primary key or the primary key and the subkey.
It comprises information input means for causing input information to be written in the user area selected by the area selection means with respect to the user who has input the primary key or the all keys.
It is characterized by comprising information browsing means for allowing the information receiving user identified by the primary key or the all keys to browse the information in the user area.

The “user area” is an area (for example, an area of a hard disk) for holding information provided on the server corresponding to the primary key or all keys. Information can be transmitted from the user who has entered the primary key or all keys to the information receiving user via the user area.
For example, if the user who entered the primary key or all the keys writes information that is text data and the information receiving user views the information written by many users, the Internet access system can be used without the mail server. It can communicate information equivalent to mail.
In addition, it is possible to set a sub URL for each unit desired by the information receiving user, such as material request for product, inquiry about usage of the product, and the like, to divide information and receive it in the user area. Conventionally, in order for a user to enter such information, it is necessary to access a home page and then to know a contact point on the home page, or to perform navigation by clicking a link provided on the home page, etc. was there. According to the present invention, it is possible to make a request for material information, an inquiry of usage, and the like only by the same process as accessing a home page.

The internet access system of the present invention is
The input information is composed of text data or text data and files.
The information input means may transmit an e-mail including the text data as a body and the file as an attached file to the information receiving user.

An e-mail can be sent from the Internet access system to the information receiving user to convey that the information has been written by the user and the written information.

The internet access system of the present invention is
The input information is voice data recorded at the client terminal.

Voice data is often easy for the user to input. This is because there is no need to type the keyboard. By using voice data, it is possible to efficiently operate a homepage related to a questionnaire to a user or an inquiry of product information.
Voice data has a larger capacity than text data, and it is often inconvenient for email attachments. However, the Internet access system of the present invention operates only by storing voice data in the user area, and does not necessarily require that voice data be transmitted as an attached file of a mail.
The information browsing means is capable of reproducing audio data. If necessary, it may be converted to text data by the voice recognition function, and voice data may be attached to a mail to be sent to the information receiving user.

The internet access system of the present invention is
The search means or the information input means may be selected based on the sub key or the all keys to execute the selected means.

The user can perform processing efficiently if he / she knows in advance whether to search or input information by using all the keys he / she inputs.
In addition, it is selected whether the search is performed by the subkey only or the information input is performed without depending on the primary key (for example, the subkey “ML” is transmitted to all companies in common with all the primary keys. In this way, it is possible to increase the possibility that the user knows in advance.

The internet access system of the present invention is
The user selects and executes the search means or the information input means in the search home page.

It is also possible to allow the user to select whether the search is to be performed or the information input is to be performed with all the keys. For example, the user can designate one product with all keys, and thereafter, can browse the homepage, request material information, and the like.

Access to the home page is provided by a character string in which the time and effort of input by the user is small and the hierarchical structure of the home page is reflected. At the same time, in addition to the access to the home page, the communication of information from the user that the user desires is provided.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of the system. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a table. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a home page. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of processing by the Internet access system. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of display by the main information resource. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a display for selecting an action. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of display of the information input form. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of display of the information input form. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the user area. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a table edited by the user.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Internet access system 11 Home page 12 Search means 13 Information input means 14 Table 15 User area 2 User information resource server 21 Main information resource 22 Sub information resource 3 Client terminal 4 Network 51 Input area of 1st input means 52 2nd input Input area of means 53 Call function button

Hereinafter, examples of the present invention will be shown.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of the system. An internet access system 1, a plurality of user information resource servers 2 and a plurality of client terminal devices 3 are connected via a network 4.
The internet access system 1 includes a home page 11 for providing the user with internet access, and on the home page 11, search means 12, information input means 13, area selection means 16 and information browsing means 17 operate. The Internet access system 1 includes a table 14 for correlating keys input on the home page 11 with the URLs of the sub information resources 22, and a user area 15 holding information input by the information input means 13.
The user information resource server 2 is a server in which the user holds a home page. It may be a widely used rental server or the like. The user information resource server 2 holds a main information resource 21. The main information resource 21 is accessible using a URL such as an html file. The URL for accessing the main information resource is "main URL". The user information resource server 2 can hold one or more sub information resources 22. The sub information resource 22 is accessible by a URL (sub URL) in which a character string is added to the end of the main URL.
The client terminal device 3 includes a browser of a home page, and can access the home page 11, the main information resource 21, and the sub information resource 22 of the Internet access system 1 to display the contents.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a table. Users include company A and company B, and company A's homepage (www.aaa.co.jp) and company B's homepage (www.bbb.co.jp) are registered as data having no subkey in table 14 It is done. These are the main information resources 21.
Company A has two sub-resources (www.aaa.co.jp/productAB.html and www.aaa.co.jp/productCD.html). These are registered in the table 14 as data having subkeys (AB and CD).
The primary key is a six-digit number assigned to company A and company B. Company A is assigned "123456" and company B is assigned "234567".
According to this table, if 123456 is input as a primary key and AB is input as a sub key, sub information resource www. aaa. co. jp / product AB. You will be able to access html.

