JP2002032278A - Device, system and method for retrieval of homepage and computer readable recording medium with recording program for making computer execute homepage retrieval method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To always provide the latest URL about the homepage that is corresponding or related to the input character strings. SOLUTION: A translation server 102 is connected to a client 101 via a network and provided with a transmission/reception part 808 which receives the input character strings from the client 101, a translation dictionary storage part 809 which stores a record containing the character strings showing a homepage corresponding or related to the reading character strings and phonetic read of these character strings and the URL of the homepage, an available period storage part 811 which stores the available period of every record, a validity decision part 812 which decides validity/invalidity of every record by comparing the available period with the current data and also the part 808 which transmits an effective record having coincidence between the input character strings and reading character strings to the client 101.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a homepage search system, a homepage search apparatus, a homepage search method for searching for a homepage by a terminal device and a server connected via a network, and a program for causing a computer to execute the method. The present invention relates to a recorded computer-readable recording medium.

[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 particularly difficult for a beginner 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.
> Because the character string in the tag is simply extracted,
It is not always easy for the operator to understand.

Therefore, the applicant of the present invention uses UR as a conversion candidate of a character string input by an operator in Japanese conversion software “ATOK13” manufactured and sold by the applicant.
L 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 prior art, when the URL of the home page is changed after registration in the conversion dictionary due to the movement of the site, the change of the file structure of the site, etc. Unless the user notices it and updates the dictionary, he will not be able to browse the updated homepage.

[0015] The URL is changed on a daily basis, and it is not practically possible for an individual operator to constantly monitor the homepage registered in the conversion dictionary for the change. is there.

According to the present invention, a homepage search system and a homepage search apparatus capable of always providing the latest URL for a homepage corresponding to or related to an input character string, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, An object of the present invention is to provide a homepage search method and a computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the method.

[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 first aspect of the present invention includes a receiving unit that receives a character string including at least one character, a reading character string, and a reading character string corresponding to or related to the reading of the reading character string. A conversion dictionary that stores at least one record including a character string indicating a homepage and a URL of the homepage; a validity table that stores the validity period of each record stored in the conversion dictionary; The validity of each record stored in the conversion dictionary by comparing the individual validity period with the current date and time, and validity determined by the validity determining unit, and received by the receiving unit. Transmission means for transmitting a record in which the read character string matches the read character string.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the URL of the homepage transmitted to the client of the homepage search device is determined by setting the homepage, which is predetermined as the start point or end point of the validity period.
It is changed when a scheduled date and time such as closing or moving arrives.

Further, the homepage search device according to the second aspect of the present invention provides the homepage search device according to the first aspect,
The transmitting means transmits a character string indicating the home page and the URL included in a record which is determined to be valid by the validity determining means and has a read character string that matches the character string received by the receiving means. And

According to the second aspect of the invention, of the items included in the record, only the character string indicating the homepage and the URL are transmitted.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a home page search system for performing a home page search by a terminal device and a server connected via a network, wherein the terminal device includes at least one terminal device. Input means for inputting a character string composed of characters, transmitting means for transmitting the character string input by the input means, and receiving means for receiving a record in which the character string transmitted by the transmitting means matches the read character string And display means for displaying the character string received by the receiving means, wherein the server receives the character string transmitted by the transmitting means, a read character string, and a read character string. At least one including a character string indicating a homepage corresponding to or related to reading and a URL of the homepage And conversion dictionary to store the record,
A validity period table storing the validity period of each record stored in the conversion dictionary, and an individual record stored in the conversion dictionary by comparing each validity period stored in the validity period table with the current date and time And a transmitting means for transmitting a record in which the character string and the read character string that are determined to be valid by the effect determining means and are identical to the character string received by the receiving means are provided. Features.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the URL of the home page transmitted / received between the server and the terminal device is set to the opening / closing of the home page predetermined as a starting point or an end point of the validity period. Alternatively, it is changed with the arrival of the scheduled date and time of movement or the like.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the home page search system according to the third aspect of the present invention, the transmitting means of the server is determined to be valid by the validity determining means and the receiving means A character string indicating the home page included in a record in which the read character string matches the read character string and the URL are transmitted, and the receiving unit of the terminal device transmits the character string transmitted by the transmitting unit of the terminal device. A character string indicating the homepage included in a record having a matching reading character string and the U
RL is received.

