RU2177174C1 - Method for retrieval in formatted-data bases - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: data retrieval systems including retrieval from data bases over communication networks. SUBSTANCE: method intended to render additional services to subscribers involves input of data to be retrieved for using them in communication networks and their comparison with data stored in data bases followed by visualizing the results of retrieval. Data taken from data bases which are in full or partial coincidence with those entered are marked by means of hyperlink indicating location of useful data other than location of data entered or those taken from data base and/or coinciding with this location. In visualizing results of retrieval including hyperlink data are marked by color and/or graphical flags. EFFECT: improved convenience for subscribers using results of retrieval. 7 cl

Description

 The invention relates to information retrieval systems, in particular in databases on communication networks, bringing the search results to a form convenient for the consumer.

 Known database search systems using communication networks, which include entering search data and obtaining its results (US 5956720 A, G 06 F 17/30, 09/21/99; EP 837403 A1, C 06 F 17/30, 22. 04.98 ; EP 971303 A2, G 06 F 17/30, 25.02.99, FR 2719682 A, G 06 F 17/60, 06. 05.94, etc.).

 All known systems provide a search in the databases that the subscriber sets, and a list view of the search results.

 The closest is the search method in the databases for US 5960425 A, G 06 F 17/30, 09/28/99, in which the data to be searched is entered and compared with the data stored in the databases with subsequent visualization (output to the monitor or printer) of the search results.

 This method provides mainly a search for numerical data and presents the results in a form that requires further processing.

 The technical result of the invention is to provide subscribers with additional services and bringing the search results to a form convenient for the consumer.

 To do this, enter the data to be searched using communication networks, and compare them with the data stored in the databases, followed by visualization of the search results, and the database data that coincides in whole or in part with the entered data is highlighted with a hyperlink indicating the location useful data, different from the location of the entered data and / or database data and / or coinciding with it, and when visualizing the search results taking into account the hyperlink, the data is highlighted in color and / or graphic signs, as well as the fact that hyperlinks are marked placement of mineral and / or input data and / or data to the database, which is necessary to increase attendance.

 Additional features of the method are that the hyperlink is a list of alternative placements of useful data that match and / or do not coincide with the place of placement of useful data and / or entered data and / or database data, which appears when viewing automatically and / or when its special activation, for example, by clicking with the mouse, and also in the fact that the data to be entered for the search indicates the name of the product and / or barcode and / or price and / or data on the manufacturer and / or data on the uemom amount of goods, and, when the feature extraction data visualization is performed based on the data of relevance and / or data class detected by the search, and the subscriber selects the type of feature extraction. As well as the fact that in hyperlinks and / or in the places pointed to by hyperlinks, the number and / or rating of visits to this database to search for similar data by other subscribers for a specified time is indicated, and the data to be searched and / or databases are on the terminal and / or server included in the communication and / or computer network.

The search method according to the invention is illustrated below by the following examples:
The data to be visualized on the display (screen or monitor or printer or other display means) of the subscriber terminal is located on this terminal and / or delivered to it from the telecommunications network. At the same terminal and / or in an accessible terminal of the telecommunications network, a database is located, the data of which is used as search queries to the data to be visualized. If the database data coincides with the data to be visualized, such data to be visualized is provided with a hyperlink to one and / or more of the corresponding places in the network and / or in the database, the attendance of which needs to be increased. Such places may contain information on the number of visits to these places and / or the rating of visits and / or other useful data.

 The subscriber from the subscriber terminal (personal computer) carries out the input of data that determines the goods he needs. At the same time, it indicates the search area by specifying the area (geographic) search data, i.e. indicating that the search should be carried out at places really accessible to the subscriber, thereby determining the scope of the search. Search is carried out on communication networks, in particular, INTERNET.

 Search results are visualized on a monitor screen, whereby hyperlinks are indicated to information sources in which full or partial coincidence of the entered data is found. The hyperlink is a list of alternative placements matching the database data request, which appears when viewing automatically or when it is specially activated, for example, when clicking with the mouse. When forming the input data, the subscriber can keep a different number of signs defining the required product: its name, barcode, price, information about the manufacturer, etc. At the same time, the price is entered for which the subscriber is ready to purchase this product. To enter the barcode, a database of barcodes is used, which is entered into the subscriber’s terminal in advance from the information carrier it purchases (CD-ROM, floppy disk, etc.). When visualizing data, the subscriber sees not only a link to the place in the network where the information about the necessary product is located, but also the data class (food, cosmetics, etc.) highlighted in color or graphically and / or the degree of relevance (coincidence) of the entered data to the data found .

 So with a complete coincidence, the addresses of the location of the goods that completely coincide with the required ones are highlighted in one color (such as a marker) or brightness, and with a partial one, in another color or brightness depending on the number of matching signs. It should be noted that manufacturers and intermediaries involved in the creation of a market for goods and / or services are interested in introducing fresh data on goods (price lists) into the databases by which subscribers search, and are also interested in to hyperlink those databases whose attendance they would like to increase in order to generate additional revenue.

 The interface itself (user) for carrying out the invention according to this method may coincide (or be similar) with the interface of the search system according to WO 00/02143 A, G 06 F 17/30, 01/13/2000 of FIG. eleven.

 When using this method, the subscriber does not need additional processing of the search data, moreover, for the convenience of printing information from the search results, the subscriber can select the type of selection, i.e. in the presence of a black-and-white printer, graphic selections (various underscores, gray intensity, type of font, etc.) are selected, and in the presence of a digital one, color selections are selected.

 It should be noted that this method can also be used in local networks (in one building of a department store or supermarket). The terminal is installed with access for the buyer and he, entering data on the desired purchase, receives clear information about its address and availability. The databases themselves can be located on the terminal and / or server included in the communication and / or computer network.

 An indication in the hyperlink and / or in the place indicated by the hyperlink on the number and / or rating of calls to search for data similar to those entered by the subscriber indicates the demand for this product and allows the subscriber receiving, in addition to everything, information on the quantity of goods, to plan their actions.

 According to the claimed method, a search can be performed not only for the product, but also for any other information.

Claims (7)

 1. The search method in the databases with data markup, which consists in the input from the subscriber terminal of the data to be searched on the communication networks, and comparing them with the data stored in the databases, followed by visualization of the search results, characterized in that database data that coincides in whole or in part with the entered data is highlighted with a hyperlink indicating the location of the data found during the search, and when visualizing the search results, the data is provided with hyperlinks, color and / or graphic features, taking into account the data class and / or the degree of relevance of the entered data and the data found during the search.  2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the databases are located on the subscriber terminal and / or on the server.  3. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the subscriber terminal and / or server are included in the communication network.  4. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the subscriber terminal and / or server are included in the computer network.  5. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the hyperlink mark the location of the data of those databases whose attendance must be increased.  6. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that in the places pointed to by hyperlinks, indicate the number and / or rating of visits to this database for searching similar data entered from the subscriber terminal by other subscribers for a set time.  7. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the data to be entered for the search indicate the name of the product, and / or barcode, and / or price, and / or data on the manufacturer, and / or data on required quantity of goods.