JP2002024246A - Device and method for homepage retrieval, and computer- readable recording medium with recorded program making computer to execute the method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily specify a homepage answering a purpose among many homepages corresponding or relating to an input character string. SOLUTION: This device is equipped with a character string input part 301 which inputs a character string, a conversion candidate display part 303 which displays a list of conversion candidates of the input character string (names of homepages corresponding or relating to the reading of the input character string, names of operating organizations, etc.), a conversion candidate selection and determination part 304 which selects one candidate from the candidate list, and a homepage display part 306 which sequentially switches and displays the contents of homepages as the conversion candidate selection and determination part 304 switches and selects the candidates in the list in order.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a homepage search device for searching a homepage from an input character string,
The present invention relates to a homepage search method and a computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art While a document is being created on a personal computer or the like, the document being created may be read, for example, by referring to the "Just System Co., Ltd. website (http: // www.
justsystem. co. jp /). ", Etc., a reference to a specific homepage may be inserted.

[0003] In this case, the operator often interrupts the creation of a document by an editor or the like to confirm whether the designated home page has intended information or whether the URL is changed. Access the above homepage by means such as

If the user does not remember the correct URL, the user must first access a specific site that provides a homepage search service and search for a target site from a large number of registered homepages.

[0005] However, the search method differs depending on the search site, and it is difficult for beginners to narrow down search results appropriately by combining AND conditions and OR conditions.

[0006] In this regard, a normal browser has a function of saving the title of an arbitrary homepage and its URL in a file (bookmark function). If the page is registered in this bookmark, It can be accessed directly without going through a search site.

[0007] However, in order to use this file, a browser must be started, and in any case, document creation is temporarily suspended.

[0008] When the number of homepages registered in a bookmark increases, it becomes difficult to specify a target one from among them, and the title registered in the bookmark is usually <title of the homepage.
> The character string in the tag is simply extracted, and is not always easy for the operator to understand.

Therefore, the applicant of the present invention has proposed a Japanese language conversion software “ATOK13” manufactured and sold by the present applicant as a conversion candidate of a character string inputted by an operator.
The RL is displayed, and when the URL is determined, the browser is activated to display the contents of the home page indicated by the URL (URL trigger conversion function).

This is because, in advance, a kana character string such as “jasuto” and “http: // //
www. justsystem. co. jp / inde
x. html "and registering them in association with each other, and converting a kana character string into a kanji character string,
The character string conversion from kana to URL is performed.

Then, a request for displaying a home page specified by the determined URL is issued to a browser specified in advance by a path name or the like.

The above function eliminates the need to start a browser while interrupting the creation of a document and to search for (and learn) a URL on a remote or local computer.
It is possible to immediately connect to a desired homepage from a keyword that is easy for the operator to understand.

[0013] Japanese language conversion software is one of the most frequently used software by computer users.
By converting to Kana, it is possible to acquire a URL from a kana with the same feeling as acquiring a kanji from a kana.

[0014]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional technique, when a plurality of similar URLs are associated with one kana character string, which of the conversion candidates is the target homepage is determined. , May not be determined only by the URL.

In this case, the operator determines one of the URLs and displays the home page. If the URL is different from the intended one, the operator can input the same kana again or return the determined character string to an undetermined character string. (Reverse conversion function), the conversion / confirmation operation must be repeated until the target page is found.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and provides a home page search apparatus and a home page search apparatus capable of easily specifying a target one from a large number of home pages corresponding to or related to an input character string. An object of the present invention is to provide a search method and a computer-readable recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to execute the search method is recorded.

[0017]

Means for Solving the Problems The above-mentioned problems are solved,
In order to achieve the above object, a homepage search device according to the present invention includes an input unit for inputting a character string composed of at least one character, and a homepage corresponding to the reading of the character string input by the input unit. Display means for displaying a character string indicating the following, first selection means for selecting an uppermost character string from the character strings displayed by the first display means, and first selection means To display the homepage indicated by the character string selected by the second
And a character string other than the character string selected by the first selecting means from among the character strings displayed by the first displaying means, instead of the character string selected by the first selecting means. Second selecting means for selecting a character string;
And a third display unit for displaying a homepage indicated by the character string selected by the second selection unit, instead of the homepage displayed by the display unit.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when another candidate is selected from the input character string conversion candidates instead of the first candidate, the home page to be displayed is also selected from the first candidate. Switch to that of another candidate.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a home page search apparatus for inputting a character string composed of at least one character, and a home page related to reading of the character string input by the input means. A first display unit for displaying a character string to be displayed, a first selection unit for selecting an uppermost character string from the character strings displayed by the first display unit, and a first selection unit. A second display unit for displaying a homepage indicated by the selected character string, and a character string displayed by the first display unit instead of the character string selected by the first selection unit. The second selection means for selecting a character string other than the character string selected by the first selection means, and the second selection means instead of the home page displayed by the second display means A third display means for displaying the home page indicated by the selected string Ri, characterized by comprising a.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when another candidate is selected instead of the first candidate from the conversion candidates of the input character string, the home page to be displayed is also selected from the first candidate. Switch to that of another candidate.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the homepage search device according to the first or second aspect, the first display means corresponds to a character string input by the input means. Character strings indicating related home pages are displayed hierarchically.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the input character string conversion candidates are hierarchically classified and arranged and displayed.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the homepage search device according to the first or second aspect, the first display means corresponds to a character string input by the input means. Character strings indicating related homepages are displayed for each type.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the conversion candidates for the input character string are classified and arranged for each type and displayed.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the homepage search device according to the first or second aspect, the first display means corresponds to a character string input by the input means. It is characterized in that only a designated type of a character string indicating a related home page is displayed.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, among the conversion candidates of the input character string, only those of a specific type are narrowed down and displayed.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the homepage search device according to the first or second aspect, the first display means may be configured such that each time one character is input by the input means. In addition, a character string indicating a homepage corresponding to or related to the character string input up to that point is displayed.

According to the present invention, the number of conversion candidates to be displayed is reduced as the number of characters is increased.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for searching a homepage according to the invention, comprising the steps of: inputting a character string consisting of at least one character; A first display step of displaying a character string to be displayed, a first selection step of selecting an uppermost character string from the character strings displayed by the first display step, and a first selection step. A second display step of displaying a homepage indicated by the selected character string; and, instead of the character string selected by the first selection step, a character string displayed by the first display step. A second selection step of selecting a character string other than the character string selected in the first selection step; and a homepage displayed in the second display step, instead of the homepage displayed in the second selection step. A third display step of displaying the home page indicated by the selected string Ri, characterized in that it contains.

According to this invention, when another candidate is selected instead of the first candidate from the conversion candidates of the input character string, the displayed home page is also selected from the first candidate. Switch to that of another candidate.

According to the present invention, there is provided a method for searching for a home page, comprising: an input step of inputting a character string comprising at least one character; and a home page relating to reading of the character string input in the input step. A first display step of displaying a character string to be displayed, a first selection step of selecting an uppermost character string from the character strings displayed by the first display step, and a first selection step. A second display step of displaying a homepage indicated by the selected character string; and, instead of the character string selected by the first selection step, a character string displayed by the first display step. A second selection step of selecting a character string other than the character string selected in the first selection step; and a homepage displayed in the second display step, instead of the homepage displayed in the second selection step. A third display step of displaying the home page indicated by the selected string Ri, characterized in that it contains.

According to the invention, when another candidate is selected instead of the first candidate from the conversion candidates of the input character string, the displayed home page is also selected from the first candidate. Switch to that of another candidate.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the homepage search method according to the seventh or eighth aspect, wherein the first display step corresponds to the character string input in the input step. Character strings indicating related home pages are displayed hierarchically.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, the conversion candidates of the input character string are classified and arranged hierarchically and displayed.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the homepage search method according to the seventh or eighth aspect, wherein the first display step corresponds to a character string input in the input step. Character strings indicating related homepages are displayed for each type.

According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, the conversion candidates of the input character string are classified and arranged for each type and displayed.

[0037] Further, in the homepage search method according to the invention described in claim 11, in the invention described in claim 7 or 8, the first display step corresponds to the character string input in the input step. It is characterized in that only a designated type of a character string indicating a related home page is displayed.

According to the eleventh aspect, among the conversion candidates of the input character string, only those of a specific type are narrowed down and displayed.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the homepage search method according to the seventh or eighth aspect, in the first display step, each time one character is input in the input step in the first display step In addition, a character string indicating a homepage corresponding to or related to the character string input up to that point is displayed.

