JP2005242961A - Information sharing system, and web page editing program and web page editing method from web browser used therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a program for proposing a system for directly editing a Web page by use of a Web browser in an information sharing system and sharing additional information to the Web page by use of a software agent. <P>SOLUTION: The Web page customization program 33 can attach, to a Web page cached by the software agent 30, additional information such as a comment to the Web page. The additional information is shared by a plurality of agents 30, whereby it is shared only among users using this system. Accordingly, new information sharing and communication using an existing Web page can be provided. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

The present invention relates to a web page editing method using a web browser, and an information sharing system and method using a web page.

Research on information sharing to increase the value of unstructured information by revealing information shared implicitly in the community is active. The most widespread information sharing system in recent years is World Wide Web (WWW), which enables anyone to easily provide and browse information.

The information existing on the WWW includes a lot of static information, which is a very difficult problem for effective use. One means for effectively using information on a web page is additional information on the web page.

The additional information on the web page is a viewer's annotation on a certain web page. By effectively using the additional information, it is useful when browsing a web page later, or indirect information acquisition from the additional information is expected.

In an information sharing system, information sharing is promoted by sharing information using a web browser that a user normally uses to reduce the burden on the information provider and promote information provision. Information sharing handled by the present invention targets web pages published on the WWW. By targeting web pages, an unprecedented information sharing system and communication system are realized. It also promotes the provision of communication topics for web pages.

In order to solve the above-described problem, in the web page direct editing method using the web browser according to claim 1, each user edits the web page from the web browser.

The static HTML web page displayed on the web browser according to claim 1 is directly edited from a web browser that can only be browsed, and the character string of the static HTML web page displayed on the web browser The first step of partially extracting the part to be edited by selecting with the mouse, the second step of dynamically generating and displaying the extracted web page for the edited part, and the part edited The third step is to update the web page to reflect the content on the web page before editing.

A configuration of a web page direct editing method using the web browser according to claim 1 will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a web page direct editing method using a web browser according to claim 1.

The web page direct editing system operates by installing the browser monitoring mechanism 12 and the partial editing mechanism 11 in the WWW server 101 that provides the HTML document 10. Further, it is assumed that the web page 102 displays the HTML document 10 with a web browser that is normally used by the user.

When the character string displayed on the web page 102 is selected using the mouse, the browser monitoring mechanism 12 extracts the selected character string. The browser monitoring mechanism 12 partially extracts the HTML source around the selected character string from the HTML document 10 and displays the editing window 103 on the web browser used by the user.

The user edits the selected character string on the edit window 103. The edited character string is transmitted to the partial editing mechanism 11. The partial editing mechanism 11 updates the HTML document 11 from the character string selected on the web page 102 and the character string edited on the editing window 103.

The partial editing mechanism 11 analyzes the HTML document 10 and searches for a portion in the HTML document 10 where the character string selected on the web page 102 is. Then, the searched part in the HTML document 10 and the character string edited in the editing window 103 are replaced, and the HTML document 10 is stored on the WWW server 101.

When the partial editing mechanism 11 completes the update of the HTML document 10, the web browser displaying the web page 102 is updated, and the edited HTML document 10 is displayed again.

Further, in order to make it possible to apply the web page direct editing method according to claim 1 to any static web page on the WWW, the web page customization program according to claim 2 is described in claim 1. By installing a web page direct editing method using any web browser in the proxy cache server, not only web pages created by the user, but also all static HTML web pages on the World Wide Web can be edited in a pseudo manner It was characterized.

The original proxy cache server is used jointly by multiple users. By sending web pages cached by the proxy cache server to web pages accessed by other users, community network traffic The purpose is to eliminate the problem.

In the web page customization program described in claim 2, the purpose of the proxy cache server in the present invention is to apply the web page direct editing system described in claim 1.

The configuration of the web page customization program according to claim 2 will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of the web page customization program according to the second aspect.

