KR20030089025A - Method and System for Making a Text Introducing a Web Site Directory or Web Page into a Hypertext - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and method for applying hyperlinks to words that describe website directories and web pages.

A search system for applying a hyperlink to words that describe a website directory or web page to a plurality of client computers, comprising: entering a search term in a web browser to include the website directory or the web page associated with the search term; The plurality of client computers receiving the search results, the HTML document receiving the search word from the plurality of client computers, performing a search, and applying a hyperlink to one or more words in the introductory section of the website directory or the web page. And a communication network for generating and transmitting a search server for transmitting the data to the plurality of client computers, and a network for interconnecting the plurality of client computers and the search server to process data transmission and reception. It provides a search system that applies to hyperlinks on words.

According to the present invention, a hyperlink technique is applied to words in an introduction part of a search result screen so that a user can directly go to a desired web page.

Description

Method and System for Making a Text Introducing a Web Site Directory or Web Page into a Hypertext}

The present invention relates to a retrieval system and system that applies a hyperlink to words that describe a Web Site Directory or a Web Site. More specifically, it searches the index information built into the database according to the search terms entered by the user, and applies hyperlinks to one or more words describing each website directory or web page displayed on the search results screen. The present invention relates to a search method and system that enables direct navigation to a website or web page.

The Internet interconnects tens of thousands of small networks scattered around the world. Computers connected to the Internet use a communication protocol called Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP / IP) to communicate with each other. The Internet is expanding rapidly in size and scope beyond what we imagine. For example, there is a statistic that the number of Internet sites doubles every three to four months. One of the main reasons for the rapid increase in the number of Internet sites is that the Internet site can be easily built not only by companies but also by the general public. Is the point.

In other words, as the Internet expands rapidly, various Web Editors for making Internet sites have been developed and distributed. These various Web editors make it easy to build your own Internet site, even for beginners who are not familiar with the Web's standard document format, Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML). Here, HTML is a method of describing a Hyper Media document as one of data formats used on the World Wide Web. It defines the logical structure of hypertext using a standardized document format called Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML), which is stored in a plain text file format. Thus, even without programming expertise, anyone can easily build their own Internet site, so the newly created Internet site is increasing exponentially.

Visiting these Internet sites provides a wealth of informative information in many areas, including arts, literature, academics, medicine, entertainment, sports, politics, technology, economics, and industry. However, on the Internet, which is full of countless pieces of information, it is very difficult to find out where you want information and how to get only the information you want.

In order for a user to view a specific web page using a web browser such as Internet Explorer, a user generally needs to input an address of a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the web page. Therefore, if the user does not know the address of the integrated resource finder of the web page, it is difficult to access the target document.

Therefore, there is a need for a software that easily finds the information desired by the vast amount of information flooding on the Internet even without knowing the URL information of the Internet site. Such software is collectively referred to as a search engine.

The principle of a search engine is that a search program called a search robot or spider program navigates through a number of sites opened on the Internet, stores information on previously collected websites in a database, and then allows a user to If you type, only the website that matches the search term entered in the database is selected and presented.

In more detail, when the search engine receives a search request such as a keyword input from a user computer, the search engine starts the spider program through the Common Gateway Interface (CGI). Here, CGI refers to a standard interface between a web server and an external program that receives data from a web browser installed on a user computer and executes an externally installed program according to the received data to receive execution results from the executed program. The started spider program receives a search result from an index database that stores addresses and information of integrated resource explorers of various websites, converts it into HTML format, and transmits the converted HTML document to a user computer.

In the early stages of the Internet service (eg, first generation), these search engines search and categorize each Internet site and web document in the database, and build a database based on the user's topic search or menu search. As we refine our classification, we use a directory search approach that provides access to the final data. One of the first generation search engines is Yahoo (http://www.yahoo.com).

To register your webpage on a search site that supports directory search, the administrator of the search site registers a specific webpage directly, or the creator of a specific webpage requests the administrator of the search site to register his webpage. There is a way. In this case, the administrator of the search site that received the registration application directly accesses and evaluates the web page, and then decides whether to register the search tool in the category.