According to the twelfth aspect, the number of conversion candidates to be displayed is reduced as the number of characters is increased.

A recording medium according to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention stores a program for causing a computer to execute the method according to any one of the seventh to twelfth aspects. Can be read.

[0042]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring to the accompanying drawings, preferred embodiments of a homepage search apparatus, a homepage search method, and a computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the method are described below. The form will be described in detail.

(Embodiment 1) First, the overall configuration of a homepage search system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a system configuration of the homepage search system according to the first embodiment.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 100 denotes a client 101, a conversion server 102, and a WWW server 1 which will be described later.
03 are interconnected networks. Specifically, the Internet is assumed, but the client 101
A LAN or the like between the server and the conversion server 102 may be used.

A client 101 transmits a Roman character string or a kana character string input from a keyboard to a conversion server 102 described later. Then, a record corresponding to the input character string is received from the conversion server 102, and the notation character string of the record is displayed on the display as a conversion candidate list.

Further, a URL corresponding to one of the notation character strings in the conversion candidate list is transmitted to a DNS server (not shown). Then, by using the IP address returned from the DNS server, it accesses a WWW server 103, which will be described later, and acquires the data of the home page specified by the URL.

Here, the home page is, for example, W
The content of the HTML file provided on the WW displayed on the browser is shown. More specifically, H provided on WWW
Refers to the display unit of the TML file. This is also called "Web page". In addition, we summarize related information
It may be a collection of page b. This is also called "Web site" or simply "site". Also, it may be a page located at the top of the Web site. This is also called the “top page”.

In addition, W published on the Web site
Among the web pages, the web pages positioned as entrances of the web pages linked by a link such as the same theme or the same company may be referred to. It may refer to the entire Web page of the same theme or the same company.
That is, it is an information system of the Internet converted into hypertext by HTML. The home page can include images, audio, and videos.

The client 101 normally connects to the network 100 via a proxy server or an Internet provider, but these are not shown.

Reference numeral 102 denotes a conversion server which stores a record corresponding to the input character string received from the client 101.
The record is searched from the conversion dictionary stored in advance, and the record is transmitted to the client 101.

Reference numeral 103 denotes a WWW server, which is a file acquisition request (file transfer request) from the client 101.
And transmits the data of the specified file (homepage).

Next, a description will be given of the hardware configuration of each computer that constitutes the homepage search system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. For convenience of explanation,
The computers in this system all have the same hardware configuration. FIG. 2 shows a client 101, a conversion server 102, or WWW according to the first embodiment.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of a server 103.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 201 denotes a CPU for controlling the entire system, 202 denotes a ROM storing a basic input / output program, and 203 denotes a RAM used as a work area of the CPU 201.

An HDD (hard disk drive) 204 controls reading / writing of data from / to an HD (hard disk) 205 under the control of the CPU 201, an HD 205 storing data written under the control of the HDD 204, Each is shown.

Reference numeral 206 denotes an FD (floppy (registered trademark) disk) 207 under the control of the CPU 201.
FDD (Floppy Disk Drive) 207 for controlling data read / write to / from FDD 206
2 shows a detachable FD for storing data written according to the above control.

Reference numeral 208 denotes a display for displaying various data such as cursors, menus, windows, and characters and images. Reference numeral 209 denotes a display connected to the network 100 via the communication line 210, and serves as an interface between the network 100 and the CPU 201. Each functioning network card is shown.

Reference numeral 211 denotes a keyboard having a plurality of keys for inputting characters, numerical values, various instructions, and the like.
Denotes a mouse for selecting and executing various instructions, selecting a processing target, moving a cursor, and the like.

Reference numeral 213 denotes a scanner for optically reading characters and images; 214, a printer for printing characters and images under the control of the CPU 201; 215, a CD-ROM as a removable recording medium; CD-R
CD-R for controlling data read from OM 215
An OM drive 200 and a bus or cable for connecting each of the above-described units are shown.

Next, the functional configuration of the client 101 and the conversion server 102 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram functionally showing the configurations of the client 101 and the conversion server 102 according to the first embodiment.

The client 101 according to the first embodiment
Includes a dictionary setting unit 300, a character string input unit 301, a conversion instruction unit 302, a conversion candidate display unit 303, a conversion candidate selection / confirmation unit 304, a document creation unit 305, a homepage display unit 306, And a unit 307.

The conversion server 10 according to the first embodiment
Reference numeral 2 denotes a configuration including a transmission / reception unit 308, a conversion dictionary storage unit 309, and a conversion dictionary search unit 310.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 300 denotes a dictionary setting unit, which is used to determine the path names of available conversion dictionaries and to use / use the dictionaries.
And a flag indicating non-use.

In the initial state, two dictionaries, a conversion dictionary in the client 101 (a general kana-kanji conversion dictionary; not shown) and a conversion dictionary (described later) on the conversion server 102, are registered. It is assumed that ON (use) and the latter flag are set to OFF (unused).

Under this setting, the operator uses a local conversion dictionary to convert / determine a character string input from a character string input unit 301 described later into a kanji character string or the like, and converts the determined character string. A normal document is created by adding / inserting it to another character string by the function of a document creation unit 305 described later (normal kana-kanji conversion).

However, when it is necessary to browse a certain homepage during the creation of a document, the operator simultaneously presses predetermined keys on the keyboard 211, for example, the CTRL key and the space key.

As a result, the flag of the dictionary of the client 101 is turned off and the flag of the dictionary of the conversion server 102 is turned on. Thereafter, the conversion of the input character string is performed with reference to the remote conversion dictionary.

Reference numeral 301 denotes a character string input unit for receiving an input of a character from the keyboard 211. The characters to be entered are the characters set corresponding to the keys,
Characters such as katakana, alphabets, numbers, and symbols. Alternatively, the characters may be converted into kana by inputting an alphabet in the Roman character input mode.

The input characters are sequentially stored in a temporary storage area (not shown) in the character string input section 301. Then, the above-mentioned area is cleared once when the character string inside is taken out by the conversion instructing unit 302 described later,
The characters that are continuously input are stored again from the beginning of the area.

Reference numeral 302 denotes a conversion instruction unit, which is a keyboard 2
11 presses a predetermined key, for example, a space key or a conversion key, and detects a character string stored in the area of the character string input unit 301 up to that point (that is, a character string that has not been input by that time). A request for conversion to another character string is output to a conversion dictionary search unit (not shown) in the client 101.

However, when the conversion dictionary on the conversion server 102 is specified as the dictionary to be used, the transmission request of the conversion request is output to the transmission / reception unit 307 described later.

Reference numeral 303 denotes a conversion candidate display unit, which is a conversion dictionary search unit (client 101) in the client 101.
The conversion list received from the conversion dictionary search unit 310 in the conversion server 102 (when the conversion dictionary in the conversion server 102 is used), which will be described later, is displayed in the candidate list window. Open and list.

This candidate list window has the same appearance as the window for displaying a list of conversion candidates such as kanji character strings for the input kana character string in the prior art.
A ranking determined by a predetermined rule is added to the head of each candidate, and the candidates are displayed in the vertical order in the order.

Reference numeral 304 denotes a conversion candidate selection / confirmation unit.
When a predetermined key of the keyboard 211, for example, a space key, a conversion key, an up / down / left / right arrow key, a ten key press, or a click of the mouse 212 is detected, the designated conversion candidate in the candidate list window is highlighted.

When the press of the return key is detected,
When the conversion candidate list is obtained from the conversion dictionary of the client 101, the conversion candidate highlighted at that time (the conversion candidate selected at that time) is
Output to a document creation unit 305 described later.

If the conversion candidate list is obtained from the conversion dictionary of the conversion server 102, the selected conversion candidate or the URL corresponding to the candidate is output to the document creation unit 305. , To display the file identified by the selected candidate URL,
A request is made to a homepage display unit 306 described later.

It is possible to arbitrarily set whether to output the notation character string of the conversion candidate, the URL, or both of them to the document creation unit 305. In addition, for example, the file specified by the URL <
It is possible to set, for example, to output the contents of the title> tag or to output nothing.

Reference numeral 305 denotes a document creation unit which inserts the notation character string or URL of the conversion candidate input from the conversion candidate selection / confirmation unit 304 at the cursor position of the document being created. At this time, instead of simply inserting the character string, for example, the notation character string is enclosed in brackets, the URL is underlined, and the URL is inserted in parentheses following the notation character string. Good.

