JP4672432B2 - Internet browsing device and internet browsing program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an Internet browsing apparatus and an Internet browsing program for browsing the Internet.

Conventionally, in a WWW browser, when a link is established, an automatic page display device that can automatically and continuously display the link information without clicking the mouse is known (for example, Patent Document 1).
By the way, when an arbitrary Web page is accessed, a link destination or the like for automatically accessing another page may be embedded (this is called a pop-up page). When such a web page is accessed, a plurality of pages are opened without regard to the user's intention, and there is a problem that the user feels uncomfortable and there is a problem that the load on the personal computer increases. .
In order to solve such a problem, there is also known a browser having a pop-up page blocking function that temporarily holds a pop-up page open when a pop-up page is linked to a selected Web page.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-143684

  However, if the pop-up page included in the selected Web page is unconditionally opened, a part of the information on the Web page is abandoned, which is not always useful.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and can browse the status of a pop-up page linked to a Web page and display the pop-up page linked by a simple operation. An object is to provide a device and an Internet browsing program.

The present invention includes a web page selection unit that selects a web page to be displayed, a display unit that displays a preview of a pop-up page linked to the web page selected by the web page selection unit, and the display unit. and popup page selection means for selecting a preview of the pop-up page to be displayed from among the preview that is displayed, on the basis of the preview selected by the pop-up page selection means, and pop-up page display means for displaying open a pop-up page It is provided with.

The present invention is characterized in that the display means displays a preview so that the hierarchical structure of the relationship between the Web page and the pop-up page can be grasped.

The present invention provides a Web page selection process for selecting a Web page to be displayed, a display process for displaying a preview of a pop-up page linked to the Web page selected by the Web page selection process, and the display process. and popup page selection means for selecting a preview of the popup page to be displayed from among the preview that is displayed, on the basis of the preview selected by the pop-up page selection process, and pop-up page display processing of displaying open a pop-up page It is characterized by having a computer perform.

The present invention is characterized in that the display processing displays a preview so that a hierarchical structure of the relationship between the Web page and the pop-up page can be grasped.

According to the present invention, since a window for displaying a preview of a pop-up page to be accessed is provided, and only the pop-up page selected by the user is opened from the displayed preview , it is linked to the Web page. The status of the pop-up page can be grasped and other web pages can be prevented from being opened regardless of the user's intention. For this reason, the user can comfortably access the Web page and can reduce the load on the personal computer.

  Hereinafter, an Internet browsing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the embodiment. In this figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a personal computer in which a browser 2 is installed for browsing the Internet. Reference numeral 3 denotes a network to which the personal computer 1 is connected, and is connected to the Internet 5 via the router 4. The connection method between the personal computer 1 and the Internet 5 is not limited to the method shown in FIG.

  In the following description, a pop-up page is a page of a browser window that is automatically opened when an arbitrary Web page is displayed by the browser 2 regardless of the user's intention. Further, the selection page is a page of a browser window that is opened by an action that is selected by the user. In the present specification, a web page is simply referred to as a page.

Next, the processing operation of the browser 2 shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG.
First, the user activates the browser 2 on the personal computer 1 and selects a URL (Uniform Resource Locators) of a page to be browsed (step S1). The URL is selected by directly describing the URL or clicking an action button. In response to this, the browser 2 holds the selected URL information inside (step S2). Here, the selected URL will be described as “URL1”. The browser 2 adds the selected URL information to the internal selection page table (step S3). The browser 2 includes a selection page table that stores URL information specified by a user's action and selection, and a pop-up page table that stores URL information of a pop-up page that is automatically opened. Yes.

  Next, the browser 2 accesses the selected page based on the selected URL information (here, “URL1”) (step S4). Then, the browser 2 determines whether access other than the selected page (URL1) or the attached page of the selected page is requested (whether the pop-up page is linked) (step S5). As a result of this determination, if access other than the selected page (URL1) or the attached page to the selected page is not requested, the browser 2 acquires all link information of the page specified by the selected URL. Until this is done, the processing up to step S11 is repeatedly executed (step S6). The link information acquisition process is performed as follows. First, the URL information of the attached page of the selected page (URL1) is acquired (step S7). The URL of the attached page is “URL2”. The URL information is added to the selected page table (step S8), and the attached page (URL2) is accessed (step S9). Then, the browser 2 updates the display of the link information window (step S10). By repeating this operation, the selected page display window W1 of the link information window shown in FIG. 3 is displayed. FIG. 3 shows an example in which the attached pages (linked pages) of the selected page (URL1) are URL2, URL3, and URL4. The link information window is a window composed of a selected page display window W1 and a pop-up page display window W2 to be described later, and can be selected to be displayed or not displayed according to a user operation.

