Information output device, information output method, information output system and program

Abstract

To simplify user operations for registering links to access desired pages.SOLUTION: An information processing method executed by a computer includes: a creation step of creating a link image display page in which link images corresponding to links for accessing web pages on a network are aligned; a reception step of accepting operation by a user to move a link of a registration target web page, subject to align the link images to the link image display page, to a prescribed area corresponding to the link image display page; a display step of displaying a plurality of intra-page images included in the registration target web page in response to acceptance of the operation; and a registration step of registering an intra-page image selected from the intra-page images in the link image display page, in association with the link of the registration target web page.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to an information output device, an information output method, an information output system, or a program for displaying a page on a network. [Background technology]

[0002] 2. Description of the Related Art When a specific web page is viewed, bookmarks and the like are known as a technique that makes it easy to revisit that page (Patent Document 1). [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2020-057339 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] The technology described in Patent Document 1 can simplify the user's operations for revisiting a web page that has been registered as a bookmark. However, the technology described in Patent Document 1 has a problem in that the operation of registering a bookmark is time-consuming for the user.

[0005] Therefore, the present invention has been made in consideration of these points, and aims to provide an information output device, information output method, information output system, or program that can simplify the user's operations for registering links to access desired pages. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] An information processing method of a first aspect of the present invention includes a creation step executed by a computer to create a link image display page in which a plurality of link images corresponding to links for accessing web pages on a network are aligned; a reception step to accept a user's operation to move a link of a web page to be registered, in which the link image is to be placed on the link image display page, to a predetermined area corresponding to the link image display page; a display step to display a plurality of in-page images included in the web page to be registered in response to accepting the operation; and a registration step to associate an in-page image selected from the plurality of in-page images with the link of the web page to be registered and register it on the link image display page.

[0007] The reception step may also receive the user's operation to move the in-page image associated with the link of the web page to be registered to the specified area, and the user's operation to end the movement of the in-page image within the specified area.

[0008] In the display step, the in-page image associated with the link of the web page to be registered may be displayed at the top or the leftmost of the multiple in-page images included in the web page to be registered.

[0009] In the display step, the plurality of in-page images may be displayed in an order indicated in a code describing the web page to be registered. In the display step, a number of in-page images, which are set in advance by a user of the link image display page, among the plurality of in-page images included in the web page to be registered may be displayed.

[0010] On the link image display page, the multiple link images are classified into multiple groups according to their attributes and arranged, and in the registration step, the attribute of the web page to be registered is identified based on text or images contained in the web page to be registered, and the selected in-page image may be arranged in the group corresponding to the identified attribute.

[0011] The information processing method may further include a counting step of counting the number of times each of the plurality of link images arranged on the link image display page has been selected by the user, the creating step may align the plurality of link images on the link image display page based on a history of the number of times counted in the counting step, and the registering step may arrange the selected in-page image at a position on the link image display page corresponding to the predetermined number of times. The displaying step may display in-page images of the plurality of in-page images included in the web page to be registered, the size of which falls within a predetermined range.

[0012] The information processing method may further include an identification step of inputting, as input data, multiple in-page images contained in the web page to be registered to a trained machine learning model that uses multiple images as input data and outputs, as output data, images from the multiple images that are used to grasp the content of a web page on a network, and identifying the in-page images output by the machine learning model, and the display step may display the identified in-page images.

[0013] An information processing device of a second aspect of the present invention includes a receiving unit that receives an operation to move a link of a web page to be registered, on which a plurality of link images corresponding to links for accessing web pages on a network are aligned and arranged, to a predetermined area corresponding to the link image display page; a display unit that displays a plurality of in-page images included in the web page to be registered in response to receiving the operation; and a registration unit that associates an in-page image selected from the plurality of in-page images with the link of the web page to be registered and registers it on the link image display page.