The document creation unit 305 has functions similar to those of the prior art editor software and word processing software, such as changing the order of characters and decorating the characters. Since these are not the main contents of the present invention, detailed description will be omitted.

Reference numeral 306 denotes a home page display unit, which indicates a URL from the conversion candidate selection / confirmation unit 304,
When requested to display the file specified by the RL, a request for acquisition (transfer request) of the file is created,
The signal is output to a transmitting / receiving unit 307 described later.

Then, when the data of the file is input from the transmission / reception unit 307, a window for browsing a homepage is opened, and the file (homepage) is displayed therein.

The browsing window has the same appearance as a window displayed by a conventional browser, and displays files in various formats such as HTML format and GIF format. In the case of an HTML format file, only the character string described in the tag is displayed according to the display method indicated by the tag.

Reference numeral 307 denotes a transmitting / receiving unit on the client 101 side, which transmits a character string input from the character string input unit 301 to the conversion server 102 via the network 100 according to a predetermined protocol. Further, the conversion server 102 receives conversion candidates for the input character string, URLs thereof, and the like transmitted from the conversion server 102.

When the transmission of a file acquisition request is instructed from the homepage display unit 306, the server first connects to a DNS server (not shown) and specifies the UR specified in the request.
Obtain the IP address for L.

Then, the W specified by the IP address
The request is transmitted to the WWW server 103, and the data of the target file returned from the WWW server 103 in response to the request is received.

Reference numeral 308 denotes a transmitting / receiving unit on the conversion server 102 side, and the transmitting / receiving unit 307 of the client 101 via the network 100 according to a predetermined protocol.
Receives the input character string sent from. Further, a conversion dictionary search unit 31 described later is sent to the client 101.
A conversion candidate, a URL, and the like for the input character string searched by 0 are transmitted.

Reference numeral 309 denotes a conversion dictionary storage unit, specifically, the hard disk 205, which holds a conversion dictionary for converting a character string into another character string.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing the structure of the conversion dictionary stored in the conversion dictionary storage unit 309.

In the figure, the read character string is an item that is used for comparison with the input character string when the conversion dictionary search unit 310, which will be described later, searches the dictionary for a record that matches the input character string.

Each reading character string is associated with or associated with a specific homepage. The conversion dictionary stores information indicating the contents and properties of the homepage corresponding to or related to the character string for each reading character string. And the URL of the homepage are registered.

Here, the information suggesting the contents and properties of the homepage is, for example, a homepage published by the present applicant, such as “Just System Co., Ltd.” Word conversion software ATOK
13 ", such as" Jus
service name provided by the operator, such as "tNet"
The name of the homepage itself, such as “Just System Official Homepage”.

These character strings simply represent the description items, fields, sources, etc. of the homepage indicated by the character strings. For example, from these strings, the above website is for a company that manufactures and sells computer software, and is based on content such as the company's product lineup, new product features and planned release dates, company profile and employment information, etc. It is strongly speculated that it will be.

In the conversion dictionary of FIG. 4, the above-mentioned information corresponding to each reading character string or suggesting the contents and properties of the related homepage is stored in the item of notation character string.

[0093] In the figure, "Toyokawa Motor" is the name of the operating entity of the homepage, and "Witz" is the name of the product manufactured and sold by "Toyokawa Motor", the operating entity of the homepage. Here, the operating entity name and the product name are given as specific examples of the above information, but any character string may be used as long as it is a character string that simply represents the contents of the homepage.
In addition, it does not have to be a character string.

In the following, such information suggesting the contents and properties of the home page, specifically, character strings such as "Just System Co., Ltd." and "Toyokawa Motor" will be simply referred to as "character strings indicating the home page". I do. In addition, the "character string indicating the homepage" in the claims is, specifically, a character string representing the name of the operating entity of the homepage, its product name, service name, homepage name, etc. as described above. However, the present invention is not limited to these.

By the way, in FIG. 4, the read character string "to
The record that contains "yokajidosha" is 401
And 402, each of which corresponds to a homepage indicated by the notation character string "Toyokawa Motor" and a homepage indicated by the notation character string "Witz".
Or are associated.

Here, the difference between “correspondence” and “related” will be described. First, in the record 401, the reading (sound (on)) of the reading character string "toyokajidosha" is "to, yo, ka, wa, ji, do, u, sha", and the notation character string "Toyokawa Motor" 『To ・ yo ・
K, W, J, D, U, Sha], and they are completely the same.

As described above, when the reading of the reading character string of a certain record matches the reading of the notation character string (completely or partially), the home page indicated by the notation character string is read by the reading character string. It is said that it corresponds to (reading).

On the other hand, the reading of the written character string "Witz" in the record 402 is "Utsutsutsu", which is different from the reading of the read character string "toyowakajidosha".

As described above, when the reading of the reading character string of a certain record does not match the reading of the notation character string, the homepage indicated by the notation character string is "related" to the reading character string. That.

As in the record 402, "to-yo-oka-
Read the notation character string "Witz" that is not read as "wa-ji-do-u-sha", and read the character string "toyokajidish"
The reason for associating with "a" is that considering the strong relevance between Toyokawa Motors and Witz of a company and its product, a website for the product can be searched even from the company name.

Further, "correspondence" and "association" will be described with another example. For example, suppose that there is a homepage of a professional baseball team "ABC team" that describes a player belonging to the baseball team, particularly "Ichiro Kobayashi" in terms of baseball and professional baseball.

It is assumed that, for example, “ABC team”, which is the name of the operating entity of the home page, is selected as a character string indicating the home page.

The home page is "corresponding" to, for example, a read character string "ebishikydan" (ABC team). In other words, if the reading character string is “ebi
A record in which the notation character string is “ABC team” is registered in the conversion dictionary. In this case, the reading of the reading character string matches the reading of the written character string.

The home page is “related” to, for example, a read character string “yakyu” (baseball).
In other words, a record whose reading character string is “yakyu” and whose notation character string is “ABC team” is registered in the conversion dictionary. In this case, the reading of the reading character string does not match the reading of the written character string.

Further, the above-mentioned homepage has, for example, “related” to the read character string “puroyakyu” (professional baseball).
Attached. In other words, the reading character string is "puroy
akyu ”and a record whose written character string is“ ABC team ”are registered in the conversion dictionary. In this case, the reading of the reading character string does not match the reading of the written character string.

The home page is "related" to, for example, a read character string "kobayashiihiro" (Ichiro Kobayashi). In other words, a record whose reading character string is “kobayashiihiro” and whose notation character string is “ABC team” is registered in the conversion dictionary. In this case, the reading of the reading character string does not match the reading of the written character string.

As described above, the contents and properties of the home page are grasped in advance, and a read character string suitable for the contents or the like (or a read character string that is highly likely to be used for searching the home page, etc.). May be)
Is selected. In particular, when the items described on the homepage are diversified, each item should correspond to or be associated with an appropriate reading character string. The reading of the reading character string does not necessarily have to match the reading of the written character string.

As shown in FIG. 4, the conversion dictionary includes a notation character string “corresponding” to the reading character string in the above sense,
Notation character strings that are “related” are registered together without any particular distinction.

In this case, the character string read in the dictionary is "t
Although it was described in Roman alphabet (alphabet notation) such as "okakawajidosha", for example, kana notation (hiragana or katakana notation) such as "Toyokawaji Dosha" or "Toyokawaji Dosha" may be used.

In the above example, if the reading character string is in hiragana notation, the notation character string "Toyokawa Motor" indicates a related home page as information indicating a homepage corresponding to the reading character string "Toyokawaji Dosha". The written character string “Witz” is registered in the conversion dictionary as information.

The notation character string “ABC team” is used as information indicating a homepage corresponding to the reading character string “Eibiishi Shikyudan”, or as the reading character strings “Yakyu”, “Peroyakyu”, and “Kobayashi Ichirou”. As information indicating a related homepage, each is registered in the conversion dictionary.

Reference numeral 310 denotes a conversion dictionary search unit which searches the conversion dictionary in the conversion dictionary storage unit 309 and obtains a record in which the input character string received from the client 101 matches the read character string in the forward direction. And the obtained record,
Client 10 via transmission / reception units 307 and 308
Reply to 1.

The dictionary setting unit 300 and the character string input unit 3
01, a conversion instructing unit 302, a conversion candidate display unit 303, a conversion candidate selection / confirmation unit 304, a document creation unit 305, a homepage display unit 306, transmission / reception units 307/308, and a conversion dictionary search unit 310, respectively.
03 or the hard disk 205, the floppy disk 207, or the like, the CPU 201 or the like executes the instruction processing in accordance with the instructions described in the program recorded on a recording medium such as the recording medium, thereby realizing the function of each unit.

