JP3254422B2 - Web page browsing method and apparatus using this method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to the World Wide Web (WW), an information disclosure mechanism used through networks all over the world spread like a spider web.
W: World Wide Web), in particular, when a user sends a transmission request for Web (Web) data, using information on the area where the user has sent the transmission request (hereinafter referred to as the user's transmission area), The present invention relates to a web page browsing method and apparatus for transmitting information corresponding to the transmission area to a user.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A user who wants to browse a WWW Web page can browse a desired Web page using software called a computer terminal and a browser. However, in many cases, the use of the Internet is indispensable for browsing Web pages, and a general user uses a 32-bit integer, for example, “202.224.3”.
It is connected to the Internet through a provider that temporarily assigns an IP (Internet Protocol) address such as “6.35” to the user's computer terminal.
Further, the user sends a request to transmit Web page data stored in a Web server on the Internet to the Web server.
b, and the Web server transmits the Web page data in response to the transmission request, so that the user can browse the Web page on the browser.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a conventional Web page browsing system. Conventional Web page browsing system 10
0 denotes user terminals 101a to 101c, first modems / TAs (Terminal Adapters) 103a to 103c, analog / digital lines 105a to 105c, second modems / TAs 107a to 107c, and an access point 1
09a-109c and access points 109a-10
9c, servers 111a to 111c, first gateways 113a to 113c, the Internet 115,
It is configured to include second gateways 117a and 117b and Web servers 119a to 119b.

[0004] The operation of the conventional Web page browsing system 100 will be described below. Web page browsing system 1
A general user who intends to use 00, for example, a user in Tokyo, dials the provider access point 109a in Tokyo using a communication program called communication software from the user terminal 101a. User terminal 10
When 1a is connected to the access point 109a through the first modem / TA 103a, the analog / digital line 105a and the second modem / TA 107a, the access point 109a sends a request for transmission of a user's login name, password, etc. to the user terminal 101a. The user terminal 101a transmits information such as a login name and a password to the access point 109a in response thereto.

[0005] If the login name and password transmitted from the user terminal 101a to the access point 109a are correct and the communication environment settings of the user terminal 101a are usable at the access point 109a, the user terminal 101a is regarded as an access point. 109a
Of the access point 109
a server 111a selects one IP address from a plurality of IP addresses possessed by the user terminal 101a
Assign to This assignment means that the user terminal 101a has acquired one IP address.

[0006] Next, when a user uses WWW, the user uses HTML (Hyper Text Markup Lang) which is a language for describing a file in a hypertext format.
uage), a browser that analyzes Web data such as a program described in U.S.A. and displays and reproduces text, still images, moving images, and the like on the user terminal must be set in advance so that it can be used on the user terminal. What is a browser?
This software has a function that allows a user to easily jump to a site with related information or a target file on the Internet by performing a click operation on a screen of a user terminal using a pointing device.

After the server 111a assigns an IP address to the user terminal 101a, the user expresses the type and storage location of the data at once using a browser.
Enter or select a URL (Uniform Resource Locator). This URL can be entered by using the mouse pointer, even if characters are input to the input part of the browser using the keyboard.
A portion linked to a desired URL on page b may be selected.

[0008] Assuming that the URL of the Web page that the user wants to browse is "HYPERLINK http://www.xxx.co.jp/inde
x.html http://www.xxx.co.jp/index0.html ".
In this URL, "http: //" at the beginning is HTTP (Hyper-Text Transfer) which is a protocol for Web data communication.
Protocol), followed by a Web server name “www”, a domain name “xxx.co.jp”, and a file name “index0.html”. When the user inputs or selects this URL in the browser, the user terminal 101a displays the domain “xxx.co.jp”
A transmission request of HTML data of a text file “index0.html”, which is a kind of Web data, stored in a Web server 119a called “www”, the IP address of the user, and the browser of the browser used by the user. The browser information for determining the type is transmitted to the server 111a of the access point 109a.

Next, the server 1 receiving these information
11a transmits the transmission request, the IP address, and the browser information to a “www” Web site of a “xxx.co.jp” site.
The data is transmitted to the Internet 115 toward the server 119a. When the Web server 119a receives the information, the Web server 119a stores the specified file, “index0.html” in the example of this embodiment, and the Internet 1
15 and the access point 109a to the user terminal 101a. Further, the Web server 119a analyzes the program of the “index0.html” file, and transmits other data referred to to the user terminal 101a.