In FIG. 2, the data having the subkeys "ML" and "VO" does not have a corresponding URL. These data define a primary key and a sub key (hereinafter, the combination of the primary key and the sub key is referred to as "all keys") for the user to input information.
There is also data (data having a primary key of “123456” and a subkey of “CD”) that can be input while having the corresponding URL. Company A receives a document request from the user for the product CD while providing a home page of the product CD.
In the column of "action" in FIG. 2, information on whether to perform display or information input or whether there is the possibility of both display and information input is held. Further, in the column of “information input form”, the file name of the form presented to the user when information is input is held.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a home page. As shown in (A), an input area 51 of a first input means for receiving an input of a primary key, an input area 52 of a second input means for receiving an input of a subkey, and a function call button 53 are provided.
The user inputs “123456” in the input area 51 of the first input means and “AB” in the second input area 52 and clicks the function call button 53.
Thus, the two

input areas

51 and 52 for the first input means and the second input means are provided separately to make it easy for the user to understand the distinction between the primary key and the subkey.
In Table 14, the data in which the primary key is "123456" and the subkey is "AB" is www. aaa. co. jp / product AB. Since the html display is maintained, the internet access system is www. aaa. co. jp / product AB. Provide access to html.

The Internet access system, as shown in (B), has a drop-down list 54 including all or part of the sub-URLs subordinate to the main URL defined by the input primary key when input of the primary key is completed. May be displayed. The user can select one of the displayed items (click with the mouse) to access the sub URL.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of processing by the Internet access system. This process is called when the user clicks the function call button 53. When the user selects one of the items displayed in the drop-down list 54 (clicks with the mouse), the process on the right side of the figure is called.

The left side of the figure shows the process of checking the primary key and the sub key input by the user. With respect to the primary key and the subkey, the presence or absence of input and the presence or absence in the table when input are confirmed. With regard to the primary key, the user is prompted to re-enter, except when the existing one in the table is input, and the processing is terminated. For subkeys, a check is made only if the primary key present in the table is entered. For subkeys, "presence in table" means that data having both the entered primary key and the entered subkey exists in the table. Navigate to the URL corresponding to the primary key (display the main information resource) and terminate the process, except for the case where one existing in the table is input. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of display by the main information resource. In this way, by inputting a subkey, a link to a navigable sub URL is displayed, and by displaying what the sub key is, it is possible to give the user a target URL without reentering the sub key. As well as providing navigation, you can be guided to enter the correct subkey in future input.

The right side of the figure is the process when the primary key and subkey present in the table are input. The primary key and the subkeys (all keys) define one data in the table. Processing is performed based on the "action" in the data.
As data, there are three types of "display", "input of information" and "both" in the "action" column, but the processing actually performed is display or information input. If the data is "both", the user is made to select an action. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a display for selecting an action. The display of FIG. 6 may be included in the display of FIG. 3 instead of the display of the home page 11 (FIG. 3). For example, the buttons “HP display!” And “input information” are included in the display of the home page 11 (FIG. 3), and the input area 51 and the second input of the first input means before the function call button 53 is clicked. It is also possible to detect an input to the input area 52 of the means, and switch between valid / invalid of the “HP display!” And “information input” buttons based on data corresponding to the detected input.
If the action is "display", the search means 12 is called to navigate to the URL corresponding to all keys.
When the action is "input of information", the information input means 13 is called to display an information input form. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of display of the information input form. In this example, the input information corresponds to an e-mail. When the user inputs an information input form, the information input means 13 writes the input content in a user area selected based on all keys. At this time, area selection means 16 is used to select a user area. If the action of the data having the primary key and the sub key (the first and fifth data in FIG. 2) is "input information", the user area is selected based on the primary key instead of all keys. Be done.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of display of another information input form. In this example, the input information is that of voice data. The user records a voice message while pressing the "record" button. By pressing the "play" button, the recorded voice can be played back and confirmed. By pressing the "send" button, the recorded voice is stored as voice data in the user area.

