JP2009003520A - Database server device, method of providing search service, and related method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a search service capable of determining the priorities of sites more precisely than before and displaying excellent sites at the top. <P>SOLUTION: A database server device comprises a group of bookmarks, a database, and a controller. A user registers information about a predetermined site in each bookmark. The database server device registers in the database the information about the site registered in each bookmark. In this case the number of bookmarks registering the sites is also registered in the database. When the user searches for sites using the search service, the sites are presented in decreasing order of the number of bookmarks. Since the site with a large number of registered bookmarks can be considered a site of high priority, the sites are arranged in decreasing order of priority as search results. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for providing a search service used on the Internet or the like.

  In recent years, the so-called Internet has been widely used. A so-called search service is widely used as a service for finding a necessary site on the Internet.

  When a user tries to find a desired site using a search service, it is very convenient if the search results are displayed in order from the site with the highest priority.

  In order to realize such a thing, various devices have been conventionally made.

  For example, Patent Document 1 below describes a method of performing weighting by determining that a site is better as the access frequency (viewing frequency) to a predetermined site increases.

  Further, for example, in Patent Document 2 below, user attributes (for example, age, residential area, etc.) and site attributes (for example, target age, target area, etc.) are acquired, and sites with matching attributes are given priority. Indicates that it is displayed.

  On the other hand, in recent years, so-called social bookmarks have been widely used in which users of mobile electronic terminals register their favorite site information in bookmarks and publish them on the Internet, and share the information with many unspecified mobile electronic terminal users. It's being used.

  According to the social bookmark, it is possible to view information on a site registered by another person who discloses information on the same site. In addition, by adding a tag for classification to information on a site published in a social bookmark, it is possible to search for information on a site registered by another person assigned with the same tag.

JP 2005-190453 A JP 2004-077073 A

  Naturally, users of portable electronic devices such as cellular phones also want to efficiently display desired information and data from a good site when searching for a site.

  On the other hand, information on a site registered in a social bookmark for mobile electronic terminals is considered to be useful information for users of other mobile electronic terminals.

  Therefore, I would like to search the site information registered in the above social bookmarks with a search engine, but the search engines for mobile electronic devices that have been used in the past have their own independent of the site information published in social bookmarks. Since the search was performed using the site information registered in the database, the site information published in the social bookmark was not used for the search service for portable electronic devices.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and its purpose is to develop a search engine that can reflect information of a site registered by a user of a mobile electronic terminal in a social bookmark, and the superiority of the site compared to the conventional technology It is to provide a search service providing method capable of accurately determining sex and displaying a superior site at the top.

  (1) In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a database server device that searches a database based on a keyword input from the outside and provides information on one or more sites obtained as a result of the search. , A bookmark group provided for each user, in which each user registers information on a predetermined site, information on a site to be searched, and bookmark information on which information on the site to be searched is registered A database server device comprising: at least a database including counter data indicating a number; and providing information on one or more sites obtained as a result of the search in descending order of the value of the counter data. is there.

  By such a database server device, site information is provided to users in descending order of counter data.

  (2) Further, in order to solve the above-described problem, the present invention provides a request for registering information on the predetermined site from a predetermined user in the bookmark of the user in the database server device described in (1) above. Is registered in the bookmark of the user, and if the registered information on the predetermined site is not registered in the database, the information on the predetermined site is stored in the database. The information is newly registered and the counter data is set to 1. If the registered information on the predetermined site is already registered in the database, the counter data included in the information on the predetermined site is stored. It is a database server device characterized by being incremented.

  (3) Further, in order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a bookmark group provided for each user, in which each user registers information on a predetermined site, information on a site to be searched, And a database including counter data indicating the number of bookmarks in which information on the search target site is registered, and the database is searched based on a keyword input from the outside, and a result of the search In the search data providing method for providing information on one or more sites obtained, the information on one or more sites obtained as a result of the search is provided in descending order of the value of the counter data. A search service providing method.

  (4) Moreover, in order to solve the said subject, this invention is a method of updating the information of the said bookmark group and the said database used for the search service provision method as described in said (3), from a predetermined user. When receiving a request to register the information on the predetermined site in the bookmark of the user, the step of registering the information on the predetermined site in the bookmark of the user, and the registered information on the predetermined site, If not registered in the database, a new registration step of newly registering information on the predetermined site in the database and setting its counter data to 1, and information on the registered predetermined site are stored in the database. If it is already registered in the database, the counter data included in the information on the predetermined site is incremented. And updating step of bets, a bookmark group and database updating method, which comprises a.

