CN104281715B

CN104281715B - A kind of searching method and search equipment

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Publication number: CN104281715B
Application number: CN201410594809.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李立冬; 张媛媛; 陈伟; 于立兴; 李波; 刘达; 赵永; 郝剑锋; 戚薇薇; 梁婷
Original assignee: Netease Media Technology Beijing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Netease Media Technology Beijing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2014-10-29
Filing date: 2014-10-29
Publication date: 2018-11-20
Anticipated expiration: 2034-10-29
Also published as: CN104281715A

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a kind of searching method.One of this method includes：In the second optional option of the first optional option and traffic route referring now to region；In response to selecting the operation of the first selected option from the first optional option, the optional option of third is searched in the second optional option and is presented, and the operation in response to selecting the second selected option from the optional option of third, it searches first object search result and presents, or, in response to selecting the operation of third selected option from the second optional option, the 4th optional option is searched in the first optional option and is presented, and the operation in response to selecting the 4th selected option from the 4th optional option, it searches the second target search result and presents.By providing more ways of search, method of the invention allows users to correctly search for target search result more often than not, brings better experience for user.In addition, embodiments of the present invention provide a kind of search equipment.

Description

Searching method and searching equipment

Technical Field

The embodiment of the invention relates to the technical field of network search, in particular to a search method and search equipment.

Background

This section is intended to provide a background or context to the embodiments of the invention that are recited in the claims. The description herein is not admitted to be prior art by inclusion in this section.

Web search technology is one of the most commonly used internet technologies at present. Currently, web search technology can be used to search many different kinds of search results, for example, some search engines can search for search results related to places for users, such as relevant information of objects of supermarkets, shops, rental houses, selling houses, and the like.

For the search result related to the place, a search mode based on the traffic condition is provided in the prior art. Specifically, in the prior art, a transportation route is set as a search condition and an option is set for the transportation route for a user to select, when the user selects an option of a certain transportation route, a station of the transportation route is presented as an option of another search condition, and when the user selects a certain station, a target search result can be searched based on the station, so that a location related to the target search result is located at the station.

Disclosure of Invention

However, for the search result related to the location, the prior art only provides a single search mode of selecting the transportation route first and then selecting the site, and the single search mode cannot meet the diversified search requirements of the user on the search result related to the location, so that the user cannot search for a satisfactory target search result in many cases, and the target search result cannot be accurately searched in many cases.

For example, users sometimes want targeted search results that involve locations within a certain reference area and at or near a certain transit line's stop. In the prior art, only target search results of which the positions are located at the traffic route stations can be searched, however, some reference areas are only stations close to the traffic route but are not located at the traffic route stations, and for the target search results of which the positions are located at the reference areas, users cannot accurately search through the prior art.

For another example, a user sometimes knows only a traffic route and wants to view a reference area through which the traffic route passes or is close to, and sometimes knows only the reference area and wants to view a traffic route at which the reference area is located or is close to, but in the prior art, only a station option on the traffic route can be provided if the user selects the traffic route, and a traffic route option passing through or close to the reference area cannot be provided if the user selects the reference area, so that, in a case where the user knows only the reference area and cannot determine which traffic routes the reference area is located or close to, the user cannot accurately search through the prior art for target search results of stations whose involved sites are located in a specific reference area and are located or close to the specific traffic route.

For another example, the user sometimes wants to search for a target search result, where a location related to the target search result is separated from a certain reference region by a certain distance in traffic, and at this time, since the user does not know which search region or search regions the location related to the target search result is located in, but only knows the reference regions having a certain positional relationship in traffic with the location related to the target search result, the user cannot accurately search for those target search results that are separated from the reference regions by a certain traffic distance by using the prior art.

Therefore, in the prior art, for the search result related to the location, the diversified search requirements of the user cannot be met only by a single search mode of selecting the traffic route and then selecting the site, so that the target search result cannot be accurately searched for the user in many cases, which is a very annoying process.

For this reason, there is a high necessity for an improved search method and search apparatus, so that a search area where a place related to a target search result is located can be determined based on a reference area having a certain positional relationship in traffic with the place related to the target search result, and thus the target search result can be accurately found if a user only knows that the place related to the target search result and the reference area have a certain positional relationship in traffic.

In this context, embodiments of the present invention are intended to provide a search method and a search apparatus.

In a first aspect of embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a search method, including:

presenting a first selectable option of a reference zone and a second selectable option of a transit line;

in response to the operation of selecting a first selected option from the first selectable options, finding and presenting a third selectable option from the second selectable options, and in response to the operation of selecting a second selected option from the third selectable options, finding and presenting a first target search result, wherein the traffic route represented by the third selectable option passes through or is adjacent to the reference region represented by the first selected option, and the position referred by the first target search result is positioned in the reference region represented by the first selected option and is positioned at or adjacent to the station of the traffic route represented by the second selected option;

or,

and in response to the operation of selecting a third selected option from the second selectable options, finding and presenting a fourth selectable option from the first selectable options, and in response to the operation of selecting the fourth selected option from the fourth selectable options, finding and presenting a second target search result, wherein a reference region represented by the fourth selectable option is positioned at or close to the traffic line represented by the third selected option, and a position referred by the second target search result is positioned at or close to the station of the traffic line represented by the third selected option and within the reference region represented by the fourth selected option.

In a second aspect of embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a search method, including:

presenting a first selectable option of a reference zone and a fifth selectable option of a traffic distance;

and in response to the operations of selecting a sixth selected option from the first selectable options and selecting a seventh selected option from the fifth selectable options, finding and presenting a fourth target search result, wherein the place related to the fourth target search result is separated from the reference region represented by the sixth selected option by the traffic distance represented by the seventh selected option.

In a third aspect of embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a search apparatus comprising:

the first presenting module is used for presenting a first selectable option of a reference region and a second selectable option of a traffic line;

a first searching module, configured to search and present a third selectable option in the second selectable option in response to an operation of selecting a first selected option from the first selectable options, where a traffic route represented by the third selectable option passes through or is adjacent to a reference zone represented by the first selected option;

a second searching module, configured to search and present a first target search result in response to an operation of selecting a second selected option from the third selectable options, where a location related to the first target search result is located within a reference area represented by the first selected option and is located at or near a station of a transportation line represented by the second selected option;

or,

a third searching module, configured to search and present a fourth selectable option in the first selectable option in response to an operation of selecting a third selectable option from the second selectable options, where a reference zone represented by the fourth selectable option is located at or near a traffic line represented by the third selectable option;

and the fourth searching module is used for searching and presenting a second target searching result in response to the operation of selecting the fourth selected option from the fourth selectable options, wherein the position related to the second target searching result is positioned in the reference area represented by the fourth selected option and is positioned at or close to the station of the traffic line represented by the third selected option.