The information browsing means 17 reproduces voice data for the user permitted to browse. In addition to playback, text generated by speech recognition can also be displayed. For example, when a voice request for a company is received, it is possible to determine the degree of urgency / importance based on the displayed text, and select and reproduce those having high levels. In addition to this, it is possible to hear voice data from a remote place with a telephone set of a predetermined telephone number, to transmit a mail with the voice data as an attached file to a predetermined mail address, and other efficient operations.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the user area. The user area is specified by a directory structure with primary key and sub key names. Each directory (including a directory with only a primary key) is a user area. The area selection means 16 selects a directory based on the primary key or all keys.
For each user area (directory), the read authority is set. The user browses the information of the user area via the information browsing means 17. The information browsing means 17 permits reading of information only to the user defined for each directory. The information browsing means 17 may be realized, for example, by user access control for each directory which is a function of the OS, or may be a program for performing operations such as asking the user who wants to browse for a password for each directory.

In this embodiment, a user edits a table. It is assumed that, while the system is operating as in the first embodiment, the user A company revises the home page and wants to change the correspondence between the subkey and the URL, or the action. When adding a lower-level home page with the launch of a new product, such as when starting to obtain feedback from customers for products that sell well.
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a table edited by the user. When FIG. 9 is compared with FIG. 2, there is no column of "Primary key" in FIG. FIG. 10 is a table edited by company A, because company A does not change the assigned primary key. The information in FIG. 9 is stored in a csv file or the like, and edited by company A. The company A transmits this file to the Internet access system 1 through means not shown. The Internet access system confirms that the file has been transmitted from company A by means of a password or the like asking for an input by means not shown, and follows the file of the portion related to company A (primary key “123456”) in the table 14 Fix it.

Access to the home page is provided by a character string in which the time and effort of input by the user is small and the hierarchical structure of the home page is reflected. At the same time, in addition to the access to the home page, communication from the user requested by the user is provided as needed. It can be expected to be used by many companies and individuals.

Claims

An internet access system in which a client terminal device and a plurality of information resources identified by a URL are connected on a network and connectable to the client terminal device on the network to cause the client terminal device to access the information resource And
The URL for identifying the information resource is composed of a main URL representing one main home page and a sub URL representing a sub home page which is a lower home page of the home page,
First input means for receiving an input of a number from a client terminal;
A search homepage provided with a second input means for receiving input of an alphabet of up to 3 characters from the client terminal;
A main URL is determined based on a primary key which is a number accepted by the first input means, a sub URL is determined based on a sub key which is an alphabet accepted by the second input means, and identification is performed by the sub URL An internet access system comprising search means capable of displaying the information resource to be displayed on the client terminal device.
The internet access system according to claim 1, further comprising a table for correlating the subkey with the sub URL, wherein the table is editable by a user identified by the primary key.
The search unit is characterized in that, when the subkey is not input on the access home page, the information resource identified by the main URL determined based on the primary key can be displayed on the client terminal device. The internet access system according to claim 1 or 2.
The apparatus further comprises list display means for displaying on the client terminal device a drop down list including all or part of sub-URLs subordinate to the main URL defined by the input primary key when the primary key is input. The internet access system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that
The Internet access system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the subkey is a two-letter alphabet.
The system further comprises area selection means for selecting one of a plurality of user areas provided on the server based on the entire key, which is a combination of the primary key or the primary key and the subkey.
It comprises information input means for causing input information to be written in the user area selected by the area selection means with respect to the user who has input the primary key or the all keys.
The internet access according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising an information browsing means for allowing the information receiving user identified by the primary key or the all keys to browse the information in the user area. system.
The input information is composed of text data or text data and files.
7. The internet access system according to claim 6, wherein the information input means transmits an e-mail having the text data as a body and the file as an attached file to the information receiving user.
7. The internet access system according to claim 6, wherein the input information is voice data recorded at a client terminal.
The internet access according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein the search means or the information input means is selected based on the sub key or the all keys to execute the selected means. system.
The internet access system according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein the user selects and executes the search means or the information input means on the search homepage.