[0014] A third aspect of the program of the present invention causes a computer to execute the following steps: a creation step of creating a link image display page in which a plurality of link images corresponding to links for accessing web pages on a network are aligned; a reception step of receiving a user's operation to move a link of a web page to be registered, in which the link image is to be placed on the link image display page, to a predetermined area corresponding to the link image display page; a display step of displaying a plurality of in-page images included in the web page to be registered in response to receiving the operation; and a registration step of registering an in-page image selected from the plurality of in-page images in the link image display page, in association with the link of the web page to be registered.

[0015] An information processing system of a fourth aspect of the present invention is an information processing system having an information processing device and a user terminal, wherein the user terminal has an operation reception unit that receives an operation to move a link of a registration target web page on which a link image is to be placed to a predetermined area corresponding to the link image display page, on which a plurality of link images corresponding to links for accessing web pages on a network are aligned and arranged, a transmission control unit that transmits information indicating the operation received by the operation reception unit to the information processing device, and a display control unit that displays a plurality of in-page images included in the registration target web page, and the information processing device has a reception unit that receives information indicating the operation received by the operation reception unit from the user terminal, a display unit that displays a plurality of in-page images included in the registration target web page on the user terminal in response to the reception unit receiving the information indicating the operation, and a registration unit that associates an in-page image selected from the plurality of in-page images with a link of the registration target web page and registers it on the link image display page. [Effects of the Invention]

[0016] The present invention has the effect of simplifying the user's operation for registering a link for accessing a desired page. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0017] [Figure 1] 1 is a diagram illustrating an overview of an information processing system according to an embodiment. [Figure 2] 1 is a diagram illustrating an overview of an information processing system according to an embodiment. [Figure 3] 1 shows the configuration of a user terminal. [Figure 4] 10 shows examples of operations accepted by the operation accepting unit. [Figure 5] 10 shows examples of operations accepted by the operation accepting unit. [Figure 6] 10 shows examples of operations accepted by the operation accepting unit. [Figure 7] 1 shows the configuration of an information processing device. [Figure 8] 10 shows an example of a list display of images within a page by the image display unit. [Figure 9] 10 shows an example of a link image display page that the page display unit displays on the user terminal. [Figure 10] 10 shows another example of a link image display page displayed by the page display unit. [Figure 11] 10 shows another example of a link image display page displayed by the page display unit. [Figure 12] 10 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for registering a link image by an information processing device. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0018] [Outline of Information Processing System S] 1 and 2 are diagrams showing an overview of an information processing system S according to this embodiment. The information processing system S shown in FIG. 1 includes a user terminal 100 and an information processing device 200. The user terminal 100 is, for example, a personal computer. The user terminal 100 communicates with the information processing device 200 and an external device 300 via a network. For example, the user terminal 100 receives, from the information processing device 200, information indicating a link image display page in which a plurality of link images corresponding to links for accessing web pages on the network are aligned. The user terminal 100 displays this link image display page.

[0019] FIG. 2 shows an example of a link image display page displayed by the user terminal 100. FIG. 2 shows the link image display page displayed on a web browser. A plurality of link images are displayed in the display area A1 of the link image display page. For example, a link image consisting of a triangular shape and the name "Posted Video" is displayed in the first row from the top and first from the left of the display area A1 of the link image display page.

[0020] The information processing device 200 is a server for displaying a link image display page on the user terminal 100. The information processing device 200 communicates with the user terminal 100 and the external device 300 via a network.

[0021] The external device 300 is a host server that publishes various web pages to be registered, on which link images are to be placed on the link image display page. The external device 300 communicates with the user terminal 100 and the information processing device 200. The user terminal 100 and the information processing device 200 may communicate with multiple external devices 300.

[0022] The following describes the processing flow of the information processing system S. Although details will be described later, the information processing device 200 receives, from the user terminal 100, operation information indicating a user operation for newly registering a link image to be displayed on the link image display page ((1) in FIG. 1). The information processing device 200 identifies a web page to be registered, on which a link image to be placed on the link image display page is to be arranged. The information processing device 200 acquires, from the external device 300 that publishes the identified web page to be registered, a plurality of intra-page images included in the web page to be registered ((2) in FIG. 1).