According to the fourth aspect of the invention, of the items included in the record, only the character string indicating the homepage and the URL are transmitted and received.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the homepage search method, an input step of inputting a character string including at least one character, and a first transmission of transmitting the character string input in the input step A reading step, a first receiving step of receiving the character string transmitted by the first transmitting step, a reading character string, and a home page corresponding to or related to the reading of the reading character string stored in the conversion dictionary. A validity determining step of determining the validity of each record including the character string and the URL of the homepage by comparing the validity period of each record stored in the validity period table with the current date and time; A second transmitting step of transmitting a record which is determined and whose read character string matches the character string received in the first receiving step; A second receiving step of receiving the record transmitted by the step; and a displaying step of displaying a character string indicating the home page included in the record received by the second receiving step. .

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the second
The URL of the homepage in the record transmitted and received in the transmission step and the second reception step changes with the arrival of the scheduled date and time for opening, closing, or moving the homepage, which is predetermined as the start point or end point of the validity period Is done.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a homepage search method according to the fifth aspect of the present invention.
In the second transmission step, a character string indicating the homepage included in a record determined to be valid by the effect determination step and having a read character string that matches the character string received in the first reception step, and the URL And transmitting the character string and the URL transmitted in the second transmitting step in the second receiving step.

According to the present invention, only the character string indicating the homepage and the URL among the items included in the record are transmitted and received.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to execute the method according to the fifth or sixth aspect is recorded, so that the program can be read by the computer. .

[0030]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS With reference to the accompanying drawings, a homepage search apparatus, a homepage search system, a homepage search method and a computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the method will be described below. A preferred embodiment will be described in detail.

(Embodiment 1) First, the overall configuration of a homepage search system including a homepage search device 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 10 which will be described later.
3 are mutually connected. Specifically, the Internet is assumed, but a LAN or the like may be provided between the client 101 and the conversion server 102.

Reference numeral 101 denotes a client which 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.

Reference numeral 204 denotes an HDD (hard disk drive) that controls reading / writing of data from / to an HD (hard disk) 205 under the control of the CPU 201; 205, an HD that stores 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 a 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, a 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.

Client 101 according to Embodiment 1
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 specify a path name of an available conversion dictionary and to use / use the dictionary.
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 these settings, 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 becomes 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 dictionary flag of the client 101 is turned off and the dictionary flag of the conversion server 102 is turned on, and thereafter, the input character string is converted with reference to the remote conversion dictionary.

Reference numeral 301 denotes a character string input unit for receiving input of characters from the keyboard 211. The character to be input is a character set corresponding to the key, for example, a character such as a hiragana, a katakana, an alphabet, a number, or a symbol. 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 instructing unit which detects pressing of a predetermined key of the keyboard 211, for example, a space key or a conversion key, and outputs a character string input unit 301 by that time.
Of the character string stored in the above-mentioned area (that is, the undetermined character string input up to that point) into another character string, the conversion dictionary search unit (in FIG. Output).

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 a window for displaying a list of conversion candidates such as kanji character strings for an 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 conversion candidate notation character string, output the URL, or output 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 the same functions as those of the conventional editor software and word processing software, such as changing the order of characters and giving decorations to 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 and displays the URL.
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.

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 that of 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 mode 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 a transmission of a file acquisition request is instructed from the homepage display unit 306, the server first connects to a DNS server (not shown) to specify 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 transmission / reception unit on the conversion server 102 side, and the transmission / reception 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 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 disclosed 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, and the like 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 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.

In the figure, "Toyokawa Motor" is the name of the entity that operates the homepage, and "Witz" is the name of the product manufactured and sold by "Toyokawa Motor", which operates 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" are 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 notation character string "Witz" in the record 402 is "Utsutsutsu", which is different from the reading of the reading 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, it is assumed that there is a homepage of a professional baseball team "ABC team" which 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 above homepage is, for example, "corresponding" to the reading character string "ebishikyudan" (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.

[0092] The home page is associated with, 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.

[0093] Further, the above homepage is, for example, associated with the reading character string "puroyakyu" (professional baseball) by "related".
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 and the like (or a read character string that is highly likely to be used for the search of the home page) is called. May be)
Is selected. In particular, when the items described on the homepage are various, each item should be associated with or 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 notation character strings “corresponding” to the read character strings in the above sense,
Notation character strings that are "related" are registered without being distinguished.

