JP2014006864A - Method of providing preview content interlocked with retrieval word automatic completion - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of confirming and sorting out detailed information by utilizing an automatic completion function of a retrieval word without moving from a main page.SOLUTION: A method of a providing preview content interlocked with retrieval word automatic completion includes: a step where a user terminal which has accessed the Internet starts input of a retrieval word in a retrieval box 110 of a retrieval page; a step where an automatic completion retrieval system executes a retrieval word prediction process; a step of displaying an estimated retrieval word list below the retrieval box, and displaying a preview content in a region adjacent to an estimated retrieval word list region 120; and a step of displaying a preview content which corresponds to an estimated retrieval word that is applicable to a case where input means is located on a specific estimated retrieval word, or a case where an estimated retrieval word is retrieved, on the estimated retrieval word list.

Description

  The present invention relates to a search technique, and more particularly to a method for automatically completing a search term and displaying a search result.

  Recently, in the era when the Internet has developed, it is possible to easily search for information desired by a search engine. For example, it is possible to easily obtain desired information by inputting a search term into a Google website. On the other hand, search technology has been developed in such a direction that a search engine extracts and displays information desired by a user accurately and quickly in response to an input search word. On the other hand, since the information desired by the user has a close relationship with the search word (keyword), it has developed into various business models related to the search word itself.

  In particular, the automatic completion technology for search terms is related to the latter. Automatic completion technology is a technology that predicts and recommends search terms in advance by decomposing them into grapheme units when the user starts to input characters in the search box, and is the most convenient and quick search for the user. To provide. An algorithm that performs the auto-complete function is installed in the system. When a search term is started to be entered in the search box, the system presents a list of expected search terms in a so-called combo box connected to the bottom of the search box. In addition, by continuing to input search terms, the list of predicted search terms presented is updated and displayed in real time. If there is a desired search word in the list of predicted search words presented automatically, the search word can be input simply by moving the mouse and clicking.

  If the automatic completion technology is used, there is an advantage that the user can immediately confirm a desired search word even if only a part of the search word to be input is input. Another advantage of the automatic completion technique is that the desired search result can be obtained with the expected search word even when the search word is not accurately remembered. In addition, a user may be newly interested in a plurality of search words presented by the automatic completion, which may be a chance for the user to obtain new information.

  In recent years, attempts have been made to provide content in addition to automatic completion technology. A typical attempt is Google search (Google: registered trademark). FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration example of the user screen 10 of the Internet site. When a search term is started to be entered in the search box 11, an expected search term list is displayed in the lower list area 12. At this time, the main page 13 also displays the result value corresponding to the predicted search word. That is, according to this prior art, the search result can be displayed on the main page 13 at the same time as the predicted search word is automatically completed. There is an advantage that search results can be presented to the user as quickly as possible.

  However, although this conventional technique has some utility in a search-only website such as that provided by Google, if it is intended to selectively provide information belonging to a specific category having an independent meaning to the main page 13, Such a technique did not fit at all. This is because the website is subordinated to the search word auto-complete algorithm, and most websites are inconvenient and uncomfortable for both users and operators. For example, if the main page 13 provides information on some product or service, the website functions as an online market, the website of a public institution, the website of a speech company, a portal site, etc. It is practically impossible to switch the main page 13 in conjunction with the automatic search word completion algorithm.

  The inventor of the present invention has derived the present invention as a result of a long research to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a method capable of confirming and selecting detailed information using a search word automatic completion function without moving from a main page.

  The “main page” in the present invention is an area that is independent of the search box, and means a web page area that displays information mainly provided by the website. When a search term is input and a search is requested. It is also an area where search results are displayed.

  On the other hand, other objects that are not explicitly described should be additionally considered within the scope of the following detailed description and the effects easily estimated.

In order to achieve such an object, the present invention provides a predetermined search page accessed and displayed via the Internet by a user terminal.
Receiving a search term input in a search box provided on the search page;
An automatic completion algorithm performing a search term prediction process;
A predicted search word list area is provided so as to be continuous below the search box to display the list of the predicted search words, and a preview content area is provided adjacent to the predicted search word list area to display the detailed information. And steps to
When a predetermined predicted search word is selected in the list of predicted search words displayed in the predicted search word list area, the detailed information corresponding to the predicted search word is displayed in a preview content. It is configured as a method for providing preview content in conjunction with automatic search word completion.

  In the preview content providing method in conjunction with automatic search word completion according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the search page can be provided as a search page of an Internet site providing property information that can be purchased or rented.

  Also, in the preview content providing method in conjunction with automatic search word completion according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the preview content may be detailed information on a search target registered in advance in association with the search word, and image The content may be divided into an area and a text area.

  Also, in the preview content providing method linked with automatic search word completion according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the user terminal selects the preview content by the input means and then searches with the URL included in the preview content. You may make it change the main page of a page.

