KR20010114042A - Inputting method for uniform resource locator - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for inputting an Internet address, and when a user installs an externally provided Internet address input program on a computer and performs a key operation for executing the program, the user inputs an Internet address input program installed on the computer in Windows or a web browser. It executes and displays on the screen where the cursor on the screen is located, checks whether the user inputs the Internet address through the Internet address input window displayed on the screen, and proceeds to communicate with the corresponding website according to the Internet address entered by the user. Even though the user inputs the Internet address in Korean without changing the input mode using the Han (English language other than English) / English switch key, it recognizes it in English and performs communication connection.

Accordingly, the present invention allows the user to conveniently enter the Internet address at any position on the screen, and can also eliminate the communication connection error of a specific website according to the Korean (foreign language other than English) mode input. You can maximize the effectiveness of advertising by providing a combination of content or advertising for public interest.

Description

{Inputting method for uniform resource locator}

The present invention relates to a method of inputting a uniform resource locator (URL).

More specifically, the present invention relates to an Internet address input method that allows an Internet address to be input by a simple operation regardless of the state of Windows, the state of a web browser, or a location when using a computer.

In recent years, with the rapid increase in Internet users, the Internet has become a new media that enables real-time communication between companies and individuals, and between individuals, rather than in the sense of computers and networks connected to computers. Popularization is globalizing the entire global village, with a dramatic impact on all industries, as well as the rapid development of information and communication.

The Internet is an open network configured to connect freely by using a common protocol, called TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol), to any computer that anyone wants to access anywhere in the world. Along with the development of compression technology, various services such as e-mail, file transfer, and the World Wide Web (WWW) can be used, such as those used for the delivery of multimedia information.

In order to access the Internet, computer users access a web browser such as Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator installed on the computer, and access the Internet. Enter a specific Internet address in the text box to access the desired website.

At this time, the above-described web browser is provided as a tool that is easy to use and easy to access the Internet, and users can easily exchange or search information between remote locations using such a web browser.

However, as described above, in the case of inputting an Internet address using a web browser until now, since the position of the Internet address input box is fixed at the top of the web browser, in order to enter the Internet address, the user needs to tap the tab key of the keyboard. The inconvenience of having to press repeatedly several times or to operate the mouse to place the cursor in the corresponding Internet address input box.

In addition, if the user enters the Internet address in the Hangul (other language other than English) input mode due to the immature use of the Han (English other than English) / English conversion key, the input character is deleted and the English input mode is used. There was a problem that needs to re-enter the Internet address after changing to, and the user using the modem had to enter the Internet address after dialing first.

The object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, regardless of the state of the Windows, the state of the web browser, the position of the computer when using the computer to display the Internet address input window on the screen by a simple key operation of the user to display the Internet address It is to provide a method of inputting an Internet address that can be input immediately.

Another object of the present invention is to input the Internet address by inputting Korean (other foreign languages other than English) without using a Han (foreign language other than English) / English conversion key when the user enters the Internet address through the Internet address input window It is to provide an internet address input method to remove the error.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide an internet address input method for displaying content or an advertisement at a predetermined position of an internet address input window.

1 is a view schematically showing an example of an internet system to which an internet address input method according to the present invention is applied;

2 is a flow chart showing the operation of the Internet address input method according to the present invention;

3 to 5 are flowcharts showing in detail the operation of each subroutine of FIG.

6 and 7 are views showing examples of the Internet address input window according to the Internet address input method according to the present invention, respectively.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

100: network communication network 200: user computer

210: Internet address input window 211: Internet address input box

212: history button 213: shortcut button

214: Dial-up button 215: Contents / advertising display window

300: website

The Internet address input method according to the present invention for achieving the above object comprises the steps of: (1) the process of the user installing the Internet address input window program provided on the computer; (2) executing the Internet address input window program installed in the computer on the screen where the cursor on the Windows or the web browser is located according to the user's key operation; (3) determining whether the user inputs the Internet address through the Internet address input window displayed on the screen; (4) characterized in that it comprises the process of performing a communication connection with the corresponding website according to the Internet address entered by the user.

In this case, the above-mentioned step (1) may include: communicating, by the user, to a website that provides an Internet address input program through a network communication network; Receiving an internet address input window program provided by the corresponding website; It is preferable to perform a step of installing a received Internet address input window program on a computer and simultaneously setting a hot key or a double-click of a right mouse button to execute the program.