Here, 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", "Puroyakyu" 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 that 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, a homepage search process of the homepage search system according to the first embodiment 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.

At 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 Hebon-style Roman character, which 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. Only when the user presses the space key for the third time, the candidate list window may be displayed for the first time.

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

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 selecting a candidate 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 selecting / confirming 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. /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 to this, home page 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.

[0126] 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 a browsing window displayed by the homepage 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, since the conversion dictionary is stored on the server instead of the individual client, the URL of the existing homepage is changed or a new homepage is opened. Even in this case, it is possible to always browse the latest homepage from any client simply by updating the dictionary of the server (simplification of 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.

Furthermore, 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 “relation” notation character string is registered in each reading character string of the conversion dictionary. 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 home page is displayed when any conversion candidate is determined. However, before the character string is determined, the home page is displayed when the conversion candidate list is displayed. Then, a home page corresponding to any of the selected candidates may be displayed on the screen.

By doing so, the contents of the home pages corresponding to each can be displayed one after another simply by sequentially selecting the conversion candidates in the list. ), It is possible to easily and quickly specify a target one from a large number of conversion candidates.

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

(Embodiment 2) In Embodiment 1 described above, by installing a conversion dictionary on a server, the URL can be changed.
Changes are immediately reflected in the conversion results of individual clients, but if there is a delay between the opening / closing or moving of the actual homepage and the update of the conversion dictionary, the period is already invalid. URL is supplied to a large number of clients.

By the way, when opening, closing, or moving home pages, the schedule is often known in advance. For example, the homepage for a June-only campaign is usually closed at midnight on July 1.

However, even if the date and time are known in advance, it is not realistic to update the conversion dictionary manually at midnight immediately after the closing. This is because the number of homepages registered in the dictionary is enormous, and the URL is changed very frequently, and it is too costly to always keep the dictionary data up-to-date manually.

Therefore, as in the second embodiment described below, a validity period may be set in advance for each record in the conversion dictionary, and records beyond the validity period may not be returned to the client. .

[0139] 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 of the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram functionally showing the configuration of the client 101 and the conversion server 102 according to the second embodiment. This is obtained by adding a validity period storage unit 811 and an effect determination unit 812 to the functional block diagram of FIG.

A dictionary setting unit 800, a character string input unit 801,
The conversion instruction unit 802, conversion candidate display unit 803, conversion candidate selection / confirmation unit 804, document creation unit 805, homepage display unit 806, and transmission / reception units 807/808 are respectively a dictionary setting unit 300 and a character string input unit 301 in FIG. , Conversion instruction unit 302, conversion candidate display unit 303, conversion candidate selection / confirmation unit 304, document creation unit 305, homepage display unit 3
06 and the transmission / reception units 307 and 308, and a description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing the structure of the conversion dictionary stored in the conversion dictionary storage unit 809 in the second embodiment. One record includes an ID, a reading character string, a notation character string, a URL, and a valid / invalid flag.

The ID is a serial number assigned to each record in the conversion dictionary, and no record has the same ID.

The valid / invalid flag is a numerical value that takes a value of either 1 or 0. 1 indicates that the record is valid at that time, and 0 indicates that the record is invalid. Is shown. The validity / invalidity flag is set by an effect determination unit 812 described later.

FIGS. 10 to 12 show the appearance of a home page registered in the conversion dictionary as records 901 to 907. FIG. Record 901 homepage (http
p: // www. justsystem. co. jp
“/” Is an official homepage of Justsystem Corporation as shown in FIG.

Also, the home page of the record 902 (h
http: // www. justsystem. co. j
As shown in FIG. 10B, p / campaign /) relates to a June-only campaign associated with the launch of a new product.

The home page of the record 903 (h
http: // www. justsystem. co. j
As shown in FIG. 10 (c), p / newsrelease /) relates to a release schedule of a new product announced (scheduled) at a press conference on June 29, 14:00.

The record 904 shown in FIG.
Homepage (http: //www.neocit)
ies. co. jp / ~ just-shokai /),
And the homepage of the record 905 shown in FIG. 11B (http: //www.just-shokai.
co. jp /) is the homepage of Just Shokai Co., Ltd., but it is scheduled to be transferred from the former address to the latter address on July 8 at 24:00.