In a fourth aspect of embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a search apparatus comprising:

the third presenting module is used for presenting the first selectable option of the reference region and the fifth selectable option of the traffic distance;

and the sixth searching module is used for searching and presenting a fourth target searching result in response to the operations of selecting a sixth selected option from the first selectable options and selecting a seventh selected option from the fifth selectable options, wherein the place related to the fourth target searching result is separated from the reference region represented by the sixth selected option by the traffic distance represented by the seventh selected option.

According to the method and apparatus of some embodiments of the present invention, in case of presenting a first selectable option of a reference zone and a second selectable option of a transit line, the user can select the option of the reference region first and then the option of the traffic route, or select the option of the traffic route first and then the option of the reference region, when the user first selects the option of the reference zone, the options of the traffic lines passing by or near the reference zone can be presented for the user to select, when the user first selects a route option, a reference zone option past or near the route may be presented for the user to select, and, after the user selects the option of the reference region and the option of the traffic route, the searched target search result, the location of interest is a station located within the reference area of the user's choosing and at or near the user's chosen route of transportation. Therefore, on the one hand, whether the reference area selected by the user includes a transit line station or is only adjacent to the transit line station but does not include the transit line station, the user can accurately search for those target search results whose involved location is within a specific reference area and is located at or adjacent to the specific transit line station; on the other hand, in a case where the user knows only the reference region and cannot determine which of the links the reference region is located in or adjacent to, or in a case where the user knows only the links and cannot determine which of the reference regions the links are adjacent to, the user can accurately search for those target search results whose location concerned is within the specific reference region and which are located at or adjacent to the specific link site.

According to the method and the device of the other embodiments of the invention, in the case that the first selectable option of the reference region and the fifth selectable option of the traffic distance are presented, after the user selects the option of the reference region and the option of the traffic distance, the searched target search result is located at a distance from the user-selected traffic distance between the location involved in the search result and the user-selected reference region. Therefore, the user can accurately search the target search result only by knowing the traffic distance between the position related to the target search result and the reference region, and without knowing which search regions separated from the reference region by a certain distance are.

Therefore, according to the method and the device provided by the embodiment of the invention, diversified search modes are provided for the user for the search results related to the places, so that the diversified search requirements of the user are met, the user can accurately search the target search results under more conditions, and better experience is brought to the user.

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The above and other objects, features and advantages of exemplary embodiments of the present invention will become readily apparent from the following detailed description read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Several embodiments of the invention are illustrated by way of example, and not by way of limitation, in the figures of the accompanying drawings and in which:

FIG. 1 schematically illustrates a framework schematic of an exemplary application scenario of an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flow chart schematically illustrating an embodiment of a search method in the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of a search effect in the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically illustrating another example of a search effect in the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a flow chart schematically illustrating another embodiment of a search method in the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically showing still another example of a search effect in the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a diagram schematically showing still another example of a search effect in the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a block diagram schematically illustrating an embodiment of a search apparatus in the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a block diagram schematically showing another embodiment of the search apparatus of the present invention;

in the drawings, the same or corresponding reference numerals indicate the same or corresponding parts.

Detailed Description

The principles and spirit of the present invention will be described with reference to a number of exemplary embodiments. It is understood that these embodiments are given solely for the purpose of enabling those skilled in the art to better understand and to practice the invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art.

As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, embodiments of the present invention may be embodied as a system, apparatus, device, method, or computer program product. Accordingly, the present disclosure may be embodied in the form of: entirely hardware, entirely software (including firmware, resident software, micro-code, etc.), or a combination of hardware and software.

According to an embodiment of the invention, a searching method and a searching device are provided.

In this context, it should be understood that the term "search result" is used to refer to information relating to a location, for example, the search result may be related to objects such as a supermarket, a store, a rental house, a selling house, and the like, where the objects are located, i.e., the location relating to the search result. In addition, in this document, reference regions, links, and traffic distances are cited as "search conditions" for description, but it is understood that other "search conditions" may be provided in the search in addition to the reference regions, links, and traffic distances. For example, for a search of house resources, the "search condition" provided to the user for selection may also be house type, house price, and the like. Moreover, any number of elements in the drawings are by way of example and not by way of limitation, and any nomenclature is used solely for differentiation and not by way of limitation.

The principles and spirit of the present invention are explained in detail below with reference to several representative embodiments of the invention.

Summary of The Invention

The present inventors have found that, for search results related to a location, the existing search method is relatively single, and in many cases, the user knows different search conditions that the target search result that the user wants satisfies, and cannot accurately define the conditions that the target search result satisfies through the search conditions provided by the prior art, so that in many cases, the user cannot accurately search the target search result. For example, for a search method for finding a search result through a transportation line, on one hand, the prior art only provides the user with options of the transportation line and the transportation line site, and the user can only search for target search results of a related site located at the transportation line site, and for reference regions close to the transportation line but not including the transportation line site, the user cannot search for target search results of the related site located in the reference regions. On the other hand, in the prior art, if the user provides the option of providing the transportation line station after selecting the transportation line, if the user wants to search the target search results located at or near the transportation line station in a reference area, and the user does not know the transportation lines in or near the reference area, the user cannot accurately search the target search results. For another example, for a search method of searching for a search result by referring to a geographic area, in the prior art, only target search results of a location of interest within the reference geographic area can be searched, and if a user wants target search results of a location of interest and a certain reference geographic area to be separated by a certain traffic distance, and the user does not know which geographic areas the target search results are located in, the user cannot accurately search for the target search results. Therefore, in order to enable the user to accurately search the target search result under more conditions, more search modes need to be provided for the user.