Such a directory-type search method has an advantage in that it is easy to search while following a pre-categorized topic if only the kind of necessary information is known, and the search speed is fast because it suggests that it is already stored in a database on the search engine side. On the other hand, there is an advantage that the directory has a high reliability of the document, because the administrator of the search site directly evaluates the web page to apply for registration to determine whether to register a low or poor web page.

However, with the rapid expansion of the World Wide Web, the number of Internet sites has soared, and it is no longer possible to search the desired information smoothly by the directory search method. In other words, the data possessed by the search engine should be increased according to the size of the rapidly expanding World Wide Web. As in the first generation search engine, a web page is manually checked and the verified web page is converted into a database. The storage method was not enough to keep up with the growing trend of the World Wide Web.

For this reason, a second generation search engine has been introduced that introduces the concept of a search robot mentioned above and provides a search service by automatically searching and indexing web pages. AltaVista (http://www.altavista.com) is a typical second generation search engine.

The 2nd generation search engine uses a keyword-based search method, and searches all web documents related to the user's search terms and provides them to the user's computer. It is inconvenient to find this desired content again in the searched result screen. Therefore, in order to make up for such drawbacks, despite the huge burden on the system or human resources, the present invention provides a mixture of directory search services used by the first generation search engine.

1 is a search result screen showing a website searched for a specific search term using a conventional second generation search engine.

In FIG. 1, a bold typed letter indicates a search word input by a user. That is, the user inputs a search word of 'game' and a plurality of internet sites are listed in order as a search result. In addition, the underlined letters in FIG. 1 are the hypertext units 100 that are hyperlinked to the corresponding Internet sites. In addition, the phrase on the right side of the hypertext is an introduction unit 110 for describing a website hyperlinked with the hypertext. The introduction unit 110 is generally composed of words inputted by the administrator of the search site directly accessing and evaluating a website applying for registration as a search site managed by the search site.

When the user clicks the underlined letter with the mouse, the user's computer displays a particular web page of the internet site. That is, when the user clicks on the 'hangame' of FIG. 1, the web browser of the user displays the initial web page of http://www.hangame.com on the user's computer screen.

However, as shown in FIG. 1, the conventional search screen connects an initial web page or a specific web page of an Internet site linked by the hypertext unit 100, and provides an introduction section 110 that describes each Internet site. Each word has no link feature set at all. Therefore, the user does not go directly to the web page related to the game that he / she wants in the search result screen of FIG. 1, but accesses the initial screen of the corresponding internet site and then moves back to the web page related to the game. You have to go through.

In addition, in the search result screen of FIG. 1, there is no way to access other contents, regardless of the games such as GoStop, Tetris, Minesweeper, or the like, which are listed in the introduction unit 110. none. Therefore, in order to play the game, the user has to inconvenience the need to access the initial webpage of the Internet site as described above, step by step, or search the relevant Internet site by inputting a search word as 'GoStop'.

In order to solve the above-described problem, the present invention searches the index information built into the database according to the search word entered by the user, and hyperlinks one or more words that describe each website directory or web page displayed on the search result screen. It is an object of the present invention to provide a search method and a system in which a link can be directly applied to a desired website or web page.

1 is an example screen of a search result for a specific search term using a conventional second generation search engine,

2 is a schematic block diagram of a search service system of an Internet site according to the present invention;

3 is a block diagram schematically showing an internal configuration of a search server according to the present invention;

4 is a search result screen showing a web page searched for a specific search word according to an embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a search result screen showing a web page searched for a specific search word according to another embodiment of the present invention;

6 is a search result screen showing a website directory searched for a specific search word according to another embodiment of the present invention;

7 is a flowchart illustrating a process of generating an HTML document to which a hyperlink function is applied to an introduction part according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