A record 906 shown in FIG.
Homepage (http: //www.justne)
t. ne. jp / cafe-just /), and FIG.
The homepage of record 907 shown in FIG. 2 (b) (http
p: // www. justnet. ne. jp / bar
-Just /) is the homepage of the same restaurant, which is a cafe until 17:00 and a bar from 17:00.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing the structure of the valid period table held in the valid period storage unit 811 in the second embodiment. One record includes an ID and a validity period of a record of the conversion dictionary specified by the ID.

The validity period table is a table that defines the validity period of the record in the conversion dictionary indicated by each ID. For example, the validity period of a record with an ID of 2, specifically, the record 902 is set to be from June 1 to June 30 in the validity period table.

Further, for the record of ID 1, specifically, the record 901, the period is not particularly defined in the validity period table.
Indicates that it is always valid. Alternatively, it may be said that an infinite effective period is set.

The effect judging unit 812 periodically (for example, 1)
For each time, each validity period set in the validity period table is compared with the current date and time to determine whether the former is included in the latter.

For example, it is assumed that the current date and time is 10:00 on June 25. Record with ID = 1 (record 90
1) has no validity period, in other words,
Since an infinite validity period is set, the current date and time are included in the validity period.

The record of ID = 2 (record 90
As described above, “2) sets“ valid from June 1 to June 30 ”in the validity period, and the current date and time are included in the validity period.

The record of ID = 3 (record 90
3) has a validity period from 14:00 on June 29 to July 3
Until one day "is set, and the current date and time are not included in the valid period.

The record of ID = 4 (record 90
In 4), “until July 8” is set as the validity period, and the current date and time are included in the validity period.

The record of ID = 5 (record 90
In 5), “from July 9” is set as the validity period, and the current date and time are not included in the validity period.

The record of ID = 6 (record 90
In 6), “from 8:00 to 19:00” is set as the validity period, and the current date and time (time) are included in the validity period.

The record of ID = 7 (record 90
In “7),“ from 19:00 to 8:00 ”is set as the validity period, and the current date and time (time) are not included in the validity period.

As described above, at 10:00 on June 25, the records 901 and 90 indicate that the current date and time are included in the validity period.
2, 904 and 906, and conversely not included are records 903, 905 and 907.

The validity determination unit 812 sets the valid / invalid flag to 1 (valid) for a record whose current date and time falls within the valid period, and sets the valid / invalid flag for the record whose current date and time does not fall within the valid period. / Invalid flag set to 0
(Invalid). Figure 9 above shows June 2
The contents of the conversion dictionary stored in the conversion dictionary storage unit 809 at 10:00 on the 5th are shown.

At 10:00 on July 2, one week after the above, the contents of the conversion dictionary are as shown in FIG. That is, the validity period of the record 902 “June 1
From the date to June 30 ”, the current date and time are no longer included, in other words, since the validity period has already passed, the valid / invalid flag of the record 902 indicates the validity determining unit 8
12 sets it to 0 (invalid).

Also, the validity period of the record 903 "June 2
The current date and time is included in “from 14:00 on 9th to July 31st”, and as a result, the validity / invalidity flag of the record 903 is set to 1 (valid) by the validity determination unit 812.

At 10:00 on July 9, one week after the above, the contents of the conversion dictionary are as shown in FIG. Since the validity period of the record 904 has passed “July 9” instead of the validity period “until July 8”, the valid / invalid flag of the record 904 is set to 0 (invalid). The valid / invalid flag 905 is set to 1 (valid).

10 hours later, that is, 20
At the time, the contents of the conversion dictionary are as shown in FIG. Validity period of record 906 "From 8:00 to 19:00"
Has passed, and the valid period of the record 907 has entered “from 19:00 to 8:00”. Therefore, the valid / invalid flag of the record 906 becomes 0 (invalid), and the valid / invalid flag of the record 907 becomes 1 (valid). Is set.

The conversion dictionary search unit 810 checks the client 1
A record in which the input character string received from 01 and the read character string match forward and the valid / invalid flag is 1 is searched in the conversion dictionary. Then, the hit record is returned to the client 101.

The entire procedure of the homepage search processing of the homepage search system according to the second embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment described with reference to FIG. 5, but the contents of the conversion dictionary search processing at step S504 are different from those of the first embodiment. There is a feature different from the first embodiment. FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a conversion dictionary search process of the homepage search system according to the second embodiment.

