JP2002132830A - Method and system for displaying web site information - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display method for Web site information and its system which can stereoscopically and easily display Web sites and access frequencies by categories and easily compare the access states of Web sites and the number of the Web sites. SOLUTION: This system is equipped with a tenant managing server 1, a Web information server 2, a Web information database 5, and a keyword category database 4 and stereoscopically displays the access states of the Web sites, the number of the Web sites, etc., by categories, by assigning them to area, height, story numbers, etc. An advertiser 7 can displays advertisement data of an advertisement providing server 3 on a desired Web site.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a method and system for displaying Web site information capable of stereoscopically displaying a plurality of types of information on Web sites.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the Internet environment conventionally constructed by a computer network, Web (WWW: World Wid) has been remarkably popularized.
e Web. ) The number of websites is also increasing. Such Web sites are opened by individuals, or opened by companies, organizations, local governments, and the like.

[0003] These Web sites are widely disclosed on the Internet, and can be classified into various categories (fields) according to their contents. The number of accesses to each category fluctuates depending on the season, social attention, fashion, etc. at that time. For example, when the season is summer, access concentrates on categories having information such as the sea, mountains, and summer resort, and at the turn of the season, access concentrates on clothing and fashion-related categories.

[0004] In these categories, too many We
There are b sites, and the number of accesses is different even if the same topic is handled in the same category due to the characteristics of each Web site. The number of accesses to a Web site that attracts and interests many people increases, while the number of accesses to a Web site that is not interested and has a relatively low degree of attention does not increase. In addition, the number of Web sites belonging to a relatively minor topic category is small.
The number of sites b is also large.

[0005] In addition, people who want to obtain information from a Web site using the Internet narrow down to a desired category field from various categories and access the Web site from among them. There are many Web sites with various contents, and a Web site from which information desired by the user is likely to be obtained is searched. This search is performed on the basis of, for example, a large number of accesses to a Web site or an introduction article from another information medium such as a magazine.

[0006] In the current state of such websites, funds are being collected in various forms in order to cover the operating costs of each website. For example, a Web site opened for personal hobbies, etc., uses its own funds, ignoring profits. In addition, it has been used to provide operating funds through the provision of information and sales of products through the Web site. As another important funding source, an advertisement called a banner advertisement is posted on a Web site, and the advertiser is sponsored to obtain an advertisement insertion fee.

[0007] An advertiser who wants to publish an advertisement such as a banner advertisement wants his / her advertisement to be seen by as many people as possible and exerts an advertisement effect, and is advertised on a Web site which is generally highly noticed. Post. High attention We
By placing an advertisement on the b site, the name recognition can be raised, and when the advertiser is a company, etc., it leads to an increase in business performance.

[0008]

However, the prior art as described above has the following problems to be solved.

[0009] In order to search for Web sites from which desired information can be obtained by using the Internet, there is a method of relying on the number of accesses of each Web site.
This has been a difficult and never satisfactory way to compare many websites simultaneously.

Further, in order to evaluate a category by relying on whether the number of opened websites in a category is large or small, it is necessary to grasp and compare the number of websites in all categories, and it is practically necessary. Was a difficult method.

[0011] In addition, in order to place an advertisement on a Web site, it is desirable to use a category or Web site that has a high number of accesses and a high degree of attention, and objectively determines which Web site or category is effective for posting an advertisement. There was no way to know.

[0012] The present invention has been made in view of these problems, and it is possible to easily display the access frequency of each Web site or category by three-dimensional display, and to compare the access status between Web sites and the number of Web sites. It is an object of the present invention to provide a Web site information display method and a system thereof that can easily perform the Web site information display.

[0013]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a Web system capable of displaying information on an Internet Web site in three dimensions.
A method of displaying site information, comprising: Web information relating to the display of the Web site; access frequency of the Web site; and a category obtained by classifying the Web site based on a keyword. A solution is a display method of Web site information, which is characterized by assigning an access frequency and the number of Web sites to an area, a height, a vertical direction, the number of layers, and a symbol and displaying the information in three dimensions.