  On the other hand, as a result of the determination in step S5, if access other than the selected page (URL1) or the attached page of the selected page is requested (if the pop-up page is linked), the browser 2 is linked. Until all the pop-up page information is acquired, the processing up to step S16 is repeated (step S12). The link information acquisition process is performed as follows. First, URL information of a linked pop-up page is acquired (step S13). The URL of this pop-up page is “URL11”. Then, this URL information is added to the pop-up page table (step S14). Then, the browser 2 updates the display of the link information window (step S15). By repeating this operation, the link information window pop-up page display window W2 shown in FIG. 3 is displayed. FIG. 3 shows an example where the linked pop-up page is URL11.

  With this operation, the browser 2 displays the screen shown in FIG. 3 on the display device of the personal computer 1. This screen includes a page display area W3 for displaying a selected page (a page specified by URL1), URL information for specifying a page selected by the user, and a selection page for displaying URL information of a page attached to this page. A display window W1 and a pop-up page display window W2 for displaying pop-up page URL information linked to the selected page are configured.

  Next, the browser 2 determines whether or not the URL for specifying the pop-up page displayed in the pop-up page display window W2 is selected by the user (step S17), and the URL for specifying the pop-up page is selected. The browser 2 deletes the corresponding URL information from the pop-up page table, and deletes the corresponding URL information from the pop-up page display window W2 (step S18). Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the browser 2 opens another window W4 for displaying the selected pop-up page, and displays the contents of the pop-up page in this window W4 (step S19).

  As described above, since the window for displaying the page information (URL) of the pop-up page to be accessed by the browser 2 is provided and only the pop-up page selected by the user is opened from the displayed page information, the Web page It is possible to grasp the status of the pop-up page linked to the inside, and to prevent other web pages from being opened regardless of the user's intention. For this reason, the user can comfortably access the Web page and can reduce the load on the personal computer.

  FIG. 3 shows an example in which the hierarchy of page information (URL) displayed in the selected page display window W1 and the pop-up page display window W2 is one hierarchy, but two or more hierarchies (for linked Web pages) Or a URL of a linked Web page).

  FIG. 3 shows an example in which a URL character string is displayed in the selected page display window W1 and the pop-up page display window W2. However, instead of displaying the URL, a preview display of the selected page and the pop-up page is displayed. It is possible to perform normal display when selected. Further, URL display and preview display may be performed simultaneously in the selected page display window W1 and the pop-up page display window W2.

  Further, in step S13 shown in FIG. 2, when page information can be acquired by a head request, page information such as a page title, a page data size, and an update date and time may be displayed.

  Further, in the case where the past access history for the selected page stored in the selected page table for storing the URL information of the selected page is stored, and the URL information or the preview is displayed in the selected page display window W1, for each selected page. The past access history may be referred to and displayed in descending order of the number of accesses.

  2 is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on the recording medium is read into a computer system and executed to execute Web page display control processing. You may go. Here, the “computer system” includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices. The “computer system” includes a WWW system provided with a homepage providing environment (or display environment). The “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a portable medium such as a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk, a ROM, and a CD-ROM, and a storage device such as a hard disk built in the computer system. Further, the “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a volatile memory (RAM) in a computer system that becomes a server or a client when a program is transmitted via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. In addition, those holding programs for a certain period of time are also included.

  The program may be transmitted from a computer system storing the program in a storage device or the like to another computer system via a transmission medium or by a transmission wave in the transmission medium. Here, the “transmission medium” for transmitting the program refers to a medium having a function of transmitting information, such as a network (communication network) such as the Internet or a communication line (communication line) such as a telephone line. The program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above. Furthermore, what can implement | achieve the function mentioned above in combination with the program already recorded on the computer system, and what is called a difference file (difference program) may be sufficient.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the browser 2 shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows operation | movement of the browser 2 shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows operation | movement of the browser 2 shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

1 ... PC, 2 ... Browser, 3 ... Network, 4 ... Router, 5 ... Internet

Claims (4)

Web page selection means for selecting a Web page to be displayed;
Display means for displaying a preview of a pop-up page linked to the web page selected by the web page selection means ;
Popup page selection means for selecting a preview of the popup page to be displayed from the previews displayed by the display means;
Pop-up page display means for opening and displaying a pop-up page based on the preview selected by the pop-up page selection means. The Internet browsing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays a preview so that a hierarchical structure of a relationship between the Web page and a pop-up page can be grasped. Web page selection processing for selecting a Web page to be displayed;
Display processing for displaying a preview of a pop-up page linked to the Web page selected by the Web page selection processing ;
Popup page selection means for selecting a preview of the popup page to be displayed from the previews displayed by the display process;
An Internet browsing program that causes a computer to perform pop-up page display processing for opening and displaying a pop-up page based on a preview selected by the pop-up page selection processing. The Internet browsing program according to claim 3, wherein the display processing displays a preview so that a hierarchical structure of the relationship between the Web page and the pop-up page can be grasped.

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