The Web data thus obtained by the user terminal 101a, ie, the data of the “index0.html” file and the data referred to by the “index0.html” are analyzed by the browser of the user terminal 101a, , Are displayed as moving images. Further, according to the present system, the same information is displayed on the user terminal regardless of where the Web page is viewed from. Therefore, the above-described conventional W
The web page browsing system reduces the regional disparity in using information.

[0011]

However, local information, such as advertisements and weather forecasts, which are completely unrelated to the transmission area of the user, has a problem that the advertising effect is small for people outside the transmission area and the utility value is low. There is.

When the user wants to display information relating to the area among a large number of Web information, the user manually inputs the URL from the keyboard into the input portion of the browser, or links to the URL with the mouse pointer. It is necessary for the user to once perform a selection operation relating to the area, as if the user has selected the part where the user is performing the selection. For this reason,
This operation is not only troublesome, but also difficult and inconvenient for those who are not good at operating the user terminal and the browser.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a Web page browsing system capable of transmitting different Web data for each transmission area of a user even at the same URL.

[0014]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a web information providing method for providing web information to a user terminal via a communication network. Access point
The access point IP address bets has assigned to the user terminal, and the IP address and the access point
The IP address assigned to the user terminal is determined by using an IP address-region database corresponding to a region corresponding to
A first determining step of determining an area to which an access point owning an address belongs; a first selecting step of selecting web information corresponding to the determined area based on the determined area; Information
And transmitting to a user terminal to which a P address is assigned. The invention of claim 2, wherein, via a communication network, the web information providing method for providing a web information to a user terminal, the telephone number of the access point to the user terminal has accessed, and the telephone number and localization by using the telephone number versus local database that is, the
A second determining step of determining an area to which the access point of the telephone number belongs; and, based on the determined area,
A web information providing method, comprising: a second selecting step of selecting web information corresponding to the area; and a transmitting step of transmitting the selected web information to the user terminal.

In the above configuration, it is possible to automatically browse the local Web information.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the web information providing method according to the first or second aspect, the user corresponds to a telephone number and / or a zip code, and a telephone number and / or a zip code and an access point. A third determining step of determining the user's area by using a telephone number and / or a postal code pair area database corresponding to the area; and, based on the area determined by the third determining step, A third selection step of selecting web information corresponding to the region. According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the web information providing method according to the third aspect,
A web information providing method comprising a transmission requesting step of requesting the user terminal to transmit a user's telephone number and / or postal code.

According to the above configuration, it is possible to browse Web information limited to a smaller area than in the case of the first or second aspect .

The invention according to claim 5 allows the user to use
Dial the access point using the user terminal (40
1) the user terminal is connected to an access point
(403) the access point is connected to the user terminal;
A request for transmitting user information is made (405), and the user terminal
The end transmits the user information to the access point (40
7) the access point transmits the transmitted user information;
It is determined whether the information is correct (409), and the user information is correct.
If the user terminal is not
(411), the server is connected to the user terminal
(413), and the user terminal
Is a web information acquisition instruction and the assigned IP address.
Sending the dress to the server (415),
The web information acquisition instruction and the
Transmitting an IP address (417);
The web server receives the web information acquisition instruction and
And after receiving the IP address (419),
The web server is a web server that the web information command specifies.
Regional programs selected by region during the program
It is determined whether there is a ram (421), and the local program
If there is, the web server, the IP address,
IP address vs. regional data corresponding to IP address and region
And the database to which the IP address belongs.
The web server determines the area (425), and the web server performs the determination.
Web information corresponding to the region is selected based on the region
(427), and the selected web information is
(423, 429) to the user terminal.
The selected web information is displayed on the browser
(431) A method for providing web information, characterized in that:
You.

Further, an invention according to claim 6, wherein, via a communications network, the web information providing apparatus for providing a web information to a user terminal, A, which is connected to the user terminal
The access to access points is assigned to the user terminal
The IP address of the point , and the IP address and access
First determining means for determining an area to which an access point possessing an IP address assigned to the user terminal belongs, using an IP address-to-area database corresponding to an area corresponding to the access point; First selecting means for selecting web information corresponding to the area based on the selected area,
Transmission means for transmitting to the user terminal to which the IP address has been assigned. According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in a web information providing apparatus for providing web information to a user terminal via a communication network, a telephone number of an access point accessed by the user terminal , and a telephone number and access number are provided.
Using the telephone number versus local databases and regions corresponding to Seth point corresponding, access point of the telephone number
Second determining means for determining an area to which the client belongs; second selecting means for selecting web information corresponding to the determined area based on the determined area; A web information providing apparatus, comprising: a transmitting unit that transmits to a terminal.