Next, the homepage search processing of the homepage search system according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a homepage search process of the homepage search system according to the first embodiment.

Prior to the start of the processing according to this flowchart, it is assumed that the dictionary used for the homepage search is set in advance in the conversion dictionary on the conversion server 102.

In step S501, the character string input unit 301
Receives an input of a character from the operator via the keyboard 211. Here "t""o""y""o""k"
It is assumed that the character string “toyoka” has been input by sequentially pressing the character keys “a”, “w”, and “a”. Alternatively, the character strings “Toyokawa” are depressed in order by pressing the character keys “to”, “yo”, “ka”, and “wa” in order.
May be input.

In step S502, conversion instructing section 302
Determines whether a predetermined key (for example, a space key or a conversion key) for instructing character string conversion has been pressed.

If the key is pressed (Yes at step S502), the process proceeds to step S503, and if the key is not pressed (No at step S502),
The flow shifts to step S501 to continuously receive character input.

In step S503, conversion instructing section 302
Is transmitted via the transmission / reception units 307 and 308 to the character string “t”.
A conversion request of “yokokawa” or “toyoka” is transmitted to the conversion dictionary search unit 310 of the conversion server 102.

In step S504, the conversion dictionary search unit 31
0 refers to the conversion dictionary in the conversion dictionary storage unit 309,
The character string "toyoka entered from the client 101
A search is made for a reading character string that matches the beginning of "wa" or "Toyokawa".

Here, from the conversion dictionary illustrated in FIG.
The record 401 whose reading character string is “toyokajidsha”, “toyokajidish”
a ", the record 402," toyokajid
record 403, which is “toshokaisairakusho”, record 404, which is “toyokawakaruragifu”, and “toyokawashote”
It is assumed that five records 405 of “n” have been searched.

Note that the input character string is "toyokawa"
If it is a Roman character string, such as half-width characters, full-width characters, and uppercase and lowercase characters are identified, they are once converted to kana using a Roman character table (not shown), Convert to romaji,
This is used as a search key.

When the input character string is a kana character string such as "Toyokawa", the kana is converted into a Hepburn Roman character, and this is used as a search key. In the conversion dictionary of FIG. 4, the read character string is written in Roman characters, but it may be written in kana such as “Toyokawaji Shosha”. If the reading character string in the conversion dictionary is in Kana notation, if the input character string is a Kana character string, there is no need to convert the Kana character string to Roman notation for comparison with the reading character string. .

In step S505, the conversion dictionary search unit 31
0 transmits the record of the read character string retrieved in step S504 to the client 101 via the transmission / reception units 308 and 307.

At step S506, conversion candidate display unit 30
No. 3 opens a candidate list window, and displays only the notation character string of the record received in step S505 in the window.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a candidate list window displayed by the conversion candidate display section 303.
A list of notation character strings of each reading character string searched in step S504 is displayed.

Here, the candidate list window is always displayed immediately after the conversion instruction. However, it is known in advance that the total number of conversion candidates is small or that the desired candidate is at the top of the list. In some cases, opening the window after each conversion can be annoying.

Therefore, for example, when the first space key is pressed, only the first candidate is replaced with an undetermined character string and displayed, and when the second space key is pressed, the next candidate is replaced with the first candidate and displayed. The candidate list window may be displayed for the first time when the space key is pressed for the third time.

In step S507, the conversion candidate selection / confirmation unit 304 selects the first candidate in the conversion candidate list, here, "Toyokawa Car" and highlights and displays it.

Then, in step S508, conversion candidate selection / confirmation section 304 determines whether or not a predetermined key (for example, a space key or an arrow key) for candidate selection has been pressed, and when the key has been pressed. (Step S5
(08 affirmative), the candidate selected in step S509 is selected and highlighted, and the process proceeds to step S510.

Here, it is assumed that the third candidate "Toyokawa Automatic Loom Works" is selected instead of the first candidate by pressing the space key twice.

If the predetermined key for selecting a candidate has not been pressed (No at Step S508), the process directly proceeds to Step S510.

In step S510, conversion candidate selection / confirmation section 304 determines whether or not a predetermined key (for example, a return key) for confirming a character string has been pressed, and if the key has been pressed (step S510). Affirmative), the process proceeds to step S511, and while the key is not pressed (No at step S510), the process proceeds to step S508 to accept switching of candidate selection.

In step S511, the conversion candidate selection / confirmation unit 304 requests the conversion candidate display unit 303 to delete the candidate list window, and in response, the conversion candidate display unit 303 displays the candidate displayed in step S506. Clear the list window.

In step S512, the conversion candidate selection / confirmation unit 304 outputs the notation character string (here, "Toyokawa Automatic Loom Works") selected at that time, or the URL corresponding thereto ("http: //"). /Www.toy
okawa-shokki. co. jp / ”) to the document creation unit 305. In response, the document creation unit 305 inserts the input notation character string or URL at the cursor position.

Further, in step S513, the conversion candidate selection / confirmation unit 304 determines the URL (“http: //www.toyokaw”) corresponding to the selected notation character string.
a-shokki. co. jp / ”) to the homepage display unit 306, and requests that the homepage specified by the URL be displayed on the screen.

In response, homepage display section 306
Creates a request to acquire the file specified by the URL, and requests the transmission / reception unit 307 to transmit the request. The transmission / reception unit 307 sends the request to the WW
When the data is transmitted to the W server 103 and the target file is received from the storage source, the data is displayed on the homepage display unit 30.
6 is output.

[0138] The homepage display section 306 opens a window for browsing the homepage and displays the data of the file input from the transmission / reception section 307. If the cache from which the same file was previously obtained remains, the cache may be reused.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the browsing window displayed by the home page display unit 306. Here, "Toyokawa Automatic Loom Works" is selected and confirmed from the conversion candidate list shown in FIG.
www. toyoka-shokki. co. jp
The homepage of the company indicated by “/” is displayed.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, when a reference to a homepage of “Toyokawa Automatic Loom Works” is described in a document, for example, CTRL +
Use the space key to switch between conversion dictionaries, and select "toyokaw
"a", press the space key, select and confirm "Toyokawa Automatic Loom Works" from the displayed list of conversion candidates, and enter the notation character string and its URL "http: // w".
ww. toyoka-shokki. co. jp
It is possible to insert "/" into the document being created, and to browse the contents of the home page specified by the URL in parallel in another window.

Therefore, the content of the homepage and the URL
There is no need to interrupt the creation of a document in order to check. For example, when the number of homepages to be checked is large, such as when creating a link collection of homepages, this greatly reduces the time required to create and revise a document.

Also, since the conversion dictionary is stored on the server instead of on the individual client, the U.S.
Even if the RL is changed or a new homepage is opened, it is possible to always browse the latest homepage from any client simply by updating the dictionary on the server (easy dictionary maintenance). .

Further, since the input character string is not directly converted into a URL, but is converted into a notation character string that is more easily understood by the operator, such as the name of the homepage or the name of the operating entity.
It is easy to specify a desired one from a plurality of conversion candidates.

Further, since a prefix match search with the input character string is performed at the time of searching the conversion dictionary, if the name or the like of the home page is known by the first few characters, the home page can be searched from the reading. is there.

Further, not only the notation character string “corresponding” to the reading but also the notation character string “related” to each reading character string in the conversion dictionary are registered. Even if you don't know, you can search the homepage from the company name "Toyokawa Motor". As a result, an effect similar to that of expanding a search keyword by synonyms and related words is obtained, and a broader and more comprehensive search can be performed.

In the first embodiment, the order of the candidates in the candidate list is fixed (specifically, in alphabetical order of reading or in alphabetical order).
The order may be changed for each operator by referring to the profile or log of each operator.

For example, if a car or a drive is registered as a hobby of the operator, the order of the homepage of the automobile manufacturer may be raised for the operator, or the same reading may have been input by the same operator before. If there is, it is conceivable that the previously determined candidate is set as the first candidate.

In the above-described first embodiment, the name and URL are inserted into the document being created in addition to the display of the home page. However, if the main purpose is to view the home page, a character string is used. May not be inserted (that is, the processing in step S512 may be omitted).

(Embodiment 2 / Quick Browsing of Homepage) In Embodiment 1 described above, only the homepage corresponding to the determined character string is displayed on the screen after the character string is determined. Although it is easier to understand than the URL, it may not be possible to determine which homepage is the target by using only the written character string of the candidate list.