The above-mentioned step (2) may include determining whether a user selects a hot key or double-clicks a right button of a mouse to execute an Internet address input window program; If a hot key is selected by the user or the right mouse button is double-clicked, it is preferable to perform the step of displaying the Internet address input window where the cursor on the screen is located.

In addition, the above-described step (4) may include determining whether the character of the Internet address input by the user through the Internet address input window is English or Korean (a foreign language other than English); If the character of the Internet address input by the user is English, performing communication access to the corresponding Internet address; If the character of the Internet address entered by the user is Korean (a foreign language other than English), the entered Korean address (a foreign language other than English) is ignored, and the communication is made to the Internet address according to English corresponding to Korean (a foreign language other than English). Proceeding with the connection; Determining whether the web browser is activated; if the web browser is activated, communicating with the corresponding internet address to display the activated web browser; and if the web browser is not activated, It is preferable to perform a step of activating the browser to proceed with the communication connection to the corresponding Internet address and to display it in the web browser.

The present invention also provides a user computer including a processor, comprising: a first function of receiving a key input signal of a user for using an internet address input window; A second function of executing an Internet address input window program on a screen on which a cursor on a Windows or a web browser is located according to a user's key input signal; A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing a third function of communicating with a corresponding website according to an Internet address input by a user through an Internet address input window displayed on a screen. do.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the Internet address input method of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Herein, in the description of the present invention, when a user inputs an Internet address, inputting in Korean or English will be described as an example. In this case, when the user inputs the Internet address in Korean, it is a matter of course that a foreign language other than English (for example, Japanese, Chinese, etc.) may be input.

1 is a diagram schematically showing an example of an Internet system to which an Internet address input method according to the present invention is applied.

As shown, the network communication network 100 is a communication network such as a wired / wireless internet, and connects a communication line between a plurality of user computers 200 and a website 300, which will be described later, to allow data communication between each other. .

A plurality of user computers 200 has a communication environment including a web browser is established to connect to a plurality of websites 300 to be described later through the network communication network 100, the state of Windows provided from a specific website 300 It is displayed at the location of the cursor on the screen regardless of the status and location of the web browser, and even if the user inputs the Internet address in Korean without changing the input mode using the Korean / English toggle key, it is recognized as English. The Internet address input window 210 program is installed to allow communication with the website 300.

At this time, when the above-described Internet address input window 210 is installed, each user sets a double-click of a hot key or a right mouse button that can directly execute the Internet address input window 210 program. That is, when the user presses a hot key set when the program is installed at the position where the user wants to input the Internet address or double-clicks the right mouse button, the Internet address input window 210 is displayed.

In addition, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the Internet address input window 210 installed in each of the plurality of user computers 200 described above allows the user to access the website 300 that he / she wants to access. Internet address input field 211 for inputting the Internet address of the site, history button 212 for checking the history of the Internet address for the searched website, and communication connection directly to the corresponding Internet address in the communication connection state A shortcut button 213 for performing the operation, a dial-up button 214 for automatically executing an Internet access program without running a separate communication program for modem users, and content / advertising The display window 216 is provided.

In the present invention, the above-described user computer 200 has been described as an example, but is not limited thereto. In addition, mobile communication terminals such as personal digital assistants (PDAs), cellular phones / PCS phones, and the like, IMT-2000 Any terminal may be used as long as the terminal can be connected to the specific website 300 through the network communication network 100 such as (International Mobile Telecommunication).

The plurality of websites 300 may be opened on the Internet so that a plurality of users who are connected to the communication may use a search service, an e-commerce service, and a portal service provided by the corresponding website 300.

At this time, among the above-mentioned website 300, there is a website 300 that provides a program of the Internet address input window 210 installed in the plurality of user computers 200, and the website 300 mentioned above has an Internet address. In addition to the input window 210 program, content or advertisement displayed at a predetermined position of the Internet address input window 210 may be continuously provided to the corresponding user computer 200.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the Internet address input method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5.

2 to 5 are flowcharts showing the operation of the Internet address input method according to the present invention.

First, the user receives and installs an Internet address input window 210 program from a specific website 300 so that the user can input an Internet address by a simple operation regardless of the state of Windows, the state of the web browser, or the position of the web browser. (S10).