In the web page customization program, the proxy cache server 203 is installed between the web browser 202 used by the user and the WWW 201. The proxy cache server 203 includes a static HTML document 21 that caches a web page existing on the WWW 201, a cache database 22 that manages the cached HTML document, and a web page direct editing method according to claim 1. It is assumed that the mounted mechanism 20 is mounted.

The user transmits a web page browsing request from the web browser 202 to the WWW 201, and the proxy cache server 203 monitors the request from the web browser. The proxy cache server 203 refers to the requested web page in the cache database 22, and caches the web page from the WWW 201 if the requested web page is not stored as the HTML document 21.

Since the HTML document 21 cached in the proxy cache server 203 is a document owned by the user, it can be freely edited. By applying the web page direct editing method described in claim 1 to the HTML document 21 cached by the WWW 203, a web page customization program is provided.

The information sharing program according to claim 3 is a peer-to-peer type proxy cache server implemented on a software agent in order to share information with other users using additional information directly edited from a web browser by a user. An information sharing program for sharing a cached web page connected by a network, a first step for recognizing a software agent on each peer, and a second step for sharing a web page cached by the software agent between software agents The third step is to coordinately manage the context information (cached user name, cached date, etc.) of the cached web page between software agents.

By implementing a proxy cache server using a software agent, the proxy cache server can be distributed to each peer. In addition, a dynamic network can be configured by using a software agent.

As a method of distributing software agents to each peer and dynamically sharing additional information, the software agent has a step of autonomously recognizing each peer computer.

In addition, in order to realize the original function of the proxy cache server on a software agent configured with a peer-to-peer network, the software agent of each peer has a step of sharing a web page cached by the software agent.

In addition, when each peer software agent caches the same web page, the cached web page context information (cached user name, cached date, cached content, etc.) is sent to the user to send an appropriate cache. ) Also has a sharing step.

In order to realize an unprecedented information sharing system and communication system by targeting a web page, and to promote the provision of communication topics targeting the web page, The additional information sharing system is an additional information sharing system for web pages to which claims 1, 2 and 3 are applied, and the contents edited by the web page customization program according to claim 2 are used as additional information. A first step possessed by the software agent according to claim 3 and a second step of sharing additional information by the information sharing program according to claim 3.

As described above, according to the present invention, a user can edit a web page directly from a web browser that the user is familiar with, and by selecting a character string on the web page displayed on the web browser, the selected part can be selected. Web pages can be partially acquired and edited directly online. Partial editing minimizes the information displayed.

As a result, even a beginner concerning a web page can easily edit the web page on the browser. Moreover, software such as an authoring tool is not required by editing from a browser.

Furthermore, any static web page on the WWW can be edited by using a proxy cache server. By editing a web page on the WWW, the user can add information such as a comment to the web page.

By sharing the added information with other users, a new information sharing system using a web page can be realized. In addition, communication about web pages is also possible.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a network configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 3, a network according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of peers (computer terminals) 301 to 303, WWW 304, and computer terminals 305 of users who do not use the present invention.

Peers 301 to 303 and non-peer computer terminals 305 are connected to WWW 304, and peers 301 to 303 are connected via an intranet.

The peers 301 to 303 and the non-peer computer terminal 305 are computer terminals, which are a desktop personal computer and a laptop personal computer.

The peers 301 to 303 include an agent 30, a web browser 31, an additional information database 32, and a web page customization program 33. The user 34 of the peers 301 to 303 uses the web browser 31 to access the WWW 304 using the agent 30 as a proxy cache server. The user 34 of the computer terminal 305 is a general access method to the WWW, and directly accesses the WWW 304 from the web browser 31.

The agent 30 is a software agent described in claim 3, and the information sharing program described in claim 3 is installed.

The web page 31 is a web browser that is normally used by the user 34, and the agent 30 is set as a web proxy server.