In this case, the operator decides a suitable candidate for the time being and displays the corresponding homepage. If the candidate is different from the intended one, the operator inputs a reading character string again to perform conversion / confirmation, and the target homepage is changed. You have to repeat this process until you find one.

Therefore, as in the second embodiment described below, before the character string is determined, at the time when the conversion candidate list is displayed, a home page corresponding to each conversion candidate may be displayed on the screen. Good.

The system configuration of the homepage search system according to the second embodiment and the hardware configuration of each computer constituting the system are the same as those in the first embodiment, and therefore, the description is omitted.

Although the functional configurations of the client 101 and the conversion server 102 according to the second embodiment are the same as those of the first embodiment, there is a slight difference in the function of the conversion candidate selection / determination unit 304.

That is, conversion candidate selection / determination section 304
Requests the homepage display unit 306 to display the homepage indicated by the notation character string every time one of the conversion candidates is selected.

Next, a homepage search process of the homepage search system according to the second embodiment will be described. FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a homepage search process of the homepage search system according to the second embodiment.

The difference between the first embodiment and FIG. 5 is that in FIG. 5, the display processing of the homepage after the selection and determination of the conversion candidate (step S513) is performed, and in FIG. 8, the homepage is displayed immediately after the first candidate is selected (step S513). (S808) and immediately after another candidate is selected (step S811).

The processing in steps S801 to S806 is the same as the processing in steps S501 to S506 in FIG. 5 and will not be described.

In step S807, conversion candidate selection / confirmation section 304 according to the second embodiment selects the first candidate in the conversion candidate list displayed in step S806 and highlights it.

In step S808, conversion candidate selecting / confirming section 304 determines the URL corresponding to the selected first candidate.
To the homepage display unit 306, and requests that the homepage specified by the URL be displayed on the screen.
In response, the homepage display unit 306 displays the URL
Is acquired via the transmission / reception unit 307, and a browsing window is opened and displayed therein.

In step S809, conversion candidate selection / confirmation section 304 determines whether or not a predetermined key (for example, a space key or an arrow key) for candidate selection has been pressed.

When a predetermined key for selecting a candidate is pressed (YES at step S809), the process proceeds to step S809.
After the candidate specified in 810 is selected and highlighted, the homepage display unit 306 is displayed in step S811.
Requests that the home page indicated by the selected notation string be displayed on the screen.

In response, homepage display section 306
Acquires the specified file via the transmission / reception unit 307, temporarily deletes the contents of the window opened in step S808, displays the newly acquired file therein, and then proceeds to step S812.

If a predetermined key for selecting a candidate has not been pressed (No at Step S809), the process directly proceeds to Step S812.

In step S812, conversion candidate selecting / confirming section 304 determines whether or not a predetermined key (for example, a return key) for confirming the character string has been pressed, and if the key has been pressed (step S812). Affirmatively), the process proceeds to step S813, and while the key is not pressed (No in step S812), the process proceeds to step S809 to accept switching of candidate selection.

In step S813, conversion candidate selection / confirmation unit 304 requests conversion candidate display unit 303 to delete the candidate list window, and in response thereto, conversion candidate display unit 303 displays the candidate displayed in step S806. Clear the list window.

In step S 814, the conversion candidate selection / confirmation unit 304 stores the notation character string selected at that time or the URL corresponding thereto in the document creation unit 305.
Output to In response to this, the document creation unit 305
The entered notation character string or URL is inserted at the cursor position.

As described above, according to the second embodiment, when a desired conversion candidate is selected in the candidate list window, the contents of the homepage indicated by the candidate are displayed in another window, so that which candidate You can instantly see which home page you are pointing to, without having to decide on any candidate for the trial or re-enter the same reading over and over.

Further, by sequentially selecting candidates in the list by pressing the space key or the like, related home pages can be displayed one after another as if switching TV channels, so that many conversions can be performed. It is possible to easily and quickly specify a desired one from the candidates.

In the above-described second embodiment, the conversion candidate selection / confirmation unit 304 always selects one conversion candidate. However, for example, when the user presses SHIFT + the up arrow key or the down arrow key in the candidate list. Upon detection, a plurality of candidates from the start point to the end point may be simultaneously selected.

In this case, the conversion candidate selection / confirmation unit 304 outputs the URLs of all the selected candidates to the homepage display unit 306, and the homepage display unit 306 opens windows by the number of homepages, for example, and overlaps them. It is displayed (FIG. 9A), displayed side by side (FIG. 9B), or displayed in a tiling display (FIG. 9C).

The difference between FIG. 9 (c) and FIG. 9 (b) is that, in FIG. 9 (c), when the size of any one of the windows is changed, the size of the other adjacent window is also changed. It is.

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 9D, one window may be divided by a frame, and each home page may be displayed in each frame. By simultaneously selecting a plurality of candidates in this way, it is possible to browse a plurality of corresponding homepages while comparing them with each other.

In the second embodiment, the home page display section 306 always displays the specified home page in a complete form. However, in order to speed up the processing, for example, only a text file is read. You may make it possible to make settings that come up.

In Embodiment 2 described above, a character string to be read is input one by one from the keyboard 211. However, for example, "toyokawajidosha / m
itsugushijidosha / nissenji
Dosha / ... ”, a text file in which a plurality of reading character strings are separated by some delimiter (in this case, the symbol“ / ”) is prepared, and this is read, so that the reading is manually input from the keyboard 211. May be substituted.

In this way, for example, during a demonstration, demo pages corresponding to those readings can be easily switched sequentially and displayed, or displayed collectively at the same time.

Also, even if there is no software or the like for performing automatic patrol of the Internet, simply by describing the reading in a text file and sending it to the conversion server, the home pages corresponding to the reading can be browsed collectively. In addition, even when the URL of the traveling destination is changed, there is no need to make any change to the text file itself.

(Embodiment 3 / Hierarchical Display of Conversion Candidates) In the above-described Embodiment 2, a plurality of conversion candidates are simply displayed in a list. Company A's home page, Company A's subsidiary company A '' home page, Newspaper company B home page with company A stock price information ...
When a large number of information sources with different viewpoints are associated with each other, it is difficult to understand the differences and relationships between the candidates, and it is difficult to identify the target.

Therefore, as in the third embodiment described below, closely related conversion candidates may be grouped and displayed.

The system configuration of the homepage search system according to the third embodiment and the hardware configuration of each computer constituting the system are the same as those of the second embodiment, and therefore the description is omitted.

The functional configurations of the client 101 and the conversion server 102 according to the third embodiment are the same as those of the second embodiment, but the functions of the conversion candidate display unit 303 and the contents of the conversion dictionary storage unit 309 are slightly different. There are differences.

First, the structure of the conversion dictionary stored in the conversion dictionary storage unit 309 is different from that of the second embodiment. FIG. 10 shows the conversion dictionary storage unit 3 according to the third embodiment.
FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing a structure of a conversion dictionary held in the reference numeral 09.

One record is composed of a reading character string, a notation character string, a URL, and group information. The numerical value on the left side of the hyphen of the group information indicates the number (group number) of the group to which the record belongs and the numerical value on the right side. The numbers are
The numbers of the records within the group (group numbers) are shown.

The conversion candidate display section 303 refers to each group information of the received record and displays a plurality of conversion candidates for each group as described below.

The overall procedure of the homepage search processing of the homepage search system according to the third embodiment is the same as that of the second embodiment described with reference to FIG. There is a feature different from the second embodiment. FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a conversion candidate display process of the homepage search system according to the third embodiment.

Prior to the start of the process according to this flowchart, in step S801 in FIG. 8, the character keys "t", "o", "y", "o", "k", "a", and "w" of the keyboard 211 are displayed.
“A” are sequentially pressed, and in step S803, a conversion request for the character string “toyoka” is sent to the client 101.
To the conversion server 102.

Then, in step S804, a record (the perfect match is also included in the forward match in a broad sense) in which the input character string "toyokawa" and the read character string completely match is searched from the conversion dictionary in FIG. 10, and in step S805, FIG.
Record 1001 to 1009 shown in FIG.
02 to the client 101.

Conversion candidate display section 303 according to Embodiment 3
First, in step S1101, in step S80 of FIG.
The records received in step 5 are rearranged in the order of the group numbers, and in each group, the records are rearranged in the order of the numbers in the group.

Then, the rearranged records are fetched one by one from the top in step S1102.
In 103, it is determined whether or not the group number of the record is “0”.

