KR100321326B1 - Method for supplying information using menu bar and a system therefor and computer readable medium for storing therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a method and system for providing information using a menu bar and a computer-readable recording medium having the same.

According to the present invention, an information providing method performed by a user on a user computer including a memory, a storage device, a central processing unit, and a display device and receiving predetermined information via a network, is performed by a user on the user computer. It checks the top-level application which is activated and is currently performing work, checks the view frame information of the top-level application, and checks the position of the mouse cursor displayed on the user's computer. It is checked whether the position of the mouse cursor overlaps with a certain area of the menu bar of the top-level application, and the user if the position of the mouse cursor does not exist in a certain area of the menu bar of the top-level application. If the computer displays the supplied information on the menu bar, and the mouse cursor is in a certain area of the menu bar of the top application, the user computer does not display the supplied information on the menu bar.

Description

Method for supplying information using menu bar and a system therefor and computer readable medium for storing therefor}

The present invention relates to an information providing apparatus and method, and more particularly, to an information providing method using a menu bar for displaying information in a menu bar of an application program of a client computer, a system for performing the same, and a computer-readable recording medium storing the same.

With the rapid spread of the Internet, services for providing information such as advertisements and contents through the Internet are rapidly increasing. However, such an information providing service has a method of providing information to an internet accessor by (1) displaying an advertisement banner on a web browser of an internet accessor or displaying information on a homepage of a web browser, and (2) separate information. There is a method of providing information to the active window by displaying an active window for provision. However, information provided by a user using such a service often needs breaking news such as weather, stock information, and breaking news. However, the existing information providing service medium and method have been inconvenient in providing information requiring such breaking news. This will be described below.

That is, in the method (1) described above, in order to receive the information, the user must run the web browser to access the web server providing the information so that the user can receive the information. It is inconvenient to drive, and even if the web browser is run every time, it is inconvenient to perform tasks other than information search because the web browser window must be displayed as the top window during the time to view the information. .

Running a web browser all the time puts a strain on your network environment and your PC's resources.

In addition, even when the web browser is always running, the user has to use a different application program to move to a window in which the web browser is driven in order to check information.

In the case of method (2), the information providing window obscures the working window because even a small, active window of a small size always appears in the user's working window, and the informational web page has a large amount of pictures. Because they often have information, they put a lot of burden on the network environment to which they belong and their utilization of PC resources.

Accordingly, the technical problem of the present invention is to solve such a conventional problem, and an object of the present invention is that the user can be provided with the desired information even if the user performs other tasks on the user computer, the application that the user is performing in the user computer The present invention provides a method of providing an information using a menu bar that provides information to a menu bar of a program so that a user can be provided information while performing other tasks. Another object of the present invention is a computer having a method of providing information using the menu bar. To provide a readable recording medium.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an information providing system suitable for performing the information providing method using the menu bar.

1 illustrates an information providing system using a menu bar according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a detailed diagram of an information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a logical module configuration diagram of an information display application program of an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart of an information providing method using a menu bar according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 illustrates an example in which information is displayed in a menu bar area when a mouse cursor is positioned in an area other than the menu bar of the embodiment of the present invention.

6 illustrates an example in which the information display area disappears when the mouse cursor is positioned in the menu bar area of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 illustrates an example in which information is displayed in the menu bar area even when the mouse cursor is positioned in the menu bar area of the embodiment of the present invention.

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing information using a menu bar, including a memory, a storage device, a central processing unit, and a display device, and supplying predetermined information via a network. In the information providing method performed in the receiving user computer, (a) identifying the top application that is activated by the user on the user computer and is currently performing work; (b) checking the view frame information of the top application (c) checking a position of a mouse cursor displayed on the user computer; (d) checking whether the position of the mouse cursor overlaps a certain area of a menu bar of the top-level application program; ; And (e) displaying the information supplied by the user computer on the menu bar when the position of the mouse cursor does not exist in a predetermined area of the menu bar of the top-level application program in step (d). It is done by

In addition, when the position of the mouse cursor is on the menu bar of the top-level application program, the information supplied by the user computer may not be displayed on the menu bar.

It is desirable to use the information that the operating system on the computer knows about the top level application and mouse cursor location.