[0023] The information processing device 200 transmits the acquired multiple in-page images to the user terminal 100 ((3) in FIG. 1), and displays a list of these multiple in-page images on the user terminal 100. After displaying the list of the multiple in-page images on the user terminal 100, the information processing device 200 receives selection information for the user to select one of the multiple in-page images ((4) in FIG. 1).

[0024] The information processing device 200 associates the selected in-page image with the link of the web page to be registered and registers it as a new link image on the link image display page ((5) in FIG. 1). The information processing device causes the user terminal 100 to display the link image display page after the new link image has been registered ((6) in FIG. 1). In this way, the information processing device 200 displays a list of multiple in-page images on the user terminal 100 and registers the in-page image selected by the user, thereby simplifying the user's operation of registering a link to access a desired page.

[0025] [Configuration of user terminal 100] 3 shows the configuration of the user terminal 100. The user terminal 100 includes an operation unit 11, a communication unit 12, a display unit 13, a storage unit 14, and a control unit 15. The control unit 15 includes an operation reception unit 151, a communication control unit 152, and a display control unit 153.

[0026] The operation unit 11 is, for example, a touch panel. The operation unit 11 may also be a keyboard or a mouse. The operation unit 11 accepts a user's operation and inputs operation information indicating the user's operation content to the operation acceptance unit 151.

[0027] The communication unit 12 is a communication interface for communicating with the information processing device 200 or the external device 300 via a network. For example, the communication unit 12 receives information indicating a link image display page in which a plurality of link images are aligned from the information processing device 200. The communication unit 12 receives information indicating a web page to be registered that is made public by the external device 300 from the external device 300.

[0028] The display unit 13 is a display for displaying various characters, images, etc. The storage unit 14 is a storage medium including a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), etc. The storage unit 14 stores a program executed by the control unit 15.

[0029] The control unit 15 is, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit). The control unit 15 executes a program stored in the storage unit 14, thereby functioning as an operation reception unit 151, a communication control unit 152, and a display control unit 153.

[0030] The operation accepting unit 151 accepts a user's operation on the operating unit 11. For example, the operation accepting unit 151 accepts an operation to move a link of a web page to be registered to a predetermined area corresponding to a link image display page. The link moved by the operation is, for example, an image within the page associated with the link of the page to be registered. The link moved by the operation may be a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) address displayed in an address input field of a web browser.

[0031] 4 to 6 show examples of operations accepted by the operation accepting unit 151. Fig. 4 shows a state in which the display unit 13 displays a web page to be registered that is made public by the external device 300. Fig. 4 shows a state in which the web page to be registered that corresponds to a tab named "ZZ Travel" in the web browser is displayed on the display unit 13.

[0032] As shown in Fig. 5, while the display unit 13 is displaying the web page to be registered, the operation accepting unit 151 accepts a drag operation in which an image within the page containing the name "ZZ Travel" is selected with the cursor (thick arrow in Fig. 5) and the selected image within the page is moved to the position of the tab labeled "Navi Page." During the drag operation, the URL of the link destination associated with the selected image within the page is displayed together with the cursor instead of the image within the page. The dashed arrow in Fig. 5 indicates the movement of the cursor.

[0033] When the user of user terminal 100 moves the cursor to the tab named "Navi Page" while an image within the page is selected with the cursor, the tab named "Navi Page" becomes active, as shown in FIG. 6, and the display unit 13 transitions to a state in which it displays the linked image display page. At this time, the image within the page selected by the user remains selected. As indicated by the dashed arrow in FIG. 6, while the linked image display page is displayed, the user moves the selected image within the page into the display area A1 of the linked image display page, and performs an operation to terminate the selection of the image within the page (hereinafter also referred to as a drag-and-drop operation). Operation accepting unit 151 outputs operation information indicating the content of the accepted operation to communication control unit 152.

