JP2000330852A - Retrieval system and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To register the document files of clients in a server. SOLUTION: In plural client machines 1 loaded with web browsers 11, each web browser 11 is provided with an add-on function 13 inherent to the web browser 11 and an add-on module 14 and the module 14 uploads its own document file 12 to the server 2 by utilizing the add-on function 13. The server 2 extracts the document file and retrieving information from information including the document file transmitted from each client by upload logic 25, registers the document file in a document file storing data base 23 and registers the retrieving information in a retrieving data base 24 by registration processing logic 26.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a retrieval system and a recording medium for retrieving a required document from a large number of documents.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a full-text search system on a server machine has a CGI (Common Geteway Interface) script, and can retrieve document data itself to be searched on a client machine and register it in a search system database. Cannot be registered in the database of the full-text search system as it is via the network.

Normally, in a server machine having a full-text search system operating on the Web, when registering documents to be searched, it is necessary to perform a registration process directly by itself, or when registering through a network, it is necessary to register on a network. It is necessary to install the registration program on the client machine side.

[0004] When considering a document management system on the Web that manages registered documents based on registration requests from a plurality of client machines, it is necessary to install a registration program on each of the client machines.
It is necessary to take measures such as separately providing a terminal for registration processing, but this raises problems such as high costs and poor usability.

[0005]

Therefore, the server machine as described above cannot directly register a file to be searched in a database of a full-text search system operating on the Web from a Web browser.

On the other hand, from any client machine,
It is also true that there is often a desire to register a search target document owned by the user in a database of a full-text search system.

Therefore, it is desired to directly register a search target document from a client machine to a database of a full-text search system while avoiding installing a registration-only tool on the client machine.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a search system and a recording medium for easily registering a client document file in a database of a server.

[0009]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention relates to a search system including a client having a Web browser and a server having a search system, wherein the client is an add-on for the Web browser. An add-on module for uploading a document file to the server using the function is provided.On the other hand, the server is provided with upload logic for registering the document file uploaded from the client in a database, and the document file to be registered is stored in the server. You can easily register.

[0010] As another invention, the server extracts and outputs the search information from a document file including the search information uploaded from the client, and stores the document file in a document file database. Logic and registration processing logic for registering the search information output from the logic are provided, so that a document file can be searched using the search information.

In another invention, when a client has a document file and a related document file related to the document file by using an add-on function of a Web browser, the client and the related information of the two files are simultaneously transmitted. An add-on module for uploading to the server is provided. On the other hand, the server extracts the search information and the related information from the document file uploaded from the client, the related document file, and the search information and the related information of the document. By providing an upload logic for outputting and registering the document file and the related document file in the document file database, and a registration logic for registering the search information and the related information output from the upload logic. The client side can upload the document file and its related document file to the server, and the server side stores the document file and its related document file, as well as the search information and related information of both files, and when necessary, the document Files and their related document files can be searched.

Another aspect of the present invention is a storage means for storing a document file and a related document file uploaded from a client to a server, and related information of the two files, and the storage means for searching the document file from the document file during the search for the document file. A search processing logic for extracting relevant information related to and sending it through a Web server;
By providing the client with relevant information sent from the server and storing it as update information, and providing an update information acquisition unit that can determine the update state of the relevant information due to rewriting by another client, the client machine can obtain the document file and There is a case where the related document file and its related information are rewritten by another client machine after registration, but the client machine can obtain the updated state of the related information.

Further, as another invention, the client uses an add-on function of a Web browser to update the status of the related information acquired by the update information acquiring means, the document file uploaded to the server, and the related document file. And an add-on module for comparing and extracting difference information and uploading the difference information to the server,
On the other hand, the server, based on the difference information uploaded from the add-on module, by providing an upload logic that changes the contents of the document file stored in the storage unit, the related document file, and the related information of these two files The contents of the document file can be changed without destroying the existing registered document file and the like.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a search system and a recording medium according to the present invention.

This search system uses the Web browser 11
And a server machine 2 having a search system unit 21.

The client machine 1 analyzes an HTML document or the like described on the server machine 2 and displays a document to be registered in addition to the Web browser 11 for displaying an image of a homepage provided from the server machine on a screen. A document file 12 to be held is provided.