And, it is preferable to check the coordinate values of the four corners of the menu bar of the application program displayed on the display.

And an information providing server for transmitting information provided to the user computer, wherein the information providing server transmits the information to the user computer when the user computer requests a connection.

In addition, a computer-readable recording medium storing a method of providing information using a menu bar according to one feature for realizing another object of the present invention is: (a) a top-level application program activated by a user on a user computer and currently performing a task; (B) checking the view frame information of the top-level application; (c) checking the position of the mouse cursor displayed on the user computer; (d) the position of the mouse cursor is Checking whether there is an overlap in a predetermined area of a menu bar of a top-level application; And

(e) if the position of the mouse cursor in the step (d) does not exist in a certain area of the menu bar of the top-level application program, displaying information supplied by the user computer on the menu bar; Is done.

In addition, an information providing system using a menu bar according to one feature for realizing another object of the present invention, in an information providing system including a user computer connected to a network, if the user computer is connected to request information transmission, An information providing server for transmitting information to the user computer; And a user computer displaying information received from the information providing server on a menu bar of a top-level application that is activated by a user and is currently performing a task.

An information providing system using a menu bar of the present invention relates to an information providing system including a user computer connected to a network, wherein the information providing server transmits information to the user computer when the user computer connects and requests information transmission. And the user computer displays information received from the information providing server on a menu bar of a running top application.

Preferably, the user computer displays the received information on the menu bar when the position of the mouse cursor of the user computer is not on the menu bar of the top application.

The user computer preferably displays the information in a separate window on the menu bar of the user computer.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 illustrates an information providing system using a menu bar according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the information providing system of the present invention includes an information providing server 200, and a plurality of client computers 100 connect to the information providing server 200 through a network.

2 is a detailed diagram of an information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the information providing server 200 includes a NIC 250, which is a physical connection means for connecting to a network, a server socket program 240, which is a program for establishing a communication path with a client, and information to be transmitted to a client computer. CODER 230 to create a form suitable for communication, the connection management program 220 which is a program for managing the connection state of the client computer 100 with the server, such as the connection state, use time of the client computer, operating system of the server Windows NT / UX 210 is included.

The network interface card (NIC) 250 physically connects to the network, and the server socket 242 serves to establish and maintain a connection with the client computer 100 in response to a request from the client computer 100. The CODER 230 composes a message in a form to transmit the information of the information providing server 200 to the client computer.

The connection management program 220 manages the connection of the client computer 100 with the client computer, such as a connection state and a connection time.

Windows NT / UX 210 is an operating system of information provision server 200.

As shown in FIG. 2, the client computer 100 is a network interface card (NIC) or modem (modem) 150, which is a physical means connected with a network, which is a program for establishing a communication path with a server. Client socket program 140, the information display server 200, the information display application 130, which is a program that serves to display the information data transmitted from the application program menu bar (menu bar) of the application operating on the Windows operating system, The application 110, the Windows operating system 105.

Network interface card (101) or modem (modem, 150) is a network interface layer (layer) for transmitting and receiving data through the network by modifying and demodulating the transmission and reception, the client socket 140 is the information providing server 200 The program establishes and maintains a connection with the client, and receives data transmitted from the information providing server 200 through the client socket 140. The information display application program 130 is a program that outputs the information data received from the media server 200 to a menu bar of an application program used by a user of the client computer 100 and is a program provided by the information providing server 200. .

3 is a logical module configuration diagram of an information display application program of an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the information display application 130 may include a top-level application identifying module 131, a view frame information identifying module 132, a mouse cursor positioning module 133, An information display module 134.

The top-level application identification module 131 identifies the top-level application among applications executed on the client computer, and uses the information grasped by the Windows operating system 120. That is, the Windows operating system 120 knows which application is being executed in the Windows operating system, and which is the top application currently being executed by the user. The top application checking module 131 checks the Windows operating system. Identify the top-level application window that you are aware of. The view frame information checking module 132 checks the view frame information of the highest level application. Checking the view frame information confirms the area of the menu bar of the application, and checks the coordinates of the corners of the menu bar of the application. The mouse cursor position determining module 133 determines the position of the mouse cursor on the display device, and may use the mouse cursor position information that the Windows operating system knows. The information display module 134 creates an area capable of displaying information in the menu bar area checked by the view frame information confirmation module, and displays the information provided from the information providing server in the corresponding area.