  (5) Further, in order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention searches the database based on the category name inputted from the outside in the database server device described in (1) above, and obtains the result of the search. The database server device is characterized by providing information on one or more sites.

  According to the present invention, when each user registers site information in a bookmark provided for each user, the site information registered in each bookmark is also registered in the database. In the database, the site information is weighted according to the number of bookmarks in which the information on the predetermined site is registered.

  When site information is searched based on keywords input from the outside, the site information obtained from the database is presented to the outside in order from the site with the highest site priority weight.

  Thus, according to the present invention, it is possible to efficiently present information on a site with a high priority weighting to the outside. This not only leads to easily informing other users of information on the user's favorite sites, but also facilitates obtaining information on sites recommended by other users. As a result, it is possible to provide a search service that is dynamic and convenient for the user.

  DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

A. Search and Display of Search Results Hereinafter, the operation when the user A is provided with the search service according to the present embodiment using the mobile phone 1 of the user A will be described with reference to FIGS. Based on

  FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing data transmission / reception between the mobile phone 1 of the user A, the mobile phone 2 of the user B, and the database server device 14. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a screen displayed on the mobile phone. FIG. 3 is a time chart showing data transmission / reception between the mobile phone 1 of the user A, the mobile phone 2 of the user B, and the database server device 14. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing that the database server device 14 includes a control unit, a bookmark group 42, and a database 44. In FIG. 1 and FIG. 3, it is shown as a circle 1, but for convenience, this is indicated as (1) in the specification. Similarly, the circle 2, circle 3, circle 4, circle 5, circle 6, circle 7, and circle 8 are referred to as (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8), respectively.

  First, the user A requests the search page from the database server device 14 through the Internet 12 from the mobile phone 1 of the user A. This operation is shown in (1) of FIG. 1 and (1) of FIG.

  Then, as shown in (2) of FIG. 1 and (2) of FIG. 3, the data of the search page is transmitted from the database server device 14 to the mobile phone 1 of the user A, and the user A's On the screen of the mobile phone 1, a search page as shown in FIG.

  Next, the user A inputs a predetermined keyword into the search window 22 provided on the search page, and clicks the search button 24. Then, data including a predetermined keyword is transmitted from the mobile phone 1 of the user A to the database server device 14. This operation is shown in (3) of FIG. 1 and (3) of FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a bookmark group 42 and a database 44 are stored in the database server device 14. As shown in FIG. 4, the bookmark group 42 includes a plurality of bookmarks, and one bookmark is provided for each user. This one bookmark corresponds to a so-called social bookmark.

In FIG. 4, each bookmark constituting the bookmark group 42 has the following four types of items.
1 URL
2 Category 3 Keyword 4 Comment In addition, the database 44 has the following five types of items.
1 URL
2 Category 3 Keyword 4 Counter 5 Comment Here, “URL” is an item indicating the location of the registered site. The “category” is an item indicating a field to which the registered site belongs, and the user who registered the site selects or newly registers a field from a preset field. The “keyword” is an item for storing a phrase related to the registered site, and is registered by the user who registered the site. In addition, “comment” is an item for the user who registered the site to input an impression regarding the registered site.

  When the database server device 14 receives data including a keyword from the mobile phone 1 of the user A, the database server device 14 searches for an item “keyword” in the database 44 based on the keyword input by the user A. . Then, the database server device 14 creates a search result display screen based on the site information obtained as a result of the search, and stores the search result display screen data (written in HTML) on the mobile phone 1 of the user A. Sent source). This operation is shown in (4) of FIG. 1 and (4) of FIG.

  As a result, a search result as shown in (2) of FIG. 2 is displayed on the screen of the mobile phone 1 of the user A.

  What is characteristic in the present embodiment is that, in the display of the search results, the order in which each site is displayed is determined by the number of bookmarks in which each site is registered. That is, in the display of the above search results, the number of bookmarks registered in the “Chaku-Uta Channel” site is larger than the number of bookmarks registered in the “Ringing Song” site. "The site was displayed at the top. The number of bookmarks will be described in detail later.