Further, according to the present invention described in claim 2,
The method of displaying website information according to claim 1, wherein an advertiser who publishes an advertisement on the website can select a desired website based on the three-dimensional display.

According to the third aspect of the present invention,
A Web site information display system capable of displaying information on an Internet Web site in a three-dimensional manner,
A Web in which information related to the display of the Web site is stored.
b information database, a Web information server in which the access frequency of the Web site is stored as individual Web information, and a keyword category database for classifying the Web site into categories based on keywords.
The individual Web information, the access frequency for each category, and the number of Web sites are defined as area, height, top and bottom, number of levels,
A solution is provided by a Web site information display system, which comprises a Web information display management server for assigning a symbol to a three-dimensional display.

According to the present invention described in claim 4,
4. A solution according to the website information display system according to claim 3, further comprising website selection means capable of selecting a website desired by an advertiser who publishes an advertisement on the website based on the three-dimensional display. Means.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining a Web site information display method and system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The configuration shown in FIG. 1 includes a tenant management server 1, a Web information server 2, an advertisement providing server 3,
, A keyword category database 4, a Web information database 5, a user terminal 6, an advertiser 7, a tenant administrator 8, and a user 9 are shown.

The user 9 accesses a Web site on the Internet to search for a target Web site in order to obtain desired information. Specifically, the user accesses the tenant management server 1 using the user terminal 6 connected to the Internet. The tenant management server 1 receives the access from the user terminal 6 and acquires the keyword category information from the keyword category database 4.

Next, the tenant management server 1 accesses the Web belonging to each field (keyword, category) of the keyword category information obtained from the keyword category database 4.
The site information is obtained from the website information server 2. The Web information server 2 has a function of counting the number of accesses for each Web site and a function of accumulating the number of accesses. The number of accesses of each Web site in a predetermined period is grasped, or the cumulative number of accesses from the opening of the Web site to the present is managed in a unified manner.
It is grasped as information about the website.

The Web information database 5 is connected to the Web information server 2 and stores information on each Web site. Web stored here
Information on the site is based on, for example, update records and access counts since the website was opened, changes in access counts by season, time and period, data on the number of websites by category, seasons, periods, current affairs, etc. Changes in the number of Web sites.

Here, the user 9 sends the We 9
When the tenant management server 1 asks the tenant management server 1 to display the information on the site b, the tenant management server 1 distributes information such as a keyword, a category, the number of accesses, the number of Web sites, and the access frequency. Such information is not simply transmitted by numbers or charts, but is represented by a three-dimensional display method. This three-dimensional display will be described later. With such a three-dimensional display, the user 9 intuitively configures the total number of accesses and the categories of each category on one screen.
It is possible to grasp the size of the number of the b sites, a comparison of the number of accesses of each Web site, the access frequency to the Web sites in the present or a predetermined period, and the like.

Next, when the advertiser 7 places an advertisement (banner advertisement) on the Web site, the advertiser 7 first accesses the tenant management server 1 with a connection terminal (not shown) to obtain keyword category information. At the same time,
Get information about the site. These pieces of information are three-dimensionally displayed in the same manner as the information on the website displayed on the user terminal 6 of the user 9 described above. The advertiser 7 intuitively sees the popular categories and Web pages by seeing the three-dimensional display.
You can know the site.

In this way, the advertiser 7 selects a three-dimensionally displayed Web site via an external input means such as a mouse in order to know how much advertisement insertion fee he / she wants to publish can be put out. From the selected Web site, an advertisement insertion fee, a sample display form of the advertisement, the presence or absence of a current insertion space, an insertion waiting order, and the like are displayed. Looking at these displays, the advertiser 7 transmits the advertisement data desired to be posted from the advertisement providing server 3 if the conditions satisfy the conditions desired by the advertiser 7. In addition, the advertiser 7 pays an advertisement publication fee to the tenant administrator 8 who operates and manages the tenant management server 1 in accordance with the advertisement publication contract.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining one example of the processing flow in the embodiment of the present invention.