100: hypertext section 110: introduction section

200: client computer 220: search server

300: central control unit 310: search site operation unit

320: index database unit 330: search engine unit

340: communication control unit

To this end, the present invention is a search system for applying a hyperlink to words that describe a website directory or a web page to a plurality of client computers, by entering a search term in a web browser and the website directory associated with the search word or Receive the search word from the plurality of client computers, the plurality of client computers that receive a search result including the web page, perform a search, and search for one or more words in the website directory or introductory portion of the web page. A website directory comprising a search server for generating an HTML document to which a hyperlink is applied and transmitting the same to the plurality of client computers, and a communication network for interconnecting the plurality of client computers and the search server to process data transmission and reception. It provides a search system to apply a hyperlink to a word that describes a Web page.

According to another object of the present invention, a search in which a plurality of client computers using a search service and a search server providing the search service are connected through a communication network to apply hyperlinks to words describing a website directory or a web page A method, comprising: collecting index information about a plurality of websites or web pages in a search server and constructing them into a database; connecting the plurality of client computers to the search server; and searching terms from the plurality of client computers. Is inputted and transmitted to the search server, wherein the search server searches the index information including the search word using the database, wherein the search server searches for one or more words describing the searched website directory or the webpage. Hyperlinks automatically A method of applying a hyperlink to words describing a website directory or web page, comprising the steps of: applying and transmitting the search result to which the hyperlink is applied to the plurality of client computers. to provide.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a schematic block diagram of a search service system of an Internet site according to the present invention.

In a search service system of an Internet site according to the present invention, a plurality of client computers 200 and a search server 220 are connected to a communication network 210.

The plurality of client computers 200 are provided with a web browser connected to the communication network 210 to connect with the search server 220 providing a search service, and search for a specific search word input by a user who wants to search. Send to the search server 220. In addition, the client computer 200 receives a screen of a search result searched by the search server 220 and displays the screen on the screen.

The search server 220 periodically searches for a plurality of websites (not shown) connected to the network communication network 210 by using a built-in search engine or applies for registration of its website to the search server 220. Build a database using the index information of websites. Here, the index information is HTML documents and URL information of a plurality of websites and web pages searched or registered.

In addition, a website related to the inputted data based on search terms entered by users of the plurality of client computers 200 connected to the search server 220 through the communication network 210 or index information constructed in the database according to the selected directory. Search for web pages, etc.

In addition, the search server 220 provides a result screen searched by the search engine to the client computer 200, wherein the search result screen is provided to the introduction section 110 as well as the hypertext section 100 described with reference to FIG. Hyperlinks are also applied to one or more words present (see FIGS. 4-6). Detailed description thereof and an internal configuration of the search server 220 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3.

3 is a block diagram schematically showing an internal configuration of a search server 220 according to the present invention.

The search server 220 according to the present invention includes a central control unit 300, a search site operation unit 310, an index database unit 320, a search engine unit 330, and a communication control unit 340.

The central control unit 300 controls data transmission and reception between all the components constituting the search server 220, receives a search word from the client computer 200, transmits the searched result information to the client computer 200, and the like. Function to control the server 220 as a whole.

The search site operator 310 functions to operate a website that provides a search service according to the present invention. That is, when a user of the client computer 200 enters a specific search word or searches in a directory type in a website that provides a search service according to the present invention, the search result is received from the central control unit 300 to format an HTML document. (Format) is converted to the client computer (200). Then, the web browser installed on the client computer 200 converts the HTML document generated by the search site operator 310 into a web page format. Here, the hyperlink function is implemented in one or more words in the introduction directory 110 of the website directory and the web page displayed on the search result screen displayed on the client computer 200. Here, the website directory refers to a search result screen when a user searches in a directory manner or directly inputs a search word, but searches by specifying a search condition such that only a website is displayed.

In the index database 320, the search engine unit 330 periodically searches for a plurality of web pages opened in a communication network such as the Internet or the index information of a website where a registration request is generated by the control of the central control unit 300. It is stored. Here, the index information refers to the HTML documents of the web pages collected by the search engine unit 330, the contents of the introduction unit 110 of the website where the registration application has occurred, the HTML document, the URL information of the website and the web page, and the like.