In detail, the user proceeds to the communication connection to the website 300 providing the Internet address input window 210 program through the network communication network 100 (S11), which is provided by the website 300 The Internet address input window 210 receives the program through the network communication network 100 (S12).

In addition, the program is installed on the user computer 200 by executing the received Internet address input window 210 program, and at the same time, sets a hot key for executing the program or sets a double-click of the right mouse button (S13).

At this time, the hot key is any one of the specific keys (for example, function keys F1 to F12) included in the keyboard according to the user's selection, and the double-click setting of the right mouse button is generally doubled of the left mouse button. This is for the user to immediately execute the Internet address input window 210 program as a function of executing the corresponding file or program when clicked. In addition, as described above, in addition to double-clicking a hot key or a right button of a mouse, an Internet address input window 210 program can be executed by displaying an icon on the desktop of Windows.

After installing the Internet address input window 210 program to the computer through the above-described process (S10), if the user presses a hot key or double-clicks the right mouse button, the Internet address input window 210 program installed on the computer Is displayed on the screen where the cursor on the Windows or the web browser is located (S20).

In detail, it is determined whether the user using the computer selects a hot key or double-clicks the right button of the mouse to execute the Internet address input window 210 program at the current screen position (S21). When the hot key is selected or the right mouse button is double-clicked, the computer executes and displays the Internet address input window 210 program where the cursor is located on the screen (S22).

At this time, if the user executes the Internet address input window 210 program according to the user's selection in the above-described process (S20), the computer automatically sets to the English input mode and then displays the Internet address input window 210 program on the screen. In this case, the user can enter the Internet address in English without a separate Korean / English switch key. Of course, even if the user fails to check the Hangul input mode, the Internet address input window 210 program recognizes English corresponding to the Hangul input by the user and proceeds with the communication connection.

In addition, the above-described Internet address input window 210, the cursor is located at the initial position of the Internet address input box 211 so that the user can directly enter the Internet address when the program is executed by the user (Figs. 6 and 7). Reference)

In addition, in the above-described process (S20), the content / advertisement content or advertisement is displayed on the content / advertising display window 216 provided in the internet address input window 210 displayed on the screen according to the user's selection. Contents or advertisements display contents or advertisements stored in a computer when a program is installed, or contents or advertisements provided in real time from a specific website 300 that provides an Internet address input window 210 program when the Internet is connected.

In addition, the Internet address input window 210 program includes a button for activating at least two web browsers, and has a dial-up button 214 for a modem user. Selecting button 214 automatically activates the Internet access program to enable communication access to the website 300.

Now, after the Internet address input window 210 is displayed on the screen through the above-described process (S20), the Internet of the website 300 that the user wants to access the communication through the Internet address input window 210 displayed on the screen It is determined whether to enter an address (S30).

Thereafter, when the user inputs the Internet address as a result of the above-described determination (S30), the user computer 200 communicates with the corresponding website 300 according to the Internet address input by the user (S40).

In detail, the user computer 200 determines whether the character of the Internet address input by the user through the Internet address input window 210 displayed on the screen is English or Korean (S41).

As a result of determination, if the character of the Internet address input by the user is English, the user computer 200 proceeds to the communication connection to the corresponding Internet address (S42), and if the character of the Internet address input by the user is Korean, the input Hangul is ignored. And the communication access to the Internet address according to the English corresponding to the Hangul (S43).

For example, when the user enters ".4e.myo.chae. ㅏㄱ" in the Internet address input window 210, the user computer 200 automatically converts this Hangul input to "www.4way.co.kr". By proceeding to the communication connection to the website 300 without the Internet address error by the Hangul input.

Thereafter, the user computer 200 determines whether the web browser is activated on the screen (S44), and if the web browser is in an activated state, proceeds to the communication connection to the corresponding Internet address and displays the activated web browser (S45). ).

However, as a result of the above-described determination (S44), when the web browser is not activated, the user computer 200 activates the web browser, proceeds with communication access to the corresponding Internet address, and displays the web browser (S46). .

As described above, according to the Internet address input method of the present invention, when the user executes the Internet address input window by operating a hot key or a mouse regardless of the state of Windows, the state of the web browser, or the position of the web browser, the user is located at the cursor position on the screen. Since the Internet address input window is displayed in a state in which the Internet address can be directly input, the user can conveniently enter the Internet address at any position on the screen.

