JP2003076708A - Information retrieval system with multi-dimension and multi-layer architecture - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information retrieval system with a multi-dimension and multi-layer architecture, which resolves problems of the past information retrieval systems. SOLUTION: The present invention provides an information retrieval system with a multi-dimension and multi-layer architecture, which realizes a user interface that can appropriately response to an access from any facet by constructing a RDB, the indexes of which are multiplexed and the retrieval data of which is constructed by the multi-dimension and multi-layer architecture. The retrieval data is consisted of classifications for ne/co and the like domains, information transmitting regions, and retrieval data for technology/politics/individual and the like. The information retrieval system, which enables a user to easily read the retrieved data by targeting the data with pinpointing and by easily extracting the retrieval data with a help of an interface comprising a mouse and a touch panel but without inputted characters to retrieve, displays graphics for images and physical figures without using retrieval character representations since it retrieves the data using registrations and robots.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information retrieval system. More specifically, the retrieval data is constructed in a multi-dimensional hierarchical structure and the RDB is constructed by multiplexing indexes so that access can be made from any part. The present invention also relates to a multi-dimensional element hierarchized information retrieval system that realizes a flexible interface.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As related conventional systems, for example, a medical office processing system disclosed in JP-A-7-262276 and a welfare service system disclosed in JP-A-2000-40193 are disclosed. In the conventional medical office processing system, in order to streamline the medical care data input in the hospital, the medical care data such as examinations, medical examinations, and treatments input in the order execution department system are input to the main body via the data communication line and accumulated. This is a system for processing medical office work. That is,
In the conventional system, it is possible to check the medical care data for each patient by the accounting terminal, re-register it as accounting data, and set the data displayed on the screen. For example, it is possible to set whether or not to display the medical care data in other medical departments, so that it is possible to obtain the necessary data at the time of the check and improve the efficiency of the check. Further, since the medical department / insurance type and the like can be registered as confirmation request items, it is possible to prevent erroneous input of data whose required items are unknown. Further, a concrete method of the conventional system will be described with reference to FIG. 3. This system is composed of two systems, a medical office accounting system and an order entry system. The medical accounting office system is composed of a main body including a CPU, a memory, a hard disk, an input / output controller, a new patient registration terminal and an accounting terminal connected to the main body. The order entry system includes a server including a CPU, a memory, a hard disk, an input / output controller, etc., an order reception terminal connected to the server, and an order execution department system. The main body and the server are connected by a data communication line. On the other hand, the new patient registration terminal of the medical office accounting system is prepared for reception at the hospital, and registers the attributes (patient ID code, address, name, department, insurer number, etc.) of the patient who came to the hospital for the first time. In addition, the new patient registration terminal is also used to input the attributes of the patient who first visits a specific medical department in a general hospital and the patient who receives a different insurance. The patient attribute data thus input is stored in the internal hard disk. The patient attribute data is also sent to the server via the data communication line and stored in the hard disk in the server. Further, in the order entry system, the medical treatment instruction content for the patient is input from the order reception terminal based on the instruction of the doctor and stored in the hard disk of the server. Further, the order execution department system displays or prints the instruction content recorded in the hard disk in the server. As for the medical practice that can be performed in this way, the already-executed input is made from the input terminal in the order execution system, and the order execution data for the executed processing is stored in the hard disk in the server and also through the data communication line. It is supplied to the main body and stored in the hard disk in the main body. Furthermore, at the accounting terminal, the order execution data of the patient sent from the order entry system in the hard disk of the main body is displayed on the screen together with the attribute data of the patient and the data is transferred to the medical office accounting program while confirming the content. Then, the medical care accounting processing program records medical care data for each patient, prepares an invoice for the burden amount on the patient, and prepares a medical treatment remuneration statement.

