JP2001273299A - Retrieving device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a retrieving device with which a home page is easily registered without troubling a reader in the case of registering the home page and a desired home page is retrieved from a URL, a title and a folder in a short time. SOLUTION: The retrieving device has a function for extracting the explanatory sentence of the home page from a retrieval engine on the basis of the inputted URL, a function for discriminating similarity between the result retrieved by the retrieval engine and a keyword for retrieval and a function for displaying the URL, the title and the folder from high similarity with the retrieval keyword together with the explanatory sentence of the home page or the like. Thus, the home page can be easily registered and when the reader selects an item corresponding to the home page desired to watch out of a list from the highest similarity, the home page can be easily read. Further, since the explanatory contents of the home page corresponding to the item selected by the reader are displayed together, before opening that home page, the reader can watch the presence/absence of desired information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a search device, and more particularly to a search classified by a homepage address: URL (hereinafter referred to as "URL"), a title, and a folder corresponding to a category by a search engine or a database on the Internet. The present invention relates to a search device to be displayed and selected based on a result.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, information desired by a viewer on the Internet or an intranet has been obtained by browsing a homepage using a browser which is software for browsing a homepage. Usually, the browsed home page can be viewed again by using a favorite provided as a standard feature in the browser or by using a function of adding a bookmark after browsing by the user.

[0003]

However, in the prior art, when the number of URLs registered in the URL registration unit increases, the standard registration function of the homepage once viewed may become insufficient in function. . For this reason, when the amount of search is large, there is a problem that a desired homepage cannot be found and is given up on the way, or that much time is spent searching for.

[0004] The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to obtain a URL, a title thereof, a folder corresponding to a category, and a text content from a URL registered in a URL registration part. Is to provide a search device that can obtain the search result in a short time. It is another object of the present invention to provide a search device that can easily register a homepage required by a viewer without bothering the viewer.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 comprises a URL and a designation means for designating a title of the URL, and a retrieval condition or a retrieval query related to the title. Input means for inputting a sentence, extracting means for extracting a search keyword from the input search condition or search query sentence, a search engine for searching a corresponding homepage based on the search keyword, Determining means for determining the similarity between a search result searched by a search engine and the search keyword;
Generating means for generating a list for displaying the URL, title, and folder from those having a high similarity based on the determination result by the determining means; and one of the plurality of displayed URLs, titles, and folders. UR
L, a title, and a folder, and display means for displaying the description of the home page corresponding to any of the selected URL, title, and folder. According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a determining means for determining the similarity between a search result searched by a search engine and a search keyword, and a means for displaying a URL, a title, and a folder in descending order of similarity with the search keyword. The folders corresponding to multiple URLs, titles, and categories are displayed in order of priority in these units, and if a viewer selects an item corresponding to a desired homepage, it can be easily browsed. Will be able to In addition, since the description of the homepage corresponding to the item selected by the viewer is also displayed, the viewer can see whether there is desired information before opening the homepage.

[0006] The invention according to claim 2 comprises a URL and the UR
Input means for inputting a folder indicating a title of L and a category belonging to the title; extracting means for extracting description content from the search engine based on the input URL; Instruction means for instructing a search engine to search for the description, and storage means for storing, when the search result by the search engine is a corresponding URL, title, folder and the description, the corresponding contents Is further provided.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the input UR
L, the extraction means for extracting the description of the homepage from the search engine from the search engine and the instruction means for instructing the search engine to search based on the input URL, title, and folder. Even a large number of registered homepages can be automatically arranged without bothering the viewer.

[0008] The invention of claim 3 is characterized in that the explanation content is text characters described on the homepage.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the description content is a text character of the home page, the outline of the home page can be displayed together with the URL, title, and folder that are the search results.

[0010]

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system configuration for searching for a homepage on the Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the search system includes a search apparatus 1, a home page browsing software: a browser 2, and a search engine (full-text search engine or natural language search engine) or a database 3 (hereinafter, "search"). An engine or a database 3), an input device 4, a search result display device 5, and a large-capacity storage device 6.

The search apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1 extracts a description from a URL, a title, a folder, and a displayed home page, organizes them for search, stores them in a large-capacity storage device 6, and registers them. This is a retrieval device for retrieving a homepage viewed by a viewer in the past. Input device 3
Is for inputting necessary items such as URL and title.
An input device represented by a keyboard or the like.