The additional information database 32 is a database for managing the web page cached by the software agent and the additional information for the web page according to claim 3, and the cached web page URL, cache information as context information of the cached web page The user name, the position where the additional information was inserted, the content of the additional information, and the date and time when the additional information was created.

The web page customization program 33 is a web page customization program described in claim 2. The HTML document to be customized is a web page cached by the agent 30, and is transmitted together with the HTML document cached in the web browser 31 by the agent 30.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing according to the embodiment of the present invention referred to in FIG.

The user 34 of the peers 301 to 303 transmits a web page browsing request published on the WWW 304 from the web browser 31 to the agent 30 (steps s01 and s02 in FIG. 4). The agent 30 refers to the additional information database 32 (step s03 in FIG. 4), and if it is an uncached web page, it caches the web page from the WWW as an HTML document (step s06 in FIG. 4).

The agent 30 transmits the cached HTML document and the web page customization program 33 to the web browser 31 of the user 34 (step s07 in FIG. 4). The user 34 creates additional information for the HTML document cached by the web browser 31 using the web page customization program. The created additional information is stored in the additional information database (step s09 in FIG. 4).

If the web page requested by the user 34 is stored in the additional information database 32 in step s03 in FIG. 4, the agent 30 acquires additional information for the web page from the additional information database 32 (step s04 in FIG. 4). ), The HTML document cached by the agent 30 and the additional information are combined and transmitted to the web browser 31 (step s05 in FIG. 4).

The additional information attached in step s09 of FIG. 4 is shared by the agents 30 on the peers 301 to 303, and the information added by the user 34 of the peer 301 can be viewed by the peer 302 and the user 34 of the peer 303. it can. However, the user 34 of the computer terminal 305 not using the present invention cannot browse the additional information added by the user 34 of the peer 301.

As described above, by sharing additional information between agents, local information sharing only within the community can be performed using a public web page.

There are a wide variety of areas that can be used, such as web-based information sharing, web page editing, web page collaborative creation, and communication via web pages in companies, laboratories and other communities. It is also possible to adapt to interactive education between teachers and students using web pages.

It is a block diagram of a web page direct edit system. It is a block diagram of a web page customization program. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the network by one Example of this invention. It is the figure which showed the flow of the process by one Example of this invention with the flowchart.

Explanation of symbols

10 HTML document 11 Partial editing mechanism 12 Browser monitoring mechanism 20 Web page direct editing mechanism 21 HTML document 22 Cache database 30 Agent 31 Web browser 32 Additional information database 33 Web page customization program 34 User 101 WWW server 102 HTML document 10 as a web page Web browser 103 displayed Edit window 201 WWW
202 Web browser 203 Proxy cache server 301-303 Peer 304 WWW
305 Computer terminal

Claims (4)

A method of directly editing a static HTML web page displayed on a web browser from a web browser that can only be browsed originally.
A first step of partially extracting a portion to be edited by selecting a character string of a static HTML web page displayed on a web browser with a mouse;
A second step of dynamically generating and displaying the extracted web page for editing;
A web page direct editing method using a web browser, characterized by having a third step of updating a web page for reflecting partially edited content on a web page before editing. By installing a web page direct editing method using the web browser according to claim 1 in a proxy cache server,
A web page customization program characterized in that not only a web page created by a user but also all static HTML web pages on the World Wide Web can be edited in a pseudo manner. An information sharing program for connecting a cached web page by connecting a proxy cache server implemented on a software agent via a peer-to-peer network,
A first step of recognizing software agents on each peer;
A second step of sharing a web page cached by the software agent among the software agents;
An information sharing program comprising a third step of cooperatively managing cached web page context information (cached user name, cached date, etc.) between software agents. A system for sharing additional information to a web page to which claim 1, claim 2 and claim 3 are applied,
The first step possessed by the software agent according to claim 3, with the content edited by the web page customization program according to claim 2 as additional information,
An additional information sharing system for a web page, comprising a second step of sharing additional information by the information sharing program according to claim 3.

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