[0034] 3 communicates with the information processing device 200 or the external device 300 via the communication unit 12. For example, the communication control unit 152 receives information indicating a link image display page from the information processing device 200. The communication control unit 152 transmits operation information indicating the operation content accepted by the operation acceptance unit 151 to the information processing device 200. The communication control unit 152 receives a plurality of intra-page images included in the webpage to be registered from the information processing device 200. The communication control unit 152 receives information indicating the webpage to be registered from the external device 300.

[0035] The display control unit 153 displays information such as text or images on the display unit 13. The display control unit 153 displays a link image display page. The display control unit 153 displays multiple in-page images included in the web page to be registered. The display control unit 153 displays the web page to be registered.

[0036] [Configuration of information processing device 200] 7 shows the configuration of the information processing device 200. The information processing device 200 includes a communication unit 21, a storage unit 22, and a control unit 23. The control unit 23 includes a reception unit 231, an identification unit 232, an image display unit 233, a registration unit 234, and a page display unit 235.

[0037] The communication unit 21 is a communication interface for communicating with the user terminal 100 or the external device 300. The storage unit 22 is a storage medium including a ROM, a RAM, etc. The storage unit 22 stores a program executed by the control unit 23.

[0038] The storage unit 22 may store a trained first machine learning model that uses a plurality of images as input data and an image for grasping the content of a web page on a network as output data. The first machine learning model is used by the identification unit 232 to identify an image within a page that is suitable for a user to grasp the content of the web page to be registered.

[0039] The storage unit 22 may store a trained second machine learning model that uses text or images included in a web page as input data and attributes of the web page as output data. The second machine learning model is used by the registration unit 234 to identify attributes of the web page to be registered.

[0040] The control unit 23 is, for example, a CPU. The control unit 23 executes a program stored in the storage unit 22 to function as a reception unit 231, an identification unit 232, an image display unit 233, a registration unit 234, and a page display unit 235.

[0041] The receiving unit 231 communicates with the user terminal 100 via the communication unit 21. The receiving unit 231 receives, from the user terminal 100, operation information indicating a user operation to move a link of a web page to be registered to a predetermined area corresponding to a link image display page. The link to be moved by the operation is, for example, an image within a page associated with the link of the web page to be registered. The receiving unit 231 further receives operation information indicating an operation to end the movement of the link within the predetermined area after moving the link of the web page to be registered to the predetermined area. Specifically, the receiving unit 231 receives operation information indicating a user's drag-and-drop operation shown in FIGS. 4 to 6. The receiving unit 231 outputs the received operation information to the identifying unit 232.

[0042] The receiving unit 231 receives, from the user terminal, selection information indicating that the user has selected one of the images within a page in a state in which the image display unit 233 is displaying a list of multiple images within a page on the user terminal 100. The receiving unit 231 outputs the received selection information to the registration unit 234.

[0043] The identification unit 232 communicates with the external device 300 via the communication unit 21. The identification unit 232 identifies a web page to be registered that corresponds to a link moved by an operation indicated by the operation information received by the reception unit 231. The identification unit 232 acquires a plurality of in-page images included in the identified web page to be registered from the external device 300 that publishes the web page to be registered.

[0044] The identification unit 232 identifies an in-page image suitable for allowing a user to understand the content of the web page to be registered from among the multiple in-page images included in the identified web page to be registered. The in-page image suitable for allowing a user to understand the content of the web page to be registered is, for example, an image including a character string indicating the content of the web page to be registered or information about the company corresponding to the web page to be registered.

[0045] The identification unit 232, for example, identifies intra-page images whose sizes are within a predetermined range among multiple intra-page images included in the web page to be registered. For example, the identification unit 232 identifies intra-page images whose vertical length is within a first range and whose horizontal length is within a second range. The first range and the second range are, for example, designated in advance by the user. By defining the range of sizes of the intra-page images to be identified by the identification unit 232 in this way, it becomes easier for the user to view each intra-page image when a large number of intra-page images are arranged on the linked image display page.