The search result display device 5 is a CRT or a liquid crystal display for displaying a list of URLs, titles, folders, and text contents, which are explanatory texts of home pages, of the results searched by the search engine 3. And the like. This is also
It is also a display device that displays a corresponding homepage after selecting a homepage that the viewer wants to see again from the list. The mass storage device 6 stores the URL searched by the search engine 3,
This is a large-capacity storage device such as a magnetic disk device for storing titles, folders, and text contents of homepages.

[0014] Further, according to the figure, the search device 1 has a UR
It comprises an L content acquisition unit 11, a URL registration unit 12, a search formula / question input unit 13, a search result display list creation unit 14, and a search unit 15.

When a URL, a title, and a folder name corresponding to a category related to the title are input from an input device such as a keyboard via a homepage browsing software: browser 2, the URL content acquisition unit 11 inputs the URL to the URL. Based on this, the text content that is the explanation part is extracted from the currently viewed homepage.

The URL registration unit 12 stores a URL, a title,
It receives the folder name corresponding to the category and the text content of the explanation part from the homepage, instructs the search engine 3 to search for the content corresponding to the specified content, and issues an instruction.

The search formula / question input unit 13 receives an instruction to input search conditions or a question from the input device 4 from the homepage browsing software: browser 2, and inputs the search condition or question from the input device 4 via the browser. Receive the content.

The search section 15 analyzes the search conditions and the contents of the questions input in the form of a search formula or a question, and instructs the search engine 3 to search the title or the text based on the keywords contained therein. Put out. And
The URL, title, and folder name corresponding to the category obtained as a result of the search by the search engine or the database 3 are acquired.

The search result display list creation unit 14 creates a list for displaying folders corresponding to the URL, title, and category from the search unit 15. In addition, a text content that is a description of the homepage corresponding to the URL selected together is acquired.

Next, the registration and search operations according to the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a search system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

First, regarding the registration operation of the homepage,
This will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a flowchart when the homepage is registered using the search device 1. 3 to 6 are diagrams showing main input screens when registering a homepage.

FIG. 3 shows the first screen of a home page. FIG. 4 is an input item selection drawing when adding a bookmark from the toolbar. FIG. 5 is a screen for inputting a title name of a homepage when a bookmark is selected from a bookmark input item selection screen. FIG. 6 is an input screen for designating a folder name corresponding to a category.

The procedure for registering a home page will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

Application software for connecting to the Internet: Activates the browser 2 and opens a page displayed by default at the time of activation. Then, the user inputs a target URL and displays a homepage to be viewed on the screen. FIG.
By inputting the URL of the target homepage at the address (D) in the third row from the top of the homepage screen at the time of the initial setting shown in (1), the desired homepage is displayed.

Here, when a bookmark on the toolbar of the homepage shown in FIG. 3 is selected, a screen shown in FIG. 4 is displayed. Then, the user selects to add a bookmark (step S21), and designates the name of the title of the homepage on the input screen of FIG. 5 and the folder name on the input screen of FIG. 6 (step S22). These URLs, title names, and folder names obtained from the input device are input to the URL content acquisition unit 11 of the search device 1 via a browser. The URL content acquisition unit 11 extracts the text content of the homepage based on the URL of the connected (displayed) homepage (step S23), and the URL registration unit 1
Sent to 2.

Then, an instruction is issued to register these four contents in the search engine or the database 3 (step S24). The search engine or database 3
A search is performed based on this URL (step S25), and if there is a corresponding homepage, the URL, title name, folder name, and text content are stored in the large-capacity storage device 6 (step S26), and the registration ends.

Next, an operation and a procedure for searching for the registered URL, title name, folder name, and text content will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for searching for a desired homepage after registration. FIG.
It is the screen which showed the format of the question of a search screen. FIG. 9 is a screen displaying a search result when a search is selected from the bookmark input item selection screen.

In the same manner as at the time of registration, the application software for Internet connection: the browser 2 is started,
Open the page displayed by default at startup. When a bookmark on the toolbar of the homepage shown in FIG. 3 is selected, a screen shown in FIG. 4 is displayed. When the search is selected here (step S71), the browser issues a search instruction to the search formula / question input unit 13 of the URL search device 1, and the search formula / question input unit 13 returns to FIG.
Is displayed (step S7)
2). There are two types of input formats: a search formula input by a keyword and a question format.