Prior to the start of the processing according to this flowchart, in step S501 of FIG. 5, the character keys "j", "y", "a", "s", "u", "t", and "o" of the keyboard 211 are displayed.
Are sequentially pressed, and in step S503, the character string "ja
It is assumed that the conversion request “su” has been transmitted from the client 101 to the conversion server 102.

It is assumed that the current date and time is 10:00 on June 25, and the contents of the conversion dictionary at that time are as shown in FIG.

Conversion dictionary search section 810 according to the second embodiment
First, in step S1701, one record in the conversion dictionary is sequentially extracted. Then, in step S1702,
It is determined whether the valid / invalid flag of the retrieved record is 1 (valid), and if the valid / invalid flag is 1 (Yes at Step S1702), the process proceeds to Step S1703.
If not, that is, if 0 (step S1702
No) The process moves to step S1705.

In step S1703, it is determined whether or not the read character string of the record coincides with the input character string in the forward direction. If the character string matches (YES in step S1703), the process proceeds to step S1704.
3 No) The process moves to step S1705.

In step S1704, step S170
Records in which the valid / invalid flag is determined to be 1 in 3 and the read character string is determined to match the input character string in front in step S1704 are sequentially stored in a temporary storage area (not shown).

Then, in step S1705, steps S1701 to S17 are executed for all the records in the dictionary.
It is determined whether or not the process of step S04 has been performed. If the above process has been performed for all records (Yes at step S1705), the process according to this flowchart ends, and the process proceeds to step S505 in FIG. The transmitted record is transmitted to the client 101.

Steps S1701 to S170
If there is a record for which the process of No. 4 has not been completed (No at Step S1705), the process proceeds to Step SS1701, and the above process is repeated for the next unprocessed record.

The above search procedure is the simplest example in the case where the number of records in the dictionary is very small. When the dictionary is large, for example, the records are divided into groups and the group including the target is determined. It is necessary to devise the above processing only for records belonging to the group (for speeding up the search processing). However, since many conventional techniques exist for these high-speed techniques, description thereof is omitted here.

In the above description, all items of a record in which the valid / invalid flag is 1 (valid) and the read character string matches the input character string are transmitted to the client 101. For example, the record is included in the record. The valid / invalid flag is not particularly useful for the client 101.

Therefore, only specific items, for example, notation character strings and URLs may be transmitted instead of the entire record satisfying the above conditions. By reducing the amount of transmission data in this way, communication time can be reduced,
The response from character input to candidate list display can be made a little faster. In addition, communication costs can be reduced.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing the processing after step S in FIG.
FIG. 509 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a candidate list window displayed in 506.

Of the records 901 to 907 in which the input character string matches the read character string, records 903, 905 and 907 do not hit because the valid / invalid flag is 0.
Only the character strings 902, 904 and 906 are displayed.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing one week after July 2
It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the candidate list window similarly obtained by inputting "jayasu" at 10:00 on the day.

At this point, as shown in FIG. 14, the valid / invalid flag of the record 902 is 0 and the valid / invalid flag of the record 903 is 1, so that the client 101 has records 901, 903, 904 and 90
6 is displayed.

FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a candidate list window similarly obtained by inputting "jasuto" at 10:00 on July 9, one week after the above.

At this point, as shown in FIG. 15, the valid / invalid flag of the record 904 is set to 0,
Since the validity / invalidity flag is set to 1, records 101, 903, 905 and 9
Only the notation character string of 06 is displayed.

FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a candidate list window similarly obtained by inputting "jiasuto" at 20:00 on July 9, 10 hours after the above.

At this point, as shown in FIG. 16, the valid / invalid flag of the record 906 becomes 0, and the record 907 becomes
Since the validity / invalidity flag is set to 1, records 101, 903, 905 and 9
Only the notation character string of 07 is displayed.

That is, the record 9 shown in FIG.
The official homepage 01 is always displayed in the candidate list, whereas the campaign page of the record 902 shown in FIG. 10B is displayed only on June 25, more precisely before June 30, 24:00. Also, the news page of the record 903 shown in FIG.
To be precise, it is displayed only after 14:00 on June 29.

[0188] Before July 2nd, to be more precise, before 24:00 on July 8th, "Just Shokai Co., Ltd." in the candidate list is selected or confirmed and displayed in another window as shown in FIG.
1 (a) (http: // www.
neocities. co. jp / ~ just-syo
kai /).