[0046] The identification unit 232 may use a trained first machine learning model to identify intra-page images suitable for a user to understand the content of a webpage to be registered. First, the identification unit 232 reads from the storage unit 22 a trained first machine learning model that uses multiple images as input data and an image for understanding the content of a webpage on a network as output data. The identification unit 232 inputs the multiple intra-page images included in the webpage to be registered as input data to the read first machine learning model, and identifies the intra-page images output by the first machine learning model.

[0047] The specifying unit 232 outputs the specified in-page image to the image display unit 233. In this way, the specifying unit 232 can prevent an in-page image that is inappropriate for placement on the link display page because it is too large in size or the like from being placed on the link image display page.

[0048] [List of images on the page] The image display unit 233 displays the in-page images identified by the identification unit 232 on the user terminal 100. The image display unit 233 communicates with the user terminal 100 via the communication unit 21. The image display unit 233 displays the multiple in-page images included in the web page to be registered on the user terminal 100 in response to the reception unit 231 receiving operation information indicating a user operation before the in-page images are arranged on the linked image display page. In this case, the image display unit 233 displays the number of in-page images preset by the user of the linked image display page from among the multiple in-page images included in the web page to be registered.

[0049] 6, when the user moves the in-page image selected by the cursor into the display area A1 of the linked image display page, and then the accepting unit 231 accepts an operation to end the selection of the in-page image in this display area A1, the image display unit 233 displays a list of the multiple in-page images identified by the identifying unit 232. The operation to end the selection of the in-page image is, for example, a drop operation in a drag-and-drop operation.

[0050] Even when the receiving unit 231 receives a drop operation for moving an in-page image selected with the cursor into display area A2 of the linked image display page and ending the selection of the linked image, the image display unit 233 may display a list of the multiple in-page images identified by the identifying unit 232. On the other hand, when the receiving unit 231 receives an operation for moving an in-page image selected with the cursor to a position different from both display area A1 and display area A2 of the linked image display page and ending the selection of the in-page image, the image display unit 233 may return the screen to the state of FIG. 2 without displaying the list of in-page images.

[0051] Fig. 8 shows an example of a list of images within a page displayed by the image display unit 233. In the example of Fig. 8, a plurality of images within a page identified by the identification unit 232 are displayed within the display area A3. For example, the first image from the bottom of the display area A3 is displayed by the image display unit 233 as an image within a page that includes the name "ZZ Travel" and a design of a gazebo.

[0052] When displaying a list of the in-page images identified by the identification unit 232, the image display unit 233 displays the multiple in-page images in the order shown in the code describing the web page to be registered. For example, when the web page to be registered is described in HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language), the image display unit 233 displays the multiple in-page images in the order in which links to storage areas for storing the in-page images are described in the code described in HTML.

[0053] Furthermore, some of the intra-page images included in the webpage to be registered are associated with a link to the URL of the top page of the webpage to be registered. In this case, when the user selects this intra-page image, the top page of the webpage to be registered is displayed by the page display unit 235. Some of the intra-page images included in the webpage to be registered are not associated with a link to the webpage to be registered. For this reason, the image display unit 233 may preferentially display intra-page images associated with a link to the webpage to be registered. For example, when displaying a list of intra-page images identified by the identification unit 232, the image display unit 233 may display multiple intra-page images such that the intra-page image associated with the link to the webpage to be registered is displayed at the top or the leftmost position among the multiple intra-page images.

[0054] Since the in-page images associated with the link of the web page to be registered are expected to be used as links, they are relatively often images suitable for placement on the link image display page. For this reason, when displaying a list of the in-page images identified by the identification unit 232, the image display unit 233 can improve convenience by arranging the in-page images associated with the link of the web page to be registered in a position where the user can easily find them.

