KR20110124443A - Favorites management system that manages users' favorite addresses on the server and how to manage them - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a bookmark management system and a bookmark management method for storing and storing a bookmark address of a user in a server and then using the bookmark data by inputting address data in a web browser address window. The bookmark management system according to the present invention generates and issues a domain name for each user including a user ID at the request of a user terminal connected to a homepage, and receives address data including the domain name from a web browser of the user terminal. A bookmark server for identifying and storing a web page address separated by a separator and adding the bookmark to a bookmark list; And a domain name that uniquely identifies a member user, receives address data including a domain name and a web page address connected by a separator in a web browser address bar, and transmits the address data to a favorite server to transmit the user's favorite. And a user terminal for requesting registration of a web page address in a search list.

Description

System for managing user's favorite web address in server and method

The present invention relates to a bookmark management system and a bookmark management method using the Internet by a user inputting a web address into a web browser address bar to store a bookmark list on the server side, and receiving a bookmark list from a server.

The user uses the Internet by registering an address of a web site that he visits periodically in the "Favorites" menu of the Internet web browser. The data registered in the favorites menu is stored in a favorites folder of the client terminal. That is, the favorite address is stored in units of individual client terminals.

Nowadays, users use the desktop terminals of homes, companies, schools, PC rooms, and other portable terminals (laptops, netbooks, mobile communication terminals, etc.) to access the Internet. Therefore, the user can use his / her favorite registered web address without any inconvenience only by storing his / her favorite data for each terminal. However, storing the same favorite address in the current client terminal to be used every time is very cumbersome and cumbersome.

Therefore, when the favorite address is stored in the server, the user may receive and use the favorite data from the server by using the client terminal.

The bookmark management technology of a server environment in which bookmark data is stored in a server includes a plug-in program method and a web page method.

First, a plug-in program method is to install a plug-in program in a web browser so that a user selects a menu or button generated by the plug-in program to register a web page currently displayed in the web browser as a bookmark. However, this also has the disadvantage that the user must download and install the plug-in program for each individual client terminal.

Next, in the web page method, a user accesses a server providing a bookmark management service, registers a web page address, and receives and uses a web page of a favorite list. This is also inconvenient for the user to enter the server address every time using a web browser, visit the web server for bookmark management from the connected server, and perform the inquiry, registration, modification and deletion of the bookmark list. There is this.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described points, and the user can manage and use his or her favorite list stored on the server side with address data input from a web browser address bar without installing a plug-in in an unspecified client. For the purpose of

According to the bookmark management system for managing the user's bookmark address of the present invention to the server to achieve the above object, input from the web browser address bar, without installing a plug-in to the user terminal using a wired, wireless network In the bookmark system that manages and uses the bookmark list stored on the server side with the address data to be generated, at the request of the user terminal connected to the homepage, a domain name including the user ID is generated and issued, and the web browser of the user terminal is generated. A bookmark server that identifies a web page address separated by a delimiter when the address data including the domain name is received from the bookmark, and adds the web page address to a bookmark list; And issuing the domain name uniquely identifying a member user, receiving address data including a domain name and a web page address connected by a separator in a web browser address bar, and transmitting the address data to the favorite server. It characterized in that it comprises a user terminal requesting registration of the web page address in the favorites list of the.

In addition, the bookmark server, characterized in that to generate and issue a user-specific domain name added a user ID to the domain name of the homepage.

Furthermore, when the parsed address data is a favorite list request, the favorite server provides a favorite list page corresponding to a user identified from the address data, and displays a specific favorite address value in the favorite list page. Characterized in that the registration, modification and deletion of the request can be received.

According to a preferred feature of the invention, the favorite server, delimiter "/, #, $,%, &, *,?" And receiving address data including any one or more from the user terminal to process a bookmark management request corresponding to the location and type of the separator.

Furthermore, the favorite server may receive address data including a login password of the user from the user terminal and process a bookmark management request if the user authentication is successful.

Furthermore, when the favorite server receives the address data input from the web browser of the user terminal, the favorite server parses the address data, and then identifies the user, identifies the favorite management request, and identifies subsequent screen processing of the web browser. It characterized in that to perform.