The search engine unit 330 collects index information of a plurality of web pages opened in a communication network such as the Internet at regular intervals under the control of the central control unit 300. In addition, by receiving a search word from the search site management unit 310, it also functions to search the index database unit 320 to find the index information of the web page containing the received search word. In addition, the search engine unit 330 may search the search site operation unit 310 through the central control unit 300 for the content and URL information of the website directory and the introduction section 110 of the web page, which is a result of the search in the index database unit 320. To send).

Here, the HTML document transmitted to the search site operator 310 has a link function set not only in the hypertext unit 100 described with reference to FIG. 1 but also in words of the introduction unit 110. The link function set in the words of the introduction unit 110 may be implemented by directly inputting and storing the corresponding URL information according to the HTML document format by a plurality of administrators who operate the search server 220, but the search engine unit ( The link function may be automatically implemented by 330.

In other words, the search engine unit 330 is a HTML that hyperlinked each URL for each search word transmitted from the client computer 200 and one or more words in the introduction section 110 of some websites and web pages with the highest accuracy To create a document. In general, the search engine unit 330 compares a search word transmitted from the client computer 200 with an HTML document stored in the index database unit 320 to consider whether a search word is included, the number of repetitions of the search word, and a user specified search condition. To calculate accuracy.

Here, it is preferable that a link function is necessarily set to a word that matches the search word transmitted from the client computer 200 among the words in the introduction directory 110 of the website directory and the web page.

To this end, the search engine unit 330 also collects each URL information for each of one or more words listed in the introduction directory 110 of the website directory and the web page and stores the URL information in the index database unit 320. Of course, hyperlinks may not be set for words for which no URL has been collected.

In addition, how many websites and words in the introduction section 110 of the web page in the order of high accuracy among the plurality of websites in the website directory may be preset by the administrator of the search site. There will be.

Techniques for calculating the accuracy of a number of websites and web pages in a website directory are common techniques currently being serviced in current search sites, and thus a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Meanwhile, the search engine unit 330 manages the index database unit 320 using a database management system (DBMS). Here, the database management system refers to software that performs operations such as modifying, deleting, and storing a database by using built-in software for easily searching and using the database.

The communication controller 340 is a part responsible for data input and output with the client computer 200 and receives data related to a search word or a search from the client computer 200. It also functions to transmit the search result data retrieved by the internal components of the search server 220 to the client computer 200.

4 is a search result screen showing a web page searched for a specific search word according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the search result screen of FIG. 4, the accuracy of each searched web page and a search word is shown in parentheses, and an introduction section 400 describing each web page is located under a title of a hyperlinked web page. have. In FIG. 4, the search word input from the client computer 200 is “gostop”. Therefore, the GoStop is displayed in bold font in the search result screen, and the word GoStop in the introduction unit 110 can be seen through an underscore under the GoStop character that the hyperlink is set.

In addition, it can be seen that hyperlinks are set in the words "Legend of Darkness", "Dark Saver", "Kong Kong Puzzle", and "Break Break" in addition to the search word "Gostop" in the introduction unit 400.

Therefore, when the user of the client computer 200 clicks on a word in which the hyperlink function is set among the words in the introduction unit 400 in the search result screen, the user directly moves to the corresponding web page, such as a gostop, a dark legend, and a brick breaker. You can enjoy the game right away.

5 is a search result screen showing a web page searched for a specific search word according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Unlike the introductory unit 400 of FIG. 4, the introductory unit 500 of FIG. 5 is associated with a menu serviced in a corresponding web page. For example, the services listed in the website hyperlinked to the hypertext title "Now the Internet is fun" in FIG. 5 indicate that the words listed in the introduction unit 500 are GoStop, Poker, Tetris, Billiards, and Hula. . Therefore, the user can immediately know the type of service provided by the web page through the word in the introduction unit 500, and can use each service by clicking on the word.

