Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database design – Data structure types
Reexamination Certificate
1997-12-01
2004-11-23
Millin, Vincent (Department: 3624)
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database design
Data structure types
C707S793000, C707S793000, C707S793000, C707S793000, C715S252000, C715S252000, C715S252000, C709S224000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06823339
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a technique for counting a reference frequency in an interactive hypertext information reference system and, in particular, to a technique for counting a reference frequency of referred hypertext information in detail. For example, a reference frequency may constitute a number of accesses, or hits, during a specified time interval on an HTML-formatted document, such as a web page, etc., the latter constituting the “referred hypertext information” and also being characterized herein as a “referred object”.
2. Description of the Related Art
An interactive hypertext information reference system is used, for example, in product sales services, import deputizing services and the like, under a global distributed environment of the Internet, used as a network between networks, or in a common resource service of an Intranet, likewise used as a closed network.
In a case where the hypertext information constitutes various services (hereinafter, likewise referred to simply as “objects”) provided by taking advantage of the Internet, etc., there is statistical data which shows the accumulating totals of reference frequencies of respective referred objects (hereinafter, referred to simply to as a “reference frequency” for each such referred object). The statistical data is important in order to make a judgment as to whether or not the providing of the service of a referred object should be continued. Therefore, ordinarily, there is provided a counter for counting and accumulating a reference frequency total, from the service start time to the current time, for each object.
Now, in order to make reference to another object from a certain object, it is usual in the Internet, etc., that a link for linking a relation between objects is established. Thus, in addition to making a judgment whether or not the service of a specified object should be continued, it is important to make a judgment as to whether or not the link established between objects should be continued on the basis of statistical data showing what object is the target object referred to, or showing what object has a high reference frequency.
To give an example, in the case where plural product information is published on many propaganda media in an electronic shopping district, if it can be known what propaganda media have the most excellent propaganda effect for respective products, it can contribute to decision-making, in taking measures for enhancing the use frequency of propaganda media having excellent propaganda effect, or in stopping the publishing of the product information as to propaganda media having low propaganda effect.
However, in a conventional interactive hypertext information reference system, since the reference frequency has been counted for each referred object, the conventional system has the problem that it can not make a judgment as to what propaganda media have the most excellent propaganda effect. Thus, conventional systems have not always been capable of deciding sales strategy, etc.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention has been made in view of solving the above problems. An object of the present invention is to provide useful information on sales strategic planning by counting, in detail, the reference frequency of referred hypertext information in an interactive hypertext information reference system.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a function of counting and accumulating respective reference frequency totals, of referred hypertext information, for each of plural reference paths, thereby utmostly preventing not only a reduction in reliability but also any increase in cost of the system and without modifying the principal parts of the system.
Furthermore, another object of the present invention is to distribute media recording information reference counting programs so that a user who acquires the recording media can easily build up an information reference frequency count apparatus.
To achieve the above objects, the present invention provides an information reference frequency counting apparatus in an interactive hypertext information reference system, comprising a server for managing hypertext information, a client processor for making reference to the hypertext information while mutually communicating with the server, and a count program for counting and accumulating reference frequency totals of the referred hypertext information for each reference path thereof.
In the above description of “for each reference path of the hypertext information”, the “path” is indicative of the link information between a certain hypertext information and another hypertext information. For example, if hypertext information A, B and C exist and links are mutually established between these hypertext information A, B and C, there exist six different links, i.e., A→B, A→C, B→A, B→C, C→A, C→B, and each of these links is referred to as a “path”.
With the above constitution, when the client processor makes reference to hypertext information, it is possible to count and accumulate reference frequency totals of the hypertext information for each reference path. Therefore, it is possible to grasp, or determine, the reference frequency for each reference path, and which could not be grasped by merely counting and accumulating the reference frequency total for each hypertext information. In other words, it is possible to properly grasp, whether the reference frequency for each reference path is high or low. As a result, it is possible to grasp which link is significant, among plural links established between hypertext information.
Further, the present invention provides an information reference frequency counting apparatus in an interactive hypertext information reference system, comprising a server for managing hypertext information, a client processor for making reference to the hypertext information while mutually communicating with the server and including an informing program for informing, as to each reference path, the referencing frequency of the referred hypertext information, and a count program for counting and accumulating a reference frequency total of the referred hypertext information for each reference path thereof, as informed by the client processor.
With the above constitution, when the client processor makes reference to hypertext information, the client processor informs the count program of the reference path of the hypertext information. And then, the count program receives the information on the reference path and counts and accumulates the reference frequency total of the hypertext information for the respective reference path. Therefore, in order to add the function, of counting and accumulating the reference frequency total of the hypertext information for each reference path, to a conventional hypertext information reference system, the informing program may be merely included in the client processor while providing the count program in the server of the system. Thus, cost increases accompanying a system modification can be considerably suppressed. Moreover, there is no need to modify the principal parts of the system, so that the reliability of the system is not lowered.
Furthermore, the present invention provides an information reference frequency count apparatus in an interactive hypertext information reference system, comprising a server for managing hypertext information and responding to a reference request, and a count program for counting and accumulating a respective reference frequency total of referred hypertext information for each reference path of the referred hypertext information.
With the above constitution, when a reference request of hypertext information is sent to the server, the respective, accumulated reference frequency totals can be counted for each of plural reference paths of the hypertext information. Therefore, it is possible to grasp the reference frequency for each reference path which could not be grasped by merely counting
Furusawa Toyoaki
Yoshida Atsushi
Colbert Ella
Fujitsu Limited
Millin Vincent
Staas & Halsey , LLP
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