Preferably, the user terminal receives address data including the first separator or the second separator, and in the case of the first separator, registers the web page address extracted from the address data in the favorites list and then displays the web of the user terminal. In the case of the second separator, the webpage address extracted from the address data is registered in the favorite list and the favorite list page is displayed on the web browser of the user terminal.

On the other hand, according to the bookmark management method for managing the user's favorite address of the present invention in the server, without installing a plug-in to the user terminal using a wired or wireless network, to the server side with the address data input from the web browser address window In the bookmark management method of the bookmark server to manage and use the saved bookmark list, (S21) The bookmark server to generate and issue a user-specific domain name including the user ID at the request of the user terminal connected to the homepage step; (S22) receiving, by the favorite server, address data including a domain name connected with a separator in an address bar of a web browser of a user terminal; (S23) identifying, by the favorite server, a favorite management request using a delimiter in the received address data; (S24) if the bookmark management request is an addition of a favorite list, identifying a web page address of the favorite server separated by a separator; And (S25) additionally storing the web page address identified by the favorite server in a favorite list.

According to the present invention, a user may request the addition of a new address or the provision of a favorite list for his favorite data stored in the server by inputting address data requesting the management of the favorite data in an address window in any user terminal. have.

Since the user has already stored his favorite list on the server, the user can use his favorite list by inputting address data in the address bar without installing a separate plug-in or accessing the server homepage.

The following drawings attached to this specification are illustrative of preferred embodiments of the present invention, and together with the detailed description of the invention to serve to further understand the technical spirit of the present invention, the present invention is a matter described in such drawings It should not be construed as limited to.
1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a bookmark management system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is an exemplary diagram of a domain name identifying a bookmark server and member user in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 3 is an illustration of a bookmark management request divided into address data format according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a user input screen capture of the web page address bar in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is an exemplary diagram of web browser subsequent screen processing identified by a delimiter in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a schematic internal structural diagram of a bookmark server according to an embodiment of the present invention;
7 is a schematic flowchart of a bookmark management method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings looks at in detail the configuration of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

<1. System configuration>

1 shows a schematic configuration of a bookmark management system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The bookmark management system 1 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention receives address data from a user terminal using a wired or wireless network, identifies a user, and stores the bookmark data of the user on the server side. Including a user terminal (3) for receiving the address data including the domain name and the separator from the user in the search server (2) and the web browser address bar and transmits to the favorite server (2) to request the management of the favorite data; It is composed.

The wired / wireless network in the present invention typically includes all communication networks capable of internet data communication using various protocols such as mobile communication networks, wired and wireless public networks or dedicated networks such as the Internet.

The favorite server 2 constructs a home page 200 so that individual members can store their favorite data in the server 2 and manage it. In this case, in order to manage the user's favorite data, the user needs to access the home page 200 and move to the related page every time.

In order to solve this inconvenience, the bookmark server 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention issues a unique domain name for each individual user who has registered. The domain name is a secondary domain (alias domain or multiple domains) of the favorite server 2 and uniquely identifies the member user as well as the favorite server 2. Accordingly, when the user terminal 3 requests management of favorite data by inputting address data including a domain name in the address bar of a web browser without accessing the homepage 200 and a related page, the favorite server 2 ) Can receive address data and directly manage favorite data.

The user terminal 3 is a terminal capable of internet data communication through a wired or wireless network and includes a desktop, a laptop, a netbook, a mobile communication terminal, a portable internet terminal, and the like. The user terminal 3 may access the home page 200 to register, inquire, modify, and delete favorite data stored in the favorite server 2.

Preferably, in the present invention, the user terminal 3 may register and inquire favorite data stored in the server 2 by simply inputting address data in an address window of a web browser without installing a separate plug-in program.

For example, if the user views the A page and likes it, the user may request the A to register the A page to the server 2 by inputting address data requesting to add the A page to the bookmark in the web browser address bar. . In addition, by entering an address data requesting a list of favorites in the web browser address window while viewing an arbitrary web page, the server receives the favorite list page from the server 2 to register individual items, You can view, modify, delete, and select individual items to go to the linked web page.