6 is a search result screen showing a website directory searched for a specific search word according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to the website directory screen of FIG. 6, one of the eleven searched websites including the word "Hangame" entered as a search term is introduced. In addition, among the many words listed in the introduction section 110 that describes the website "Hangame" "hyper tetris", "poker", "gostop", "playing", "go", "long-term" hyper The underline indicates that the link is applied.

That is, when the search engine unit 330 described with reference to FIG. 3 generates an HTML document to be transmitted to the search site operation unit 310, URL information and introduction unit 110 of a plurality of web pages constituting a website called "hangame". Match the words listed in each other to apply hyperlinks. Therefore, a website registered to a search site according to the present invention by a plurality of users should also automatically collect index information by the search robot of the search engine unit 330.

In addition, the search engine unit 330 compares the index information such as the HTML document and URL information collected by the search robot with the words in the introduction unit 110, and compares the URL information corresponding to the HTML document with the highest accuracy. Hyperlink to the word to be compared.

For example, in order to hyperlink the word " poker " in the introduction section 110 in FIG. 6, the contents of the HTML document of the plurality of web pages constituting the website " Hangame " If the word poker is the most included or if the title of the HTML document contains a lot of the word "poker", it can be judged that the accuracy is high.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a process of generating an HTML document to which the hyperlink function is applied to the introduction unit 110 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The search server 220 providing a search service according to the present invention constructs an index database by using index information collected by a search robot of the search engine unit 330 searching a website and a web page registered on a search site. (S702).

The client computer 200 accesses the search server 220 for providing a search service according to the present invention through the Internet (S704).

The user of the client computer 200 directly enters a specific search word in a search site operated by the search server 220 or performs a search by a directory search method (S506). Here, the search word entered by the user or the data selected in the directory type search progress is transmitted to the search server 220 (S706).

The search server 220 receiving the specific search word from the client computer 200 searches for an HTML document including the specific search word by using the index information stored in the index database 320 (S708).

The search engine unit 330 automatically applies a link function to one or more words in the introduction unit 110 of the plurality of HTML documents having high accuracy among the plurality of searched HTML documents (S710).

The search server 220 receives a plurality of HTML documents to which the link function is applied to the introduction unit 110 from the search engine unit 330, and transmits the received HTML documents to the client computer 200 (S712). The web browser of the client computer 200 that receives the HTML document to which the link function is applied to the introduction unit 110 from the search server 220 converts the HTML document into a general web page format.

It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and that various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, the search service provided by the conventional search site is set only to the initial web page of the searched website or one specific web page. The link function can also be set for words.

Therefore, a user using the search service according to the present invention can directly go to a website or a web page linked to the selected word by simply clicking on a word to which the link function of the introduction part is applied. The advantage is that you can get the search results you want right away.

Claims (2)

A search system that applies a hyperlink to words that describe a website directory or web page to multiple client computers. The plurality of client computers receiving a search result including the web site directory or the web page related to the search term by inputting a search word on a web browser; Receiving the search word from the plurality of client computers, performing a search, and generating and transmitting an HTML document to which the hyperlink is applied to one or more words in the website directory or an introduction of the web page to the plurality of client computers. Search server; And A communication network which interconnects the plurality of client computers and the search server and processes data transmission and reception; Search system for applying a hyperlink to the words that describe the website directory or web page, characterized in that it comprises a. A search method for applying a hyperlink to a plurality of client computers using a search service and a search server for providing the search service through a communication network to apply words describing a website directory or a web page. (a) collecting index information of a plurality of websites or the web pages in the search server and constructing them into a database; (b) connecting the plurality of client computers to the search server; (c) inputting a search word from the plurality of client computers and transmitting the search word to the search server; (d) the search server searching the index information including the search word using the database, and automatically applying the hyperlink to one or more words describing the searched website directory or the web page. ; And (e) transmitting the search result to which the hyperlink is applied to the plurality of client computers. Search method for applying a hyperlink to the words that describe the website directory or web page, characterized in that it comprises a.