[0055] [Link Image Registration] When the receiving unit 231 receives selection information indicating that the user selects one of the multiple in-page images listed by the image display unit 233, the registration unit 234 associates the selected in-page image (hereinafter also referred to as a new link image) with the link of the web page to be registered and registers it on the link image display page. At this time, the registration unit 234 resets the positions of the multiple link images, including the new link image, in order to arrange them on the link image display page. For example, the registration unit 234 sets the position of the new link image on the link image display page to the end position of the other link images. The registration unit 234 may also set the position on the link image display page where the drag-and-drop operation received by the receiving unit 231 ended as the position of the link image to be newly registered.

[0056] [Link image display page display] The page display unit 235 communicates with the user terminal 100 via the communication unit 21. The page display unit 235 creates a link image display page in which a plurality of link images are aligned. After the registration unit 234 registers a new link image, the page display unit 235 creates a link image display page in which a plurality of link images including the registered link image are aligned.

[0057] The page display unit 235 displays the created link image display page on the user terminal 100. Fig. 9 shows an example of a link image display page that the page display unit 235 displays on the user terminal 100. When the reception unit 231 receives selection information indicating that the user selects the second image in the page from the top in the state shown in Fig. 8, the page display unit 235 displays the link image display page of Fig. 9. In the link image display page shown in Fig. 9, a new link image including the name "ZZ Travel" is displayed at the end of the multiple link images.

[0058] [Modification to arrange link images according to the number of times the user selects them] The page display unit 235 may display the link images in descending order of the number of times they are selected by the user. More specifically, the page display unit 235 counts the number of times each of the multiple link images arranged on the link image display page is selected by the user. The page display unit 235 arranges the multiple link images on the link image display page based on the history of the number of times counted within the most recent predetermined period. For example, the lower the frequency with which the user displays the link image display page, the longer the predetermined period is set. The higher the frequency with which the user displays the link image display page, the shorter the period is set.

[0059] The registration unit 234 places an in-page image selected by the user from the multiple in-page images displayed by the image display unit 233 at a position on the link image display page that corresponds to a predetermined number of times. The predetermined number of times is, for example, the average number of times the user has selected each of the multiple link images placed on the link image display page. In this way, the page display unit 235 places the link image that has been selected most frequently at a position where the user can easily find it, thereby improving the convenience of the link image display page.

[0060] [A variation that classifies link images by attribute] The page display unit 235 may display a link image display page in which a plurality of link images are classified into a plurality of groups by attribute. An attribute is, for example, the industry to which the product or service introduced on the web page corresponding to the link image belongs. FIG. 10 shows another example of a link image display page displayed by the page display unit 235. In the example of FIG. 10, the first group from the top contains link images classified into the group with the attribute "finance." The first link image from the left in this group with the attribute "finance" is a link image consisting of an oval shape and the name "BB Bank." The second group from the top in FIG. 10 contains link images classified into the group with the attribute "healthcare / medical."

[0061] The registration unit 234 identifies the attributes of the web page to be registered based on the text or images included in the web page to be registered. For example, the registration unit 234 identifies the attributes of the web page to be registered using a trained second machine learning model. First, the registration unit 234 reads from the storage unit 22 a trained second machine learning model that uses the text or images included in the web page as input data and the attributes of the web page as output data. The identification unit 232 inputs the text or images included in the web page to the read second machine learning model as input data and identifies the attributes output by the second machine learning model. The registration unit 234 places a new link image in a group corresponding to the identified attributes.

[0062] FIG. 11 shows another example of a link image display page displayed by the page display unit 235. FIG. 11 shows a state in which a new link image with the name "JJ Service" added within a parallelogram has been registered from the state shown in FIG. 10 . In the example shown in FIG. 11 , the registration unit 234 identifies the attribute of the registration target web page corresponding to this link image as "IT Software" and places the new link image in the third group from the top corresponding to the attribute "IT Software." In this way, when multiple link images are classified into multiple groups by attribute, the registration unit 234 automatically identifies the group in which to place the new link image, eliminating the need for the user to specify the attribute of the new link image. This allows the registration unit 234 to simplify the user's work when registering a new link image.