Based on the above analysis, one of the basic ideas of the present invention is: aiming at the searching mode of searching the searching result through the traffic route, under the condition of presenting a first selectable option of a reference region and a second selectable option of the traffic route, a user can select an option of the reference region firstly and then select an option of the traffic route, or can select an option of the traffic route firstly and then select an option of the reference region, when the user selects the option of the reference region firstly, the options of the traffic route passing through or near the reference region can be presented for the user to select, when the user selects the option of the traffic route firstly, the options of the reference region passing through or near the traffic route can be presented for the user to select, therefore, on one hand, for the reference regions near the traffic route but not including the traffic route site, the user can accurately search the target searching result of which the related site is positioned in the reference regions, on the other hand, when the user only knows the reference region but does not know which the reference region is positioned in or near the traffic route, so that the user can accurately search the target search result. For the search mode of searching for the search result by referring to the region, when the user only knows the reference region and the traffic distance between the target search result and the reference region and does not know in which regions the target search result is located, the user can accurately search for the target search result. Therefore, by providing more diversified searching modes for the user, the user can accurately search the target searching result under more conditions, and better experience is brought to the user.

Having described the general principles of the invention, various non-limiting embodiments of the invention are described in detail below.

Application scene overview

Referring first to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a block diagram of an exemplary application scenario of an embodiment of the present invention. Wherein a user interacts with a server 101 providing a search service through a client 102. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the block diagram shown in FIG. 1 is merely one example in which embodiments of the present invention may be implemented. The scope of applicability of embodiments of the present invention is not limited in any way by this framework.

It is noted that the client 102 herein can be any client now existing, developing or developed in the future that is capable of interacting with the server 101 through any form of wired and/or wireless connection (e.g., Wi-Fi, LAN, cellular, coaxial, etc.), including but not limited to: existing, developing, or future developing smartphones, non-smartphones, tablets, laptop personal computers, desktop personal computers, minicomputers, midrange computers, mainframe computers, and the like.

It should also be noted that server 101 is only one example of an existing, developing, or future developing device capable of searching search results for a user related to a place. The embodiments of the invention are not limited in any way in this respect.

Based on the framework shown in fig. 1, in a first exemplary application scenario, the server 101 may present a first selectable option of a reference zone and a second selectable option of a transit line. Then, the server 101 may search and present a third selectable option in the second selectable option in response to an operation of selecting a first selected option from the first selectable options, and may search and present a first target search result in response to an operation of selecting a second selected option from the third selectable options, wherein a traffic route represented by the third selectable option passes through or is adjacent to a reference area represented by the first selected option, and a location referred to by the first target search result is located in or adjacent to a station of the traffic route represented by the second selected option and is within a reference area represented by the first selected option; alternatively, the server 101 may also search and present a fourth selectable option in the first selectable option in response to an operation of selecting a third selectable option from the second selectable options, and may search and present a second target search result in response to an operation of selecting a fourth selectable option from the fourth selectable options, where a reference area represented by the fourth selectable option is located in or adjacent to the traffic route represented by the third selectable option, and a location related to the second target search result is located in a reference area represented by the fourth selectable option and is located in or adjacent to a station of the traffic route represented by the third selectable option.

Based on the framework shown in fig. 1, in a second exemplary application scenario, the server 101 may present a first selectable option of a reference zone and a fifth selectable option of a traffic distance. Then, the server 101 may find and present a fourth target search result in response to the operations of selecting a sixth selected option from the first selectable options and selecting a seventh selected option from the fifth selectable options, where a location related to the fourth target search result is separated from a reference region represented by the sixth selected option by a traffic distance represented by the seventh selected option.

It is to be understood that, in the application scenario of the present invention, although the actions of the embodiments of the present invention are described as being performed by the server 101, the actions may also be performed by the client 102, and of course, may also be performed partially by the client 102 and partially by the server 101. The invention is not limited in its implementation to the details of execution, provided that the acts disclosed in the embodiments of the invention are performed.

Exemplary method

The method for searching according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to fig. 2 to 7 in conjunction with the application scenario of fig. 1. It should be noted that the above application scenarios are merely illustrated for the convenience of understanding the spirit and principles of the present invention, and the embodiments of the present invention are not limited in this respect. Rather, embodiments of the present invention may be applied to any scenario where applicable.

Referring to fig. 2, a flow chart of an embodiment of the search method of the present invention is shown. In this embodiment, for example, the following steps may be specifically included:

step 201, presenting a first selectable option of a reference zone and a second selectable option of a traffic route.

Wherein the first selectable option of the reference zone and the second selectable option of the transit line may be presented, for example, in response to a specific user operation. Specifically, for a search mode in which the location to which the search result relates is located within the reference area and at or near the transit line station, a specific user operation mode may be provided, and when the user performs the specific user operation mode, a first selectable option of the reference area and a second selectable option of the transit line may be presented. For example, a link of a shortcut may be provided on a web page or an operation interface, and when a user clicks the link, a joint search page or interface for referring to the zone and the traffic route may be presented, in which a first selectable option for referring to the zone and a second selectable option for the traffic route may be included. In addition, the first selectable option of the reference region and the second selectable option of the transportation line may also be directly presented in a home page or an initial interface of the search engine, and when the search engine is opened by the user, the first selectable option of the reference region and the second selectable option of the transportation line may be presented in the home page or the initial interface.

In this embodiment, the first selectable option represents each reference region option provided for selection by the user in the search engine. For example, in the case where "beijing city" has been set as the reference region range, the first selectable options may include, for example, reference region options such as "country trade", "middle customs", "five-lane mouth", and the like. It can be understood that, when the first selectable option is presented, all reference region options provided in the search engine may be directly presented, or only the most frequently used reference region options of the user may be presented, and an operation mode for triggering presentation of all the reference region options is provided, and when the user cannot find the reference region option that needs to be selected among the frequently used reference region options, the operation mode may be executed, and at this time, all the reference region options are presented.

In this embodiment, the second selectable option represents each of the route options provided to the user for selection in the search engine. For example, in the case where "beijing city subway" has been set as the transit line, the second selectable options may include, for example, transit line options such as "line 1", "line 2", "line 13", and the like. It will be appreciated that all of the transit line options provided in the search engine may be presented directly when presenting the second selectable option, or only the most frequently used options by the user may be presented and an action for triggering presentation of all of the transit line options may be provided, which action may be performed when the user cannot find the transit line option that he or she needs to select among the frequently used transit line options, at which point all of the transit line options are presented.