Also, in a preview content providing method that works in conjunction with automatic search word completion according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention,
(A) extracting a search term and preview content from a database by an automatic completion extraction module;
(B) filtering the extracted search term and preview content with a prohibited word dictionary, and then generating a keyword file;
(C) configuring the keyword file into a cache file with the auto-complete cache module;
And (d) transmitting the cache file to a cache server.

  When a search word is input from the user terminal, the cache server recommends the search word as an expected search word and transmits the preview content to the user terminal.

  According to the present invention, when displaying a desired page, the conventional operation of checking the search result page and moving to the detailed page for each desired item is unnecessary, and the user can present the desired page in advance. become. As a result, the search result desired by the user can be obtained more quickly and accurately.

  Even if the effect is not specifically mentioned in the specification of the present invention, the effect expected by the technical features of the present invention should be treated in the same manner as described in the specification of the present invention. .

It is a figure which shows notionally the system configuration example by this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a user screen structure by one Example of this invention. 3 is a flow chart showing the overall process for the method of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the automatic completion search system used by one Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen structure according to the conventional automatic completion process.

  Hereinafter, specific contents for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the drawings are merely provided as a reference for understanding the technical idea of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of rights of the present invention is not limited. In the description of the present invention, if it is determined that the gist of the present invention may be unclear as a matter obvious to a technician in this field with respect to related known functions, detailed description thereof will be omitted. .

  FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of a search system of the present invention. The user terminal 1 accesses the search page 100 of the Internet site. Since the Internet site provides a large amount of information, the user terminal 1 accesses information desired by the user through a search. The search is performed through a search page 100 that provides a user interface such as a search box. The search page 100 is a component of the Internet site, and the search result uses a database of the Internet site. The management server 200 of the Internet site takes charge of resource management and data processing. In the present invention, the function and role of the management server 200 are not the main concern. This is because a conventionally known configuration may be used and the spirit of the present invention is not limited by various modifications of the management server 200 configuration.

  The search word prediction process is executed by the automatic completion algorithm installed in the management server 200 for the search word input of the user terminal. The predicted search term information extracted and presented by such an automatic completion algorithm is sent to the cache server 300, and this server takes charge. In the present invention, the predicted search word information does not exist only as a list of predicted search words. A predicted search word and detailed information corresponding to it are stored and extracted in pairs. What is extracted by the automatic completion algorithm is a list of search terms and detailed information corresponding thereto, and this detailed information is displayed as preview content described below.

  For this purpose, the cache server 300 presents the predicted search word and detailed information extracted from the database 400 to the user terminal 1 using an automatic completion algorithm.

  FIG. 2 shows an example of a preferred user screen 100 configuration in which the method of the present invention is implemented. The user screen 100 shows a search page for an Internet site accessed by the user terminal. A search box 110, which is a user interface capable of inputting a search term, is included.

  The Internet site may be a site that provides property information that can be purchased or rented online by a user terminal. For example, there is typically an online shopping mall as an Internet site where properties can be purchased. Since a large amount of product information is stored and provided in the online shopping mall, the user accesses the product information using the category or accesses the product information through a search. The method of the present invention focuses on the latter. Online shopping malls include not only sites that sell tangible items such as electronic products and household items, but also sites that sell intangible content and services. It also includes book sales sites such as Amazon (registered trademark) and sites that sell software such as Apple Store (registered trademark) online.

  When the user terminal starts to input a search word in the search box 110, a list of predicted search words is displayed in the predicted search word list area 120. According to the prior art, when the user selects a predetermined search word from the list or selects a search result request button for the input search word, the main page 130 moves to the search result page. The search result page displays one or more search results, and the user terminal can access desired final search result information by selecting any one from the search result page list.

  However, in the present invention, the final search result information can be accessed immediately without going through the search result page. That is, a list of predicted search terms that are automatically completed is displayed in the predicted search term list area 120. As shown in FIG. 2, a preview content area 150 is displayed adjacent to the predicted search word list area 120, preferably on the right side, so that detailed information corresponding to the predicted search word, that is, preview content can be displayed.

  The predicted search word order displayed in the predicted search word list area 120 is determined by a predetermined algorithm so that the search word having the highest predictive middle rate is positioned at the top. In FIG. 2, the predicted search word “aaa” 121 is displayed at the top, and detailed information for the predicted search word “aaa” 121 is displayed in the preview content area 150. The detailed information for the search word having the highest predictive probability, that is, the predicted search word displayed at the top is automatically displayed in the preview content area 150. The expected search word automatically completed by changing the search word input by the user terminal, for example, by changing it in syllable units, is also changed, and the predicted search word displayed at the top is also automatically changed. As a result, the detailed information for the predicted search word displayed at the top, that is, the preview content is also automatically changed and displayed.

  In FIG. 2, when the user places the input means on the predicted search word “aab” in the user terminal (for example, “mouse over”) or clicks “aab” to select it, it is displayed in the preview content area 150. The preview content is changed to one corresponding to “aab”.

