JP3497993B2 - Homepage management method and recording medium storing a program for implementing the method - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a homepage management method for managing homepages published on the Internet, and more particularly to a homepage management method capable of restricting access to homepages.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a world wide computer network called "Internet" has been widely used. Along with this, a group of information called "home page" will be set up on the "server" which is a computer system connected to the Internet, and various information such as product information and personal opinions will be disclosed to the whole world. Companies and individuals are increasing rapidly.

Originally, a "home page" is an H obtained from a WWW (World Wide Web) site on the Internet.
This means the first "page" when an HTML text file described in TML (Hyper Text Markup Language) is displayed by a predetermined browser. However, recently, the homepage has come to point to a collection of a series of information such as the above-mentioned HTML text file and other associated image files and audio files. In addition, recently, the homepage has been opened to the public for a fee.

In this case, access to a paid homepage is managed by the server machine. Then, the server machine receives its homepage from the “client” machine, which is a computer system connected to the server machine via the Internet, and only after receiving the input of the identifier certifying the paying member. I am trying to transfer the contents of.

As a conventional technique relating to a paid homepage for providing charged information as described above, for example, a technique described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 09-146824 is known.

On the other hand, recently, a technique has been proposed in which a program created by JAVA is transferred to a client machine together with a home page and the program is operated on the client machine.

In these prior arts, when the home page is first transferred from the server machine to the client machine, the dialogue identifier for discriminating the client machine is given its generation date and time, and the dialogue identifier is issued.
The next time the client machine accesses the server machine from the next time, the client machine attaches the dialogue identifier to the server machine, which identifies the client machine that made the access request. If the expiration date has passed, the information provision will not be accepted and unauthorized information provision will be prevented.

[0008]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention
When the client machine accesses the server machine and makes a request for information provision, it is possible to determine whether the request is valid or invalid for the first time, so even if the request is invalid, the client There is a problem that communication charges are imposed on the machine.

Further, in the above-mentioned conventional technique, the message corresponding to the expiration of the expiration date of the dialogue identifier cannot be displayed on the client machine, and whether the user can receive the information or until when the information is provided. There is a problem that it is not possible to know whether or not they can receive the service.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, to enable the client machine side to determine whether the access is valid or invalid without accessing the server machine, and at the same time, to make it valid. It is to provide a home page management method capable of displaying a detailed message on a client machine as the deadline approaches.

[0011]

According to the present invention, the above object is to provide a home page management method for managing a home page on a server machine published on a computer network, wherein the server machine receives a home page from a client machine. At the first access, the access count control program that counts the number of accesses to the home page together with the home page is transferred to the client machine, the client machine holds the access count control program from the server machine, and the access held in the client machine Execute the frequency control program
By doing so, the number of times of access is counted each time the home page is accessed from the next time onward, and if the number of times of access exceeds a preset number, access to the home page is prohibited. .

[0012] Further, the above-mentioned object is that the server machine further holds a message file for each access count and transfers it to the client machine, and the client machine also holds a message file for each access count from the server machine. Then, by executing the access count control program stored in the client machine, the access count is counted each time the home page is accessed next time, and the message content corresponding to the access count is displayed from the message file for each access count. This is achieved by reading and displaying.

Further, for the above-mentioned purpose, the server machine holds the access restriction releasing program, transfers the access restriction releasing program to the client machine, and the client machine executes the access restriction releasing program stored in the own machine. This is achieved by removing the prohibition of access to the home page.

According to the present invention having the above-mentioned configuration, a message storing a program described in JAVA for determining the number of valid accesses when transferring a home page from a server machine to a client machine and a message corresponding to the remaining number of valid accesses. The file and the home page are transferred to the client machine, the access count is counted each time the client machine accesses the server machine thereafter, and a message corresponding to the remaining valid access count is displayed on the client machine and the valid access When an access request to the server machine is generated more than the number of times, a message indicating that the access is invalid can be displayed on the client machine without accessing the server machine.

[0015]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of a home page management method according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a system for executing a home page management method according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the contents of a message file corresponding to the number of accesses, and FIG. 3 is a program for controlling the number of accesses. FIG. 4 is a flow chart for explaining the processing operation, and FIG. 4 is a flow chart for explaining the processing operation of the access restriction release program. In FIG. 1, 100 is a client machine, 1
01 is a server machine, 102 is a browser, 103, 10
6 is homepage information, 104 and 107 are access count control programs, 105 and 108 are access count correspondence message files, and 109 and 110 are access restriction release programs.