However, after 0:00 on July 9, the same candidate is displayed by selecting or confirming the same candidate as shown in FIG.
The homepage shown in (b) (http: //www.j
ust-shokai. co. jp /).

[0191] From 8:00 to 19:00 every day, "Cafe Jasuto" is displayed in the candidate list, and this candidate is displayed by selecting or confirming it, as shown in FIG.
Homepage (http: //www.just
net. ne. jp / cafe-just /).

However, from 19 o'clock to 8 o'clock the next day, “bar bar” is displayed in the candidate list, and the selection or confirmation of this candidate is displayed in FIG.
The homepage shown in (b) (http: //www.j
ustnet. ne. jp / bar-just /).

As described above, according to the second embodiment, the character string in the candidate list and the home page displayed by selecting / confirming the character string can be changed depending on the use date and time of the conversion dictionary.

Therefore, for a homepage scheduled to be opened, closed, or moved, the scheduled date is set in advance as the start point or end point of the validity period, so that it can be changed from the dictionary according to the actual change. Jump destination can be changed. Therefore, the conversion server 102
It is possible to provide the latest data without deviation from reality to each client 101 at a small cost.

It is also possible to switch between a plurality of homepages according to the date and time, that is, a page of a cafe and a page of a bar in the above example.

Note that the registration in the conversion dictionary provides a type of advertisement for the registered companies and the like. For example, it is estimated that the homepage of “Toyokawa Shoji” registered in the above dictionary has a higher access frequency by users of this dictionary than the homepage of “Toyokawa Shoji” which is not registered.

Therefore, a predetermined registration fee may be collected from a company or an individual who wants to register in the dictionary. The registration fee is finely set according to the length of the validity period of the record and whether the validity period is a time zone or a day of the week when the access is heavy.

For example, for a company that cannot spend a budget on advertising, the validity period of a record is
From 0:00 to 2:00 the following day, only on the whole day of Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, instead, we propose a lower registration fee than if it is always valid.

By using the conversion server 102 according to the second embodiment for such a purpose, it is possible to realize a term lending service and a time lending business of the server and the conversion dictionary.

In the above-described second embodiment, it is assumed that the date and time of movement and switching of the homepage are predetermined. For example, in the homepage of ticket sales, the exact time is unknown, but as soon as the remaining number is exhausted. In some cases, there is a need to switch to the home page of the sold-out notice.

Therefore, not only by comparing the current date and time with the validity period, the validity judging unit 812 also receives the instruction to set the validity / invalidity flag from another information processing device or the like, but also checks the designated record. The valid / invalid flag may be rewritten.

The homepage search method described above is realized by executing a prepared program on a computer such as a personal computer or a workstation. This program includes hard disk, floppy disk, CD-ROM, M
The program is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as O and 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.

[0202]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the receiving means receives a character string composed of at least one character, and the conversion dictionary reads the character string, and reads the character string. At least one record including a character string indicating a corresponding or related homepage and a URL of the homepage is stored, a validity period table stores a validity period of each record stored in the conversion dictionary, and the validity determining means includes: The validity of each record stored in the conversion dictionary is determined by comparing each validity period stored in the validity period table with the current date and time, and the transmitting unit is determined to be valid by the validity determining unit, and the reception is performed. Means to transmit a record in which the read character string matches the character string received by the means. The URL of the homepage to be changed is changed with the arrival of the scheduled date and time of opening, closing or moving of the homepage, which is predetermined as the starting point or the end point of the validity period, and thereby the homepage corresponding to or related to the input character string. The effect of this is that a homepage search device capable of always providing the latest URL can be obtained.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the transmitting unit determines that the character string is valid by the effect determining unit and the character string received by the receiving unit. A character string indicating the home page included in a record whose reading character string matches
Is transmitted, of the items included in the record, only the character string indicating the homepage and the URL are transmitted, whereby the latest URL is always efficiently updated for the homepage corresponding to or related to the input character string. There is an effect that a homepage search device that can be provided is obtained.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in a homepage search system for searching a homepage by a terminal device and a server connected via a network, the input means of the terminal device includes at least one character. Inputting a character string consisting of: the transmitting means transmits the character string input by the input means; the receiving means receiving a record in which the read character string matches the character string transmitted by the transmitting means; Displays the character string received by the receiving means, the receiving means of the server receives the character string transmitted by the transmitting means, and the conversion dictionary corresponds to the reading character string, the reading of the reading character string or At least one record including a character string indicating a related homepage and a URL of the homepage is stored, and a validity period is stored. The table stores the validity period of each record stored in the conversion dictionary, and the validity determining means compares the individual validity period stored in the validity period table with the current date and time and stores the individual validity period stored in the conversion dictionary. And the transmitting unit transmits a record in which the validity is determined by the validity determining unit and the read character string matches the character string received by the receiving unit. The URL of the homepage transmitted and received between the homepage and the homepage is changed at the scheduled date and time of opening, closing or moving of the homepage, which is predetermined as the start point or the end point of the validity period. Homepage search that can always provide and obtain the latest URL for the corresponding or related homepage An effect that stem is obtained.