The content of the question input from the screen of FIG. 8 in a search format or a question format is sent to the search unit 15. The content of the sent question is analyzed by the search unit 15, and a keyword included in the question is extracted (step S73). The search engine or the database 3 is instructed to search from the area storing the title or the area storing the text content based on the extracted keyword (step S74).

The search engine or database 3 searches for an area in which the title is stored or an area in which the text content is stored, and searches for the UR corresponding to the keyword.
L, title name, folder name, and text contents are searched out from the mass storage device 6 (step S75).

The searched URL, title name, folder name, and text content are passed to the search unit 15. URLs, title names, folder names, and text contents, which are the delivered search results, are displayed in the display list creating unit 1.
4 The display list creating unit 14 determines a URL having a high similarity to the keyword extracted from the search expression or the question format and creates a list (step S7).
6). And a UR with priority and format
L, the title name, the folder name, and the contents of the text are displayed as search results on the search result display device 5 via the browser 2 (step S77). A list as the search result is displayed in the format shown in FIG.

The upper column of the list in FIG. 9 is a question column displaying the contents of a question entered in a search formula or a question format, and the middle column is a search result obtained by extracting keywords from the question and giving priority to the search results. Ranking, score, title name, folder name,
URLs are displayed side by side in descending order of priority. The lower column is a column for displaying a text describing an explanatory sentence or a summary sentence explaining the homepage. In this display, each time a search result in the middle column is selected, the content of the corresponding homepage is displayed. Then, when a desired homepage is found, by clicking on the corresponding priority number, title name, folder name, or URL with a mouse or the like (step S78), a desired homepage is obtained (step S79). ).

Further, the operation of the embodiment according to the present invention will be described using a specific example. In order to create a table comparing the performance and price of the personal computer of the PC manufacturer including the company A, the viewer sees the personal computer made by the company A on the homepage and registers the homepage. A specific example will be described in which a search is made for a homepage of another company. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a search result as a specific screen when a search is selected from the bookmark input item selection screen.

First, a description will be given of an operation of registering a company A homepage that has not been registered. The viewer first starts up the browser 2 of the application software for connecting to the Internet, and opens a page displayed by default at the time of startup. Then, the user inputs the corresponding address as exemplified in the address (D) of the homepage of the company A shown in FIG. 3 and opens the homepage of the company A. After completing the necessary surveys, register this homepage. The user selects a bookmark from the toolbar of the current display screen, and further selects the addition of a bookmark shown in FIG. When this bookmark is selected, a screen for inputting a title is displayed. The title name is input to the name (N) of this screen.

Here, the title "Company A homepage" is entered, and "OK" is clicked to register. Next, in the folder name input screen of FIG. 6, select only to add to the bookmark, specify "Personal computer" as the folder name related to company A, and click OK. Is added. These URLs thus obtained,
The title name and the folder name are input to the URL content acquisition unit 11 of the search device 1 via the browser 2.

The URL content acquisition section 11 extracts the text content of the home page based on the URL of the displayed home page, and passes the text content to the URL registration section 12, searches the search engine or the database 3 for a corresponding one, and registers it. And instruct them to do so. The search engine or the database 3 searches based on this URL, and if there is a corresponding homepage, stores the URL, title name, folder name, and text content in the large-capacity storage device 6, and the registration is completed. .

An example will be described in which after registering the homepage of company A, a search is made for a registered computer manufacturer of another company, here company B, etc.

First, when the viewer selects a bookmark on the toolbar of the homepage shown in FIG. 3 on the homepage of company A, a screen shown in FIG. 4 is displayed. Here, if the search is further selected, the browser issues a search instruction to the search formula / question input unit 13 of the URL search device 1, and the search formula / question input unit 13 transmits the question as shown in FIG. The screen is displayed. If the viewer wants to look up the computer of Company B, enter 'Company / Computer / Product Name' in the question space or enter the product name and price of Company B's computer in the form of a question. Please tell me. 'And type
When a search is clicked, a search result as shown in FIG. 10 is displayed.

That is, the contents of this question are input to the search formula / question input unit 13, and the search unit 15 sends a search instruction based on the keyword of “company B, personal computer, product, price” to the search engine or the database 3. put out. A search result list created by the search result display list creation unit 14 is created by the search engine or the database 3 via the search unit 15 via the search unit 15, and a list as shown in FIG. Is displayed.