That is, in the present invention, the user receives his / her favorite list stored in the server 2 by using any user terminal 3 without limitation in time and place, and then moves to data management and bookmark registered web page. This is possible. This solves the conventional inconvenience that the user was able to select the link of the favorite only in his user terminal 3 in which the favorite list was stored. In the present invention, the user can use his / her favorite data stored in the server 2 in the user terminal 3 of another person anytime and anywhere.

When the domain name server 4 receives the address data including the domain address of each member from the web browser address window of the user terminal 3, the domain name server 4 extracts the domain address to identify the secondary domain of the favorite server 2. To return the address of the favorite server 2.

2 illustrates a domain name identifying a bookmark server 2 and a member user according to an embodiment of the invention.

The domain name for each member user according to an embodiment of the present invention enables a user to directly add an item to a bookmark or bring up a web page of a favorite list using address data including the domain name in the address bar.

For convenience of explanation, it is assumed that the domain name of the favorite server 2 is "www.xxx.com". The favorite server 2 generates a secondary domain "id.xxx.com" having the same physical address as "www.xxx.com" using the user's ID and issues it to the user. The issued "id.xxx.com" identifies the favorite server 2 and can identify who the user is.

3 illustrates a bookmark management request divided into an address data format according to an embodiment of the present invention.

According to the present invention, the user terminal (3) does not need to install a plug-in program or access a homepage (200), and simply inputs address data into an address window of a web browser, and adds new web to personal favorite data stored in the server (2). Either add a page address or receive your favorite list page. That is, the favorite server 2 receives the address data inputted from the address window of the user terminal 3 and adds the address of the web page to the favorite list or the web page of the previously registered favorite list according to the contracted format. To provide.

Referring to a) of FIG. 3, when the user registers an address value of a web page in a bookmark, the address data is input to the address box of the web browser, and the format of the address data has its own domain "id.xxx." .com "and the web page address you want to register are separated by delimiters. The favorite server 2 extracts a web page address separated by a delimiter, and adds the web page address to a favorite list and stores it.

Referring to b) of FIG. 3, the address data format is an example of inputting data into a web browser's address bar when a user requests a favorite web page, and the address data format has its own domain "id.xxx.com" and a delimiter. It is connected to the structure. Since the web server address separated by the delimiter is not specified, the favorite server 2 searches the favorite list of the user and provides the web page of the favorite list to the user terminal 3. The user can register, view, modify, and delete individual items in the received favorite web page, and select a desired address item to move to the linked web page.

Meanwhile, the separator of the present invention for identifying a field of address data is "/, #, $,%, &, *,?" It may include any one or more of the, and can identify what the user's favorite management request (address value registration, favorite list request or the like) according to the location and type of the delimiter. E.g, "?" When one symbol is used, the format of "id.xxx.com?field 1? Field 2? Field 3 ...." is possible. This identifies the field by the position of the delimiter "?". In addition, when using the "?" Symbol and two "#" symbols, the format of "id.xxx.com?field 1 # field 2" is possible. this is "?" Symbol to identify field 1 and "#" to identify field 2.

4 illustrates a user input screen of a web page address bar according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

If a user visits the webpage of "www.naver.com" and wants to add the webpage currently displayed on the screen, the user can specify his or her own domain "id.xxx.com" and the separator in the current webpage address (www.naver.com). naver.com). On the other hand, the user may request to add the page B address to the favorites list by entering 'id.xxx.com?B page address' while the page A is displayed on the screen.

In addition, the address data may further include a password for authenticating the user as shown in FIG. 4. Of course, the separator and the location of the password for combining the password may vary. 4 illustrates an input format of "id.xxx.com?password?www.naver.com", but is not necessarily limited thereto. When this address data is interpreted, the user ID and password are requested for identification and authentication, and if the authentication is successful, the request for addition of the address value "www.naver.com" to the user's favorite list is requested. In the input example of FIG. 3 described above, the field of the password may be further added as a separator.