A system for executing a home page management method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a client machine 100 and a server machine, which are computer systems interconnected via a computer network such as the Internet as shown in FIG. And 101. The server machine 101 stores homepage information 103, an access count control program 104, an access count correspondence message file 105, and an access restriction release program 109. Further, the client machine stores the browser 102, and also stores the homepage information 106, the access count control program 107, the access count correspondence message file 108, and the access restriction release program 110, which are transferred from the server machine. It

In the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above, when the home page information 103 of the server machine 101 is accessed from the client machine 100, the server machine 101 needs to manage the home page information. In this case, the home page information 103 is transferred to the client machine 100, and the access count control program 104 and the access count correspondence message file 105 are transferred to the client machine 100. The client machine 100 has the transferred home page information 103 and the access count control program 10.
4, the message file 105 corresponding to the number of times of access to the homepage information 10 via the browser 102.
6, the access count control program 107 and the access count correspondence message file 108 are held in the own machine 100.

The above-mentioned access count control program 104
From the server machine 101 to the client machine 100
This is a program written in JAVA that determines the number of valid accesses to the homepage when the homepage is transferred to, and the message file 109 corresponding to the number of visits stores a message corresponding to the remaining number of valid access to the homepage. This is a file, and together with the home page 103, the server machine 1
01 to the client machine.

The access control program 107 transferred to the client machine 100 counts the number of accesses each time the client machine 100 accesses the server machine 101 thereafter, and outputs a message corresponding to the remaining number of valid access times to the client machine 100. 10
When the access request to the server machine 101 exceeds the valid access count, a message indicating that the access is invalid is displayed without accessing the server machine 101.
To display.

That is, when the user of the client machine 100 requests a certain URL for communication via the browser 102, the access count control program 107
The URL of the communication destination is acquired from the browser 102, and the message corresponding to the access count is acquired and displayed from the message file 108 corresponding to the access count. At this time, if the set maximum number of accesses is exceeded, the access is stopped.

The access count is restricted by transferring the access restriction release program 109 from the server machine 101 to the client machine 100.
00 operates the access restriction release program 110 stored in the own machine 100 to delete the corresponding record in the access count correspondence message file 108.

Next, an example of the access count correspondence message file 108 will be described with reference to FIG.

Message file 10 for access count
As shown in FIG. 2, 8 indicates a URL column 201, an access count column 202, a message column 203, a maximum count column 204,
And a current number sequence 205. The URL column 201 stores a URL that identifies the server machine of the communication destination, and the access count column 202 stores a message displayed for each access count to the corresponding URL.
Further, the maximum number of times column 204 stores the maximum number of times of access to the URL, and the current number of times column 205 stores the UR.
The number of times L has been accessed so far is stored. Further, a portion 206 surrounded by "%" in the message in the message string 203 represents a portion to be displayed by replacing with the result of calculation (maximum number-current number in the illustrated example) when the message is displayed.

In the example of the message file 108 corresponding to the number of accesses shown in FIG. 2, the home page information shown in FIG.
When only a specific member is allowed to access, and when a user who is going to become a member is allowed to use several trials in order to determine whether or not he / she can become a member, This is an example, and shows an example in which the maximum number of times that the trial can be used is set to 5. Then, as a message 203, at the time of the first access, in order to display that the homepage of the URL is being used for trial, at the time of the second to the fourth access, the number of remaining trial periods is displayed. Message is stored, and the valid number will expire at the fifth access,
After that, a message for displaying the procedure etc. when the user wants to use it is stored. Further, as a message when the access is performed more than five times, a message for indicating that the access has been exceeded and the access is impossible is stored.

Next, the processing operation of the access count control program will be described with reference to the flow shown in FIG.

(1) First, when the user of the client machine 100 requests a certain URL to communicate via the browser 102, the access count control program 107
Acquires the URL of the access destination through the inter-program communication with respect to the browser 102, and determines whether or not there is a record corresponding to the acquired URL in the access count corresponding message file 108 (steps 301, 30).
2).

(2) When it is determined in step 302 that the corresponding record does not exist in the message file 108 corresponding to the number of accesses, it is determined that the access restriction is not set for the URL, and the UR
Access to L is executed (step 311).