With the above configuration, it is possible to automatically limit an area and select Web information of the area.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the web information providing apparatus according to the sixth or seventh aspect, the first or second judging means includes a telephone number and / or a postal code of the user and a telephone number. And / or postal code and access code
Using the telephone number and / or postal code-to-region database corresponding to the region corresponding to the access point ,
Determining a region of the user, wherein the first or second selecting unit selects web information corresponding to the region based on the region of the user determined by the determining unit; It is an information providing device. Also,
According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the web information providing apparatus according to the eighth aspect, further comprising transmission request means for requesting the user terminal to transmit a user's telephone number and / or postal code. It is.

With the above configuration, it is possible to limit the area to a smaller area than in the case of the sixth or seventh aspect .

Further, the invention described in claim 10 is the same as
Connected to the web information providing device described in 6, 7, 8 or 9
The user information terminal has the web information providing device.
To the area selected by the first or second selecting means
A user characterized by displaying corresponding web information
Terminal.

Further, according to the eleventh aspect of the present invention,
The web information provision method described in 1, 2, 3 or 4
Stored as a program to be executed by the computer
It is a recording medium readable by a computer.

With the above configuration, it is possible to transmit different information for each region to the user terminal.

[0026]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a Web page browsing system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. (However, the same members as those in the related art are denoted by the same reference numerals.) FIGS. 2 and 3 are flowcharts showing a Web page browsing method according to the first embodiment. Hereinafter, a Web page browsing system and a Web page browsing method using the same according to the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. The web page browsing system 200 of the present embodiment includes user terminals 101a to 101c, first modems / TAs 103a to 103c, and analog / digital lines 105a to 105c as communication networks.
, Second modems / TAs 107a to 107c, access points 109a to 109c, and access point 1
Servers 111a-111c in 09a-109c, first gateways 113a-113c, the Internet 115 as a communication network, second gateways 117a and 117b, and We as automatic selection means.
b servers 119a to 119b,
Configured with the IP address pool database 201 as the IP address to local database on this Web page browsing system 200.

The operation of the Web page browsing system 200 according to the present embodiment will be described below. A general user who intends to use the Web page browsing system 200, for example, a user in Tokyo, dials the access point 109a of the provider from the user terminal 101a using a communication program called communication software (step 401).
The user terminal 101a has a first modem / TA 103a, an analog / digital line 105a and a second modem / T
When connected to the access point 109a through A107a (step 403), the access point 109a
Requests the user terminal 101a to transmit the user's login name and password (step 405), and the user terminal 101a transmits information such as the login name and password to the access point 109a accordingly (step 407). .

If the login name and password transmitted from the user terminal 101a to the access point 109a are correct and the communication environment settings of the user terminal 101a are usable at the access point 109a (step 409), the user terminal 101a Is connected to the server 111a of the access point 109a (step 411), and the server 111a of the access point 109a is
Selects one IP address from a plurality of IP addresses possessed and assigns it to the user terminal 101a (step 413). This assignment means that the user terminal 101a has acquired one IP address as regional information.

Next, when the user uses the WWW, the user can use WWW as Web information such as HTML data.
A browser that analyzes eb data and displays / reproduces text, still images, moving images, and the like on the user terminal,
01a must be set so that it can be used.

After the server 111a assigns an IP address to the user terminal 101a, the user inputs or selects a URL, such as that shown in FIG. . This URL may be entered by characters using a keyboard in an input portion of the browser, or a portion linked to a desired URL on the Web page may be selected by using a mouse.

If the URL of the Web page that the user wants to browse is “HYPERLINK http://www.xxx.co.jp/inde
x.html http://www.xxx.co.jp/index1.html ".
When the user inputs or selects this URL in the browser, the user terminal 101a reads “index1.html” which is a type of Web data stored in the Web server 119a “www” of the domain “xxx.co.jp”. Request to send HTML data of the file named
The access point 10 stores the address and browser information for determining the type of browser used by the user.
The data is transmitted to the server 111a of the server 9a (step 415).

Next, the server 1 receiving these information
11a transmits the transmission request, the IP address, and the browser information to a “www” Web site of a “xxx.co.jp” site.
The data is transmitted to the Internet 115 toward the server 119a (step 417).

When the Web server 119a receives such information (step 419), the Web server 119a analyzes the program of the "index1.html" file requested to be transmitted (step 421), and the Web in the "index.html"
The b data and the other data referred to are transmitted to the user terminal 101a (step 423).

At this time, in the present embodiment, it is assumed that the program of the “index1.html” file requested by the user contains a description as a regional program for automatically selecting different data depending on the region. We
The server b 119a analyzes the program of the "index1.html" file (step 421) and finds a description for automatically selecting different data depending on the area, and finds the IP in the same site or an external site. An IP address pool database 201 as shown in FIG. 5 comprising a database as an example in which addresses and regions correspond one-to-one with IPs transmitted by the user terminal 101a
The transmission area of the user is determined using the address (step 425).