[0003] On the other hand, the conventional welfare service system does not require acquisition or labor, and when an old man who lives alone and is asleep due to illness or has already died, it is reliably detected and sent to local government staff and local residents. It is a system that notifies you and takes appropriate measures. This system
The CATV distribution device detects the power on / off of each CATV receiving device, and the service processing device analyzes the power on / off contents. Even in the morning, the CATV receiving device is not attached and the CATV receiving device can be used day or night. This is a method of detecting when a reception different from the normal reception mode is being performed, and displaying on the display unit that some kind of abnormality has occurred in an elderly person living alone.
Further, a concrete method of the conventional system will be described with reference to FIG. 4. This welfare service system is a CAT that delivers a video signal to each home in a predetermined area.
It is composed of a V distribution device and a coaxial cable or an optical fiber cable, and each home and CA in the area.
It is placed in each household living in the area and the signal cable that connects with the TV distribution device. When a channel is selected, a video request is issued and a video signal transmitted from the CATV distribution device is received and the video is received. Multiple CATVs displaying
Based on the video distribution contents of the receiving device and the CATV distribution device,
It is provided with a service processing device that analyzes the activity status of an elderly person living alone in each household. In this welfare service system, the CATV distribution device distributes a video signal to each CATV reception device based on a video request from each CATV reception device, while the service processing device monitors the reception state of each CATV reception device. Furthermore, CAT
The V-distribution device receives the video request from each CATV receiving device via the signal cable, and outputs the video signal corresponding to the video request among the video signals registered in the image database or the video signals output from the studio. A video distribution unit that selects a signal, sends it out on a signal cable and supplies it to the CATV receiving device that has made a video request, and the transmission content of the video signal distributed from this video distributing unit to each CATV receiving device. Based on the above, a reception detection unit that detects the usage status of each household and performs statistical processing and fee settlement processing and supplies usage rate information for each video and fee settlement information for each household to the service processing device. I have it. Also, each CATV
The receiving device, when the power on / off operation and the channel selecting operation are performed by a resident of each home or an elderly person living alone, generates a video request according to the power on / off operation and supplies it to the CATV distribution device. A video reception unit that captures the video request output from the selection unit, sends the video request to the communication cable, supplies the video signal to the CATV distribution device, and captures the video signal from the CATV distribution device via the communication cable. The video signal received by this video receiving unit is taken in to generate a TV signal, and the TV signal output from this video display processing unit is taken in to display the contents of the program on the screen and to output audio from the speaker. And a CATV receiver for outputting. Further, the service processing device receives a usage rate information for each video output from the CATV distribution device, a charge adjustment information for each home, and the like, and a usage for each video received by the data receiving part. Processing to calculate the usage rate for each video based on rate information and charge adjustment information for each home, etc. ・ Processing to adjust the charge for each home ・ Each CATV
Processing to detect the power on / off status of the receiving device,
Compared with this processing result and the rule registered in advance in the rule data, the CATV receiver is not attached even in the morning, and the CATV receiver is left attached regardless of day or night. Based on the information processing unit that performs processing to detect when different reception is being performed and the processing result output from this information processing unit, the usage rate for each video, the charge adjustment for each home, the inside of each home It has a display unit for displaying the activity status of an elderly person living alone, etc.

All of these conventional systems must use a search engine to obtain necessary information. This search engine is roughly divided into "registration"
And "robot", both methods search information based on the word to be searched, but the characters arranged as a search result may reach several pages or hundreds of pages. In other words, the same information is listed forever in thousands, tens of thousands, and hundreds of thousands, so it is very difficult to find the information really needed in such a situation. is there. On the other hand, the homepage, which is composed of free ideas, has politics, music, and technology that cannot be classified at all because it is classified based on the rules of the side managing each search engine. Since it will be placed in, there are many cases where it cannot be obtained as necessary information. As a result, the purpose of use cannot be found (no need), the technology of use is difficult (difficulty in computer operation), the method of extracting information is unknown, and there is too much information to reach the desired information (search However, there was a problem such as. Therefore, there is a need to provide a user-friendly information search system by making the system easy to use, easy to see, and easy to understand. Especially on the Internet, technology, society, science,
It has achieved worldwide development as a sufficiently useful value for social life that has a lot of information such as regions and individuals, and the number of users is increasing year by year, and there are tens of millions of users in Japan. It is said that such information retrieval systems are increasingly demanded by society, because it is predicted that the use purpose will continue to increase (rapid increase) in spite of various purposes.

[0005]

The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an information retrieval system which cannot be obtained by such a conventional system. That is, the purpose of use of the conventional system cannot be found (no need), the technology of use is difficult (difficulty in computer operation), the method of extracting information is unknown, and there is too much information to reach the intended information ( It is intended to provide a user-friendly environment of an information retrieval system by solving a problem such as troublesome searching) and making the system easy to use, easy to see and easy to understand.