(3) If it is determined in step 302 that the corresponding record exists in the message file 108 corresponding to the access count, the current count 205 of the record is set to 1
Count up (step 303).

(4) Next, the message content corresponding to the access count 202 corresponding to the current count of the record in the access count correspondence message file 108 is read out, the message content is analyzed, and the converted character string portion is included in the message. (For example, 206 in FIG. 2) is determined (steps 304, 305).

(5) If it is determined in step 305 that there is a converted character string portion in the message, that portion is replaced with the result of the operation to create a message to be displayed (step 306).

(6) When the process of step 306 is performed, the message created in step 306 is displayed, and when it is determined in step 305 that there is no converted character string portion in the message, the message file 108 corresponding to the number of access times is displayed. The message acquired from is displayed as it is (step 307).

(7) Next, it is determined whether or not the current number exceeds the maximum number. If the current number exceeds the maximum number,
Assuming that the access right to the URL has disappeared, the access to the target URL is stopped and the process ends (steps 308 and 310).

(8) If it is determined in step 308 that the current number of times does not exceed the maximum number, the server machine 101 is set so that it is not necessary to transfer the message file corresponding to the number of access times, and the target URL is accessed. Then, the process ends (steps 309 and 311).

Next, the processing operation of the access restriction restriction releasing program 110 will be described with reference to the flow shown in FIG. This operation is for removing the restriction on the number of times of access, and when the user officially obtains the access right during or after the time limit (the number of times) of access to the above-mentioned URL, the server machine 101 Client machine 1
The client machine 100 operates the access restriction release program 110 transferred to 00 to delete the corresponding record in the access count correspondence message file 108, whereby the access limitation can be released.

(1) First, an access count corresponding message file is searched by the URL set in the access restriction releasing program 110, and it is determined whether or not there is a record corresponding to the URL in the access count corresponding message file 108. (Steps 401 and 402).

(2) If it is determined in step 402 that the record corresponding to the relevant URL does not exist, the process is terminated without doing anything, and if it is determined that the record corresponding to the relevant URL exists, the record. Is deleted and the process ends (step 403).

According to the above-described embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to determine whether the access is valid or invalid on the client machine side without accessing the server machine. It is possible to prevent an extra access to the server machine when it happens and prevent an extra communication charge from being applied to the client machine.

Also, according to the embodiment of the present invention, since a detailed message corresponding to the remaining number of valid access times can be displayed on the client machine, the user is suddenly denied access to the server machine. You can ease the feeling that you will be done.

The access count control program, the message file for each access count, and the access restriction release program in the above-described embodiment of the present invention are as follows:
It can be configured by being stored in a recording medium such as an FD, a CDROM, a DVD, and the like, which enables management of a homepage.

[0041]

As described above, according to the present invention, in the conventional method, the server machine side manages all the users and manages the use restriction. It becomes possible to manage and display a message according to the number of accesses.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a system that executes a home page management method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the contents of a message file corresponding to the access count.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a processing operation of an access count control program.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a processing operation of an access restriction release program.

[Explanation of symbols]

100 client machines 101 server machine 102 browsers 103,106 Homepage information 104, 107 access count control program 105, 108 Message file for access count 109, 110 Access restriction release program

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A home page management method for managing a home page on a server machine published on a computer network, wherein the server machine, when first accessed from a client machine, accesses the home page.
Transfer the access count control program for counting the number of accesses to the home with home client machine, the client machine holds the number of accesses control program from the server machine, run the number of accesses control program stored in the client machine By doing so , the number of times of access is counted each time the next time the home page is accessed, and if the number of times of access exceeds a preset number, access to the home page is prohibited. 2. A home page management method for managing a home page on a server machine published on a computer network, wherein the server machine, when first accessed from a client machine, accesses the home page.
An access count control program that counts the number of accesses to the home page together with the home page and a message file for each access count are transferred to the client machine, and the client machine uses the access count control program from the server machine and the message file for each access count. By holding and, and executing the access count control program held on the client machine .
The next time the home page is accessed, the number of times of access is counted, and the message content corresponding to the number of times of access is read from the message file for each number of times of access and displayed, and the number of times of access exceeds the preset number of times. In this case, the home page management method is characterized in that access to the home page is prohibited. 3. The server machine holds an access restriction releasing program, transfers the access restriction releasing program to a client machine, and the client machine executes the access restriction releasing program stored in its own machine.
It allows homepage management method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the releasing the prohibition of access to the homepage.