5 illustrates web browser subsequent screen processing to identify with a delimiter in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.

When the user sends the address data of the favorite list addition to the favorite server 2, the web browser of the user terminal 3 redisplays the current page just before sending the address data or a new web page address is registered. It is possible to receive and display a favorite list page.

Referring to FIG. 5A, the user enters the address data "id.xxx.com?password?naver.com/" while the web browser displays the homepage of "naver.com/", and displays the favorite server. After sending to (2), the web browser displays the original web page "naver.com/".

Referring to b) of FIG. 5, the user inputs address data "id.xxx.com # password # naver.com /" to request a web page of a favorite list from the favorite server 2.

In the case of a) and b) above, the delimiter "?" Means that the web browser displays the current page immediately before the address data transmission even after the address data transmission, and in the case of "#", the current immediately before the address data transmission. After the address data is transmitted from the page, the web browser responds to the favorite list page from the favorite server 2 and displays it on the screen.

6 shows a schematic internal structure of the favorite server 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The bookmark server 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention is a member domain issuing means 21 for generating and issuing a member-specific domain that uniquely identifies a member user, and the user is a web browser of the user terminal 3. Address data receiving means 22 for receiving the address data inputted from the address window, address data interpreting means 23 for parsing the received address data and interpreting the individual information connected by the delimiter, and the user to the favorites list. An address value identification means 24 for extracting an address value of a web page requesting registration, a bookmark registration means 25 for adding an extracted address value to a favorite list, and controlling the display of a web browser after adding a favorite list Favorites control that provides a web browser subsequent processing means 26 and a corresponding favorites list page when the user requests a favorites list with address data. It is configured to include a means (27).

Detailed functions and operations of the individual components constituting the favorite server 2 will be described through a bookmark management method to be described later.

<2. Method composition>

The bookmark management system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention can be preferably realized through the construction of the bookmark management system 1 described above.

7 is a schematic flowchart of a bookmark management method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The member-specific domain issuing means 21 of the favorite server 2 issues a domain address that uniquely identifies the favorite server 2 and the member user to a member user who accesses the homepage 200 and stores it in a DB ( S21). The data structure of the domain address has already been described above with reference to FIG.

Since the user is issued the domain address, the user inputs address data including the domain address to the bookmark server 2 in the web browser address window of the user terminal 3 to manage the bookmark data (favorite registration). , Request a list of favorites).

The address data receiving means 22 receives the address data input from the user in the address window from the user terminal 3 (S22).

When the address data is received, the address data analyzing means 23 parses the address data and analyzes individual field data separated by delimiters (S23).

If the address data is a request for adding a favorite, the address value identifying means 24 identifies a web page address value for which the user requests a favorite registration (S24).

If the web page address value is identified, the favorite registration means 25 adds the address value to the favorite list data for each user and stores it (S25).

After the new address value is registered in the favorite list, the web browser post-processing means 26 interprets the delimiter to display the screen of the web browser or the web page immediately before the address data transmission or the favorite list page to which the address value is added. It is possible to control by the display of (S26).

When a web browser displays a web page just before sending address data, the web browser sends the address data to the favorite server (2) to display the switched screen state as "back" or by re-receiving the previous web page. Restore it. The web browser subsequent processing means 26 may respond to the web page containing the script for controlling the subsequent screen display. That is, if the address data transmission event occurs while the A page is displayed in the web browser, the A page is re-displayed again under the control of the favorite server 2 after the screen change occurs.

If the web browser displays the favorite list page, the favorite server 2 adds the web page address to the favorite list and then responds to the user terminal 3 with the web page of the corresponding favorite list. The user terminal 3 displays the received bookmark list web page in a web browser.

On the other hand, if the address data is a web page request of the favorite list, the bookmark providing means 27 identifies the format of the received address data as a request of the favorite list and then displays the web of the favorite list of the identified member user. A page is provided (S27).

The user can register, view, modify, and delete individual web page items in the web page of the favorite list, and select a specific item to move to the linked web page.

As described above, an embodiment of a bookmark management system and a bookmark management method for managing a bookmark address of a user according to the present invention are configured. While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. It goes without saying that various modifications and variations are possible within the scope of equivalence of the scope.