The Web browser 11 includes, for example, an add-on function 13 unique to the Web browser as extension software for transferring and reproducing documents in various formats, and an add-on module 14 downloaded from the server machine 2.
Are provided.

The add-on function 13 and the add-on module 14 execute a series of processing as shown in FIG. 2A in order to register the document file 12 to be registered.

The server machine 2 includes, in addition to the search system 21 having search software for searching a required page from the WWW home page in accordance with the contents requested by the client machine 1, a Web system for publishing the WWW home page on the Internet. It comprises a server 22, a document file storage database 23, and a search database 24 for storing search information such as an index of document files.

The search system unit 21 includes, in addition to the search software, an upload logic 25 for extracting a document file and search information from control / search information including a document file uploaded from the client machine 1, and the search logic 25. A registration processing logic 26 for performing registration processing in the search database 24 is provided.

The upload logic 25 and the registration processing logic 26 execute a series of processing as shown in FIG.

The Web server 22 has an add-on module 27 designed to access a local document file in addition to a download function to a client machine.
Has been implemented.

Next, with respect to the above document management system, an example in which a user registers a document file 12 stored in the client machine 1 in the server machine 2 will be described with reference to FIG.

(1) Operation on the client machine side (see FIG. 2A).

First, the client machine 1 performs an initial setting for registering a document file.

The user starts the Web browser 11 and
When a link for registration processing on the WWW homepage provided from the server machine 2 is selected, the Web server 22
Extracts the add-on module 27 as software installed in the server 22 and downloads it to the client machine through the add-on function 13 unique to the Web browser. The downloaded add-on module 14 operates so as to act as a part of the function of the web browser 11 while receiving the add-on function 13 unique to the web browser.

In such a state, the document file 1
The registration processing of No. 2 is performed as follows.

As an initial operation for activating the add-on module 14, the Web browser 11 selects and activates the add-on function 13 (S1; add-on function selection function). As a result, the add-on module 14 starts using the add-on function unique to the Web browser (S2; add-on module start function).

Here, the add-on module 14 selects the document file 12 to be registered based on an external instruction (S3; document file selection function), and then stores control / search information for registration in the search database 24. It is set (S4). Thereafter, it is determined whether or not there is a transmission instruction from the outside (S5). If there is a transmission instruction, communication with the upload logic 25 implemented in the search system unit 21 is performed, and the document file 12 is transmitted (S6). Document file transmission function).

(2) Operation on the server machine side (see FIG. 2B).

When the upload logic 25 of the search system unit 21 receives an upload request by mutual communication with the add-on module 14 on the client machine side, the upload logic 25 performs initialization processing such as file reception preparation (S
11) Receive information of the transmitted document file and the like (S12; document file receiving function). Then, of the received information, search information to be registered in the search database 24 is passed to the registration processing logic 26 (S13;
On the other hand, the document file 12 is a document file storage database 2 prepared on the server machine side.
3 (S14; document file registration function). The registration processing logic 26 registers the search information for the document file 12 received from the upload logic 25 in the search database 24 (S15; search information registration function).

Therefore, according to the above-described embodiment, the document file 12 stored on the client machine 1 using the add-on function 13 of the Wed browser 11
Is uploaded to the search system 21 and the database 2
3 can be registered and managed.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of the search system according to the present invention. In the figure, the same parts as those in FIG.

In this embodiment, the document file to be registered is not a single file, and there may be some related documents for the document file due to the construction of the document management system. This is an example of registering in the server machine 2 at the same time.

In this system, on the client machine side, a related document file 15 that is related to the document file 12 to be registered and a function described in FIG. An add-on module 14A for creating related information and a related information file 16 for storing related information created by the add-on module 14A are added or improved.

On the other hand, on the server machine side, the upload logic 25A for extracting the search information, the related information, the document file 12 and the related document file 15 from the information sent from the client machine side, And the auxiliary database 2 in which related information is stored by the related information writing logic 28.
9 has been improved or newly added.

Therefore, this auxiliary database 29 contains
Information relating to which related document file 15 is related to which document file 12 is registered.

Next, the operation of the above system will be described with reference to FIG.

(1) Operation on the client machine side (see FIG. 4A).