The window application 110 is an application program executed in the Windows operating system.

Hereinafter, an information providing method using the menu bar of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

4 is a flowchart of an information providing method using a menu bar according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in Fig. 4, after creating a socket (S10), the client computer requests to request an access to the information providing server (S20).

The information providing server 200 receives a connection request from the client computer and generates a socket (S30). The socket serves to form a communication path between the information providing server and the client computer.

The information providing server 200 creates a socket and then transmits the information data to the client computer 100 through the socket. (S40) At this time, the provided information data may be in various forms such as an image, text, and advertisement. The type of information can be changed in various ways, such as financial information and news.

The client computer 100 receives the information data (S50) and drives the information display program. The driving of the information display program may be made before receiving the information data.

The client computer 100 executes an information display program. First, the top application checking module 131 is performed to check what the top application is.

Then, the view frame information checking module 132 checks the view frame information of the top application (S70). In other words, the view frame information is identified by the menu bar in the display area. Able to know. The view frame information may use view frame information known by the Windows operating system.

The mouse cursor position checking module 133 checks which position the mouse is in the display area (S80).

After checking the mouse cursor position, it is checked whether the mouse cursor position is located on the menu bar (S90).

FIG. 5 illustrates an example in which information is displayed in a menu bar area when a mouse cursor is positioned in an area other than the menu bar of the embodiment of the present invention.

If the mouse cursor position is not on the menu bar, a window for displaying information is created on the menu bar as shown in FIG. 5 (S100) and then the received information is displayed on the window (S110). In addition to creating a window, you can display information by overlaying a banner on the menu bar. The area displaying the information on the menu bar may also be the same area as the menu bar, or may be a wider or narrower area than the menu bar.

6 illustrates an example in which the information display area disappears when the mouse cursor is positioned in the menu bar area of the embodiment of the present invention.

If the mouse cursor position is over the menu bar area, as shown in Fig. 6, the information display window on the menu bar is not opened (S120). That is, when the mouse cursor is over the menu bar and moves to an area without the menu bar, Create a window for displaying information on the menu bar, and when the mouse cursor moves from an area without a menu bar to an area with a menu bar, the window for displaying information on the menu bar disappears. Therefore, the user can be provided with information on the application program screen used by the user without difficulty in using the menu bar for performing the operation of the application program.

In operation S120, the information display window may be left unchanged even when the mouse cursor is moved over the menu bar area. In this case, the information display window disappears when the user performs a specific operation.

FIG. 7 illustrates an example in which information is displayed in the menu bar area even when the mouse cursor is positioned in the menu bar area of the embodiment of the present invention.

That is, as shown in FIG. 7, the information display window remains intact even when the mouse cursor moves from an area other than the menu bar to the menu bar area. When the user performs a specific operation, the information display window disappears.

Here, a variety of methods may be used for the specific operation performed by the user. When the mouse cursor moves from the non-menu bar area to the menu bar area through the specific area, the display window on the menu bar may disappear. That is, when the mouse cursor moves from the non-menu bar area to the menu bar area through the area A of FIG. 7, the display window of the menu rock does not disappear, and the mouse cursor moves from the area other than the menu bar to the menu bar area through the area B of FIG. To prevent the display window above the menu bar from disappearing.

In addition, when the mouse cursor moves from the non-menu bar area to the menu bar area, the display window may not disappear when one of the mouse buttons is pressed, and the display window may disappear when the mouse cursor is not pressed.

In addition, there are various ways to prevent the display window from disappearing when the mouse cursor moves to the menu bar area.

Steps S60 through S110 may be repeatedly performed whenever data is received as shown in FIG. 4, or may be repeatedly performed every predetermined time.

What has been described above is only an embodiment of the present invention, and various changes can be made without departing from the technical scope of the present invention.

According to the present invention, the client computer user can be provided with various real-time information without any inconvenience in the work environment while performing other tasks not related to information acquisition.