[0063] In the present embodiment, an example has been described in which the information processing system S includes the user terminal 100 and the information processing device 200, but the present invention is not limited to an example in which the user terminal 100 and the information processing device 200 are separate devices. For example, the user terminal 100 and the information processing device 200 may be configured as an integrated unit.

[0064] In the present embodiment, an example has been described in which the image display unit 233 displays multiple in-page images included in the web page to be registered in response to the receiving unit 231 receiving a user operation from the user terminal 100. However, the present invention is not limited to the example in which the image display unit 233 displays multiple in-page images. For example, in response to the receiving unit 231 receiving a user operation from the user terminal 100, the registration unit 234 may associate an in-page image selected from the multiple in-page images of the web page to be registered with a link of the web page to be registered in the link image display page, without displaying the multiple in-page images. For example, the registration unit 234 may select and register an in-page image that is displayed at the top and leftmost position on the web page to be registered and that is associated with the link of the web page to be registered.

[0065] [Link image registration procedure] 12 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure for registering a link image by the information processing device 200. This processing procedure starts, for example, when the display control unit 153 of the user terminal 100 displays the web page to be registered.

[0066] First, the receiving unit 231 determines whether operation information indicating a user operation to move a link of a web page to be registered to a predetermined area corresponding to a link image display page has been received from the user terminal 100 (S101). When the receiving unit 231 determines that operation information indicating a user operation to move a link has been received (YES in S101), the identifying unit 232 identifies the web page to be registered corresponding to the link moved by this operation. The identifying unit 232 acquires multiple in-page images included in the identified web page to be registered from the external device 300 (S102). The identifying unit 232 identifies an in-page image suitable for understanding the content of the web page to be registered from the acquired multiple in-page images (S103).

[0067] The image display unit 233 displays a list of the intra-page images identified by the identification unit 232 on the user terminal 100 (S104). The registration unit 234 determines whether the receiving unit 231 has received selection information indicating the user's selection of any of the intra-page images among the intra-page images being displayed (S105). When the registration unit 234 determines that the receiving unit 231 has received selection information indicating the user's selection of any of the intra-page images (YES in S105), the registration unit 234 associates the selected intra-page image as a new link image with the link of the web page to be registered and registers it in the link image display page (S106). The page display unit 235 creates a link image display page in which a plurality of link images including the registered new link image are aligned. The page display unit 235 displays the created link image display page on the user terminal 100 (S107), and ends the process.

[0068] If the reception unit 231 determines in the determination of S101 that it has not received operation information indicating a user operation to move a link (NO in S101), it repeats the determination of S101. If the registration unit 234 determines in the determination of S105 that it has not received selection information indicating a user selection of any of the images within the page (NO in S105), it repeats the determination of S105.

[0069] [Effects of the information processing device 200 of the present invention] According to the information processing device 200 of this embodiment, the image display unit 233 displays a list of multiple in-page images on the user terminal 100, and the registration unit 234 registers the in-page image selected by the user, thereby simplifying the user's operation of registering a link to access the desired page.

[0070] The present invention has been described above using embodiments, but the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the above embodiments, and various modifications and changes are possible within the scope of the gist of the present invention. For example, all or part of the device can be configured by functionally or physically distributing or integrating any unit. Furthermore, new embodiments resulting from any combination of multiple embodiments are also included in the embodiments of the present invention. The effects of the new embodiments resulting from the combination also have the effects of the original embodiments. [Explanation of symbols]

[0071] 11 Control section 12 Communications Department 13 Display section 14 Storage section 15 Control Unit 21 Communications Department 22 Memory section 23 Control Unit 100 user terminals 151 Operation reception unit 152 Communication control section 153 Display control unit 200 Information processing device 231 Reception Department 232 Specific part 233 Image display unit 234 Registration Department 235 Page display section 300 External device S Information Processing System

Claims

1. The computer executes a creating step of creating a link image display page in which a plurality of link images corresponding to links for accessing web pages on a network are aligned and arranged; a receiving step of receiving a user's operation to move a link of a web page to be registered, the link image of which is to be placed on the link image display page, to a predetermined area corresponding to the link image display page; a display step of displaying a plurality of in-page images included in the web page to be registered in response to receiving the operation; a registration step of registering an in-page image selected from the plurality of in-page images on the linked image display page in association with a link of the web page to be registered; An information processing method comprising:

2. In the receiving step, the user's operation of moving the in-page image associated with the link of the web page to be registered to the predetermined area and the user's operation of ending the movement of the in-page image within the predetermined area are received. The information processing method according to claim 1 .

