EP2038772A1 - Vorrichtung und verfahren zum ordnen von such-ergebnissen - Google Patents
Vorrichtung und verfahren zum ordnen von such-ergebnissenInfo
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- the present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for location-dependent ordering of search results and an associated computer-readable medium.
- the present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for the location-dependent ordering of search results within the Internet or World Wide Web (WWW) taking into account a place of origin.
- WWW World Wide Web
- the World Wide Web has revolutionized the accessibility of an inexhaustible set of information, available in electronic form as written data, audio data or image and video data in archived or real time.
- Conventional search engines therefore filter a respective hit list, for example based on settings in a respective browser, such as a language.
- a respective browser such as a language.
- language-dependent search engines provide in some cases only insufficient search results or hit lists.
- the invention is therefore based on the object of providing a device and a method for sorting search results as well as to provide a computer-readable medium with which a hit list improved for the user can be generated.
- a method for sorting search results may comprise the steps of determining at least one search term, determining at least one search location, determining search results with source location information in dependence on the at least one search term, and the search results depending on the at least one search location for generating a location-dependent search result geord ⁇ net.
- search results can be ordered for the first time taking into account the place of origin and are ⁇ give. A relevance of determined hit lists is thereby greatly improved.
- the search location is determined as a function of at least one search term. More precisely, an analysis of the search request or of the search term can take place in order to draw conclusions about a desired search location.
- the search location is a Verglei ⁇ surfaces of the search term with entries in a plurality of dictionaries associated with the respective locations, and carried out an outputting of the map as a search site, found in the egg ⁇ ne maximum correspondence becomes.
- the search location can be a country, a region of the country or a sub- Region in which there is a common language or a common dialect.
- the search location can each ⁇ but also represent a subject area in which each present a common theme.
- the search locations which are probably desired by the user can thus be automatically determined and the hit list can be correspondingly optimally ordered.
- the search term can be reproduced acoustically in the respective language or dialect of possible locations for confirmation by the user. In this way, the reordering of the hit list or of the search result in dependence on a user input can be further improved.
- outputting the location-dependent search results may be realized such that the search results are locally marked on a survey map. User comfort is thereby further improved.
- At least a search generated by a search term generator term, generated by a search engine in response to at least one search term search results originating ⁇ sort information of a Location determining unit determines at least one search location and evaluated by a rating unit ⁇ the search results as a function of at least one search location for generating a location-dependent search result and rearranged.
- FIG. 1 shows a simplified block diagram of a client-server system with a device according to the invention
- FIG. 2 shows a simplified block diagram of the device according to the invention.
- FIG. 3 shows a simplified flowchart for illustrating essential steps of the method according to the invention.
- FIG. 1 shows a simplified block diagram of a client / server system with a device according to the invention for location-dependent ordering of search results according to the present invention.
- a client C is connected to a server S via a network N.
- the network N is for example a packet-switching network and in particular the so-called Internet.
- alternative networks can also be used.
- the client C may have, for example a PC, PDA (Personal Di gital ⁇ Assistant), a mobile phone, a smartphone or a depicti- ges telecommunications terminal comprising at least one client memory CS and a client processor CP.
- the client memory is, for example, a random access memory (RAM) and the client processor is a microprocessor.
- the telecommunications terminal or the client C may further include a browser or a browser-similar application aufwei ⁇ sen, with the Endgerat has access to the Internet or the network N and the turned them Server S.
- Such browsers include Microsoft's Internet Explorer TM, Netscape Navigator TM by Netscape Communication Corporation or Apple Computer Incorpora- tion's Safari TM.
- a homepage realized by the server S can be activated with a corresponding search engine, wherein a search request SA is entered by a user on the client side in a corresponding input field and a corresponding search engine is executed by the search engine implemented in the server Hit list or a sorted by location search result OSE is sent.
- the server S in which the inventive device for location-dependent ordering of search results and the associated method are preferably realized, can therefore have a server processor SP and a server memory SS, in which the actual location-dependent search engine OSM for location-dependent Ordering search results is realized.