B. Registration of Site to Bookmark Next, an operation in which the user B registers site information in the bookmark of the user B will be described.

  First, the bookmark group 42 is stored in the database server device 14, and one bookmark is provided for each user. This bookmark corresponds to a so-called social bookmark.

  User B accesses the registration page using user B's mobile phone 2 in order to register site information in the bookmark of user B. This operation is shown in FIG. 1 (5) and FIG. 3 (5).

  Next, registration page data (such as a source written in HTML) is transmitted from the database server device 14 to the mobile phone 2 of the user B. On the screen of the mobile phone 2 of the user B, A registration page as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed. This operation is shown in (6) of FIG. 1 and (6) of FIG.

  User B inputs, for example, favorite site information in URL input window 52, category name input window 54, keyword input window 56, and comment input window 58 displayed on the screen of user B's mobile phone 2. The registration button 60 is clicked. Then, the data including the information of the favorite site (data including the URL of the site, the category name, the keyword, and the comment) is transmitted from the mobile phone 2 of the user B to the database server device 14. This operation is shown in FIGS. 1 (7) and 3 (7).

  The database server device 14 receives the information on the site from the mobile phone 2 of the user B and performs an operation of registering the contents in the bookmark of the user B. This operation is shown in FIGS. 1 (8) and 3 (8).

C. Registration of Site Information in the Database Next, an operation for registering site information registered in the bookmark group 42 in the database 44 in order to search the site information registered in the bookmark group 42 will be described. .

  The database 44 is stored in the database server device 14, and when the site information is registered in the bookmark group 42, the database server device 14 stores the site information registered in the bookmark group 42 from the bookmark group 42. Is read and the site information is registered in the database 44.

  FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a process of registering information on a predetermined site in the bookmark of user A, the bookmark of user B, and the database 44. FIG. 6 (1) is a conceptual diagram when site information is registered only in the bookmark of user A. Information on each site registered in the bookmark of user A is also registered in the database 44. It has been shown that Next, FIG. 6 (2) is a conceptual diagram when site information is registered in the bookmark of user B in addition to FIG. 6 (1). It is shown that information on each site registered in the bookmark of user B is also registered in the database 44.

When the user B registers the following three site information in the bookmark of the user B by the procedure described in B, the information on the three sites is also registered in the database 44. This operation is represented by arrows in (8) of FIG. 1 and (8) of FIG. FIG. 6B shows the bookmark of user A, the bookmark of user B, and the contents registered in the database 44.
Information of a site whose URL is “http: // bbb...”, Category is “II”, keyword is “D”, and comment is “e” URL is “http: // dddd” .., The category is “IV”, the keyword is “E”, and the comment is “O”. The URL of the site is “http: // eeee ....” Information on sites whose category is “II”, keyword is “F”, and comment is “ka”

  In FIG. 6 (2), user B registers a site whose URL is represented by “http: // bbb....” In the bookmark, and this site is shown in FIG. Thus, user A has already registered in the bookmark. The site whose URL is represented by “http: // bbb....” Is registered in two bookmarks, that is, the bookmark of user A and the bookmark of user B. Therefore, FIG. In the database 44, the “counter” of the site whose URL is represented by “http: // bbb...” Is incremented (+1) by the database server device 14, and 2 is set. On the other hand, a site whose URL is represented by “http: // dddd...” And a site whose URL is represented by “http: // eeee... Since there is one, 1 is set in the “counter”.

  One of the characteristic matters in the present embodiment is that a “counter” is included in the database items. This counter has an initial value of 1, but is incremented (+1) when the number of bookmarks registered with a predetermined site increases by one. The order of display in the search result is determined by the value of this counter.

D. Relationship between Counter Value and Priority Weighting In this embodiment, the database server device 14 counts the number of bookmarks registered at each site, and the number is a “counter” in the database (see FIG. 6). ). Then, the user who wants to receive the search service inputs a keyword in the search window 22 and clicks the search button 24 on the search page as shown in FIG. In this case, the database server device 14 searches the database based on the keyword, and transmits the obtained site information to the user in descending order of the “counter” value.

  That is, in this embodiment, the value of the “counter” is considered as a barometer indicating the weighting of the priority of the site.