On the top of the list shown in FIG. 10, the content of the question input on the question input screen is displayed as it is. If it is a search format, please tell us the product name and price of the company B's computer, like "Company B / PC / product name". 'Is displayed. Then, the title, the folder, and the URL are displayed in descending order of priority. That is, the highest priority 1 is B
The company's homepage, personal computer, and URL are displayed.

Second, title names and folder names similar to those of Company B and personal computers and corresponding URs
L is displayed. For example, the title name is the homepage of the B store similar to Company B, the folder name is similar to the personal computer shop, and the folder name is
The corresponding URL is displayed. Third, a B library whose title is similar to company B is displayed. The folder name shows contents that have little to do with the computer.

As described above, when the information is registered, the home pages corresponding to the contents of the question are displayed in the order of similarity from the home page. If not registered, only those having similarity are displayed in the order of similarity.

In the lower column, the contents of the text corresponding to the homepage displayed in the preview are displayed. Here, if you select the title of company B with the highest priority,
As shown in the example of the list below, the type of personal computer, the price of the personal computer, the selection items such as a list of peripheral devices of the personal computer, and the like are displayed as illustrated in the homepage list.

As described in detail above, according to the configuration of the present invention, even if there are a large number of homepages registered as bookmarks or favorites, based on folders corresponding to URLs, titles, and categories, automatically. It is organized and can be automatically arranged and classified without bothering the viewer. When a homepage is searched, folders corresponding to a plurality of URLs, titles, and categories are displayed in units of those having the highest similarity, so that the viewer selects an item corresponding to the homepage desired to be viewed. You can easily browse. Also,
The description of the homepage corresponding to the item selected by the viewer is also displayed, so that the viewer can see whether there is information desired before opening the homepage.

The present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and various changes and extensions can be made within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.

[0047]

As described above, the input UR
Since it is automatically arranged based on the L, title, and folder, it is possible to eliminate trouble for the viewer even for a large number of homepages registered as bookmarks or favorites. Also, multiple URLs, titles,
Folders corresponding to categories are displayed in order of those having a high similarity to the keyword in these units, and the viewer can easily browse by selecting an item corresponding to the desired homepage. Further, the explanation content of the homepage corresponding to the item selected by the viewer is also displayed, so that the viewer can see whether there is desired information before opening the homepage.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart in a case where a homepage is registered using the search device 1.

FIG. 3 is a first screen showing a home page.

FIG. 4 is an input item selection drawing when a bookmark is selected from a toolbar of a homepage.

FIG. 5 is a screen for inputting a title name of a homepage when adding a bookmark is selected from a bookmark input item selection screen.

FIG. 6 is an input screen for designating a folder name representing a category.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for searching for a homepage to be viewed after registration.

FIG. 8 is a screen showing a format of a question on a search screen.

FIG. 9 is a screen displaying a search result when a search is selected from a bookmark input item selection screen.

FIG. 10 is a screen specifically showing a search result when a search is selected from a bookmark input item selection screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Search device, 11 ... URL content acquisition part, 12 ... URL
Registration unit, 13: search formula / question input unit, 14: search result display list creation unit, 15: search unit, 2: application
Software browser, 3 ... search engine (full text search engine or natural language search engine) or database, 4 ... input device, 5 ... search result display device, 6 ... large capacity storage device.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A designating means for designating a URL and a title of the URL; an inputting means for inputting a search condition or a query sentence relating to the title; and the input search condition or search condition Extraction means for extracting a search keyword from a question sentence; a search engine for searching for a corresponding homepage based on the search keyword; and determination for determining similarity between a search result searched by the search engine and the search keyword. Means for generating a list for displaying the URL, title, and folder from those having a high similarity based on the result of the determination by the determination means; and the plurality of displayed URLs, titles, and folders Selecting means for selecting one URL, title, and folder from the URL, and selecting the selected URL, Le, the home Bae corresponds to any folder - search device comprising a display means for displaying the description contents of di. 2. An input unit for inputting a URL, a folder indicating a title of the URL and a category belonging to the title, and an extracting unit for extracting explanation contents from the search engine based on the input URL. Instruction means for instructing a search engine to search for the URL, title, folder, and the description, and, when the search result by the search engine is the relevant URL, title, folder, and the description, 2. The retrieval device according to claim 1, further comprising a storage unit for storing the contents of the search. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the explanation content is a text character described on the homepage.
Or the search device according to 2.