In addition, if you enter the Internet address regardless of whether the Korean (English language other than English) / English switching key is switched, it provides the function to input only English unconditionally or the Internet address in Korean (or foreign language other than English). Even if you enter, it converts to English corresponding to Korean (foreign language other than English) and performs communication connection function. When you input internet address in Korean (foreign language other than English) as before, Of course, there is an advantage of eliminating the need to re-enter the communication connection error of a specific website due to the input of the Hangul (other languages other than English) mode.

And, by providing a commercial / public content or advertisement at a predetermined position of the Internet address input window, there is an advantage that can maximize the advertising effect.

Herein, while the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art will variously modify the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the claims below. And can be changed.

Claims (12)

(1) the user installing an externally provided Internet address input program on the computer; (2) executing and displaying an Internet address input window program installed in the computer on a screen on which a cursor on a Windows or web browser is located according to a user's key operation; (3) determining whether the user inputs the Internet address through the Internet address input window displayed on the screen; And (4) An internet address input method comprising the step of performing a communication connection with a corresponding website according to an internet address input by a user. According to claim 1, wherein the process (1), (1-1) a user making a communication connection to a website that provides an Internet address input window program through a network communication network; (1-2) receiving an internet address input window program provided by the corresponding website; And (1-3) Internet address input window comprising the step of installing a received Internet address input window program on a computer and setting a hot key or a double-click of the right mouse button for executing the program Input method. According to claim 1, wherein the process (2), (2-1) determining whether a user selects a hot key or double-clicks a right button of a mouse to execute an internet address input window program; And (2-2) When the hot key is selected by the user or the right mouse button is double-clicked, an Internet address input method comprising the step of displaying the Internet address input window where the cursor on the screen is located. The method of claim 1, wherein the process (4), (4-1) determining whether a character of the Internet address input by the user through the Internet address input window is English or Korean (a foreign language other than English); (4-2) if the character of the Internet address input by the user is English, performing communication access to the corresponding Internet address; (4-3) If the character of the Internet address entered by the user is Korean (a foreign language other than English), the entered Korean alphabet (a foreign language other than English) is ignored, and the English character corresponding to Korean (a foreign language other than English) is ignored. Conducting a communication connection to an Internet address according to the invention; (4-4) determining whether the web browser is activated; (4-5) when the web browser is in an activated state, performing communication access to a corresponding internet address and displaying the same on the activated web browser; And (4-6) When the web browser is not activated, the method of inputting an internet address comprising the step of activating the web browser to proceed with the communication access to the corresponding internet address and displaying the same on the web browser. According to claim 1, Internet address input window program displayed on the screen according to the user's selection in the step (2), An Internet address input method characterized in that the user is initially set to the English input mode so that the user inputs the Internet address in English without manipulation of the Han / English switch key. The method of claim 1, wherein the Internet address input window, When the program is executed by the user, the Internet address input method characterized in that the cursor is positioned at the initial position of the Internet address input box so that the user can enter the Internet address immediately. The method of claim 1, wherein in the step (2), at a predetermined position of an internet address input window displayed on a screen according to a user's selection, Internet address input method characterized in that the content or advertisement is displayed. The method of claim 7, wherein the content or advertisement displayed at a predetermined position of the Internet address input window is An Internet address input method characterized in that the content or advertisement stored in the computer is displayed when the program is installed. The method of claim 7, wherein the content or advertisement displayed at a predetermined position of the Internet address input window is An Internet address input method characterized by displaying the content or advertisement provided in real time from a specific website provided with the Internet address input window program. According to claim 1, wherein the Internet address input window program, And a button for activating at least two web browsers. According to claim 1, wherein the Internet address input window program, Equipped with a dial-up button for modem users, And when the modem user selects a dial-up button after inputting an internet address, automatically operates an internet access program to communicate with a corresponding website. On your computer with a processor, A first function of receiving a key input signal of a user for using an internet address input window; A second function of executing an Internet address input window program on a screen on which a cursor on a Windows or a web browser is located according to the user's key input signal; And And a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing a third function of communicating with a corresponding website according to an internet address input by the user through an internet address input window displayed on a screen.