When the intra-group number is “0” (Yes at Step S1103), Step S1104 is performed.
Then, after inserting the group number at the head of the notation character string of the record and saving it to a temporary storage area (not shown), the flow shifts to step S1106.

If the intra-group number is not “0” (No at Step S1103), Step S1105 is performed.
In the notation character string of the record, perform processing for indentation, for example, insert a blank character at the beginning,
After saving to the storage area, the process proceeds to step S1106.

In step S1106, step S110
Step S1 for all records sorted by 1
It is determined whether the processing of 102 to S1105 has been performed. If there is an unprocessed record (No at Step S1106), the process shifts to Step S1102 to repeat the above processing for the next unprocessed record.

When the above processing has been completed for all the records (Yes at step S1106), the processing shifts to step S1107 to open the candidate list window, and the processing at step S1104 or S1105 is passed to the temporary storage area. The displayed character strings are displayed in a list in the window. Then, step S807 in FIG.
Move to

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a candidate list window displayed by the conversion candidate display section 303 according to the third embodiment. The notation character string "Toyokawa Automobile" in which the group information is "1-0" is displayed left-justified following the group number "1".
“1” “stock price”, “1-2” “news release”
"1-3""employmentinformation","1-4""productinformation"
Are displayed together. "Toyokawa Automatic Loom Works" of "2-0" is displayed left justified together with the group number following the above.

As described above, according to the third embodiment, conversion candidates are classified and arranged in a tree form and displayed, so that even if the number of candidates in the list is large, the target one can be easily identified. Can be identified.

Also, for example, by simply inputting the name of a certain company, a page of a securities company that provides stock price information of that company (record 1007 in FIG. 10), and a page of a magazine company reporting the contents of press releases of that company (Page 1002), an online employment information page that posts employment information of the company (1004), and an official page of the company itself (1003) that publishes product advertisements for the company, etc. Because the homepage to be displayed is systematically displayed, comprehensive information search can be performed on a certain item from various viewpoints.

Further, since the present invention can be applied to an application for visualizing the structure of a large-scale Web site in an easy-to-understand manner, a deep page such as a “customized car of Joyo Cargo of Toyokawa” can be applied to complicated conditions. No formula is required, and it can be reached simply by traversing the tree by typing "toyoka".

In the third embodiment described above, the depth of the degree of association between the candidates and the upper / lower relationships are represented by fixed numbers. For example, this is represented by a pointer to the upper candidate or lower candidate. It may be expressed.

In the third embodiment, conversion candidates are displayed hierarchically in one window. However, if the number of candidates is large, it is difficult to reach a desired candidate. As shown in FIG. 13, the window may be divided and displayed step by step for each candidate in the same hierarchy.

In FIG. 13, the top left (first layer) conversion candidate is displayed in the leftmost window, and “Toyokawa Motor” selected in the leftmost window is displayed in the center window.
, And the rightmost window list the conversion candidates of the third hierarchy for the “product information” selected in the center window.

[0200] A triangle pointing right in the figure indicates that there is a lower candidate in the candidate. It is necessary to select a conversion candidate with this symbol and press a predetermined key, for example, a right arrow key. Thus, a list of lower-order candidates can be displayed.

The hierarchical display in the same window described above and the hierarchical display in a plurality of windows can be arbitrarily combined.

(Embodiment 4 / Sorting and Narrowing of Conversion Candidates) In the above-described Embodiment 3, a large number of conversion candidates are displayed hierarchically and stepwise to find a target candidate. However, when the number is still too large, as in Embodiment 4 described below,
The conversion candidates may be rearranged or narrowed down according to the type or the like.

The system configuration of the homepage search system according to the fourth embodiment and the hardware configuration of each computer constituting the system are the same as those of the second embodiment, and therefore, the description is omitted.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram functionally showing the configuration of client 101 and conversion server 102 according to the fourth embodiment. This is obtained by adding a rearranging unit 1403a and a narrowing unit 1403b to the functional block diagram of FIG.

Dictionary setting section 1400, character string input section 140
1, conversion instructing section 1402, conversion candidate selecting / determining section 140
4. Document creation unit 1405, homepage display unit 140
6. The transmission / reception units 1407 and 1408 and the conversion dictionary search unit 1410 are respectively a dictionary setting unit 300, a character string input unit 301, a conversion instruction unit 302, a conversion candidate selection / confirmation unit 304, a document creation unit 305, and a homepage display in FIG. Part 30
6. Transmission / reception units 307/308 and conversion dictionary search unit 31
Since it is the same as 0, the description is omitted.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing the structure of the conversion dictionary stored in the conversion dictionary storage unit 1409 in the fourth embodiment. One record is composed of a reading character string, a notation character string, a URL, and a type.

The conversion candidate display section 1403 displays the type of each conversion candidate when displaying the candidate list window, and displays a rearrangement button and a narrowing down button in the window. FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a candidate list window displayed by the conversion candidate display unit 1403 according to the fourth embodiment.

Reference numeral 1600 denotes a rearrangement button.
Each of 1a to 1601c is a refinement button. Here, since the type of conversion candidate in the list is any of company name, person name or product name, three narrowing buttons corresponding to each are displayed. If so, a corresponding narrowing button is also displayed.

The conversion candidate display section 1403 has a configuration including a rearrangement section 1403a and a narrowing down section 1403b.

Upon detecting that the rearrangement button 1600 has been clicked with the mouse 212, the rearrangement unit 1403a rearranges the conversion candidates displayed at that time for each type.

[0211] Further, the narrowing-down unit 1403b is configured such that one of the narrow-down buttons 1601a to 1601c is
When the click is detected in step 2, only the type corresponding to the clicked button is extracted from the conversion candidates displayed at that time.

Next, a homepage search process of the homepage search system according to the fourth embodiment will be described. FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a homepage search process of the homepage search system according to the fourth embodiment.

Steps S1701 to S1714 in FIG.
Is the same as the processing in steps S801 to S814 in FIG.

[0214] In step S1715, the reordering unit 1403a selects the reorder button 1 in the candidate list window.
It is determined whether 600 has been clicked by the mouse 212.

When the rearrangement button 1600 is clicked (Yes at step S1715), at step S1716, the conversion candidates displayed at that time are rearranged for each type and displayed again.
Shift to 07.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram showing a state immediately after the candidate list illustrated in FIG. 16 is rearranged by the rearranging section 1403a. At the top of the list, conversion candidates whose type is a company name, secondly, personal name candidates, and finally, product name candidates are displayed collectively.

When the rearrangement button 1600 has not been clicked (No at Step S1715), at Step S1717, the narrowing-down unit 1403b executes
Refine buttons 1601a to 1601 in conversion candidate list
It is determined whether or not c has been clicked by the mouse 212.

Then, the narrow-down buttons 1601a to 1601a
01c is clicked (step S
1717 affirmative), in step S1718, after redisplaying only the type corresponding to the clicked button among the conversion candidates displayed at that time,
Shift to 07.

FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram showing a state immediately after the candidate list illustrated in FIG. 16 has been narrowed down by the narrowing-down unit 1403b. Here, the narrow down button 1601b
As a result of clicking, only the type corresponding to the click, that is, the conversion candidate of the personal name is displayed.

As described above, according to the fourth embodiment, a large number of conversion candidates related to a certain item are displayed for each type, or only a specific type of conversion candidate is displayed. At most, the desired one can be easily reached.

In the above-described fourth embodiment, the type is displayed together with each conversion candidate. However, the type is not limited to characters, and for example, the background color is displayed for each candidate of the same type. You may change it. The display using characters and the display using colors may be used together.

[0222] For example, field information such as economy and art, and target information such as Kanto and Kansai areas, for adults and children, and for men and women are registered in a conversion dictionary, and candidates are rearranged based on these. Or narrowing down may be performed.

(Fifth Embodiment / Narrowing down Conversion Candidates by Incremental Search) In the fourth embodiment, the narrowing down buttons 1601a to 1601c are used.
By pressing, the conversion candidates can be narrowed down to those of a specific type. To realize this, it is necessary to manually assign the type at the time of registering the candidate in the conversion dictionary.

This is complicated, and there is a possibility that the assumed type may be different depending on the individual operator, for example, when a product name was originally changed to a general noun.

Therefore, as in the fifth embodiment described below, narrowing down of conversion candidates may be performed by an incremental search of a read character string.

The system configuration of the homepage search system according to the fifth embodiment and the hardware configuration of each computer constituting the system are the same as those in the second embodiment, and therefore, the description is omitted.

FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram functionally showing the configuration of client 101 and conversion server 102 according to the fifth embodiment. This is obtained by removing the conversion instruction unit 302 from the functional block diagram of FIG.

When character string input unit 2001 receives an input of a new character, it immediately transmits the character to transmission / reception unit 200.
6 and 2007 to the conversion dictionary search unit 2009.

The conversion dictionary search unit 2009 accumulates the received characters sequentially in a temporary storage area (not shown), and each time a new character is received, it matches the undecided character string accumulated in the area in front. The reading character string is searched from the conversion dictionary in the conversion dictionary storage unit 2008. The record of the hit read character string is transmitted to the transmitting / receiving unit
006 to the conversion candidate display unit 2002.

The dictionary setting unit 2000, conversion candidate display unit 2002, conversion candidate selection / confirmation unit 2003, document creation unit 2004, homepage display unit 2005, transmission / reception unit 2
006 and 2007 and the conversion dictionary storage unit 2008 are respectively the dictionary setting unit 300 and the conversion candidate display unit 30 of FIG.
3, conversion candidate selection / confirmation unit 304, document creation unit 305,
Since they are the same as the homepage display unit 306, the transmission / reception units 307 and 308, and the conversion dictionary storage unit 309, the description is omitted.

Next, a homepage search process of the homepage search system according to the fifth embodiment will be described. FIG. 21 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a homepage search process of the homepage search system according to the fifth embodiment.

The main differences between the second embodiment and FIG. 8 are that the character string conversion instruction in step S802 is omitted (the conversion processing starts even if there is no conversion instruction) and the candidate list window is displayed. If a new character is subsequently input, the transmission of the character, the search of the dictionary by the undetermined character string to which the character is added, and the list display of the searched notation character string are repeated many times. .

Step S2101 and step S2
The processing of 102 to S2107 is the same as the processing of step S801 and steps S803 to S808 in FIG.

At step S2108, character string input unit 20
From 01, it is determined whether or not a new character has been input. If a new character has been input (Yes at Step S2108), Step S210 is performed.
Steps S2107 to S2107 are repeated. If a new character has not been input (No at Step S2108), the process proceeds to Step S2109.

The subsequent steps S2109 to S2114 are the same as the steps S809 to S814 in FIG.

The above processing will be specifically described by taking, as an example, a case where, in the conversion dictionary of the conversion dictionary storage unit 2008, the record whose reading character string starts with "t" is seven records illustrated in FIG.

First, in step S2101, when the input of the first character "t" is received, steps S2102-S
After the process of 2104, the process proceeds to step S2105 in FIG.
A candidate list window as shown in FIG.

Then, steps S2106 and S21
After step 07, it is determined in step S2108 whether a new character has been input. Here, assuming that "o" has been input following "t", the process proceeds to step S2102, and again proceeds to step S21.
At 03, the input character string “to” up to that point is compared with the read character string.

Here, the “tech staff” reads “tek
“usutaffu” does not match the input character string “to”, so that no hit is made.
A candidate list window as shown in FIG. 22B is displayed instead of (a).

Then, similarly to the above, step S210
In step S21, it is determined whether or not there is a subsequent character. If it is determined that "y" has been input after "o", step S21 is performed again.
After the processing of 02 to S2104, a candidate list window shown in FIG. 22C is displayed in step S2105 instead of FIG. 22B. In this cycle, the reading "to
“Tokyo Fire Insurance” that does not match “y” is dropped from the list.

Thereafter, the same processing is repeated until the reading becomes "to
If "yokawaj" is input, step S210 is executed.
At 5, a candidate list window as shown in FIG. 22D is displayed instead of FIG. 22C. In this way, the conversion candidates that were initially seven cases have been narrowed down to two cases after the input of “toyokaj”.

As described above, according to the fifth embodiment, the number of conversion candidates can be narrowed down by sequentially inputting readings. It is possible to search for things.

The homepage search method described in the first to fifth embodiments is realized by executing a prepared program on a computer such as a personal computer or a workstation. This program is a hard disk, floppy disk, C
The program is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as a D-ROM, an MO, and a DVD, and is read out from the recording medium and executed by the computer. This program can be distributed via the recording medium and a network such as the Internet.

[0244]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the input means inputs a character string consisting of at least one character, and the first display means inputs the character string input by the input means. A character string indicating a homepage corresponding to the reading of the column is displayed, and the first selection means selects the highest character string from the character strings displayed by the first display means, and the second display means Displays a home page indicated by the character string selected by the first selecting means,
Is a character string other than the character string selected by the first selecting means from among the character strings displayed by the first display means, instead of the character string selected by the first selecting means. A column is selected, and the third display means displays the homepage indicated by the character string selected by the second selection means instead of the homepage displayed by the second display means. If another candidate is selected instead of the first candidate from among the conversion candidates, the displayed home page is also switched to that of the other candidate selected from the first candidate, thereby corresponding to the input character string. There is an effect that a homepage search device capable of easily specifying a target one from a large number of homepages is obtained.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the input means inputs a character string consisting of at least one character, and the first display means relates to the reading of the character string input by the input means. A character string indicating a homepage to be displayed, the first selection means selects the highest character string from the character strings displayed by the first display means, and the second display means displays the first character string. A home page indicated by the character string selected by the selection means is displayed, and the second selection means replaces the character string selected by the first selection means,
A character string other than the character string selected by the first selection means is selected from the character strings displayed by the first display means, and a third display means is displayed by the second display means. The homepage indicated by the character string selected by the second selecting means is displayed instead of the homepage, so that if another candidate is selected instead of the first candidate from the conversion candidates of the input character string, the display is performed. The homepage to be switched is also switched to that of the first candidate and that of the other candidate selected, so that the homepage can be easily specified from among a large number of homepages corresponding to the input character string. There is an effect that a search device can be obtained.

According to the invention described in claim 3, in the invention described in claim 1 or 2, the first display means includes a homepage corresponding to or related to the character string input by the input means. Is displayed hierarchically, and the conversion candidates of the input character string are hierarchically classified and arranged and displayed. This makes it easy to find a target from among a large number of homepages corresponding to the input character string. There is an effect that a homepage search device that can be specified in the homepage can be obtained.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the invention, the first display means includes a homepage corresponding to or related to the character string input by the input means. Is displayed for each type, the conversion candidates for the input character string are classified and classified for each type.
This is displayed in an organized manner, thereby providing an effect that a homepage search device capable of easily specifying a desired one from a large number of homepages corresponding to the input character string is obtained.

According to the invention described in claim 5, in the invention described in claim 1 or 2, the first display means includes a home page corresponding to or related to the character string input by the input means. Is displayed, only those of the specified type are displayed among the conversion candidates of the input character string, so that only those of the specific type are narrowed down and displayed. An effect is obtained that a homepage search device capable of easily specifying a target one from among the homepages can be obtained.

[0249] According to the invention described in claim 6, in the invention described in claim 1 or 2, the first display means displays a character every time one character is input by the input means. Since a character string indicating the homepage corresponding to or related to the character string entered up to the point in time is displayed,
As more characters are input, the number of conversion candidates to be displayed is narrowed down. As a result, a home page search device capable of easily specifying a desired one from a large number of home pages corresponding to the input character string is obtained. The effect is that it can be done.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, a character string consisting of at least one character is input in the input step, and the first display step corresponds to the reading of the character string input in the input step. A character string indicating a homepage to be displayed is displayed, a top selection character string is selected from the character strings displayed in the first display step in a first selection step, and the first character string is selected in a second display step. Displaying a home page indicated by the character string selected in the selecting step, and replacing the character string selected in the first selecting step in the second selecting step with:
A character string other than the character string selected in the first selecting step is selected from the character strings displayed in the first displaying step, and is displayed in the third displaying step by the second displaying step. The homepage indicated by the character string selected in the second selection step is displayed in place of the homepage, and when another candidate is selected instead of the first candidate from the conversion candidates of the input character string, the display is performed. The homepage to be switched is also switched to that of the first candidate and that of the other candidate selected, so that the homepage can be easily specified from among a large number of homepages corresponding to the input character string. This has the effect that a search method can be obtained.