Claims (14)

In the bookmark system that manages and uses the bookmark list stored on the server side with address data input from a web browser address window without installing a plug-in to a user terminal using a wired or wireless network,
A web page address separated by a delimiter when a domain name for each user including a user ID is generated and issued by a request of a user terminal connected to a homepage, and when address data including the domain name is received from a web browser of the user terminal. A bookmark server for identifying and storing the web page address in a bookmark list; And
The domain name that uniquely identifies a member user is issued, inputs address data including a domain name and a web page address connected by a delimiter in a web browser address bar, and transmits the address data to the favorite server. User terminal requesting registration of the web page address in the favorites list
Favorites management system comprising a. The method of claim 1,
The favorite server,
Bookmark management system, characterized in that to generate and issue a user-specific domain name added to the domain name of the homepage. The method of claim 2,
The favorite server,
If the parsed address data is a Favorite List request,
And providing a favorites list page corresponding to the user identified from the address data, and receiving a request for registration, modification, and deletion of a specific favorite address value in the favorite list page. 4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The favorite server,
Separator "/, #, $,%, &, *,?" And receiving address data including any one or more of them from the user terminal to process a bookmark management request corresponding to the location and type of the separator. The method of claim 4, wherein
The favorite server,
And receiving the address data including the login password of the user from the user terminal and processing the bookmark management request if the user authentication is successful. 6. The method of claim 5,
The favorite server,
When receiving the address data input from the web browser of the user terminal, after parsing the address data (parsing),
And a user identification, a bookmark management request identification, and a subsequent screen processing identification of the web browser. The method of claim 6,
The favorite server,
Receiving address data including the first separator or the second separator from the user terminal,
In the case of the first separator, the web page address extracted from the address data is registered in the favorite list, and the latest web page is displayed again in the web browser of the user terminal.
In the case of the second separator, the bookmark management system comprising displaying a bookmark list page in a web browser of a user terminal after registering a web page address extracted from address data in a bookmark list. In the bookmark management method of the favorite server that manages and uses the bookmark list stored on the server side with the address data input from the web browser address bar without installing a plug-in to the user terminal using a wired or wireless network,
(S21) generating and issuing a domain name for each user including a user ID at the request of the user terminal accessing the homepage;
(S22) receiving, by the favorite server, address data including a domain name connected with a separator in an address bar of a web browser of a user terminal;
(S23) identifying, by the favorite server, a favorite management request using a delimiter in the received address data;
(S24) if the bookmark management request is an addition of a favorite list, identifying a web page address of the favorite server separated by a separator; And
(S25) adding and storing the web page address identified by the favorite server to the favorite list
Bookmark management method comprising a. The method of claim 8,
The favorite server,
Bookmark management method characterized in that to generate and issue a domain name for each user by adding a user ID to the domain name of the homepage. The method of claim 8,
The favorite server,
If the address data is a Favorite List request,
And providing a bookmark list page corresponding to the user identified from the address data, and receiving a request for registering, modifying, and deleting a specific favorite address value in the bookmark list page. The method according to any one of claims 8 to 10,
The favorite server,
Separator "/, #, $,%, &, *,?" And receiving the address data including any one or more from the user terminal to process a bookmark management request corresponding to the location and type of the separator. 12. The method of claim 11,
The favorite server,
And receiving the address data including the login password of the user from the user terminal and processing the bookmark management request if the user authentication is successful. The method of claim 12,
The favorite server,
When receiving the address data input from the web browser of the user terminal, after parsing the address data (parsing),
A user management method, a bookmark management request identification, and subsequent screen processing identification of a web browser are performed. The method of claim 13,
The favorite server,
Receiving address data including the first separator or the second separator from the user terminal,
In the case of the first separator, the web page address extracted from the address data is registered in the favorite list, and the latest web page is displayed again in the web browser of the user terminal.
In the case of the second separator, the bookmark management method of displaying a bookmark list page in a web browser of a user terminal after registering a web page address extracted from address data in a bookmark list.

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