- the server memory SS serves as a computer-readable ⁇ Me dium, stored in the program code and processor SP may be processed by the server.
- a random access memory RAM
- floppy discs, CD-ROM, DVD, magnetic disks, memory chips, ROM, ASICS and vorkonfigu ⁇ tured processors or microcontrollers and all optical and magnetic media can be used as computer-readable media for storing the inventive program code, which by a
- the program code can be programmed in any programming language such as C, C ++, Visual Basic, JAVA, etc.
- the device according to the invention for location-dependent ordering of search results also has a database DB, in which essentially the web contents of the network N are stored with their place of origin information, and a dictionary database with a multiplicity of dictionaries W1 to Wx, which are assigned to the respective origin locations.
- the database DB preferably provides an indexing te database containing web pages with associated origin information.
- the origin information can be obtained, for example, from the contact area of the respective web page and therefore, for example, a respective country, a respective region of the country or a subregion.
- the place represents in this case a geographical place of origin.
- the place can also be understood thematically and indicate a respective place of origin in a certain subject area.
- subject areas can be, for example, the natural sciences, law or musicology, which also have a specific language or a special subject vocabulary.
- According to the present invention can therefore search results which were obtained in response to a ⁇ he preserved search term from a database DB, advertising arranged according to a predetermined search site for generating a position-dependent search results and generates the OSE.
- FIG. 3 shows a flow chart for illustrating essential steps of the method according to the invention, as can be carried out, for example, in the server S according to FIG.
- a search request SA sent by the client C via the network N is detected.
- the search request SA may, for example, comprise a string or string with one or a multiplicity of words or search terms, as they are usually entered in a corresponding input field by a user.
- step S2 the search request SA detected in step S1 is decomposed to produce at least one search term SB, wherein, for example, spaces or special characters can be used.
- search terms can also be determined by means of so-called "parsers".
- a step S3 at least one search location SO is now defined.
- the search site SO can be manually entered by a user, the search locations used erfindungsge- measure may constitute minor areas not only geographical locations, son ⁇ countries also by subject.
- the at least one search location SO is automatically determined or determined in step S3 as a function of the determined search term SB.
- a comparison of the at least one search term SB with entries in the plurality of dictionaries W1 to Wx of the dictionary database can be performed, which are assigned to respective locations.
- the dictionary to ⁇ ordered place is issued as a search location SO, in which a maxi ⁇ male match between the search term SB and one or more entries of the dictionaries Wl to Wx is determined.
- search site SO may also be a subject area in which each present a ge ⁇ my same subject.
- the search term SB generated in step S2 can be reproduced acoustically in a respective language or a respective dialect of the digital dictionary or the possible locations for confirmation by the user.
- a German search term can be acoustically output or played to the user on client C in standard German, Swiss German, or Austrian, so that he may possibly make a further selection.
- the search result can then be determined with the respective origin information UO as a function of the at least one search term SB, which initially results in disordered search results SE.
- the step S4 can also be performed before the step S3.
- step S5 a search site SO now be determined in step S4, the search results SE ordered such that a ortsabhangiges search result or a sorted by the search results ⁇ place list OSE results in dependence on the at least.
- step S6 ends in step S6.
- the location-dependent search result or the hit list OSE sorted according to search locations can be output on the client C in such a way that they are locally marked on a survey map, for example.
- a survey map for example.
- Uber Survey Map can present an overview of the respective subject areas a geographical map or in the presence of topics in the presence of geographi ⁇ rule places. In this way, user comfort can be further improved.
- Figure 2 shows a simplified block diagram for illustrating the inventive device, wherein like reference characters designate like or corresponding elements to those in Fi gur ⁇ 1, will be omitted below a repeated description.
- the position-dependent search engine OSM may be realized and processed by a server processor SP in egg ⁇ nem SS memory of the server S in FIG. 1
- the position-dependent search engine OSM sustaining a telecommuni ⁇ cation interface the one given by a user at the client C search request SA, which is passed through the network N to the Ser ⁇ ver S.
- the search request SA is written by typing words into a special search field, which is represented by a browser in client C.