  The preview content area 150 can display detailed information corresponding to the predicted search word, and this area can preferably include an image area 151 and a text area 152. For example, if the Internet site is like an electronic library or an online bookstore, a cover image of a book with a name completed with a predicted search word may be displayed in the image area 151. In the text area 152, information such as the name, author, publisher, and price of the book can be displayed. The detailed information also includes a URL representing a web page corresponding to the predicted search term. By selecting the preview content area 150 using the input means, the corresponding web page can be displayed on the main page 130.

  The user can immediately know whether or not the predicted search word is what the user desires simply by looking at the preview content. Furthermore, the desired search result can be obtained quickly and accurately by selecting the preview content area 150 without moving to another search result page.

  FIG. 3 generally illustrates the overall process for such a method of the present invention. First, a search page is displayed on the user terminal 1 that has accessed the Internet site, and search word input is started by the user in the search box 110 of the search page (S100).

  When input of a search word is started in the search box 110, a search engine provided in the Internet site executes an automatic completion algorithm and starts a search word prediction process (S110).

  In order to execute the search word prediction process, the search system of the present invention builds a cache file for automatic completion in the cache server 300 in advance. Refer to FIG. 4 for this.

  The automatic completion extraction module 340 extracts the search term 310 and the detailed information 320 from the database 400. The detailed information 320 includes the name of the property, detailed information already input for the property, an image, and a URL. After the extracted search terms and detailed information are filtered by the prohibited word dictionary 330, a keyword file 350 is generated. Then, the automatic completion cache module 360 forms a cache file 380 from the keyword file 350, and the cache file 380 thus configured is transmitted to the cache server 300. The search word prediction process has a structure that is executed by the interaction between the cache server 300 and the user terminal 1.

  That is, by executing the step S100, the Internet site search system processes the input search terms in real time by so-called Ajax to generate the cache file 380 on the Internet site side, and the cache file 380 Allow matching property information to be queried. The cache server 300 transmits the inquiry result.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3, it is determined whether or not there is a predicted search word for the search word input by the user terminal (S120), and if there is no predicted search word, the user terminal (If the predicted search word does not exist until the end, the subsequent process ends.) If the predicted search word exists, a list of one or more predicted search terms is displayed. It is displayed in the predicted search word list area 120 (S130). Preferably, the expected search word list area 120 is provided so as to continue below the search box 110.

  In the present invention, the step S130 of displaying the list of predicted search terms includes displaying the preview content by providing the preview content area 150 adjacent to the predicted search word list area 120. That is, the predicted search word and one preview content are displayed adjacent to each other at the same time.

  In a preferred embodiment, the preview content corresponding to the predicted search word displayed at the top position in the list of predicted search words is displayed in the preview content area 150 displayed first.

  When the input means of the user terminal selects a specific predicted search word (for example, mouse over or mouse click) (S140), the preview content for the selected predicted search word is displayed in the preview content area 150 (S150).

  The search term input of the user terminal may be further advanced, whereby the predicted search word displayed in the list is updated, and the predicted search word displayed at the top is also switched and displayed. Then, the preview content displayed in the preview content area 150 is also changed.

The protection scope of the present invention is not limited to the descriptions and expressions of the embodiments explicitly described above. Further, it is further added that the protection scope of the present invention is not limited by obvious changes and substitutions in the technical field to which the present invention belongs.

Claims (5)

In a given search page accessed and displayed by the user terminal via the Internet,
Receiving a search term input in a search box provided on the search page;
An automatic completion algorithm performing a search term prediction process;
A predicted search word list area is provided so as to be continuous below the search box to display the list of the predicted search words, and a preview content area is provided adjacent to the predicted search word list area to display the detailed information. And steps to
When a predetermined predicted search word is selected in the list of predicted search words displayed in the predicted search word list area, the detailed information corresponding to the predicted search word is displayed in a preview content. A method for providing preview content in conjunction with automatic completion of a search term, which is characterized by including.   The method according to claim 1, wherein the search page is a search page of an Internet site that provides property information that can be purchased or rented, and provides a preview content in conjunction with automatic search word completion.   The method according to claim 1, wherein the detailed information displayed in the preview content is content divided into an image area and a text area.   2. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the preview content is selected by a predetermined input means at the user terminal, the preview content is provided on a main page provided on the search page in association with the preview content. A method for providing preview content in conjunction with automatic completion of a search term, characterized by displaying a URL page. The method of claim 1, wherein
(A) extracting a search term and preview content from a database by an automatic completion extraction module;
(B) filtering the extracted search term and preview content with a prohibited word dictionary, and then generating a keyword file;
(C) configuring the keyword file into a cache file with the auto-complete cache module;
(D) transmitting the cache file to a cache server;
When a search word is input by the user terminal, the cache server recommends the search word as an expected search word, and transmits the preview content to the user terminal. How to provide content.

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