It should be noted that, in consideration of that when the user performs the joint search of the reference region and the traffic route, sometimes only the reference region is known and sometimes only the traffic route is known, in this embodiment, the user may first select the reference region to obtain the traffic route option where the reference region is located or close to, or first select the traffic route to obtain the reference region option where the traffic route passes through or close to. Specifically, after the execution of step 201 is completed, step 202 or step 204 may be entered according to the selection operation of the user. The step 202 and the step 203 correspond to a search mode of selecting a reference region first and then selecting a traffic route, and the step 204 and the step 205 correspond to a search mode of selecting a traffic route first and then selecting a reference region.

In response to the operation of selecting the first selected option from the first selectable options, a third selectable option is searched in the second selectable option and is presented, wherein the traffic route represented by the third selectable option passes through or is close to the reference area represented by the first selected option.

In a specific implementation, a corresponding relationship may be pre-established between each first selectable option and each second selectable option according to a positional relationship between each reference region and each traffic route, where, for any one of the first selectable option and any one of the second selectable options, if the traffic route represented by the second selectable option passes through or is close to the reference region represented by the first selectable option, the first selectable option and the second selectable option have a corresponding relationship, and if the traffic route represented by the second selectable option does not pass through or is not close to the reference region represented by the first selectable option, the first selectable option and the second selectable option do not have a corresponding relationship. In the actual searching process of the user, when the user selects the first selected option from the first selectable options, the second selectable option having a corresponding relationship with the first selected option can be found out as the third selectable option according to the pre-established corresponding relationship, and the traffic routes represented by the third selectable options pass through or are close to the reference region represented by the first selected option.

It will be appreciated that the traffic lines represented by the third selectable option include not only traffic lines passing through the reference zone represented by the first selected option, but also traffic lines adjacent to but not passing through the reference zone represented by the first selected option. For example, in a case of "beijing city" as a reference region range and "beijing city subway" as a traffic line, assuming that the first selected option selected by the user is "chongmen", the presented third selectable options may include "1-line", "2-line", and "5-line", where the third selectable options "2-line" and "5-line" are traffic lines passing through the reference region of the first selected option "chongmen", the third selectable option "2-line" is a traffic line adjacent to the reference region of the first selected option "chongmen", and actually, the traffic line of the third selectable option "2-line" does not pass through the reference region of the first selected option "chomen".

As can be seen from the schematic diagram of an example of the search effect shown in fig. 3, when the user selects "overpass" as the first selected option among the first selectable options of the reference zone, the third selectable options "line 5" and "line 13" are presented to the transit line, and all the second selectable options of the transit line are no longer presented. And the third selectable option, namely the line No. 5 and the line No. 13, passes through the reference region of the first selectable option, namely the water bridge.

Step 203, responding to the operation of selecting the second selected option from the third selectable options, finding and presenting the first target search result, wherein the position related to the first target search result is positioned in the reference area represented by the first selected option and is positioned at or close to the station of the traffic line represented by the second selected option.

In particular implementations, after the user has selected the first selected option and the second selected option, search results that are consistent with both the first selected option and the second selected option may be located as first target search results based on the first selected option and the second selected option.

It is understood that, in order to facilitate the search of the search result, in some embodiments of the present embodiment, the search result stored in the search engine may be specifically stored corresponding to the search area. Specifically, the area range of all the search results provided by the search engine, which relate to the location, may be divided into a large number of search areas, and each search result may be stored in association with the search area in which the location related to the search result is located, that is, for one search area, the search results of the location related to the search area are stored in association with the search area. When the user selects the first selected option and the second selected option, a search region which simultaneously conforms to the first selected option and the second selected option can be searched, and then a search result which is stored corresponding to the search region is used as a first target search result. Specifically, step 203 may include, for example: in response to the operation of selecting a second selected option from the third selectable options, searching a first search area based on the first selected option and the second selected option, and searching and presenting the first target search result based on the first search area, wherein the first search area is located in a reference area represented by the first selected option and is located at or close to a station of a traffic line represented by the second selected option, and the location related to the first target search result is located in the first search area. The search area is generally smaller than the reference area, that is, one reference area usually contains a plurality of search areas. For example, the reference region may be a large business district, and the search region may be a cell in the business district, a commercial square, etc.

Further, in some embodiments, the search area may be pre-associated with each reference area option and each transportation route option, specifically, for any one of the first selectable option, any one of the second selectable option and any one of the search areas, if the search area is located in the reference area represented by the first selectable option and is located at or near a station of a transportation route represented by the second selectable option, the search area may have a corresponding relationship with the first selectable option and the second selectable option, and if the search area is not located in the reference area represented by the first selectable option or is neither located at nor near a station of a transportation route represented by the second selectable option, the search area may not have a corresponding relationship with the first selectable option and the second selectable option. In the actual searching process of the user, when the user selects the first selected option from the first selectable options and selects the second selected option from the second selectable options, search regions having a corresponding relationship with the first selected option and the second selected option can be found out according to the pre-established corresponding relationship to be used as first search regions, and the first search regions are both located in the reference region represented by the first selected option and located at or near the station of the traffic route represented by the second selected option.

And step 204, responding to the operation of selecting a third selected option from the second selectable options, searching and presenting a fourth selectable option in the first selectable option, wherein the reference area represented by the fourth selectable option is positioned at or close to the traffic line represented by the third selected option.

In a specific implementation, under the condition that the corresponding relationship between each first selectable option and each second selectable option is pre-established, in the actual search process of the user, when the user selects a third selectable option from the second selectable options, the first selectable option having the corresponding relationship with the third selectable option can be found out as a fourth selectable option according to the pre-established corresponding relationship, and then reference regions represented by the fourth selectable options are located in or close to the traffic route represented by the third selectable option.

It will be appreciated that the reference zone represented by the fourth selectable option includes not only the reference zone located on the traffic route represented by the third selectable option, but also the reference zone adjacent to but not located on the traffic route represented by the third selectable option. For example, in a case of "beijing city" as a reference region range and "beijing city subway" as a traffic line, assuming that the third selected option selected by the user is "line 1", the fourth selectable options presented may include "apple orchard", "four booms", and "chongmen", "front door", and the like, where the fourth selectable options "apple orchard", "four booms", and the like are reference regions on the traffic line of the third selected option "line 1", the fourth selectable options "chongmen", "front door", and the like are reference regions on the traffic line adjacent to the third selected option "line 1", and actually, the reference regions of the fourth selectable options "chongmen", "front door", and the like are not on the traffic line of the third selected option "line 1".