- handwritten search queries SA with corresponding associated character recognition or language-entered search terms with associated speech recognition are also possible.
- the location-dependent search engine OSM thus preferably obtains the search request SA as a search string entered by a user, and further recognizes therefrom a search instruction.
- the transformation of the set on client C search query by example, voice recognition, or OCR is done preferably already in the client C, but can not until the server S Runaway ⁇ leads are.
- a search term generator 1 now evaluates the search request SA and generates at least one search term SB. Preference ⁇ wise, the search term generator 1 on a query detection unit that detects the search request SA, wherein in a decomposing unit, not shown, the detected search request SA is decomposed into at least one search term SB.
- the search terms SB represent, for example, search words spaced apart by spaces. However, they can also represent whole sentences that are syntactically analyzed, ie parsed.
- a search engine 2 now generates, depending on the search terms SB generated, search results SE with origin information UO. More specifically, the web contents stored in the database DB are compared with the search terms with their origin information UO and, if a match, a corresponding web content is output as the search result SE.
- the database DB is preferably indexed, the origin information UO being obtained from the contact areas of the respective web pages.
- a real-time comparison can in principle also be performed in the actual database. factual World Wide Web.
- the search results SE obtained in this way can also be sorted or filtered using conventional evaluation criteria, not shown.
- a location determination unit 3 is also used to determine at least one search location SO, wherein in principle a request, not shown, can be performed by the user of the client C via the network N. Preferably, however, the location determination unit 3 will automatically determine or determine the search location SO as a function of the at least one search term SB.
- a multiplicity of digital word books W1 to Wx assigned to the respective locations can be used for this purpose.
- Places represent countries, regions or sub-regions, each of which has a common language or a common dialect. Accordingly, the countries “USA”, “Australia” and “England” could be assigned to the "English” dictionary Wl.
- the Germanys W2 could be assigned to Germany, Switzerland and Austria, while the Spanish dictionary W3 could be assigned to Spain, Argentina, Mexico and Colombia , In this way, by analyzing the search terms SB, a probable search location SO can be determined.
- the search locations can not only represent geographical locations, but also subject areas, for example, the digital dictionaries can represent reference works, for example in the field of science, musicology or law.
- the location determination unit may for this purpose a non Darge ⁇ presented comparator unit for comparing the at least ei ⁇ NEN prefixes SB with the entries in the digitized dictionaries Wl have to Wx, with an unillustrated output unit to or zugeord the dictionary ⁇ Neten Places places as search location or search locations SO, in which a maximum match between the search term SB and a respective entry in the dictionary is found.
- a tender unit not shown can offer a user a local selection, from which the user egg nen suitable location as search Select location SO.
- this information is in turn output via the network N to the client C to the user.
- This offering of possible search locations can, for example, be carried out text-based by displaying the respective possible geographical locations or topic areas.
- the search term SB entered by the user in the dialect of the respective possible search location can be acoustically output to the user at the client C.
- a German search term in which a maximum over ⁇ conformity in the German dictionary W2 was determined, can thus for example, three possible search locations "Germany”, “Switzerland” and “Austria” by an acoustic rendition see the search Term in High German, Swiss ⁇ German and Austrian.
- the thus confirmed search location SO is then selected and displayed to the location evaluation unit as a relevant search location SO.
- the location evaluation unit 4 then carries out a location evaluation of the search results SE determined by the search engine 2, wherein essentially the relevant search location SO is compared with the origin location information U0 contained in the search results.
- the evaluation unit 4 then arranges the search results SE according to a maximum match between the place of origin information and the relevant search location SO, whereby a location-dependent search result OSE or a location-dependent hit list is generated.
- filtering can also be carried out in dependence on the search location SO, wherein the number of search results determined by the search engine 2 SE can be in Depending ⁇ ness of relevant search place SO much reduced.
- the position-dependent search result OSE can also be such output via the network N to the client C that the search results locally mar ⁇ are kiert on a Uber Survey Map.
- the overview map can either represent a geographical map or illustrate topic areas graphically.
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