KR20080111822A - Search support information system that provides guide information and ranking information by linking user search terms. - Google Patents

Abstract

According to the present invention, when a user searches for information through a web browser through a search term of a search service site, the user automatically recognizes the search term of the search box and collects information corresponding to the search term information. By displaying guide information, commodity price comparison information, ranking information, and search term linked (search) advertisements for the relevant search word information, users can easily and quickly access and collect information in one screen without re-searching the information they want. It is to provide easy access to the Internet.

Automatically detects the search word entered by the user in the search box of the first site (search service site) that the user is using through a toolbar installed on the user's terminal and links it with the search word information. Through this, it is easy to connect to other enough sites, and to provide services of the concept of search support information system which increase the efficiency by minimizing other incidental waste.

The main configuration of the present invention is to access a first site that provides a search service, enter a search box search request, and the search term entered in the search box is obtained from a toolbar that obtains search term information through a toolbar installed in a user terminal. A management server that receives the received search term information, classifies, analyzes and reads the search term information by category, referring to the data server information, guide information, product price comparison information, ranking information, and (search) advertisements corresponding to the search term information; It consists of an external server and a data server that stores database guide information, product price comparison information, ranking information, and (search) advertisement information. The search term information automatically referred through the user terminal installation toolbar is transferred to the management server. , The management server reads and analyzes the query information to guide information, product price comparison information, Lang Information band provided through the management server so that the user can check it through the toolbar of the user terminal by extracting the information corresponding to the search word information from the data server where the information and the (search) advertisement are stored. And the displayed information provides a preview function when the user mouses over the link, saving the user from having to search for information through each click and allowing the system to induce actual clicks to the actual user. It features.

In addition, the management server that receives information about a user's search word and stores the information in the data server according to a predetermined category, and determines the corresponding category when the user uses the search word, the frequency of the search words stored in the data server. To provide information through the user terminal toolbar through the ranking service.

Description

Search support information system that provides guide information and ranking information by linking user search terms. {Search Support Information System providing guide information and ranking information linked with user's search}

1 is a diagram illustrating a concept of a search support information system providing guide information and ranking information by interworking with a user search word according to the present invention.

2 is a block diagram of a search support information system for providing guide information and ranking information in association with a user search word according to the present invention.

3 is a diagram showing the general progress of the prior art to which the present invention belongs.

4 is a view showing a flow chart that is improved in the existing prior art according to the present invention is applied and used.

5 is a diagram illustrating a process of a support method of a search support information system using a toolbar program of a user terminal of the present invention.

6 is a diagram illustrating a classification read flow of a search word and a provided information flow according to a read result of a search word collected from a user terminal of the present invention.

7 is a diagram illustrating a flow of storing and providing ranking information by reading and classifying search word information collected from a user terminal of the present invention in a management server.

8 is a view showing an embodiment that is output through the information band to the web browser of the user terminal according to the present invention.

9 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of information provided through an information band according to user terminal search word information according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a reading process according to a search word collected through a toolbar installed in a user terminal of the present invention and a derivation flow of search word interlocking information.

11 is a view showing an embodiment of a preview function of information provided through an information band in a management server through a toolbar installed in a user terminal of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a method and a system for supporting search term interworking service using a toolbar program. In detail, the toolbar automatically recognizes a search word input by a user in a search box of a first site providing a search service, and returns to various search sites and web service sites. How to easily support the user with the information that is closest to the desired information with a single search entered by the user through the search box without having to go to it, and a method for providing search support information that enables the system to be easily and easily displayed at once And to the system.

With the development of the Internet, users have acquired various information through search and used it in their daily lives. However, due to the explosive increase of information on the Internet, in order to access the desired information, it is approaching the most satisfying information not only through one search but also by repetition of several sites and searches.

The explosion of information has made it difficult to access correctly through one search and input, as well as questioning the reliability of the information.

Whether the information found through the search is accurate or approaching subjective memories or thoughts is becoming difficult.

If you search through multiple sites with the same search terms such as many portal sites, search portal sites, specialized search sites, and price comparison information sites in Korea, but do not reach satisfactory results or want to acquire more information, In addition, the process of accessing a third party site is repeated and a considerable amount of time and internet usage costs are required. Inefficiency may be caused by spreading multiple web browsers simultaneously and retrieving and re-entering information from place to place.