As can be seen from the schematic diagram of another example of the search effect shown in fig. 4, when the user selects "line 1" as the third selected option among the second selectable options of the transportation lines, the fourth selectable options of "star anise", "CBD", "chongmen", and the like are presented to the reference zone, and the first selectable option of the reference zone is no longer presented. Wherein, the fourth selectable options such as 'octagonal', 'CBD', 'Chongman' and the like are all stations of the traffic line which is positioned at or close to the third selected option 'line No. 1'.

And step 205, responding to the operation of selecting the fourth selected option from the fourth selectable options, finding and presenting a second target search result, wherein the position related to the second target search result is located in the reference area represented by the fourth selected option and is located at or close to the station of the transportation line represented by the third selected option.

In particular implementations, after the user has selected the third selected option and the fourth selected option, search results that are consistent with both the third selected option and the fourth selected option may be looked up as second target search results based on the third selected option and the fourth selected option.

It can be understood that, in the case that the search result is stored in correspondence with the search area, when the user selects the third selected option and the fourth selected option, the search area that simultaneously meets the third selected option and the fourth selected option may be searched first, and then the search result stored in correspondence with the search area may be used as the second target search result. Specifically, step 205 may include, for example: in response to the operation of selecting a fourth selected option from the fourth selectable options, based on the third selected option and the fourth selected option, finding a second search area, which is located in a reference area represented by the fourth selected option and is located at or near a station of a traffic line represented by the third selected option, and finding and presenting a second target search result based on the second search area, where the location to which the second target search result relates is located in the second search area.

Further, in the case that the corresponding relationships between the search regions and the reference region options and between the search regions and the traffic line options are established, in the actual search process of the user, when the user selects a third selected option from the second selectable options and selects a fourth selected option from the first selectable option, search regions having corresponding relationships with the third selected option and the fourth selected option may be found as second search regions according to the pre-established corresponding relationships, and the second search regions are located in the reference region represented by the fourth selected option and located at or near the station of the traffic line represented by the third selected option.

In some embodiments of this embodiment, considering that the user may want to cancel the second selected option selected for the second time after viewing the first target search result, after step 203, this embodiment may further include: canceling presentation of the first target search result in response to a deselection operation of the second selected option.

Similarly, in other embodiments of this embodiment, considering that the user may want to cancel the fourth selected option selected for the second time after viewing the second target search result, after step 205, this embodiment may further include: canceling presentation of the second target search result in response to a cancellation operation of the fourth selected option.

In further embodiments of this embodiment, considering that the user may want to cancel the first selected option selected by the user for the first time after viewing the first target search result, after step 202, this embodiment may further include: and in response to the deselection operation of the first selected option, canceling the presentation of the third selectable option and canceling the presentation of the first target search result. It can be understood that, generally, when the user wants to cancel the first selected option selected for the first time, the user often needs no third selectable option found based on the first selected option, so that when the user cancels the selection of the first selected option for the reference region, the third selectable option may be simultaneously canceled from being presented to the transportation line, and the second selectable option may be presented to the transportation line again.

Similarly, in some further embodiments of this embodiment, considering that the user may want to cancel the third selected option selected for the first time after viewing the second target search result, after step 204, this embodiment may further include, for example: and in response to the deselection operation of the third selected option, canceling the presentation of the fourth selectable option and canceling the presentation of the second target search result. It can be understood that, generally, when the user wants to cancel the third selected option selected for the first time, the user often needs no fourth selectable option found based on the third selected option, so that when the user cancels the selection of the third selected option for the transportation route, the user can simultaneously cancel the presentation of the fourth selectable option for the reference area, and can again present the first selectable option for the reference area.

It should be noted that, considering that the user sometimes selects the reference region option and the transportation route option not to search for search results of the related location located in the reference region and located at or near the transportation route station, but to search for search results of the related location spaced from a location located at or near the transportation route station in the reference region by a certain transportation distance, in some embodiments of the present embodiment, the user may also be provided with a transportation distance option, so that, in a case where the user selects the reference region option, the transportation route option, and the transportation distance option, the searched search result can be spaced from a location located at or near the transportation route station in the reference region by the transportation distance. Specifically, the present embodiment may further include: presenting a fifth selectable option for traffic distance; and in response to the operation of selecting the fifth selected option from the fifth selectable options, finding and presenting a third target search result, wherein the position related to the third target search result and the position related to the first target search result or the second target search result are separated by the traffic distance represented by the fifth selected option.

Wherein, the fifth selectable option represents each of the traffic distance options provided for selection by the user in the search engine. In some embodiments, the traffic distance may be represented by the number of stations spaced apart on the traffic route, for example, as represented by traffic distance option "1" may be 1 station apart on the traffic route. In other embodiments, the traffic distance may be an actual distance on the traffic route, such as 1 km on the traffic route, as indicated by the traffic distance option "1".

Further, the fifth selectable option of the traffic distance may be presented together with the first selectable option of the reference zone and the second selectable option of the traffic route, or may be presented in response to the user having selected the reference zone option and the traffic route option, i.e., the fifth selectable option of the traffic distance is presented after the execution of step 203 or step 204 is completed.

In some embodiments, in the case that the search result is saved corresponding to the search area, on the basis that the first target search result or the second target search result is already presented, when the user selects the fifth selected option, the search area that matches the fifth selected option between the first target search result and the second target search result may be searched first, and then the search result saved corresponding to the search area may be used as the third target search result. Specifically, the searching of the third target search result may include, for example: in response to selecting a fifth selected option from the fifth selectable options, finding a third search territory; searching and presenting the third target search result based on the third search region; the location related to the third target search result is located in the third search area, the third search area is separated from a first search area or a second search area by a traffic distance represented by the fifth selected option, the first search area is located in a reference area represented by the first selected option and is located at or near a station of a traffic route represented by the second selected option, and the second search area is located in a reference area represented by the fourth selected option and is located at or near a station of a traffic route represented by the third selected option.