According to the invention of claim 8, a character string consisting of at least one character is input in the input step, and the first display step relates to reading of the character string input in the input step. A character string indicating a homepage to be displayed is displayed, a top selection character string is selected from the character strings displayed in the first display step in a first selection step, and the first character string is selected in a second display step. Displaying a home page indicated by the character string selected in the selecting step, and replacing the character string selected in the first selecting step in the second selecting step with:
A character string other than the character string selected in the first selecting step is selected from the character strings displayed in the first displaying step, and is displayed in the third displaying step by the second displaying step. The homepage indicated by the character string selected in the second selection step is displayed in place of the homepage, and when another candidate is selected instead of the first candidate from the conversion candidates of the input character string, the display is performed. The homepage to be switched is also switched to that of the first candidate and that of the other candidate selected, so that the homepage can be easily specified from among a large number of homepages corresponding to the input character string. This has the effect that a search method can be obtained.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the invention of the seventh or eighth aspect, the first display step is a home page corresponding to or related to the character string input in the input step. Is displayed hierarchically, and the conversion candidates of the input character string are hierarchically classified and arranged and displayed. This makes it easy to find a target from among a large number of homepages corresponding to the input character string. There is an effect that a homepage search method that can be specified in a web page can be obtained.

According to the tenth aspect of the present invention,
9. The invention according to claim 7, wherein the first display step displays a character string indicating a homepage corresponding to or related to the character string input in the input step for each type. Conversion candidates are classified and arranged for each type and displayed, which provides an effect of obtaining a homepage search method capable of easily specifying a target one among a large number of homepages corresponding to an input character string. Play.

According to the eleventh aspect of the present invention,
The invention according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the first display step displays only a designated type of a character string indicating a homepage corresponding to or related to the character string input in the input step. Therefore, among the conversion candidates of the input character string, only those of a specific type are narrowed down and displayed, whereby it is possible to easily specify the target one from among many homepages corresponding to the input character string. This has the effect that a simple homepage search method can be obtained.

According to the twelfth aspect of the present invention,
In the invention according to claim 7 or 8, the first display step displays a home page corresponding to or related to the character string input up to that point each time one character is input in the input step. Since the displayed character string is displayed, the number of conversion candidates that are displayed as the number of characters is increased is narrowed down, so that the target one can be easily identified from among many homepages corresponding to the input character string. There is an effect that a homepage search method that can perform is obtained.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, a recording medium stores a program for causing a computer to execute the method according to any one of the seventh to twelfth aspects. Can be read by this, so that claims 7-1
2 has an effect that a recording medium capable of executing the method described in any one of 2 by a computer can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a hardware configuration of each computer constituting the homepage search system according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a functional configuration of a client 101 and a conversion server 102 according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a conversion dictionary storage unit 309 according to the first embodiment.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing a structure of a conversion dictionary stored in the storage device.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a homepage search process of the homepage search system according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 shows a conversion candidate display unit 303 according to the first embodiment.
FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a candidate list window displayed by (1).

FIG. 7 shows a homepage display unit 3 in the first embodiment.
It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the browsing window displayed by 06.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a homepage search process of the homepage search system according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 9 shows a homepage display unit 3 in the second embodiment.
It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the browsing window displayed by 06.

FIG. 10 shows a conversion dictionary storage unit 30 according to the third embodiment.
FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing a structure of a conversion dictionary stored in a conversion dictionary.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a conversion candidate display process of the homepage search system according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 12 shows a conversion candidate display unit 30 according to the third embodiment.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a candidate list window displayed by No. 3;

FIG. 13 shows a conversion candidate display unit 30 according to the third embodiment.
FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing another example of the candidate list window displayed by No. 3;

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram functionally showing configurations of a client 101 and a conversion server 102 according to a fourth embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a conversion dictionary storage unit 14 according to the fourth embodiment.
FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing a structure of a conversion dictionary held in the reference numeral 09.

FIG. 16 shows a conversion candidate display unit 14 according to the fourth embodiment.
FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a candidate list window displayed by 03.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a homepage search process of the homepage search system according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a state immediately after the conversion candidate list illustrated in FIG. 16 is rearranged by the rearranging unit 1403a in the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a state immediately after the conversion candidate list illustrated in FIG. 16 is narrowed down by the narrowing-down unit 1403b in the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram functionally showing the configurations of a client 101 and a conversion server 102 according to the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a homepage search process of the homepage search system according to the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 22 shows a conversion candidate display unit 20 according to the fifth embodiment.
It is explanatory drawing which shows the transition accompanying the character input of the candidate list window displayed by 02.

[Explanation of symbols]

100 Network 101 Client 102 Conversion Server 103 WWW Server 200 Bus 201 CPU 202 ROM 203 RAM 204 HDD 205 HD HD 206 FDD 207 FD 208 Display 209 I / F 210 Communication Line 211 Keyboard 212 Mouse 213 Scanner 214 Printer 215 CD-ROM 216 CD-ROM ROM drive 300, 1400, 2000 Dictionary setting unit 301, 1401, 2001 Character string input unit 302, 1402 Conversion instruction unit 303, 1403, 2002 Conversion candidate display unit 304, 1404, 2003 Conversion candidate selection / determination unit 305, 1405, 2004 Document creation unit 306, 1406, 2005 Homepage display unit 307, 308, 1407, 1408, 2006, 20
07 transmission / reception section 309, 1409, 2008 conversion dictionary storage section 310, 1410, 2009 conversion dictionary search section 1403a rearrangement section 1403b narrowing down section

Claims (13)

[Claims] An input unit for inputting a character string including at least one character; a first display unit for displaying a character string indicating a homepage corresponding to the reading of the character string input by the input unit; First selecting means for selecting the top character string from the character strings displayed by the first display means; and second displaying the home page indicated by the character string selected by the first selecting means. Display means, and in place of the character string selected by the first selection means,
A second selection unit that selects a character string other than the character string selected by the first selection unit from among the character strings displayed by the first display unit; and a display unit that is displayed by the second display unit. And a third display unit for displaying a homepage indicated by the character string selected by the second selection unit, instead of the homepage. 2. An input unit for inputting a character string composed of at least one character; a first display unit for displaying a character string indicating a homepage related to reading of the character string input by the input unit; First selecting means for selecting the top character string from the character strings displayed by the first display means, and second displaying the home page indicated by the character string selected by the first selecting means. Display means, and a character string selected by the first selection means,
A second selection unit that selects a character string other than the character string selected by the first selection unit from among the character strings displayed by the first display unit; and a display unit that is displayed by the second display unit. And a third display unit for displaying a homepage indicated by the character string selected by the second selection unit, instead of the homepage. 3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first display means hierarchically displays a character string indicating a homepage corresponding to or related to the character string input by the input means. Homepage search device. 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first display unit displays a character string indicating a homepage corresponding to or related to the character string input by the input unit for each type. Homepage search device. 5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first display means displays only a designated type of a character string indicating a homepage corresponding to or related to the character string input by the input means. Item 2. The homepage search device according to item 1 or 2. 6. The first display means displays, every time one character is input by the input means, a character string indicating a homepage corresponding to or related to the character string input so far. The homepage search device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: 7. An input step of inputting a character string composed of at least one character; a first display step of displaying a character string indicating a homepage corresponding to the reading of the character string input in the input step; A first selecting step of selecting a top character string from the character strings displayed in the first displaying step; and a second displaying a home page indicated by the character string selected in the first selecting step. And a character string selected in the first selecting step,
A second selecting step of selecting a character string other than the character string selected in the first selecting step from among the character strings displayed in the first displaying step; and displaying the character string in the second displaying step. A third display step of displaying a home page indicated by the character string selected in the second selection step, in place of the home page. 8. An inputting step of inputting a character string composed of at least one character; a first displaying step of displaying a character string indicating a homepage related to reading of the character string input in the inputting step; A first selecting step of selecting a top character string from the character strings displayed in the first displaying step; and a second displaying a home page indicated by the character string selected in the first selecting step. And a character string selected in the first selecting step,
A second selecting step of selecting a character string other than the character string selected in the first selecting step from among the character strings displayed in the first displaying step; and displaying the character string in the second displaying step. A third display step of displaying a home page indicated by the character string selected in the second selection step, in place of the home page. 9. The method according to claim 7, wherein the first display step hierarchically displays a character string indicating a homepage corresponding to or related to the character string input in the input step. Homepage search method. 10. The method according to claim 7, wherein in the first display step, a character string indicating a homepage corresponding to or related to the character string input in the input step is displayed for each type. Homepage search method. 11. The method according to claim 11, wherein the first display step displays only a designated type of a character string indicating a homepage corresponding to or related to the character string input in the input step. The homepage search method according to item 7 or 8. 12. The first display step displays, every time one character is input in the input step, a character string indicating a home page corresponding to or related to the character string input up to that point. 9. The method according to claim 7, wherein: 13. A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to execute the method according to claim 7 is recorded.