System and method for providing total homepage service

• US 8,892,537 B2
• Filed: 11/03/2009
• Issued: 11/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Neopad Inc.
• Original Assignee: Neopad Inc.
• Inventors: Chung, Hee Sung
• Primary Examiner(s): Beausoliel, Jr., Robert
• Assistant Examiner(s): Pham, Michael
• Application Number:
  US13/203,942
• Publication Number:
  US 20110313997A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,841 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 707/705
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking

Abstract

A total homepage service providing system includes an information provider information administration unit configured to register and administrate information of an information appliance of an information provider and information of the information provider; a homepage generation unit configured to automatically generate a homepage which can be displayed on the information appliance of the information provider and an information appliance of an information user, using metadata received from the information appliance of the information provider; a homepage registration and administration unit configured to store a file of the generated homepage, and register and administrate the homepage; and an index generation and administration unit configured to generate one or more homepage indexes for an information search, using keywords extracted and classified from the generated homepage, and administrate the generated homepage indexes.

Claims

1. A total homepage service providing system for providing homepage-related services in an incorporated manner to information appliances through network communication, the information appliances including an information appliance for an information provider, an information appliance for an information user and an information appliance for an information evaluator, the system comprising:

a processor; and

a computer readable storage medium containing executable instructions, wherein the executable instructions are grouped into at least the following units;

an information provider information administration unit configured to register and administrate information of the information appliance of the information provider and information of the information provider who uses the information appliance of the information provider;

a homepage generation unit configured to automatically generate a homepage which can be displayed on the information appliance of the information provider and the information appliance of the information user, using metadata received from the information appliance of the information provider;

a homepage registration and administration unit configured to store a file of the generated homepage, and register and administrate the homepage; and

an index generation and administration unit configured to generate one or more homepage indexes for an information search, using keywords extracted and classified from the generated homepage, and administrate the generated homepage indexes.

2. The total homepage service providing system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a homepage search unit configured to conduct searches for homepages which are registered in the homepage registration and administration unit.

3. The total homepage service providing system according to claim 1, wherein the information provider information administration unit comprises:

an information provider information administration database configured to store a metadata frame for registration of an information provider; and

an information provider information administration section configured to read out the metadata frame for registration of an information provider, transmit the metadata frame to the information appliance of the information provider, store metadata for registration of an information provider, received from the information appliance of the information provider in correspondence to the metadata frame for registration of an information provider, in the information provider information administration database, and extract a homepage generation purpose of the information provider, from the metadata for registration of an information provider.

4. The total homepage service providing system according to claim 3, wherein the homepage generation unit comprises:

a homepage generation database configured to store a plurality of homepage samples, a plurality of layout frames and a plurality of metadata frames for layout input, the plurality of layout frames and the plurality of metadata frames for layout input corresponding to the plurality of homepage samples, respectively; and

wherein the homepage generation unit is configured to extract at least one homepage sample conforming to the homepage generation purpose of the information provider among the plurality of homepage samples, transmit the extracted homepage sample to the information appliance of the information provider, read out a layout frame and a metadata frame for layout input corresponding to a homepage sample selected by the information provider among the plurality of layout frames and the plurality of metadata frames for layout input, transmit the layout frame and the metadata frame for layout input to the information appliance of the information provider, generate a homepage layout file using metadata for layout input received from the information appliance of the information provider to be recorded in the homepage, and generate the homepage using the generated homepage layout file.

5. The total homepage service providing system according to claim 4, wherein the homepage layout file is generated using any one of HTML, XML, XHTML, PHP, JAVA, Flash and FLEX script languages.

6. The total homepage service providing system according to claim 4, wherein the homepage registration and administration unit comprises:

a homepage file storage database configured to store the generated homepage layout file;

a homepage registration server configured to register the generated homepage; and

a homepage registration section configured to assign a URL to the homepage, extract information regarding the homepage from the homepage layout file, and register the URL of the homepage and the extracted information regarding the homepage in the homepage registration server.

7. The total homepage service providing system according to claim 6, wherein the index generation and administration unit comprises:

a homepage index generation section configured to extract keywords from the metadata for registration of an information provider stored in the information provider information administration database or from the homepage layout file stored in the homepage file storage database, classify the information of the homepage registered in the homepage registration server by the keywords, and generate the homepage indexes; and

a homepage index database configured to store the generated homepage indexes and administrate the stored homepage indexes.

8. The total homepage service providing system according to claim 7, wherein the homepage index generation section builds an evaluation term dictionary by extracting evaluation terms from evaluation information received from the information appliance of the information evaluator and registered in the homepage, generates reputation indexes using the built evaluation term dictionary, and stores the generated reputation indexes in the homepage index database.

9. The total homepage service providing system according to claim 8, wherein the reputation indexes are generated using reputations that are automatically collected through a reputation data collection crawler based on information of the homepage index database.

10. The total homepage service providing system according to claim 7, wherein the keywords are automatically extracted through a crawler.

11. The total homepage service providing system according to claim 6, wherein the homepage file storage database and the homepage registration server can be formed to be incorporated with each other.

12. The total homepage service providing system according to claim 6, wherein the homepage registration section corrects, updates and administrates information regarding homepages which are stored in the homepage registration server.

13. The total homepage service providing system according to claim 4, wherein the metadata frames for layout input can be formed to be incorporated into the plurality of layout frames.

14. The total homepage service providing system according to claim 2, wherein the homepage search unit comprises:

a search term dictionary having search terms stored therein; and

a homepage search section configured to conduct searches for the homepages registered in the homepage registration and administration unit by using the search term dictionary in response to requests from the information appliances or an outside.

15. The total homepage service providing system according to claim 14, wherein the search terms can be produced in a single word type or a combination of at least two words, and can have compositions of “

Location+Keyword”

or “

Adjective+Keyword”

.