It is understood that the present embodiment can be applied to a search scenario of house source information, for example. Specifically, the search result may be information of house sources such as rental house sources or sale house sources, the location related to the search result may be a location where the house source is located, the reference region may be a larger business area or residential area, the traffic line may be a subway line or a bus line, the first target search result may be a house source located at a stop of the subway line or the bus line represented by or critical to the second selected option within the business area represented by the first selected option, the second target search result may be a house source located at a stop of the subway line or the bus line represented by or critical to the third selected option within the business area represented by the fourth selected option, and the third target search result may be a house source separated from the house sources represented by the first target search result or the second target search result by a traffic distance represented by the fifth selected option.

By the technical scheme of the embodiment, aiming at the searching mode of searching the search result through the traffic route, under the condition that the first selectable option of the reference region and the second selectable option of the traffic route are presented, a user can select the option of the reference region firstly and then select the option of the traffic route, or select the option of the traffic route firstly and then select the option of the reference region, when the user selects the option of the reference region firstly, the option of the traffic route passing through or close to the reference region can be presented for the user to select, when the user selects the option of the traffic route firstly, the option of the reference region passing through or close to the traffic route can be presented for the user to select, therefore, on one hand, for the reference regions close to the traffic route but not including the traffic route site, the user can accurately search the target search result of which the related site is positioned in the reference regions, on the other hand, when the user knows only the reference zone without knowing which traffic lines the reference zone is located at or near, the user is enabled to accurately search for the target search result as well.

Considering that the user wants to obtain the target search results with a certain traffic distance between the involved place and a certain reference place, and the user does not know in which places the target search results are located, a search mode for searching by referring to the reference place and the traffic distance can be provided, so that the user can search the target search results with the traffic distance between the involved place and the reference place according to the reference place and the traffic distance.

Referring to fig. 5, a flow chart of another embodiment of the search method of the present invention is shown. In this embodiment, for example, the following steps may be specifically included:

step 501, presenting a first selectable option of a reference region and a fifth selectable option of a traffic distance.

The first selectable option of the reference region and the fifth selectable option of the traffic distance may be presented in response to a specific user operation, for example. Specifically, for a search mode in which a location related to the search result is separated from the reference region by a certain traffic distance, a specific user operation mode may be provided, and when the user performs the specific user operation mode, a first selectable option of the reference region and a fifth selectable option of the traffic distance may be presented. For example, a link of a shortcut may be provided on a web page or an operation interface, and when a user clicks the link, a joint search page or interface for reference to the zone and the traffic distance may be presented, in which a first selectable option for reference to the zone and a fifth selectable option for the traffic distance may be included. In addition, the first selectable option of the reference region and the fifth selectable option of the traffic distance may also be directly presented in a home page or an initial interface of the search engine, and when the search engine is opened by the user, the first selectable option of the reference region and the fifth selectable option of the traffic distance may be presented in the home page or the initial interface.

Step 502, in response to the operations of selecting a sixth selected option from the first selectable options and selecting a seventh selected option from the fifth selectable options, finding and presenting a fourth target search result, wherein a place related to the fourth target search result is separated from a reference region represented by the sixth selected option by a traffic distance represented by the seventh selected option.

In particular implementation, after the user has selected the sixth selected option and the seventh selected option, the search result that coincides with both the sixth selected option and the seventh selected option may be found as the fourth target search result based on the sixth selected option and the seventh selected option.

It is understood that, in order to facilitate the search of the search result, in some embodiments of the present embodiment, the search result stored in the search engine may be specifically stored corresponding to the search area. When the user selects the sixth selected option and the seventh selected option, a search area which simultaneously conforms to the sixth selected option and the seventh selected option may be searched, and then a search result stored corresponding to the search area may be used as a fourth target search result. Specifically, step 502 may include, for example: in response to selecting a sixth selected option from the first selectable options and a seventh selected option from the fifth selectable options, finding a fourth search territory; searching and presenting the fourth target search result based on the fourth search region; the fourth search area is separated from the reference area represented by the sixth selected option by the traffic distance represented by the seventh selected option, and the location related to the fourth target search result is located in the fourth search area.

Further, in some embodiments, a correspondence relationship may be pre-established between a search region and each reference region option and each traffic distance option, specifically, for any one of the first selectable option, any one of the fifth selectable option and any one of the search regions, if the search region is separated from the reference region represented by the first selectable option by a traffic distance represented by the fifth selectable option, the search region has a correspondence relationship with the first selectable option and the fifth selectable option, and if the search region is separated from the reference region represented by the first selectable option by a distance other than the traffic distance represented by the fifth selectable option, the search region does not have a correspondence relationship with the first selectable option and the fifth selectable option. In the actual searching process of the user, when the user selects the sixth selected option from the first selectable options and selects the seventh selected option from the fifth selectable option, search regions having a corresponding relationship with the sixth selected option and the seventh selected option can be found out according to the pre-established corresponding relationship to serve as fourth search regions, and the fourth search regions are separated from the reference region represented by the sixth selected option by the traffic distance represented by the seventh selected option.

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of another example of the search effect, where "beijing business turn" indicates a reference region, and each option under "beijing business turn" is a first selectable option of the reference region, such as "business turn facing outward", "CBD business turn", and the like; the "arrival distance" represents the traffic distance, and each option under the "arrival distance" is a fifth selectable option of the traffic distance, such as "3-5 stations away" and the like.

As shown in fig. 7, a schematic diagram of still another example of the search effect, the "business circle" indicates a reference area, and the first selectable options thereof include "upper land", "west mountain", "middle guan village", and the like; "distance" means the distance of traffic, and the fifth selectable option includes "1", "2", etc.; the "range" indicates a traffic limitation condition between the reference region and the location related to the search result, for example, the "business district" option indicates that the location related to the search result is located in the reference region, the "subway direct" option indicates that the location related to the search result can be directly reached to the reference region through the subway, and the "transfer" option indicates that the location related to the search result can be reached to the reference region through transfer. Furthermore, as can be seen from fig. 7, in some embodiments of the present embodiment, when the sixth selected option and the seventh selected option are selected by the user, those areas that are separated from the reference area represented by the sixth selected option by the traffic distance represented by the seventh selected option may also be presented to prompt that the fourth target search result is located in those areas. Specifically, in the example shown in fig. 7, the sixth selected option selected by the user is "ground up", the seventh selected option selected by the user is "2", "3" and "4", and the areas "west door", "sea lake yellow house", and "Zhuxinzhang", etc. may be presented to indicate that the distance between these areas and ground is within the range of 2-4 subways, and the found fourth target search result is located in these areas.