  A large “counter” value means that a large number of people register and use the site in bookmarks, so-called social bookmarks. In other words, it is reasonable to judge that the site is an “excellent” site. In the present embodiment, based on such an idea, the display order of search results is determined based on the value of “counter”.

E. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the database server device 14 searches the “keyword” item in the database 44 using the keyword input by the user as a key. However, the key used for the search is not limited to the keyword. For example, when the user inputs the category name and the keyword, the database server device selects the category name and the keyword input by the user. The “category” and “keyword” items in the database may be searched by using as a key.

  In the present embodiment, an example is shown in which a user registers information on a predetermined site in a database server device using a mobile phone, but the electronic terminal used by the user is not particularly determined. You may register using a personal computer or PDA.

In the present embodiment, an example is shown in which the user's bookmark has the following four types of items, but the items that the bookmark has are not defined in the following four types of items. For example, the user can newly provide an item “language” in the bookmark of the user.
1 URL
2 Category 3 Keyword 4 Comment

Summary As described above, according to the present embodiment, a search service that searches and provides a desired site from registered sites, and displays sites in descending order of priority. A new technique that can be done was explained.

  In this embodiment, based on the idea that if a site has a large number of bookmarks registered, it can be said that the site has a high priority. Explained. Then, when the site is registered in the bookmark, the mechanism of incrementing the “counter” value in the database was explained.

  As a result, the number of bookmarks registered for each site can be grasped, and the priority of the site can be determined based on the number of registrations. By determining the display order based on this priority, a search service that is more convenient for the user than before can be provided.

It is a conceptual diagram which shows transmission / reception of the data between a mobile telephone and a database server apparatus. It is the example which displayed the page for search in this Embodiment, and a search result on the screen of a portable electronic terminal. It is a time chart which shows the operation | movement which searches a site, and the operation | movement which registers a site. It is a figure which shows the structure in a database server apparatus. It is the schematic diagram which displayed the page for registration on the screen of a portable electronic terminal. It is explanatory drawing which shows the content registered into the bookmark and the database.

Explanation of symbols

1 Mobile phone of user A 2 Mobile phone of user B 12 Internet 14 Database server device 22 Keyword input window 24 Search button 42 Bookmark group 44 Database 52 URL input window 54 Category name input window 56 Keyword input window 58 Comment input window 60 Register button

Claims (5)

In a database server device that searches a database based on keywords input from the outside and provides information on one or more sites obtained as a result of the search,
A bookmark group provided for each user, in which each user registers information on a predetermined site;
A database including information on a site to be searched, and counter data indicating the number of bookmarks in which information on the site to be searched is registered;
Including at least
A database server device, which provides information on one or more sites obtained as a result of the search in descending order of the value of the counter data. The database server device according to claim 1, wherein
When a request to register the information on the predetermined site in the bookmark of the user is received from the predetermined user, the information on the predetermined site is registered in the bookmark of the user,
If the registered information on the predetermined site is not registered in the database, the information on the predetermined site is newly registered in the database and the counter data is set to 1.
When the registered information on the predetermined site is already registered in the database, the counter data included in the information on the predetermined site is incremented.
A database server device characterized by that. A bookmark group provided for each user, in which each user registers information on a predetermined site;
A database including information on a site to be searched, and counter data indicating the number of bookmarks in which information on the site to be searched is registered;
In the search data providing method of searching for the database based on a keyword inputted from the outside using information and providing information on one or more sites obtained as a result of the search,
A search service providing method comprising providing information on one or more sites obtained as a result of the search in descending order of the value of the counter data. The method for updating information of the bookmark group and the database used in the search service providing method according to claim 3,
Registering the information on the predetermined site in the bookmark of the user when receiving a request to register the information on the predetermined site in the bookmark of the user from the predetermined user;
If the registered information on the predetermined site is not registered in the database, a new registration step for newly registering the information on the predetermined site in the database and setting its counter data to 1,
If the registered information on the predetermined site is already registered in the database, an updating step for incrementing the counter data included in the information on the predetermined site;
Including a bookmark group and a database update method.   The database server device according to claim 1, wherein a database is searched based on a category name inputted from the outside, and information on one or more sites obtained as a result of the search is provided. Database server device.