In addition, in the case of domestic portal sites, the concept of the initial site of the Internet site, which is an important element of the Internet, and the role of guides have changed a lot, and now the results of the search results are focused on the internal content rather than linking to other sites or the role of guides. By providing limited access to information, users are thirsty for moving to various sites and needing sufficient information.

In general, many search support sites and services in Korea are composed of text and provide a title, a brief description, and a URL value. When the user selects the link that contains the information, the decision is made only by the text provided, which limits the accuracy of the information on the page.

According to the present invention, users can use a separate terminal through the terminal of the user's computer so as to minimize inefficiency in using the Internet, easily induce access to information, acquire essential information, and guide the user to additional information. It is a system that can be used quickly and easily by interlocking with a search word that is used mainly without additional work.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to improve the prior art, and helps the user to access various information more easily and fulfills the guided role, thereby minimizing unnecessary efforts for the user to use the desired information and simply retrieving rather than repeating additional search. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a supplementary guide system and search support information so that the user can automatically obtain the most desired and essential information by recognizing and referring to a search word once inputted through the support service first site.

In the present invention, when a user inputs a search word of a desired information by using the existing method in the existing site, the user automatically recognizes the search word information, and the referred system uses the most similar guide information among the categories of information stored in the data server. By automatically selecting the ranking information, product price comparison information, and other information of other users of the same category and displaying the information in the information band through the toolbar installed on the user's client terminal, the user can easily find other information through the information. You can learn about guides and information.

It is another object of the present invention to acquire and store information about user search term information through a toolbar installed in a user client terminal, and analyze ranking sites among users, and operate ranking information by itself, when a user inputs a specific search term. By providing the ranking information in real time the search results of the other users stored in the aim to provide a guide role to a more beneficial site that is used by a large number of users.

As more users are using more client terminal toolbars through the system, more categories of search terms can be collected and accurate and informative ranking information can be provided.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a preview (preview) of the website information in the website link of the information displayed through the information band of the toolbar to allow the user to access the site at the link to each website Minimize the access process by previewing the information to the user by checking and confirming the actual user's click to acquire the information and the actual use through the series of clicks. In addition, the system aims to provide a service for accurately grasping information of a user who actually wants to use.

Another object of the present invention is that when a user accesses a first site and enters a product related search word, the toolbar of the client terminal automatically recognizes the search word and provides the user with product reviews, reviews, and price comparison information related to the product. The purpose of this is to provide information on products in a more diverse way in one screen in the access of information on fragmentary products.

In order to achieve the above object, the guide system providing guide information and ranking information by interworking with the user search terms of the present invention classifies the search term information provided from the toolbar of the toolbar and the toolbar of the user terminal. The server includes a management server that reads and provides information corresponding to a search word, and a data server that provides guide information, product price comparison information, ranking information, and (search) advertisement information to the management server.

The toolbar module installed in the user terminal manages the search term information by automatically recognizing the search term that the user has accessed by searching for the term by inputting a search term through the search box of the site after accessing the first site to be searched through a web browser. A reading module for analyzing and reading each index word classified into a specific index word, a general index word, and a product-related index word by referring to the index word stored in the management server with the search word information provided from the toolbar module of the user terminal; The information corresponding to the search term information is compared with the information included in the data server, and if there is a corresponding item, a transmission module for managing providing the corresponding information about the search term to the toolbar module of the user terminal and the search term information If there is an item compared with the search information ranking for each category stored in the reference to the ranking of the category search word information characterized in that it comprises a control module for controlling the data flow between each module and the application.

Preferably, the data server stores classification data for each category of the search term information in the external server and its own server, and a guide information DB and an external server for storing guide information such as product reviews, reviews, and search word news articles for each search term information category. A product price comparison information DB that stores product price comparison information with respect to product related search term information in its own server; Advertisement data information DB for storing (search) advertisement data according to the search term information; The search engine information collected from a plurality of users is classified into categories, and the same or similar search word information may be classified into a ranking information DB for storing usage frequency ranking data of users by category.

Preferably, the search support information provided from the management server is characterized in that displayed in the infoband on one side of the web browser through the toolbar module of the user terminal.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail with respect to the system of the present invention.