It is understood that the present embodiment can be applied to a search scenario of house source information, for example. Specifically, the search result may be information of a house source such as a rental house source or a sale house source, the location related to the search result may be the location where the house source is located, the reference region may be a larger business district or residential area, the traffic distance may be represented by the number of subway stations or the number of bus stations, and the fourth target search result may be the house source separated from the business district represented by the sixth selected option by the traffic distance represented by the seventh selected option.

By the technical scheme of the embodiment, aiming at the searching mode of searching the search result by the reference region, when the user only knows the reference region and the traffic distance between the target search result and the reference region and does not know in which regions the target search result is located, the user can accurately search the target search results.

Exemplary device

Having described the method of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus for searching of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to fig. 8 to 9.

Referring to fig. 8, a block diagram of an embodiment of a search apparatus of the present invention is shown. In this embodiment, the device may specifically include:

a first presenting module 801, configured to present a first selectable option of a reference zone and a second selectable option of a transportation route;

a first searching module 802, configured to search and present a third selectable option in the second selectable option in response to an operation of selecting a first selected option from the first selectable options, where a traffic route represented by the third selectable option passes through or is adjacent to a reference zone represented by the first selected option;

a second searching module 803, configured to search and present a first target search result in response to an operation of selecting a second selected option from the third selectable options, where a location related to the first target search result is located within a reference area represented by the first selected option and is located at or near a station of a transportation line represented by the second selected option;

or,

a third searching module 804, configured to search and present a fourth selectable option in the first selectable option in response to an operation of selecting a third selectable option from the second selectable options, where a reference zone represented by the fourth selectable option is located at or near a traffic line represented by the third selectable option;

and a fourth searching module 805, configured to search and present a second target search result in response to an operation of selecting a fourth selected option from the fourth selectable options, where a location related to the second target search result is located within a reference area represented by the fourth selected option and is located at or near a station of a transportation line represented by the third selected option.

In some embodiments of this embodiment, optionally, the apparatus may further include:

a first cancellation module 806, configured to cancel presentation of the first target search result in response to a cancellation operation of the second selected option;

or,

a second canceling module 807 for canceling presentation of the second target search result in response to a canceling selection operation of the fourth selected option.

In other embodiments of this embodiment, optionally, the apparatus may further include:

a third canceling module 808, configured to cancel presentation of the third selectable option and cancel presentation of the first target search result in response to a cancellation operation of the first selected option;

or,

a fourth canceling module 809, configured to cancel presentation of the fourth selectable option and cancel presentation of the second target search result in response to a cancellation operation of the third selected option.

In still other embodiments of the present embodiments, optionally,

the second searching module 803 may specifically include:

a first search sub-module, configured to search, in response to an operation of selecting a second selected option from the third selectable options, a first search area based on the first selected option and the second selected option, wherein the first search area is located within a reference area represented by the first selected option and is located at or near a station of a transportation line represented by the second selected option;

the second searching submodule is used for searching and presenting the first target searching result based on the first searching region, wherein the place related to the first target searching result is positioned in the first searching region;

or,

the fourth lookup module 805 may specifically include:

a third searching sub-module, configured to, in response to an operation of selecting a fourth selected option from the fourth selectable options, search for a second search area based on the third selected option and the fourth selected option, where the second search area is located within a reference area represented by the fourth selected option and is located at or near a station of a transportation line represented by the third selected option;

and the fourth searching submodule is used for searching and presenting the second target searching result based on the second searching region, wherein the place related to the second target searching result is positioned in the second searching region.

In still other embodiments of this embodiment, optionally, the apparatus may further include:

a second presenting module 810 for presenting a fifth selectable option for traffic distance;

and the fifth searching module 811 is configured to search and present a third target search result in response to an operation of selecting a sixth selected option from the fifth selectable options, where a location related to the third target search result is separated from a location related to the first target search result or the second target search result by a traffic distance represented by the sixth selected option.

Further, in still other embodiments of the present embodiment, optionally, the fifth search module 811 may specifically include:

a fifth search sub-module, configured to search, in response to an operation of selecting a fifth selected option from the fifth selectable options, a third search area, where the third search area is separated from a first search area or a second search area by a traffic distance represented by the fifth selected option, the first search area is located within a reference area represented by the first selected option and is located at or near a station of a traffic route represented by the second selected option, and the second search area is located within a reference area represented by the fourth selected option and is located at or near a station of a traffic route represented by the third selected option;

and a sixth search sub-module, configured to search for and present the third target search result based on the third search area, where a location related to the third target search result is located in the third search area.

Referring to fig. 9, there is shown a block diagram of another embodiment of the search apparatus of the present invention. In this embodiment, the device may specifically include:

a third presenting module 901, configured to present the first selectable option of the reference region and the fifth selectable option of the traffic distance;

a sixth searching module 902, configured to search and present a fourth target search result in response to an operation of selecting a sixth selected option from the first selectable options and selecting a seventh selected option from the fifth selectable options, where a location related to the fourth target search result is separated from a reference region represented by the sixth selected option by a traffic distance represented by the seventh selected option.

In some embodiments of this embodiment, optionally, the sixth searching module 902 may specifically include:

a seventh search sub-module, configured to search a fourth search area in response to operations of selecting a sixth selected option from the first selectable options and selecting a seventh selected option from the fifth selectable options, where a traffic distance represented by the seventh selected option is between the fourth search area and a reference area represented by the sixth selected option;

and the eighth searching submodule is used for searching and presenting the fourth target searching result based on the fourth searching region, wherein the place related to the fourth target searching result is located in the fourth searching region.

It should be noted that although in the above detailed description several means or sub-means of the search device are mentioned, this division is only not mandatory. Indeed, the features and functions of two or more of the devices described above may be embodied in one device, according to embodiments of the invention. Conversely, the features and functions of one apparatus described above may be further divided into embodiments by a plurality of apparatuses.

Moreover, while the operations of the method of the invention are depicted in the drawings in a particular order, this does not require or imply that the operations must be performed in this particular order, or that all of the illustrated operations must be performed, to achieve desirable results. Additionally or alternatively, certain steps may be omitted, multiple steps combined into one step execution, and/or one step broken down into multiple step executions.