After the Web server 119a determines the transmission area of the user, the Web server 119a selects Web data corresponding to the transmission area determined by the IP address pool database 201 (step 427). The message is transmitted to the user terminal 101a (step 429).

The data of the “index1.html” file obtained by the user terminal 101a in this manner, other data referred to by the “index1.html”, and Web data such as data corresponding to the region are stored in the browser of the user terminal 101a. And displayed as characters, still images, moving images, etc. (step 431).

For example, assume that “http://www.xxx.co.jp/” is a site that provides weather forecast information. The main page of this site, "index1.html", describes a program for selecting information on weather forecasts for each prefecture. The web server uses the IP address pool database to determine the user's transmission area. A weather forecast Web corresponding to the prefecture to which the transmission area belongs
Send data to the user terminal. Therefore, when the user opens this site, the user can automatically browse the weather forecast of the prefectures belonging to the transmission area of the user on the browser.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, while browsing a Web page, the user can automatically browse regional information without manually selecting the regional information. Can be omitted. Of course, if you want to view information in an area other than the user's originating area, the user can connect to an access point in an area other than the originating area or select using the same method as before using the same method as before. It goes without saying that it is good.

In this embodiment, the telephone number of the access point is used instead of the IP address, and the telephone number having a database in which the telephone number of the access point and the region correspond one-to-one instead of the IP address pool database .
An access point pool as a regional database may be used. The access point is located in the same site,
It can be on any of the external sites.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a Web page browsing system according to the present embodiment. The Web page browsing system 300 of the present embodiment replaces the IP address pool database 201 of the first embodiment with a telephone number and / or
Configured to include a phone / zip code database 301 as a postal number versus local database. (However, the same members as those of the related art and the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals.)

The operation of the Web page browsing system 300 according to the present embodiment will be described below. As in the first embodiment, “index2.h” stored in the Web server 119a
Assume that the program in the "tml" file has a description for automatically selecting different data for each region.
As described in the first embodiment, the Web server 119
b uses the IP address transmitted from the server 111b and the IP address pool database 201 to determine the originating area of the user. However, the description in the “index2.html” file defines a more detailed area than the originating area of the user. Is requested, the Web server 119b requests the user terminal 101b to disclose information such as the telephone number (or a part thereof) of the user or the postal code of the area so that the area can be further limited.

For example, it is determined that the transmission area of the user determined using the IP address pool database 201 is, for example, “Omiya City, Saitama Prefecture”, but “index2.htm”.
In the case where the information is divided into files in a more detailed area than "Omiya City, Saitama Prefecture", the Web server 119b sends the user terminal 101b the information such as the telephone number or the postal code of the user to the Web server 119b. Ask. When the information is transmitted to the Web server 119b, W
The eb server 119b defines an area using a telephone / zip code database consisting of a database in which a telephone number, a zip code or an address and an area are in a one-to-one correspondence in the same site or an external site, and corresponds to the area. Data obtained from the Internet 115 and the access point 10
9b to the user terminal 101b.

Thus, in the present embodiment, the user can disclose information such as a telephone number and a postal code, so that a more detailed area can be limited, and the area can be further subdivided than in the first embodiment. Can be provided to the user.

However, in this embodiment, the user terminal 101
When transmitting the transmission request to the access point 109b, the communication program may be set in advance so that information such as the user's telephone number and postal code is transmitted at the same time. Also, even if a communication program is not used, the information registered in advance with the provider can be stored in the access point 10.
9b may be automatically transmitted to the Web server 119b. In addition, when the user connects to the connection destination, a function of automatically notifying the connection destination of the user's telephone number is used, and the user permits the provider to transmit the telephone number on the Internet 115 in advance. By
The telephone number of the user notified from the user terminal 101b to the access point 109b is
b may be automatically transmitted to the Web server 119b. Further, when the user manually transmits information such as a telephone number and a postal code, information of another area can be obtained by transmitting information of another area.

[0045]

As described above, according to the web information providing method and the web information providing apparatus of the present invention, the access point
IP address and IP assigned by the client to the user terminal
The area is determined using the address-to-region database, or the telephone number of the access point accessed by the user terminal and the telephone number-to-region database, and web information corresponding to the region is selected based on the determined region, Since different web information is transmitted to the user terminal depending on the region, different web information can be transmitted for each oscillation region of the user even at the same URL.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a Web page browsing system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a Web page browsing method according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a Web page browsing method according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a URL.