1 is a conceptual diagram of a search information support system providing search information interlocking guide information and ranking information according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a search information support system providing search information interlocking guide information and ranking information according to the present invention. 3 is a flowchart of a search service according to the prior art before the present invention, FIG. 4 is a search flowchart by a search information support system supplemented with the present invention in the prior art, and FIG. 5 is a search information support according to the present invention. 6 to 10 are flow charts for classifying and reading search word information provided from a toolbar module of a user terminal, and FIG. 7 is related to classification and providing ranking information according to search word information provided from a user terminal toolbar module. 8 to 9 are web browsers through a user terminal toolbar module according to an embodiment of the present invention. The information provided from management server is an illustration which is displayed FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, the system of the present invention is indexed from an external server and a data server 300 that stores search support guide information, product price comparison information, ranking information, and (search) advertisement information data. In addition, the management server 200 classifies and assigns a unique category and a click value, and installs a toolbar 100 on the user terminal that shows and transfers information from each data server and collects and transmits search word information of the user terminal. Thereafter, the management server 200 transmits the search term information provided through the toolbar 100 of the user terminal to the management server 200, and the management server 200 which receives the search term information classifies and reads the search term information. After comparing with the index word and information of the data server 300 through the corresponding information, if the corresponding information is transmitted through the toolbar 100 of the user terminal, the toolbar 100 of the user terminal transmits the received information to one side of the user web browser Derived through infoband of.

Looking at the preferred management server and data server of the present invention with reference to Figure 2, the management server 200 collects and forwards the user terminal search term information and displays the toolbar module 100 for displaying on the user terminal of the information provided from the management server Toolbar management module 203 to manage, classify by category for the provided search term information and the characteristics of the search term information, the reading module 205 for comparing with the data stored in the data server 301, the received search term information Compared with the ranking information DB 305, analysis module 206 for controlling the ranking information, such as applying and refer to the classification ranking by category, transmission module 204 for the search support information, a control module responsible for controlling each module ( 207, the data server 301 is a guide information DB (302) for storing an external server and its own database of guide information, commodity building Product price comparison DB (303) for storing product price comparison information with respect to search term information, (search) advertisement information DB (304) for storing advertisement information for search term information, ranking information for storing ranking information for search term information categories DB 305 is made.

3 and 4 will be described in detail with respect to the user's use of the search service according to the prior art and the effect on the user's use of the Internet according to the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an internet search service of users according to the related art.

Users access the existing conventional search portal and specialized search service support site in order to access and acquire the desired information. The user inputs a desired search term in the search box (step S201), and the user searches for the desired information among the search results (step S202) of the corresponding search support site. Find links to webpages and information. However, if the user's desired information is not satisfactory or not found in the search support site of the first site, the user can access the second search support site and enter the same search term in the search box to search for the desired information within the search results of the second site. An approach is attempted (steps S204 to S205). If the desired information is not found in the search box of the second search support site, the third and fourth search support sites are accessed to continuously access the information on the same search word (steps S204 to S205) to obtain desired information. The flow is repeated until this is achieved.

FIG. 4 is a view illustrating a flow of a change of an Internet search service of a user due to the present invention while minimizing inefficiency and inconvenience of the related art of FIG. 3.

The user accesses the search service support site of FIG. 3 to search for and obtain desired information, inputs a search word in a search box (step S301), and searches for desired information through a search result (step S302) on the search support site. At the same time, the search information support system that provides user search information linking guide information and ranking information by automatically receiving and referring to a search word in the toolbar of the user terminal of the present invention in the search term input (step S301) of the search service support site ( In step S305, the guide information, product price comparison information, ranking information, and (search) advertisement information linked to the search word provided by the first search service support site search results and the information through the information band of one side of the web browser user Minimizes the hassle of accessing the second and third retrieval service support sites, and enables efficient Internet use and information retrieval and acquisition.

5 is a diagram illustrating a flow of creating a search word linked search support information system after recognizing search word information through a toolbar of a user terminal of the present invention.