The client machine 1 has a Web server 2
After downloading the add-on module 14A from the Web browser 2, the web browser 11
As an initial operation for activating, the add-on function 13 is selected and activated (S21). As a result, the add-on module 14 using the add-on function specific to the web browser is used.
A starts (S22).

Here, the add-on module 14A selects the document file 12 to be registered according to the user's instruction (S23), and similarly selects the related document file 15 related to the document file 12 to be registered based on the user's instruction. (S24).

Thereafter, various information such as transmission control information, search information to be registered in the search database 24, and information indicating the presence of a related document file is set (S2).
5). Further, the add-on module 14A creates related information in which the document file 12 and the related document file 15 are associated with each other, stores the related information in the related information file 16, and sets the related information in the document files 12 and 15 (S26).

Thereafter, the transmission instruction is confirmed (S27).
It communicates with the upload logic 25A and transmits the document file 12 and the like (S28).

(2) Operation on the server machine side (see FIG. 4B).

When the upload logic 25A of the search system unit 21 receives an upload request by mutual communication with the add-on module 14A on the client machine side, it performs initialization processing such as file reception preparation (S31), and then uploads. The received information such as a document file is received (S32).

Here, the upload logic 25A
From the received information, the search information and the related information to be registered in the search database 24 are extracted, the search information is passed to the registration processing logic 26, and the related information is passed to the related information writing logic 28 (S33). 1
2 and the related document file 15 are written in the document file storage database 23 (S34).

On the other hand, the registration processing logic 26 registers the search information received from the upload logic 25A in the search database 24 (S35), and the related information writing logic 27 stores the related information also received from the upload logic 25 in the auxiliary database. 28 (S
36).

Therefore, according to the above embodiment, not only the document file 12 but also the document file 1
Since the related document file 15 related to the client machine 2 can be registered in the database 23 of the server machine 2 and the related information and the information required for retrieval are stored in the databases 29 and 24, respectively, the document file on the client machine side can be stored. Can be managed accurately.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of the search system according to the present invention.

In this embodiment, the document file 1 and the related document file 1 are transmitted from the client machine 1 in FIG.
Upload related information to the auxiliary database 29
This is an example in which the updated state of the related information is acquired on the client machine side, since it may be rewritten by another client machine after that.

This system is similar to the Web browser 1
1 and a search system section 2
1 and a server machine 2 having the same.

The client machine 1 is connected to the server machine 2
The Web browser 11 that analyzes an HTML document or the like described in the above and displays an image of a homepage provided from the server machine on a screen.
A document file 12 having the same contents as a document file already registered in the document file storage database 23, a related document file 15 related to the document file 12, and an update information file 17 are provided.

The update information file 17 is a file that fetches and stores update information related to related information from an HTML document or the like provided from the server machine 2.

On the other hand, the server machine 2 includes a search system unit 21 having search software for searching a required page from the WWW home page according to the contents requested by the client machine 1, a Web server 22 for publishing the WWW home page on the Internet, A document file storage database 23 in which a document file registered from a certain client machine, its related document file and other document files are stored, and search information of various document files including the related document file stored in the database 23 are stored. Registered search database 24, database 23
Is provided with an auxiliary database 29 in which information relating to the document files stored in the.

The search system unit 21 obtains related information stored in the auxiliary database 29 by searching, and
A search processing logic 30 to be passed to the b server 22 is provided.

Next, the operation of the above system will be described with reference to FIG.

When the search system 21 executes a search process, the server machine executes a process as shown in FIG.

That is, the search logic 30 determines a document file to be searched (S41), and then extracts relevant information related to the document file from the auxiliary database 29 and passes it to the Web server 22 (S42).

Here, the Web server 22 analyzes the extracted information, and converts the extracted information into the HTML document to be transmitted to the client machine as the related state information registered in the server machine 2 (S43). Is transmitted to the client machine 1 (S44).

On the other hand, in the client machine 1,
The processing as shown in FIG. 6B is performed. The Web browser 11 transmits the HT sent from the Web server 22.
The ML document is received (S51), and the HTML document is decrypted and displayed on a display screen (S52). Thereafter, the relevant state information appearing on the display screen is fetched (S53) and written into the update information file 17 (S54).

Accordingly, in response to the user's action, a document file relating to the related state information selected as a search result and the related document file are requested as link destinations (S55), and downloaded from the server machine 2 (S55).
56).

