KR20000050159A - Search system and method by using geographical information - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for searching information with use of geographical information, is provided to supplying information corresponding to a key word in a geographic type, by displaying search information regarding of a key word, a web client inputs on a graphic-type map. CONSTITUTION: A method for searching information with use of geographical information, contains processes. At the first process, a web client reads a web page of a server supplying search information by accessing with a web browser. At the second process, the web client inputs a key word to the web browser. The third process is to read information corresponded to the key word from a local information database. The fourth process is to supply the web browser with the read local information. At the fifth process, the web client selects one detailed information among the supplied information. The sixth process is to read an uniform resource locator(URL) of an information supply server supplying the selected detailed information from the local information database. The seventh process is to access to the information supply server, and to supply the web browser with information on a web page of the information supply server.

Description

Search system and method by using geographical information

The present invention relates to a method and system for retrieving information through the Internet. In particular, the present invention displays search information related to a search word input by a web client on a map in a graphic format instead of a document form, and displays information corresponding to the search word in a geographical information format. An information retrieval system and method using geographic information provided.

Currently, most users using the Internet access a site providing a search engine in order to obtain desired information, and then use a method of searching for desired information by inputting an appropriate search word or following a directory divided into large categories and small categories.

In addition, by accessing sites that provide geographic information through the Internet, the locations of organizations or companies that provide desired information are identified.

However, the information provided by the current search site is in a document form, so it is difficult to recognize the searched content at a glance, and geographic information is provided in order to know the location or regional information of a group or company that provides the information directly or indirectly. It is inconvenient to reconnect to the site.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and provides an information retrieval system and method using geographic information to increase the effectiveness of information retrieval by providing a web client with the geographic information when the information is retrieved information There is a purpose.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an information retrieval system using geographic information according to the present invention;

2 is a flowchart illustrating an information retrieval method using geographic information according to the present invention;

3A is a screen displayed when accessing an information retrieval system using geographic information according to the present invention;

3B and 3C are screens showing search results through an information retrieval system using geographic information according to the present invention.

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10: Web client computer

20: Retrieval system using geographic information

30: Informational server

An information retrieval system using geographic information according to the present invention for achieving the above object comprises: a local information database storing local information of a corresponding region for each region in a graphic file and a document file format; A web database storing information for operating a web page; A control unit configured to read local information corresponding to a search word input by a web client from the local information database so that the information is provided to a web browser; read webpage information of the server from an information providing server providing information selected by a web client A search engine for providing the web client; Characterized in that consists of.

In addition, an information retrieval method using geographic information according to the present invention comprises the steps of allowing a web client to access a web browser to read a web page of a server providing search information; Causing a web client to enter a search term into a web browser; Reading information corresponding to the search word from a local information database; Providing local information read from the local information database to a web browser; Allowing a web client to select one specific piece of the provided local information; Reading a Uniform Resourse Locator (URL) of an information providing server providing the selected specific information from a local information database; And accessing the information providing server and providing web page information of the information providing server to a web browser of a web client.

Hereinafter, an information retrieval system and method using geographic information according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an information retrieval system 20 using geographic information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, an information retrieval system using geographic information according to an embodiment of the present invention is relayed between a client computer 10 and an information providing server 30.

Here, the information providing server 30 is a server that provides a homepage of an organization or a company that provides a service corresponding to the information desired by the web client 10.

Accordingly, the information retrieval system 20 using the geographic information according to the embodiment of the present invention retrieves the information according to the request of the web client, and also accesses the information providing server 30 to transmit the information to the web browser of the web client. Serves to provide.

Here, the web browser is software used when using the Internet, such as Netscape Navigator, and is a multimedia search program that supports not only text data but also images, sounds, and videos.

The present invention as an information retrieval system consists of a web database, a local information database, a search engine, and a controller.

Here, the web database stores a plurality of information for the operation of the web page.

In addition, the area information database stores geographic information and area information (eg, companies, offices, tourist attractions) in a graphic file format for each area (eg, east, ward, city, state).

In addition, the search engine reads the URL of the information providing server 30 that provides information corresponding to the search word input by the web client from the local information database and accesses the information providing server 30, and then the web page. The information is provided to a web browser of the web client computer 10.

The controller is connected to the web database, the local information database, and the search engine, respectively, and controls the information provided to the web browser by reading local information corresponding to the search word input by the web client from the local information database.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an information retrieval method using geographic information according to the present invention.

The web client computer accesses a web browser (S1) and reads a web page of an information retrieval system using geographic information according to the present invention (S2).

The web client searches the subdirectories in sequence or inputs a search word for desired information in the search box (S3). Here, the search word may be a region name for limiting the range of the region on the map where the information is displayed, as well as a word about the desired information.

Then, the control unit receives a signal corresponding to a search word, searches a local information database, and reads a map and corresponding information (S4).

Subsequently, the controller displays the read information on a map and provides it to a web browser to which a web client computer is connected (S5). The map is a two-dimensional or three-dimensional graphic screen.

Here, the web client selects one desired information from the provided information (S6).

Subsequently, the search engine reads a URL of an information providing server that provides information or service on the selected information from a local information database (S7).

Subsequently, the server is connected to the information providing server to provide a web page operated by the information providing server to a computer of the web client (S8).

Hereinafter, an information retrieval method using geographic information according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 3A, 3B, and 3C.

3A illustrates a web page provided by an information retrieval system using geographic information according to the present invention. The web client may search for information to be searched by inputting a search word corresponding to the information to be searched for in the search box shown in FIG. 3A or sequentially searching a subdirectory classified in a web page.

Here, an embodiment of searching for information by inputting a search word will be described.

For example, suppose a web client enters the search term "shopping" into the search box.

Here, the web client may input a region name in order to limit the region where the information corresponding to the search word is shown. For example, let's say you enter the name "Seoul."

Then, as illustrated in FIG. 3B, information and location of a company or an organization (eg, a shopping mall) related to 'shopping' are displayed on a map of 'Seoul' on a map of a region. In another embodiment, when the region name is not input, as illustrated in FIG. 3C, locations of companies or organizations related to information corresponding to a search word may be provided in a form of a map displayed on a predetermined accumulation map. For example, a shopping mall located in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, and a shopping mall located in Bupyeong-gu, Incheon may be displayed on a map of each region and provided on a web page.

Subsequently, when the web client searches for more detailed information on one of the provided shopping malls, the web client selects the shopping mall to be searched by clicking. Then, the web page provided by the server of the shopping mall is connected to the server of the shopping mall and provided to the web client computer.

As described above, according to the information retrieval system and method using the geographic information according to the present invention, by providing a graphical representation of the information provided only in the form of a document file in the conventional search engine, the web client can The results can be easily recognized, and at the same time, the geographic information on the information can be provided to increase the effectiveness of information retrieval.

Claims (2)

A region information database in which region information of a region is stored in a graphic file and a document file format by region; A web database storing information for operating a web page; A controller configured to read local information corresponding to a search word input by a web client from the local information database so that the information is provided to a web browser; A search engine that reads web page information of the server from an information providing server providing information selected by the web client and provides the web page information to the web client; Information retrieval system using geographic information. Allowing a web client to connect with a web browser to read a web page of a server providing search information; Causing a web client to enter a search term into a web browser; Reading information corresponding to the search word from a local information database; Providing local information read from the local information database to a web browser; Allowing a web client to select one specific piece of the provided local information; Reading a URL of an information providing server providing the selected specific information from a local information database; Accessing the information providing server and providing web page information of the information providing server to a web browser of a web client; Information retrieval method using geographic information comprising a.