When a user connects to a search service support website that wants to search in a web browser, enters a desired search word in a search box and makes a search request (step S401), the toolbar installed in the user's terminal automatically searches for the search word information entered by the user in the search box. Received and recognized (step S402) and transmits the search term information to the management server, the management server reads and classifies the transmitted search term information by reference to the data stored in the data server, by category (step S403) and read from the stored DB of the data server The guide information, product price comparison information, (search) advertisement information, and ranking information corresponding to the search term information are extracted from the data server (step S405), and combined (S406) for retransmission of the information to the toolbar module. The toolbar installed on the user terminal is transmitted to the toolbar (step S407) and the information provided from the management server is used. The display (step S408) the received search support information provided through the information Band of one Web browser.

6 is a toolbar installed in a user terminal automatically recognizes a search word entered by a user in a search box when a user accesses a first search service support site to search for information in the management server of the present invention and inputs a search term in a search box; Then, the search term information is transmitted to the management server (step S501), and the management server receives the search term information (step S502) and classifies the search term information. The search term information received from the management server is compared with the index words stored in the data server to compare the product-related search term information (step S503), and if the product-related search term, provides information corresponding to the search term information stored in the data server Receive it and transmit it to the toolbar again (step S505). If it is not the product related search term information, compare it with the search term information for accessing a specific site among the index words stored in the data server again (step S504). In the case of search term information for accessing a specific site, information corresponding to the search term information stored in the data server is received and transmitted to the toolbar of the user terminal (step S506). General search terms if not search term information and specific site access query information Receiving in receiving information corresponding to the search information which is stored in the data server provides it (step S508) the transmission to the user terminal.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a flow of categories of information transmitted from a data server with respect to the classified and read search words according to the search word information in FIG. 6.

The user accesses the search service support site, makes a search request in the search box, recognizes the requested search term information in the toolbar of the user terminal, and provides the search term information to the management server (step S901). The management server reads / analyzes (step S902) and compares the index word stored in the data server (step S903) to find information corresponding to the search word information, and compares the index word of the data server to the product related search word (step S904). ) If the product price comparison information, guide information, ranking information, (search) advertisement corresponding to the search word information is received, and the search word information is a specific site search request by comparing the index word of the data server (step S905) Received guide information of data server, ranking information of category for search word information, (search) advertisement, In the case of a general search word compared with the index word of the data server (step S906), guide information, ranking information, and (search) advertisement information corresponding to the search word information stored in the data server are provided, and the corresponding information is aggregated and transmitted to the user terminal toolbar ( In step S907, the user terminal toolbar provides the information provided from the management server through the information band of one side of the user web browser (step S908).

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a system for storing and providing ranking information by referring to search word information entered in a search box by a user accessing a search service website.

In the toolbar installed in the user terminal, the user inputs the requested search term information into the search service website search box and automatically transmits the requested search term to the management server (step S601). The management server receives the received search term information for each category stored in the data server. The search term information is analyzed / read by comparing the index term and the information database. (Steps S603 to S604) If the term term information is product related term information, the same index term is compared with the index term of the product related category stored in the data server. If the index is applied to the frequency information for measuring the ranking information ranking information is provided to extract the ranking information of the same category of the data server (step S605), if the received search term information is a specific site query information of the same category of the data server That corresponds to that index When the received search term information is general search term information compared to the index term of the data server, the data is applied to the ranking information of the same category index term and the data is applied to the king information. The server receives ranking information of the same category. (Step S607)

The ranking information received from the management server receives the corresponding ranking information according to the analysis according to the category of each search term information. (Step 608)

8 is an information band of one side of a user web browser in a toolbar of a user terminal receiving information corresponding to search term information from a management server in a search support information system providing guide information and ranking information linked to user request search term information (step A diagram showing an embodiment of displaying through S701.

The toolbar of the user terminal automatically recognizes the search word entered by the user through the search input window on the search service website and transmits it to the management server, and transmits the information corresponding to the transmitted search word information to the toolbar again by referring to the data server. The information is displayed to the user through one side of the user's web browser as shown in the figure.

The user enters a search term in a search service search box that is accessed for the first time, and an information band (step S701) of a search support information system linked to user search word information provided by a toolbar of a user terminal together with a corresponding search result (step S702). You can check and use at the same time on one screen.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment in which shapes of information displayed through a user terminal information band according to search word information classification according to the present invention are illustrated.