[0205] According to the invention described in claim 4, in the invention described in claim 3, the transmission means of the server is determined to be valid by the effect determination means and received by the reception means. A character string indicating the home page included in a record whose character string matches the reading character string and the URL are transmitted, and the receiving unit of the terminal device transmits the character string and the reading character string transmitted by the transmitting unit of the terminal device. Receives the character string indicating the homepage and the URL included in the record that matches, and among the items included in the record, only the character string indicating the homepage and the URL are transmitted / received, thereby corresponding to the input character string. Or a homepage that can always provide and obtain the latest URL efficiently for related homepages. An effect that di retrieval system is obtained.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, a character string composed of at least one character is input in the input step, and the character string input in the input step is transmitted in the first transmitting step. In a first receiving step, the character string transmitted by the first transmitting step is received, and a read character string, a homepage corresponding to or related to the reading of the read character string, stored in the conversion dictionary in the effect determination step are displayed. The validity of each record including the character string shown and the URL of the homepage is determined by comparing the validity period of each record stored in the validity period table with the current date and time. And transmits a record in which the read character string matches the character string received in the first receiving step and the second character string in the second receiving step.
Receiving the record transmitted in the transmitting step, and displaying the character string indicating the home page included in the record received in the second receiving step in the displaying step.
The URL of the homepage in the record transmitted and received in the transmission step and the second reception step changes with the arrival of the scheduled date and time for opening, closing, or moving the homepage, which is predetermined as the start point or end point of the validity period Thus, there is an effect that a homepage search method capable of always providing and acquiring the latest URL of a homepage corresponding to or related to the input character string is obtained.

[0207] According to the invention set forth in claim 6, in the invention set forth in claim 5, in the second transmitting step,
Determined to be valid by the efficacy determination step, and the first
In the second receiving step, the character string indicating the home page included in the record whose reading character string matches the character string received in the receiving step and the URL are transmitted, and in the second receiving step, the character string is transmitted by the second transmitting step. Since the character string and the URL are received, only the character string indicating the homepage and the URL among the items included in the record are transmitted / received, so that the homepage corresponding to or related to the input character string always has the latest URL. This provides an effect of obtaining a homepage search method capable of efficiently providing / acquiring URLs.

Further, the recording medium according to the invention of claim 7 records a program for causing a computer to execute the method according to claim 5 or 6, so that the program can be read by the computer. As a result, an effect is obtained that a recording medium capable of executing the method according to claim 5 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.

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 an explanatory diagram schematically showing a structure of a conversion dictionary stored in a conversion dictionary storage unit 309 in the first embodiment.

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 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a candidate list window displayed by a conversion candidate display unit 303 according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 shows a homepage display unit 30 in the first embodiment.
6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a browsing window displayed by No. 6; FIG.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram functionally showing the configurations of a client 101 and a conversion server 102 according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a conversion dictionary stored in a conversion dictionary storage unit 809 according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 10 shows a conversion dictionary storage unit 809 according to the second embodiment.
It is an explanatory view showing an example of a homepage registered in a conversion dictionary.

FIG. 11 shows a conversion dictionary storage unit 809 according to the second embodiment.
FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing another example of a homepage registered in the conversion dictionary of FIG.

FIG. 12 shows a conversion dictionary storage unit 809 in the second embodiment.
FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing another example of a homepage registered in the conversion dictionary of FIG.

FIG. 13 shows a validity period storage unit 811 in the second embodiment.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a validity period table held in the table.

