JPH11250086A - Search support system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] An object of the present invention is to store, in a search system, a keyword used for narrowing down or expanding the range of a search previously performed, and then input a keyword by a user. By displaying the keyword that was used next to that keyword before on the search result display screen in the same order as the number of times of use, narrowing down by keyword based on results and providing search support according to the times, It is intended to enable a person to obtain desired information smoothly. The object is achieved by using a search server having an index file for performing a search, a search result file and a keyword link file storing a next keyword link, and a terminal having a display connected to the server. Is done. In the present invention, every time the search system is used, a keyword used when a user performs a search is stored, and next when the user inputs the same keyword, the keyword is stored next. The input keywords are displayed on the same screen as the search result in the order of the number of times of use.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a search support system capable of displaying next keyword candidates on the same screen as search results in the order of the number of uses.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a current search system, a keyword is input and target information is obtained while narrowing down. Conventionally, the keywords used to narrow down search results are set by the user himself, and as a method of assisting the narrowing down, the search engine on the Internet uses a category on the same screen as the search results corresponding to the entered keyword. There was something to display.

[0003]

In such a conventional method, when narrowing down, keywords are set based on the user's own experience and intuition, and the desired information cannot be obtained smoothly. . In addition, the display of categories, which is a method of supporting narrowing down, is fixed,
The search support could not be performed according to the times.

An object of the present invention is to provide a search system,
Stores the keywords used in narrowing down or expanding the range of previous searches, and displays the keywords that were previously used next to the keywords when the user next entered the keywords in the search result display screen. By displaying in the order of the number of uses on the same screen, it is possible to narrow down by keywords based on the results and perform search support according to the era, thereby enabling the user to obtain the desired information smoothly .

[0005]

The object of the present invention is to provide a search server having an index file for performing a search, a search result file and a keyword link file storing a next keyword link, and a terminal having a display connected to the server. This is achieved by using

In the present invention, every time the search system is used, a keyword used when a user performs a search is stored, and the keyword stored when the user next inputs the same keyword is stored. Are displayed on the same screen as the search result in the order of the number of times of use.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. The embodiment is an example relating to an Internet search engine.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a device configuration in a search support system for realizing the present invention. In FIG. 1, 11
Is a terminal for selecting, inputting and displaying search results of keywords, 12 is a search server for extracting search results based on the input keywords, 13 is a search index file for showing search results for keywords, 14 is a search result file storing actual search results, and 15 is a keyword link file storing next search keywords for the keywords. 13, 14, and 15 files are connected to 12 search servers and 1
One terminal is also connected to twelve search servers.

FIG. 2 shows a specific configuration example of the index file. The configuration items are three items, and the 21st column is a keyword column for matching with a keyword input and selected by the user, 2
Column 2 is a column in which the address number of the search result file corresponding to the keyword in column 21 is stored, and column 23 is a column in which the keyword link number corresponding to the keyword in column 21 is stored. The keywords and address numbers in columns 21 and 22 are input by the administrator of the search support system in advance. The keyword link number in column 23 is added when the user performs a search.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a search result file. The configuration items are 2 items and correspond to the numbers stored in the 22 columns.
Column 1 and column 32 in which addresses as search results for displaying a screen corresponding to column 31 are stored. The administrator in the search support system inputs the addresses in the 32 columns in advance. The address numbers in column 31 are automatically numbered when the contents in column 32 are added.

FIG. 4 shows a specific example of the structure of a keyword link file. There are three configuration items, a 41 column corresponding to the number stored in the 23 column, a 42 column storing a keyword for displaying a screen corresponding to the 41 column, and a 43 column storing the number of uses thereof. The keywords and usage counts in columns 42 and 43 are added and added when the user performs a search.
Be changed. The keyword link numbers in column 41 are automatically numbered when the contents in column 42 are added.

FIG. 5 shows a flow of processing for executing the search support system of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a screen image diagram when the processing in FIG. 5 is executed. An example of an initial screen when a keyword is input is 61, and an example of a search result display screen is 62.

The operation of the search support system will be described below with reference to FIGS.

When the search support system user starts the search support system, first, an initial screen 61 is displayed on the display of the terminal 11 (step 501). When the user inputs a keyword and presses a search button (step 50)
2) Based on the keyword, matching is performed with the keyword field 21 of the index file (step 503).
If there is a keyword that matches the input keyword, the address 32 of the corresponding address number 31 of the search result file is displayed on the screen of the terminal 11 based on the number in the corresponding 22 column. At the same time, based on the numbers in the 23 columns, the keywords 42 of the corresponding keyword link numbers in the keyword link file are displayed on the screen of the terminal 11 in the order of use times, and a column for inputting the next keyword is also displayed ( Step 504). An example of a search result display screen is shown at 62. At that time, the number of times the keyword was used 43
Can also be displayed. By registering the date when the keyword was input, it is possible to display the next keyword candidate narrowed down to, for example, the last one year. If there is no keyword that matches the keyword entered in step 503, the fact that there is no corresponding information is displayed on the screen of the terminal 11 (step 510). When the user inputs the next keyword and presses the search button (step 50).
5) It is determined whether the keyword is included in the next keyword candidate displayed on the screen (step 50).
6). If it is included, 1 is added to the number of uses 43 of the corresponding keyword in the keyword link file (step 507), and the process returns to step 504. If not included, the keyword is added to the keyword column 42 of the keyword link file, and 1 is assigned to the number-of-times column 43 (step 508). When the content is added to the keyword column 42, a serial number is assigned to the keyword link number column 41, and the number is added to the corresponding keyword link number column 23 of the index file (step 509), and step 5
Return to 04. When the end button is pressed without inputting the next keyword in step 505, the search support system ends.

[0016]

As described above, according to the present invention, the search system determines how a user has derived a search result so far, in the order of the number of times the keyword used next to a certain keyword is used. By displaying the search result on the same screen as the search result, another user can easily perform the search. In addition, since the keyword used next is dynamically updated, search support according to the era can be performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a device configuration in a search support system that implements the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a file storing a keyword, a key number to a search result file, and a key number to a keyword link file.

FIG. 3 is a file for storing search results.

FIG. 4 is a file storing a next keyword candidate and the number of times of use thereof.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a flow of processing executed by the search support system in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a screen image diagram of the search support system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 ... terminal, 12 ... search server,
13 ... index file, 14 ... search result file, 15
… Keyword link file.

Claims (1)

[Claims] An index file for performing a search in a search server, a search result file, and a keyword link file storing a next keyword link. When a keyword is input from a connected terminal, a search matching the keyword is performed. A search support system that displays the results and displays the next keyword candidate on the same screen using the contents of the keyword link file.