3. In the display step, the in-page image associated with the link of the web page to be registered is displayed on the top or left side of the plurality of in-page images included in the web page to be registered. The information processing method according to claim 1 .

4. In the display step, the plurality of in-page images are displayed in the order indicated in the code describing the web page to be registered.

3. The information processing method according to claim 1 or 2.

5. In the display step, a number of in-page images, which is set in advance by a user of the link image display page, are displayed from among a plurality of in-page images included in the web page to be registered. The information processing method according to claim 1 .

6. On the link image display page, the plurality of link images are classified into a plurality of groups according to attributes and arranged, In the registration step, an attribute of the web page to be registered is identified based on text or an image included in the web page to be registered, and the selected in-page image is arranged in the group corresponding to the identified attribute. The information processing method according to claim 1 .

7. a counting step of counting the number of times the user has selected each of the plurality of link images arranged on the link image display page; In the creating step, the plurality of link images are aligned and arranged on the link image display page based on the history of the number of times counted in the counting step; In the registration step, the selected in-page image is arranged at a position on the link image display page corresponding to the predetermined number of times. The information processing method according to claim 1 .

8. In the display step, an in-page image whose size is within a predetermined range is displayed from among a plurality of in-page images included in the web page to be registered. The information processing method according to claim 1 .

9. The method further comprises a step of inputting a plurality of images into a trained machine learning model that uses, as input data, an image from among the plurality of images for grasping the content of a web page on a network as output data, a plurality of in-page images included in the web page to be registered as the input data, and identifying the in-page images output by the machine learning model; In the display step, the specified image within the page is displayed. The information processing method according to claim 1 .

10. a receiving unit that receives an operation to move a link of a web page to be registered, the link image of which is to be arranged on a link image display page in which a plurality of link images corresponding to links for accessing web pages on a network are aligned and arranged, to a predetermined area corresponding to the link image display page; a display unit that displays a plurality of in-page images included in the web page to be registered in response to receiving the operation; a registration unit that associates an in-page image selected from the plurality of in-page images with a link of the web page to be registered and registers the in-page image on the linked image display page; An information processing device comprising:

11. On the computer, a creating step of creating a link image display page in which a plurality of link images corresponding to links for accessing web pages on a network are aligned and arranged; a receiving step of receiving a user's operation to move a link of a web page to be registered, the link image of which is to be placed on the link image display page, to a predetermined area corresponding to the link image display page; a display step of displaying a plurality of in-page images included in the web page to be registered in response to receiving the operation; a registration step of registering an in-page image selected from the plurality of in-page images on the linked image display page in association with a link of the web page to be registered; A program that executes the following.

12. An information processing system having an information processing device and a user terminal, The user terminal an operation receiving unit that receives an operation to move a link of a web page to be registered, the link image of which is to be arranged on a link image display page in which a plurality of link images corresponding to links for accessing web pages on a network are aligned and arranged, to a predetermined area corresponding to the link image display page; a transmission control unit that transmits information indicating the operation accepted by the operation accepting unit to the information processing device; a display control unit that displays a plurality of in-page images included in the web page to be registered, The information processing device includes: a reception unit that receives, from the user terminal, information indicating the operation received by the operation reception unit; a display unit that displays, on the user terminal, a plurality of in-page images included in the web page to be registered in response to the reception unit receiving information indicating the operation; a registration unit that associates an in-page image selected from the plurality of in-page images with a link of the web page to be registered and registers the in-page image on the linked image display page, Information processing system.

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