16. The total homepage service providing system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a homepage access history information generation and administration unit including a homepage access history information generation section configured to generate homepage access history information, and a homepage access history information database configured to store the generated homepage access history information.

17. The total homepage service providing system according to claim 16, wherein the generated homepage access history information corresponds to access history information of the information appliances for the homepages registered in the homepage registration and administration unit.

18. The total homepage service providing system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a supplementary service providing unit configured to provide supplementary services to the information appliances.

19. The total homepage service providing system according to claim 18, wherein the supplementary services include at least any one of advertisement, coupon affording, discount ticket affording, and point affording.

20. The total homepage service providing system according to claim 18, wherein the supplementary service providing unit is linked with global positioning system modules which are mounted to the information appliances, and provides the supplementary services in correspondence to positions of the information appliances.

21. A total homepage service providing method for providing homepage-related services in an incorporated manner to information appliances through network communication, the information appliances including an information appliance for an information provider, an information appliance for an information user and an information appliance for an information evaluator, the method comprising:

an information provider registering step of registering information of the information appliance of the information provider and information of the information provider who uses the information appliance of the information provider;

a homepage generating step of automatically generating a homepage which can be displayed on the information appliance of the information provider and the information appliance of the information user, using metadata received from the information appliance of the information provider;

a homepage registering step of storing a file of the generated homepage in a homepage file storage database and registering the homepage in a homepage registration server;

a keyword extracting and classifying step of extracting keywords from the generated homepage and classifying the extracted keywords; and

an index generating step of generating at least one homepage index for information searches, using the keywords.

22. The total homepage service providing method according to claim 21, further comprising:

a search conducting step of conducting a search for homepages registered in the homepage registration server.

23. The total homepage service providing method according to claim 21, wherein the information provider registering step comprises the steps of:

transmitting a metadata frame for registration of an information provider to the information appliance of the information provider;

storing metadata for registration of an information provider, received from the information appliance of the information provider in correspondence to the metadata frame for registration of an information provider, in an information provider information administration database; and

extracting a homepage generation purpose of the information provider from the metadata for registration of an information provider.

24. The total homepage service providing method according to claim 23, wherein the homepage generating step comprises the steps of:

extracting one or more homepage samples, conforming to the extracted homepage generation purpose of the information provider, from a homepage generation database and transmitting the extracted homepage samples to the information appliance of the information provider;

reading out a layout frame and a metadata frame for layout input, which correspond to a homepage sample selected by the information provider among the transmitted homepage samples, from the homepage generation database, and transmitting the layout frame and the metadata frame for layout input to the information appliance of the information provider;

generating a homepage layout file using metadata for layout input, received from the information appliance of the information provider in correspondence to the transmitted metadata frame for layout input; and

generating the homepage using the generated homepage layout file.

25. The total homepage service providing method according to claim 23, wherein the metadata flame for registration of an information provider includes a homepage sample for each homepage generation purpose, and a layout frame and a metadata frame for layout input, which correspond to the homepage sample.

26. The total homepage service providing method according to claim 24, wherein the homepage registering step comprises the steps of:

storing the generated homepage layout file in the homepage file storage database;

assigning a URL to the generated homepage; and

extracting information regarding the homepage from the generated homepage layout file, and register the URL of the homepage and the extracted information regarding the homepage in the homepage registration server.

27. The total homepage service providing method according to claim 26, wherein the URL can be assigned by being numericalized through identification numbers which are assigned to respective domain names or classifications.

28. The total homepage service providing method according to claim 26, further comprising the step of:

correcting, updating or administrating the information for the homepage stored in the homepage registration server.

29. The total homepage service providing method according to claim 28, wherein the index generating step comprises the steps of:

extracting keywords from the metadata for registration of an information provider stored in the information provider information administration database or from the homepage layout file stored in the homepage file storage database, and classifying the extracted keywords;

generating the homepage index by classifying information of homepages registered in the homepage registration server by the extracted keywords; and

storing the generated homepage index in a homepage index database.

30. The total homepage service providing method according to claim 29, further comprising the step of:

administrating homepage indexes stored in the homepage index database.

31. The total homepage service providing method according to claim 30, wherein the homepage indexes include a reputation index, and wherein the index generating step comprises the steps of:

accessing the homepages registered in the homepage registration server, and searching evaluation factors from evaluation pages of the accessed homepages by referring to an evaluation term dictionary;

sorting the homepages by the evaluation factors, using the searched evaluation factors and evaluation values for the searched evaluation factors; and

generating the reputation index using sort information.

32. The total homepage service providing method according to claim 22, wherein the search conducting step comprises the steps of:

checking if there is a homepage index in which a search term received from the information appliance is used as an index name, among the homepage indexes; and

extracting the corresponding homepage index and transmitting the extracted homepage index to the information appliance as a search result when it is checked that a homepage index in which a search term received from the information appliance is used as an index name exists.

33. The total homepage service providing method according to claim 32, wherein the search conducting step further comprises the step of:

generating a search result by referring to at least any one of the homepage file storage database, the homepage registration server and a homepage index database and transmitting the generated search result to the information appliance when it is checked that a homepage index in which a search term received from the information appliance is used as an index name does not exist.

34. The total homepage service providing method according to claim 21, further comprising the step of:

acquiring homepage access history information of the information appliances for the homepages registered in the homepage registration server.

35. The total homepage service providing method according to claim 34, wherein the acquired homepage access history information is stored in a homepage access history information database and is provided to the information appliances upon requests from the information appliances.

36. The total homepage service providing method according to claim 21, further comprising the step of:

providing at least any one supplementary service among advertisement, coupon affording, discount ticket affording, and point affording.