Therefore, according to the embodiment described above, the search processing logic 30 of the server machine 2 not only transmits the HTML document as the search result to the Web browser 11 but also utilizes the function of the Web browser, In the current server machine, information indicating what kind of related information is added to the document file 12 and the related document file 15 of the client machine 1 can be provided to the client machine 1 via the Web server 22, and the file 17 is used as update information. Can be written to.

Therefore, the client machine can judge and analyze how information related to the document file and the like uploaded to the server machine 2 is currently rewritten.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of the search system according to the present invention.

In this system, the client machine 1 has a new add-on function 13
And an add-on module 14B provided by the add-on module 14B. The contents of the update information file 17 downloaded from the server machine 2 and the information (file size, related Information type, etc.) and the document file 12 to be registered, the related document file 1
5. It has a function of extracting difference information on how the related information file 15 is updated.

On the other hand, the server machine 2 newly includes the two files 12, 15 from the respective file difference information including the search difference sentence information uploaded from the add-on module 14B of the client machine 1 in the constituent elements shown in FIG. Upload logic 25B for extracting and outputting difference information related to the related information and search information, and changing the contents of both files based on the file difference information of both files 12, 15, and search difference information obtained from this upload logic 25B. Search database 24 based on
There is provided a registration processing logic 26 for changing and registering the search information, an update processing logic 31 for updating the related information of the auxiliary database 29 based on the difference information of the related information, and the like.

Next, the operation of the above system will be described with reference to FIG.

As described with reference to FIG. 5, when the update information file 17 downloaded from the server machine 2 exists, the user of the client machine 1 writes the document file 12 to be re-registered, the related document file 15 and both of them. The related information file 16 is set in the add-on module 14B (S61). Thereafter, when the user instructs the execution of the registration processing of the add-on module 14B, the add-on module 14B
7 is checked (S62).

Here, the document file 12 to be registered
If the update information file 17 corresponding to the file exists, the add-on module 14B determines the contents of the update information file 17 and the files 12, 15, and.
Then, the contents are compared with each other and the respective difference information is extracted (S63). The add-on module 14B uploads only the updated difference information to the upload logic 25B (S64). At this time, it existed before,
For information that has been explicitly deleted, a deletion flag is transmitted to the server machine 2.

Upload logic 2 of server machine 2
5B receives the difference information uploaded from the client machine 1 (S71), and extracts the difference information on the file, the difference information on the search, and the difference information on the related information from the difference information (S72). And
Database 23 based on the difference information about the file
The contents of both files 12, 15 are changed (S73).
The registration processing logic 26 is the upload logic 2
5B, the content of the search information in the search database 24 is changed based on the difference information related to the search, and the update processing logic 31 similarly changes the content of the related information written in the auxiliary database 29 based on the difference information related to the related information. The content is changed (S74).

Therefore, according to the above embodiment, when re-registering a document file based on update information, the content of the existing file is changed and registered based on the difference information without destroying the existing information. can do.

[0073]

As described above, according to the present invention, the document file of the client can be easily uploaded and registered in the database of the server using the add-on function.

When there is a related document file related to the document file, the document file including the related document file and related information can be uploaded and registered in the database of the server.

Furthermore, when the document file registered in the server and the related information of the related document file are rewritten by another client, the client that has registered the file can easily acquire the updated state of the related information.

Further, when the client re-registers the relevant document file or the like based on the update state of the related information, the client can extract and upload only the difference information and change the contents of the server database.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a search system and a recording medium according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the system shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing another embodiment of a search system and a recording medium according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the apparatus shown in FIG. 3; FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing another embodiment of a content creation device and a recording medium according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram showing another embodiment of the search system according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the apparatus shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram showing another embodiment of the search system according to the present invention.