FIG. 14 is a conversion dictionary storage unit 809 according to the second embodiment.
FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing another example of the conversion dictionary stored in the storage device.

FIG. 15 shows a conversion dictionary storage unit 809 in the second embodiment.
FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing another example of the conversion dictionary stored in the storage device.

FIG. 16 shows a conversion dictionary storage unit 809 in the second embodiment.
FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing another example of the conversion dictionary stored in the storage device.

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

FIG. 18 shows a conversion candidate display section 803 in the second embodiment.
FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a candidate list window displayed by (1).

FIG. 19 shows a conversion candidate display section 803 in the second embodiment.
FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing another example of the candidate list window displayed by.

FIG. 20 shows a conversion candidate display section 803 in the second embodiment.
FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing another example of the candidate list window displayed by.

FIG. 21 shows a conversion candidate display section 803 in the second embodiment.
FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing another example of the candidate list window displayed by.

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 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, 800 Dictionary setting unit 301, 801 Character string input unit 302, 802 Conversion instruction unit 303, 803 Conversion candidate display unit 304, 804 Conversion candidate selection / confirmation unit 305, 805 Document creation unit 306, 806 Homepage display unit 307 , 308, 807, 808 Transceiver unit 309, 809 Conversion dictionary storage unit 310, 810 Conversion dictionary search unit 811 Valid period storage unit 812 Effectiveness judgment Part

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A receiving means for receiving a character string comprising at least one character, at least one of a read character string, a character string indicating a homepage corresponding to or related to the reading of the read character string, and a URL of the homepage A conversion dictionary that stores records; a validity period table that stores the validity period of each record stored in the conversion dictionary; and the conversion by comparing each validity period stored in the validity period table with the current date and time. An effect judging means for judging the effect of each record stored in the dictionary; and a transmission for transmitting a record which is judged to be effective by the effect judging means and whose read character string matches the character string received by the receiving means. Means for retrieving home pages, comprising: 2. The transmitting means transmits a character string indicating the home page and the URL included in a record which is determined to be valid by the validity determining means and which matches a character string read by the receiving means with a read character string. The homepage search device according to claim 1, wherein the homepage search device transmits the homepage. 3. A homepage search system for performing a homepage search by a terminal device and a server connected via a network, wherein the terminal device includes: an input unit configured to input a character string including at least one character; Transmitting means for transmitting the character string input by the means, receiving means for receiving a record in which the character string transmitted by the transmitting means matches the read character string, and displaying the character string received by the receiving means Display means, the server comprising: a receiving means for receiving the character string transmitted by the transmitting means; a read character string; a character string indicating a homepage corresponding to or related to the reading of the read character string; and the homepage. A conversion dictionary that stores at least one record including the URL of A validity period table for storing validity periods of the individual records; and a validity determination for determining the validity of the individual records stored in the conversion dictionary by comparing the individual validity periods stored in the validity period table with the current date and time. And a transmitting means for transmitting a record which is determined to be valid by the validity determining means and whose character string matches the read character string received by the receiving means. 4. The transmitting means of the server further comprises: a character string indicating the home page included in a record determined to be valid by the validity determining means and having a character string that matches the character string read by the receiving means. A URL is transmitted, and the receiving unit of the terminal device includes: a character string indicating the home page included in a record whose reading character string matches the character string transmitted by the transmitting unit of the terminal device;
4. The homepage search system according to claim 3, wherein the homepage search system receives the URL. 5. An input step of inputting a character string composed of at least one character; a first transmitting step of transmitting the character string input in the input step; and a character transmitted in the first transmitting step. A first receiving step of receiving a sequence, the validity of individual records stored in a conversion dictionary including a read character string, a character string indicating a homepage corresponding to or related to the reading of the read character string, and a URL of the homepage A validity period of each record stored in the validity period table and a current date and time.
A second transmitting step of transmitting a record in which the read character string matches the character string received in the receiving step, a second receiving step of receiving the record transmitted in the second transmitting step, A displaying step of displaying a character string indicating the home page included in the record received in the receiving step of (2). 6. The second transmitting step indicates the home page included in a record determined to be valid by the effect determining step and having a read character string that matches a character string received by the first receiving step. The home page search method according to claim 5, wherein the character string and the URL are transmitted, and the second receiving step receives the character string and the URL transmitted in the second transmitting step. 7. A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to execute the method according to claim 5 or 6 is recorded.