While the spirit and principles of the invention have been described with reference to several particular embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, nor is the division of aspects, which is for convenience only as the features in such aspects may not be combined to benefit. The invention is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Claims

1. A search method, comprising:

when a user selects a first selected option from the first selectable options, searching and presenting a third selectable option in the second selectable options, and searching and presenting a first target search result in response to an operation of selecting a second selected option from the third selectable options, wherein the traffic routes represented by the third selectable option comprise traffic routes passing through and adjacent to a reference region represented by the first selected option, and the position referred by the first target search result is located in the reference region represented by the first selected option and is located at or adjacent to a station of the traffic routes represented by the second selected option;

when the user selects a third selected option from the second selectable options, searching and presenting a fourth selectable option in the first selectable option, and searching and presenting a second target search result in response to the operation of selecting the fourth selected option from the fourth selectable option, wherein the reference region represented by the fourth selectable option comprises a reference region located in and adjacent to the traffic line represented by the third selected option, and the location related to the second target search result is located in the reference region represented by the fourth selected option and is located in or adjacent to the station of the traffic line represented by the third selected option;

presenting a fifth selectable option for traffic distance;

and when the user selects a fifth selected option from the fifth selectable options, finding and presenting a third target search result, wherein the position related to the third target search result is separated from the position related to the first target search result or the second target search result by the traffic distance represented by the fifth selected option.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

when the user carries out deselection operation on the second selected option, canceling the presentation of the first target search result;

or,

and when the user carries out deselection operation on the fourth selected option, canceling the presentation of the second target search result.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

when the user carries out deselection operation on the first selected option, the third selectable option is cancelled, and the first target search result is cancelled;

or,

and when the user carries out deselection operation on the third selected option, canceling the presentation of the fourth selectable option and canceling the presentation of the second target search result.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second light sources are selected from the group consisting of,

when the user selects a second selected option from the third selectable options, finding and presenting a first target search result comprises: when a user selects a second selected option from the third selectable options, searching a first search area based on the first selected option and the second selected option, and searching and presenting a first target search result based on the first search area, wherein the first search area is located in a reference area represented by the first selected option and is located at or near a station of a traffic line represented by the second selected option, and a location related to the first target search result is located in the first search area;

or,

when the user selects a fourth selected option from the fourth selectable options, finding and presenting a second target search result comprises: when the user selects a fourth selected option from the fourth selectable options, searching a second search area based on the third selected option and the fourth selected option, and searching and presenting a second target search result based on the second search area, wherein the second search area is located in a reference area represented by the fourth selected option and is located at or near a station of a traffic line represented by the third selected option, and a location related to the second target search result is located in the second search area.

5. The method of claim 1, said finding and presenting a third targeted search result when a user selects a fifth selected option from said fifth selectable options, comprising:

when the user selects a fifth selected option from the fifth selectable options, searching a third search area, wherein the third search area is separated from a first search area or a second search area by a traffic distance represented by the fifth selected option, the first search area is located in a reference area represented by the first selected option and is located at or close to a station of a traffic line represented by the second selected option, and the second search area is located in a reference area represented by the fourth selected option and is located at or close to a station of a traffic line represented by the third selected option;

and searching and presenting the third target search result based on the third search area, wherein the place related to the third target search result is located in the third search area.

6. A search apparatus, comprising:

the first searching module is used for searching and presenting a third selectable option in the second selectable option when a user selects a first selected option from the first selectable options, wherein the traffic routes represented by the third selectable option comprise the traffic routes passing through and adjacent to the reference region represented by the first selected option;

the second searching module is used for searching and presenting a first target searching result when the user selects a second selected option from the third selectable options, wherein the position related to the first target searching result is positioned in the reference area represented by the first selected option and positioned at or close to the station of the traffic line represented by the second selected option;

a third searching module, configured to search and present a fourth selectable option in the first selectable option in response to an operation of selecting a third selectable option from the second selectable options, where a reference zone represented by the fourth selectable option includes a reference zone located at and near a traffic line represented by the third selectable option;

a fourth searching module, configured to search and present a second target search result when the user selects a fourth selected option from the fourth selectable options, where a location related to the second target search result is located within a reference area represented by the fourth selected option and is located at or near a station of a transportation line represented by the third selected option;

the second presentation module is used for presenting a fifth selectable option of the traffic distance;

and the fifth searching module is used for searching and presenting a third target searching result when the user selects a fifth selected option from the fifth selectable options, wherein the place related to the third target searching result is separated from the place related to the first target searching result or the second target searching result by the traffic distance represented by the fifth selected option.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, further comprising:

the first canceling module is used for canceling the presentation of the first target search result when the user performs the canceling selection operation on the second selected option;

or,

and the second canceling module is used for canceling the presentation of the second target search result when the user performs the canceling selection operation on the fourth selected option.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, further comprising:

a third canceling module, configured to cancel presentation of the third selectable option and cancel presentation of the first target search result when the user performs a deselection operation on the first selected option;

or,

and the fourth canceling module is used for canceling the presentation of the fourth selectable option and canceling the presentation of the second target search result when the user performs the canceling selection operation on the third selected option.

9. The apparatus as set forth in claim 6, wherein,

the second lookup module comprises:

a first search sub-module, configured to, when a user selects a second selected option from the third selectable options, search for a first search area based on the first selected option and the second selected option, where the first search area is located within a reference area represented by the first selected option and is located at or near a station of a transportation line represented by the second selected option;

or,

the fourth lookup module comprises:

a third searching sub-module, configured to, when a user selects a fourth selected option from the fourth selectable options, search for a second search area based on the third selected option and the fourth selected option, where the second search area is located within a reference area represented by the fourth selected option and is located at or near a station of a transportation line represented by the third selected option;

10. The apparatus of claim 6, the fifth lookup module comprising:

a fifth search sub-module, configured to, when a fifth selected option is selected from the fifth selectable options by a user, search for a third search area, where the third search area is separated from a first search area or a second search area by a traffic distance represented by the fifth selected option, the first search area is located in a reference area represented by the first selected option and is located at or near a station of a traffic route represented by the second selected option, and the second search area is located in a reference area represented by the fourth selected option and is located at or near a station of a traffic route represented by the third selected option;