The flowchart shown in FIG. 2 is for supplementarily explaining the flow of processing when the user 9 performs a Web search described with reference to FIG. First, the tenant management server 1 obtains the URL of the Web information, the number of daily accesses, the cumulative number of accesses, and the assigned keyword via the Web information server 2.

Next, the tenant management server 1 provides a virtual city space by three-dimensional display, associates a URL with a tenant (Web site) in a display in the city, and accumulates the number of accesses obtained by the tenant. , The number of daily accesses is reflected in the degree of congestion, the keyword assigned using the keyword category database 4 is reflected in the arrangement of tenants, and the city space is returned to the user.

Next, the user can freely move in the city space. When moving, the user terminal 6 redraws the city space and presents it to the user 9 again.

Next, when the user 9 designates a tenant in the city space, the user 9 presents Web information of the corresponding URL.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining one example of the processing flow in the embodiment of the present invention.

The processing flow shown in FIG. 3 is for supplementarily explaining the flow of the processing in which the advertiser 7 described above with reference to FIG. 1 publishes an advertisement on a Web site. First, the tenant management server 1 transmits the Web
The URL of the information, the number of accesses per day, the cumulative number of accesses, and the assigned keyword are obtained.

Next, the tenant management server 1 provides a virtual city space by three-dimensional display, makes the URL correspond to the tenant (Web site) in the display within the city, and accumulates the obtained access number to the tenant. , The number of daily accesses is reflected in the degree of congestion, the keyword assigned using the keyword category database 4 is reflected in the arrangement of tenants, and the city space is returned to the user.

Next, the user can freely move within the city space. When moving, the user terminal 6 redraws the city space and presents it to the user 9 again.

Next, the tenant manager 8 sets an advertisement insertion fee for the tenants in the city space. Next, when the advertiser specifies a tenant in the city space, the corresponding U
The RL WEB information and the advertisement insertion fee are presented.

The advertiser (advertisement provider) 7 concludes an advertisement presentation contract with the tenant manager 8 via the advertisement providing server 3 and the tenant management server 1. The tenant administrator 8 can use the W corresponding to the tenant in the city space based on the contract.
Post an advertisement on the eb information. According to the contract, the tenant manager 8 receives a fee corresponding to the number of times the advertisement is presented or used.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a keyword category database according to the embodiment of the present invention.

One example of the structure of the data stored in the keyword category database 4 shown in FIG. 1 is shown. As a large item, a grouping of a large field such as "outdoor" is formed. Below this large item, intermediate items such as “mountain”, “sea”, and “river” are selected as middle items, and are formed as respective consolidations. Further, a small item is provided as a lower order of the middle item. For this sub-item, the specific target is selected, for example, "hiking", "climbing", "forest bathing", classification such as "swimming", "surfing", "yacht", and "fishing" Classification has been performed. Note that the chart shown in FIG. 4 is for explaining the data structure of the keyword category database, and is not a display form displayed on the user terminal 6 or the terminal provided by the advertiser 7.

FIG. 5 shows one example of stereoscopic display according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 shows an example for explaining a three-dimensional display image-displayed on the user terminal 6 described with reference to FIG. 1, and shows a virtual city by displaying a cube. I imagine it as a space. Each cube has a hierarchical structure, assuming buildings existing in the real world.

In this three-dimensional display, items are classified into a surf 10, a sea bath 11, a yacht 12, a sea fishing 13, and a marine life 14. In the display in which these items are classified, if each item is assumed to be one building, the floor area indicates the total number of accesses since the item was opened, and the hierarchy indicates the number of Web sites included in the item. The hierarchical relationship between layers is determined by the number of accesses from the establishment of each Web site, and the person mark 15 indicates the number of accesses during a predetermined period.