Claims (19)

(Correction) In an information providing method performed in a user computer that includes a memory, a storage device, a central processing unit, and a display device and receives predetermined information via a network, (a) identifying a top application that is activated by the user on the user computer and is currently performing a task; (b) checking view frame information of the top-level application program; (c) checking the position of a mouse cursor displayed on the user computer; (d) checking whether the position of the mouse cursor overlaps a certain area of a menu bar of the top-level application program; And (e) if the position of the mouse cursor in the step (d) does not exist in a certain area of the menu bar of the top-level application, displaying information supplied by the user computer on the menu bar; Information providing method using a menu bar comprising a. (Correction) In paragraph 1, (f) in the step (d), if the position of the mouse cursor exists in a predetermined area of the menu bar of the top-level application program, performing the display of the information supplied by the user computer on the menu bar; Information providing method using a menu bar further comprising. (Correction) In paragraph 1, Step (e), (e-11) checking the presence or absence of a specific event from the user computer when it is checked in step (d) that the position of the mouse cursor exists in a predetermined area of a menu bar of the top-level application program; (e-12) if it is checked in step (e-11) that the specific event exists, performing no display of information supplied by the user computer on the menu bar; And (e-13) If it is checked in step (e-12) that there is no specific event, performing the display of information supplied by the user computer on the menu bar. Information providing method using a menu bar further comprising. (Correction) In paragraph 1, Step (e), (e-21) if it is checked in step (d) that the position of the mouse cursor exists in a predetermined area of a menu bar of the top-level application program, checking whether there is a specific event from the user computer; (e-22) if it is checked in step (e-21) that there is no specific event, performing no display of information supplied by the user computer on the menu bar; And (e-23) if it is checked in step (e-22) that the specific event exists, performing the display of information supplied by the user computer on the menu bar; Information providing method using a menu bar further comprising. (Correction) In Clause 3 or 4, Specific events of the user computer, And a mouse cursor of the user computer moves from a non-menu bar area to a menu bar area through a specific area of the menu bar. (Correction) In Clause 3 or 4, Specific events of the user computer, And moving from a menu bar area to a menu bar area while clicking a button of a mouse cursor of the user computer. (Correction) In paragraph 1, Step (a) to step (c), And information obtained by the operating system of the user's computer. (Correction) In paragraph 1, Step (b) is, And providing coordinate values of four corners of the menu bar of the displayed application program. (Correction) In paragraph 1, Step (e), And providing a separate window for displaying information at a position overlapped with a predetermined region of the menu bar. (Correction) In Clause 2 or 9, Step (f) is, And when the position of the mouse cursor exists in a predetermined area of the menu bar of the top-level application program, removing a separate window located in the predetermined area of the menu bar. (Correction) In paragraph 1, An information providing server for transmitting information provided to the user computer, (g) the information providing server further comprising transmitting information to the user computer when the user computer requests a connection. (Correction) In clause 11, Step (g) is, (g-1) when the user computer requests a connection by driving a socket program of the user computer, driving the server socket module to connect with the user computer; And (g-2) the information providing server establishing a communication path through the user computer and the server socket module; Information providing method using a menu bar comprising a. (delete) (delete) (Correct) (a) identifying a top application that is activated by the user on the user's computer and is currently performing a task; (b) checking view frame information of the top-level application program; (c) checking the position of a mouse cursor displayed on the user computer; (d) checking whether the position of the mouse cursor overlaps a certain area of a menu bar of the top-level application program; And (e) if the position of the mouse cursor in the step (d) does not exist in a certain area of the menu bar of the top-level application, displaying information supplied by the user computer on the menu bar; Computer-readable recording medium storing the information providing method using a menu bar comprising a. (Correction) In clause 15, The program further comprises the step of not performing display of information supplied by the user computer on the menu bar when the position of the mouse cursor is checked to exist in a predetermined area of the menu bar of the top application. A computer-readable recording medium having a built-in program. (Correction) In an information providing system including a user computer connected to a network, An information providing server for transmitting the information to the user computer when the user computer accesses the information transmission request; And A user computer that is activated by the user and displays the information received from the information provision server on the menu bar of the top application currently running. Information providing system using a menu bar comprising a. (Correction) In clause 17, The user computer, And a menu bar displaying information received from the information providing server on the menu bar when the position of the mouse cursor of the user computer does not exist in a predetermined area of the menu bar of the top application. (Correction) In clause 17, And the user computer displays the information received from the information providing server in a separate window overlapping the menu bar of the user computer.