Web-content providing method and web-content providing system

• US 7,043,685 B2
• Filed: 03/11/2002
• Issued: 05/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Azuma, Tomihiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Bashore, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, MaiKhanh
• Application Number:
  US10/093,637
• Publication Number:
  US 20020129130A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,520 Days
• Field of Search: 715/501.1, 715/513, 715/526, 715/517, 715/520, 709/202, 709/218, 709/203, 709/217, 709/220, 709/226
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/30 Profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/564 Enhancement of application control based on intercepted application data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/567 Integrating service provisioning from a plurality of service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A user authentication manager performs user authentication based on user identification information and password stored in an organization-definition-information storage section, in accordance with a log-in request from a user terminal. An organization'"'"'s portal generator acquires an organization of a user, based on personal organization information stored in the organization-definition-information storage section. The organization'"'"'s portal generator acquires address information of the organization of the user, from the address information of the organization content stored in the organization-definition-information storage section, and provides a user terminal with Web contents. The navigation generator generates navigation generating information regarding the hierarchical structure stored in the organization-definition-information storage section.

Claims

1. A web-content providing method in a web-content providing system, said method comprising:

storing, by said web-content providing system, organization definition information, said organization definition information including;

(i) hierarchical structure information about a hierarchical structure of a hierarchy of a plurality of organizations, (ii) names of users in association with respective organizations of said plurality of organizations of which they are members, and (iii) webpage addresses in association with corresponding organizations of said plurality of organizations;

receiving, by said web-content providing system from a user terminal, a log-in request specifying a user name;

determining, by said web-content providing system, a particular organization of said plurality of organizations that is associated with said user name based on said organization definition information;

determining, by said web-content providing system, a particular webpage address that is associated with said particular organization based on said organization definition information;

determining, by said web-content providing system, a first webpage address that is associated with a first organization that is one level higher than said particular organization in said hierarchy based on said organization definition information;

determining, by said web-content providing system, a second webpage address that is associated with a second organization that is one level lower than said particular organization in said hierarchy based on said organization definition information;

generating, by said web-content providing system, a portal page, said portal page including;

(i) organization content obtained from a particular webpage at said particular webpage address, (ii) a first organization hierarchy linking label specifying a first link to said first webpage address, and (iii) a second organization hierarchy linking label specifying a second link to said second webpage address; and

providing, by said web-content providing system, said portal page to said user terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by said web-content providing system from said user terminal, a request for second organization content at said second webpage address that is specified by said second link of said second organization hierarchy linking label;

determining, by said web-content providing system, a third webpage address that is associated with a third organization that is one level lower than said second organization in said hierarchy based on said organization definition information;

generating, by said web-content providing system, a second portal page, said second portal page including;

(i) organization content obtained from a second webpage at said second web address, (ii) a particular organization hierarchy linking label specifying a particular link to said particular webpage address, and (iii) a third organization hierarchy linking label specifying a third link to said third webpage address; and

providing, by said web-content providing system, said second portal page to said user terminal.

3. The method of claim 1,

wherein said first organization hierarchy linking label and said second organization hierarchy linking label are positioned at a designated position on said portal page.

4. The method of claim 1,

wherein said first organization hierarchy linking label and said second organization hierarchy linking label are arranged on said portal page in at least one of a horizontal configuration and a vertical configuration.

5. A web-content providing system, comprising:

an organization definition information storage section for storing organization definition information, said organization definition information including;

(i) hierarchical structure information about a hierarchical structure of a hierarchy of a plurality of organizations, (ii) names of users in association with respective organizations of said plurality of organizations of which they are members, and (iii) webpage addresses in association with corresponding organizations of said plurality of organizations;

a user authentication manager for receiving a log-in request specifying a user name that is transmitted from a user terminal, and for determining a particular organization of said plurality of organizations that is associated with said user name based on said organization definition information stored in said organization definition information storage section;

a navigation generator for determining, based on said organization definition information stored in said organization definition information storage section, a first webpage address that is associated with a first organization that is one level higher than said particular organization determined by said user authentication manager in said hierarchy and a second webpage address that is associated with a second organization that is one level lower than said particular organization determined by said user authentication manager in said hierarchy, and for generating a first organization hierarchy linking label specifying a first link to said first webpage address and a second organization hierarchy linking label specifying a second link to said second webpage address; and

an organization portal generator for determining, based on said organization definition information stored in said organization definition information storage section, a particular webpage address that is associated with said particular organization determined by said user authentication manager, and for generating a portal page, said portal page including;

(i) organization content obtained from a particular webpage at said particular webpage address, (ii) said first organization hierarchy linking label generated by said navigation generator, and (iii) said second organization hierarchy linking label generated by said navigation generator, and for providing said portal page to said user terminal.

6. A storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a process, said process comprising:

storing organization definition information, said organization definition information including;

(i) hierarchical structure information about a hierarchical structure of a hierarchy of a plurality of organizations, (ii) names of users in association with respective organizations of said plurality of organizations of which they are members, and (iii) webpage addresses in association with corresponding organizations of said plurality of organizations;

receiving, from a user terminal, a log-in request specifying a user name;

determining a particular organization of said plurality of organizations that is associated with said user name based on said organization definition information;

determining a particular webpage address that is associated with said particular organization based on said organization definition information;

determining a first webpage address that is associated with a first organization that is one level higher than said particular organization in said hierarchy based on said organization definition information;

determining a second webpage address that is associated with a second organization that is one level lower than said particular organization in said hierarchy based on said organization definition information;

generating a portal page, said portal page including;

(i) organization content obtained from a particular webpage at said particular webpage address, (ii) a first organization hierarchy linking label specifying a first link to said first webpage address, and (iii) a second organization hierarchy linking label specifying a second link to said second webpage address; and

providing said portal page to said user terminal.