FIG. 6 shows an example of display in a category according to the embodiment of the present invention.

The yacht 12 of the items shown in FIG. 5 will be described as an example. When this item, the yacht 12, is selected on the screen, for example, the screen display is switched, and the websites belonging to the item of the yacht 12 are displayed. Each of these web sites has a person mark 15 superimposed on it, and the number of people marks 15 indicates the number of accesses within a predetermined period. The area of each Web site indicates the total number of successes since the establishment. Of course, other parameters can be assigned to the floor area.

FIG. 7 shows an example of display to an advertiser according to the embodiment of the present invention.

This is a display example in the case where the advertiser 7 described in FIG. 1 desires to post an advertisement on a certain Web site, with respect to the item display of the yacht 12 shown in FIG. When this is selected, FIG. 6 is displayed. In this display, the category and keyword belonging to the URL of the selected Web site are displayed. Further, for example, a monthly advertisement insertion fee is specified, and a front page of a Web site and the like are also shown at the same time. By seeing this, the advertiser 7 can determine whether to request the posting of the advertisement.

According to the embodiment of the present invention described above, when searching for a Web site where desired information can be obtained using the Internet, each Web site is searched.
Simultaneous comparison of many Web sites can be performed by using the method relying on the number of accesses of the b sites.

When the category is evaluated based on whether the number of opened websites in the category is large or small, the number of websites in all categories can be grasped and compared.

When a user wants a category or a website with a high number of accesses and a high degree of attention in order to place an advertisement on the website, he or she objectively knows which website or category is effective for placing the advertisement. be able to.

In this way, the access frequency for each Web site or category can be easily displayed in a three-dimensional display.
It is possible to provide a Web site information display method and a system thereof that can easily compare the access status between sites and the number of Web sites.

The embodiments described above are described for facilitating the understanding of the present invention, and are not described for limiting the present invention. Therefore, the Web site information display method and the system disclosed in the above embodiments are intended to include all design changes and equivalents belonging to the technical scope of the present invention.

[0050]

According to the present invention, We can be easily displayed in three-dimensional display.
It is possible to provide a Web site information display method and a system thereof that can display the access frequency for each b-site or category, and can easily compare the access status between Web sites and the number of Web sites.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram for explaining a method of displaying website information and a system thereof according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing flow according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing flow according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a keyword category database according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 shows one example of stereoscopic display according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 shows an example of display in a category according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 shows one example of display to an advertiser according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... tenant management server, 2 ... Web information server, 3 ...
Advertisement providing server, 4 ... Keyword category database, 5 ... Web information database, 6 ... User terminal, 7
... Advertiser, 8 ... Tenant administrator, 9 ... User

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A Web site information display method capable of displaying information on a Web site on the Internet in a three-dimensional manner, wherein the Web information on the display of the Web site and the W
The individual Web information and the access frequency and the number of Web sites for each category are assigned to the area, height, up and down, number of layers, and symbols by using the access frequency of the Web site and the category of the Web site classified based on the keyword. A method for displaying Web site information, wherein the display is performed three-dimensionally. 2. The Web site information display method according to claim 1, wherein an advertiser who publishes an advertisement on the Web site can select a desired Web site based on the three-dimensional display. 3. A Web site information display system capable of displaying information on a Web site on the Internet in a three-dimensional manner, the Web system storing information on the display of the Web site.
b information database, a Web information server in which the access frequency of the Web site is stored as individual Web information, a keyword category database for classifying the Web site into categories based on keywords, the individual Web information and the individual Web information The access frequency and the number of Web sites for each category are shown as area, height, top and bottom, number of layers,
A Web site information display system, comprising: a Web information display management server that assigns a symbol to a three-dimensional display. 4. The Web site information according to claim 3, further comprising Web site selection means for selecting a Web site desired by an advertiser who publishes an advertisement on the Web site based on the three-dimensional display. Display system.