FIG. 5 shows an I in the Web page browsing system of the present invention.
It is a figure showing the example of a P address pool database.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a Web page browsing system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a conventional Web page browsing system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101a to 101c User terminal 103a to 103c First modem 105a to 105c Analog / digital line 107a to 107c Second modem 109a to 109c Access point 111a to 111c Server 113a to 113c First gateway 115 Internet 117a, 117b Second Gateway 119a, 119b Web server 201 IP address pool database 301 Telephone / zip code database

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Claims (11)

(57) [Claims] 1. A web information providing method for providing web information to a user terminal via a communication network, wherein an access point connected to the user terminal assigns an IP address of the access point to the user terminal,
And IP addresses and using the IP address to local database and the local corresponding corresponding to the access point, own the IP address assigned to the user terminal
A first determining step of determining an area to which the access point belongs, a first selecting step of selecting web information corresponding to the determined area based on the determined area, and the selected web information. A transmitting step of transmitting to the user terminal to which the IP address is assigned, a web information providing method. 2. A method for providing web information to a user terminal via a communication network, the method comprising: providing a telephone number of an access point accessed by the user terminal;
Nos., And a region corresponding to the telephone number and the access point by using the telephone number versus local database that corresponds, before
A second determining step of determining an area to which the access point of the telephone number belongs; a second selecting step of selecting web information corresponding to the determined area based on the determined area; and the selected web Transmitting a piece of information to the user terminal. 3. The telephone number and / or postal code of the user, the telephone number and / or postal code and the access point.
Using a telephone number and / or postal code pair area database corresponding to an area corresponding to the user, a third determination step of determining the area of the user, and an area determined by the third determination step. 3. A web information providing method according to claim 1, further comprising: a third selection step of selecting web information corresponding to the area based on the third step. 4. The web information providing method according to claim 3, further comprising a transmission requesting step of requesting the user terminal to transmit a user's telephone number and / or postal code. 5. A user dials an access point using a user terminal (401), and the user terminal is connected to the access point (40).
3), the access point requests the user terminal to transmit user information (405), the user terminal transmits user information to the access point (407), and the access point receives the transmitted user information. It is determined whether the user information is correct (409). If the user information is correct, the user terminal is connected to the server of the access point (411), and the server assigns an IP address to the user terminal (413). The web information acquisition command and the assigned IP address are transmitted to the server (41).
5) The server sends the web information acquisition command and the IP address to a communication network (417), and the web server receives the web information acquisition command and the IP address via the communication network (419). Thereafter, the web server determines whether there is a regional program selected according to the region in the program of the web information specified by the web information command (421). Address, IP address and I
Using the P address vs. regional database,
The web server determines the area to which the address belongs (425), the web server selects web information corresponding to the area based on the determined area (427), and sends the selected web information to the user terminal. Transmitting (423, 429) and displaying the selected web information on a browser of the user terminal (431). 6. A web information providing apparatus for providing web information to a user terminal via a communication network, wherein an access point connected to the user terminal assigns an IP address of the access point to the user terminal;
And IP addresses and using the IP address to local database and the local corresponding corresponding to the access point, own the IP address assigned to the user terminal
First determining means for determining an area to which the access point belongs, first selecting means for selecting web information corresponding to the determined area based on the determined area, and selecting the selected web information. Transmitting means for transmitting to the user terminal to which the IP address is assigned, a web information providing device. 7. A web information providing apparatus for providing web information to a user terminal via a communication network, wherein the telephone number of the access point accessed by the user terminal , and the telephone number correspond to the area corresponding to the access point . by using the telephone number versus local database, before
Second determining means for determining an area to which the access point of the telephone number belongs; second selecting means for selecting web information corresponding to the determined area based on the determined area; and the selected web A transmission unit for transmitting information to the user terminal; 8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first or second determining means determines that a telephone number and / or a postal code of the user and a telephone number and / or a postal code corresponding to the area corresponding to the access point. Using a postal code vs. area database, the area of the user is determined, and the first or second selecting means is adapted to the area based on the area of the user determined by the determining means. 7. A method for selecting web information.
Or the web information providing device according to 7. 9. The web information providing apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising transmission requesting means for requesting the user terminal to transmit a user's telephone number and / or postal code. 10. A user terminal connected to the web information providing device according to claim 6, 7, 8 or 9, corresponding to an area selected by the first or second selecting means of the web information providing device. A user terminal displaying the web information. 11. A computer-readable recording medium stored as a program for causing a computer to execute the web information providing method according to claim 1, 2, 3, or 4.