8 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the device shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Client machine 2 ... Server machine 11 ... Web browser 12 ... Document file 13 ... Add-on function 14, 14A ... Add-on module 15 ... Related document file 16 ... Related information file 17 ... Update information file 21 ... Search system part 22 ... Web server 23 ... Document file storage database 24 ... Search database 25, 25A ... Upload logic 26 ... Registration processing logic 28 ... Related information writing logic 29 ... Auxiliary database 30 ... Search processing logic 31 ... Update processing logic

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification code FI Theme coat ゛ (Reference) G06F 15/401 330Z (72) Inventor Miyazaki Yukiko 1 Toshiba-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo Toshiba Fuchu factory (72) Inventor Akira Katayama 1 Toshiba-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo F-term in the Fuchu Plant of Toshiba Corporation (Reference) 5B075 KK07 ND03 ND20 ND30 QS01 UU06 5B082 GA04 GA14 HA05 5B089 GA11 GA21 GB03 JA22 JA32 JB02

Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. A search system comprising a client having a Web browser and a server having a search system, wherein the client has an add-on module for uploading a document file to the server using an add-on function of the Web browser. A search system characterized by being provided. 2. The search system according to claim 1, wherein the server has an upload logic for registering a document file uploaded from the client in a database. 3. The search system according to claim 2, wherein the server extracts and outputs the search information from a document file including the search information uploaded from the client, and outputs the document file as a document. A search system comprising: upload logic stored in a file database; and registration processing logic for registering the search information output from the logic. 4. A recording medium for recording a document file upload processing program, wherein an add-on function selection start function for selecting and starting an add-on function of a web browser on a client-side computer, and an add-on function unique to the web browser An add-on module start function for starting an add-on module by using a function, a document file selecting function for selecting a document file to be registered, a setting function for setting control / search information in the selected document file,
After the add-on module communicates with the search system unit of the server, the upload processing program is recorded to realize a document file transmission function of uploading the document file including the control / search information to the server. Computer readable recording medium. 5. A recording medium for recording a document file registration processing program, a document file receiving function for receiving information such as a document file transmitted from a client to a server-side computer, and the received information A search information extraction function for extracting the search information of the document file from among the above, a document file registration function for writing the document file after the search information is extracted to the document file database, and a search for registering the search information in the search database. The computer-readable recording medium which stores a registration processing program for realizing an information registration function. 6. A search system including a client having a Web browser and a server having a search system, wherein the client uses a Web browser add-on function to store a document file and a related document related to the document file. When there is a file, an add-on module for uploading both of these files and related information of both files to the server at the same time is provided. 7. The search system according to claim 6, wherein the server retrieves the search information and the related information from the document file uploaded from the client, the related document file, and the search information and the related information of the document. An upload logic for extracting and outputting the document file and the related document file in a document file database and a registration logic for registering the search information and the related information output from the upload logic are provided. A search system characterized by the following. 8. A recording medium for recording a document file upload processing program, wherein an add-on function selection start function for selecting and starting an add-on function of a web browser on a client-side computer, and an add-on function unique to the web browser Add-on module launching function that launches add-on module by using, document file to be registered and related document file selection, file selection and creation function to create related information of both files, and this selected and created document file A setting function for setting control / search information in a related document file and related information, and after the add-on module communicates with a search system unit of a server, the both files including the control / search information are sent to the server. Execute the document file transmission function to be uploaded. The computer readable recording medium storing the upload processing program in order to. 9. A recording medium for recording a program for document file registration processing, a file receiving function for receiving information such as a document file transmitted from a client to a server-side computer, An information extraction function for extracting search information and related information of the file from the inside; a document file registration function for writing the document file and the related document file after extracting the information to a document file database; and searching for the extracted search information Search information registration function to register in the database for
A computer-readable recording medium storing a registration processing program for realizing a related information registration function of registering the extracted related information in a related information database; 10. A storage unit for storing a document file and a related document file uploaded from a client, and related information of the two files, and retrieves related information related to the document file from the storage unit during retrieval of the document file. A server having search processing logic to be transmitted via the server, and acquiring update information which fetches the relevant information sent from the server and stores it as update information so that the update state of the relevant information by rewriting by another client can be determined. And a client provided with a means. 11. The search system according to claim 8, wherein the client uses an add-on function of a Web browser to update the status of the related information acquired by the update information acquiring unit and the document uploaded to the server. A file, a related document file, and an add-on module for comparing and extracting difference information with the related information and uploading the difference information to the server, wherein the server is stored in the storage unit based on the difference information uploaded from the add-on module. A search system provided with upload logic for changing the contents of a document file, a related document file, and related information of both files.