If the user accesses the search service website and provides the search term information entered in the search box to the management server and provides the search server information to the management server, if the received search term information from the management server refers to the data server, Display price comparison information, guide information, ranking information, (search) advertisement (step S801) and refer to the data server for specific site connection query information in the information band guide information, ranking information of the same category, (search) The advertisement is displayed (step S802), and when the search term information is general search term information with reference to the data server, guide information, ranking information, and (search) advertisement corresponding to the search term information are displayed through the information band.

FIG. 11 illustrates that when the management server provides additional information related to the search word information through the toolbar of the user terminal, the toolbar displays search support information corresponding to the search word information provided from the management server on one side of the user web browser in the information band (step). S101), when the user places the mouse over the link, the displayed information is displayed in a small size window through the preview function (step S102) and the user through the preview function of the displayed web link. You can click on the link that contains the information you want to see more accurately and easily.

In addition, it is possible to check the actual click and visit for the user who actually wants to use the web link through the preview function.

According to the present invention, in order to obtain desired information through a search, the user minimizes the repetitive effort of re-searching for a search, and when a corresponding search word is inputted for the first time, the toolbar of the user terminal automatically recognizes and reads the inputted search word information and searches the search word information. Provide methods and systems for accessing the most appropriate and necessary information about the system.

In addition, according to the present invention by analyzing the search query information according to the search terms to compare the search query information of other users of the same category to provide the ranking information and ranking information for the most frequently used search terms to access and use information through collective intelligence Provide methods and systems for easy access.

In addition, in the present invention, since the user can view the search support information on the same screen, rather than being output in a separate new window, additional information and search support information through the information band at the same time as checking the search results of the first search service website The effect can be easily accessed and moved at a glance.

In addition, the present invention through the preview function of the information provided through the information band, the user can use the information of the desired site through confirmation in advance without having to check the site through the actual link, so that the user can use the search support information system Through the easy access to the website with the desired information, the system has the effect of confirming the information about the actual utilization rate through the user's access, click on the actual user.

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In the system that provides the guide information, ranking information in conjunction with the user query, A data server that stores the search information of the search term entered by the user in the search box of the first site, and a search object corresponding to the search term entered automatically by recognizing the search term and referring to the information stored in the data server of the data server. And a toolbar module for outputting guide information, ranking information, commodity price comparison information, and (search) advertisements corresponding to the search word if the desired information is not sufficiently obtained from the search results. The method of claim 1, wherein the toolbar module, A system for automatically recognizing a search word input by a user in a search box of a search support website to which the user is connected and transmitting it to a management server, analyzing and determining search term information, and outputting additional search support information. The method of claim 2, wherein the toolbar module And a guide band, ranking information, product price comparison information, and (search) advertisement information corresponding to the search word information of the user terminal through an information band of a user web browser on which a web page is output. The method of claim 2 wherein the management server And a management server which is a search support server corresponding to the searched keyword information purpose among a plurality of support servers. A system for analyzing the search terms collected from the toolbar of the user terminal to compare the search terms of the category with the index words of the data server to store the user's search term information as ranking information according to the frequency of the search term information. The method of claim 5, wherein the search term information input by the user is displayed in real time using the search term information frequency ranking information according to the category of the data server and ranking information of the category corresponding to the search term information using the user terminal information toolbar. system. When the search term information collected from the toolbar of the user terminal is classified as product related search term information, the user derives a product guide information, product price comparison information, ranking information, and (search) advertisement from information stored in the data server. System to display in the transmission information band with the terminal toolbar. The search term information collected from the toolbar of the user terminal is classified as search term information for a specific website search by referring to the information of the data server, and the guide information, ranking information corresponding to the search term information in the data server, and ( Search) A system that derives advertisement information and transmits it to a user terminal toolbar and displays it through a user web browser information band. When the search term information collected from the toolbar of the user terminal is classified and read as general search term information by referring to the information of the data server, the guide information, ranking information, and (search) information of the data server corresponding to the search term information are provided. The user terminal toolbar is a system that displays information through a user web browser information band. Stores the data according to the category classification and the designated index word according to the search term information of the external server and the self-established database storage data server, and when the information corresponding to the search term information of the management server is called, the corresponding information of the search term information is stored in the data server. System to extract and provide. When the information provided through the management server is displayed through the information band of the user's terminal, when the user places the mouse over the link containing the information, the user provides a preview function of the linked website. A system that provides a preview of information about a link without having to click through to access information about the link.

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