[0006]

The present invention was developed in order to solve the above problems, and in a system for retrieving information by registration or using a robot, without using the expression of retrieval characters. Search information by graphically representing an image or actual shape and using an interface such as a mouse or a touch panel without inputting search characters, easily and easily pulling out the information search and pinpointing the information. In the provision of an information search system characterized by making it easier to see, and in the information search system, the classification of domains such as ne.co,
By constructing the RDB by constructing the RDB by constructing the search data such as the regional classification of the information transmission place and the classification of the search information such as technology, politics, and individuals in a multidimensional hierarchical structure and constructing the RDB, The purpose is to provide a multi-dimensional hierarchical information search system that realizes an interface that can flexibly respond to access. Furthermore, in the multi-dimensional hierarchical information search system described above, regional information, company information, technology search,
A multi-dimensional hierarchical information search system that sends and receives search information such as sales information, hospital information, hot spring information, media information, adult information, etc. through a key information hierarchy RDB configured with a multi-dimensional hierarchy structure. In addition, in the above-mentioned multi-dimensional hierarchical information search system, necessary information and requests are pinpointed from a vast amount of information on the Internet, and information satisfying the requirements is searched, and the search information is searched. It is to provide a multi-dimensional hierarchical information retrieval system that operates on the server provided.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention is a system for retrieving information by using a registration or a robot, which graphically expresses an image or an actual shape without using the expression of the search character and displays the character of the search character. Use an interface such as a mouse or touch panel without using input,
An information retrieval system characterized by easily and easily pulling out the information retrieval and making it easier to see the retrieval information by pinpointing the information, and in the information retrieval system, classification of domains such as ne.co, By constructing the RDB by constructing the RDB by constructing the search data such as the regional classification of the information transmission place and the classification of the search information such as technology, politics, and individuals in a multidimensional hierarchical structure and constructing the RDB, It is a multi-dimensional hierarchical information search system that realizes an interface that can flexibly respond to access. Furthermore, in the above-mentioned multi-dimensional hierarchical information search system, regional information, company information, technology search, sales information, hospital information, hot springs, etc. Search information such as information, media information, adult information, etc., is a key information hierarchy R composed of a multidimensional hierarchical structure.
It is a multi-dimensional hierarchical information retrieval system that transmits and receives information to and from each other via a DB. In the above-mentioned multi-dimensional hierarchical information retrieval system, necessary information and requests are pinned from a huge amount of information on the Internet. Since it is a multi-dimensional hierarchical information retrieval system that operates on a server that provides information that is obtained and satisfied by points and provides the retrieved information, the purpose of use that has occurred in conventional systems cannot be found. No problem), difficult to use technology (difficulty in computer operation), not knowing how to retrieve information, too much information to get to the target information (difficult to search), etc. By providing a system that is easy to use, easy to see, and easy to understand, it is possible to provide a user-friendly environment for an information retrieval system.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration flow chart showing a multi-dimensional hierarchical information search system of the present invention. First, as is clear from the flowchart in this figure, in a multidimensional hierarchical information search system, search information such as regional information, company information, technology search, sales information, hospital information, hot spring information, media information, adult information, etc. This is a system for transmitting and receiving information to and from each other via a key information hierarchy RDB configured with a multidimensional hierarchical structure. This system positions the concept of easy-to-use and easy-to-understand as a concept, and provides a user-friendly environment by easily extracting information, pinpointing information, and making information easy to see. It has features. And
As a necessary condition for realizing these, it is necessary to diversify the GUI by graphically representing images and actual shapes without using character expressions as much as possible, and by graphically representing regions such as prefectures, municipalities, etc. In addition, click and click using an interface such as a mouse or touch panel without using characters as much as possible, further classify domains such as ne and co, regional classification of information transmission place (including country), information From which part by constructing the RDB in which the indax is multiplexed and the key items used for searching such as classification (technical / political / individual) etc. are constructed in a multidimensional hierarchical structure. For example, to structure the search data (multi-layer) that can realize an interface that flexibly responds to user access That.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing an information acquisition method used in the multi-dimensional hierarchical information search system of the present invention. This flow chart shows the software
This is a general method of acquiring usage information using a database computer. First, when the client computer is activated, the usage information storage program is also activated at the same time (S11O), and when the usage information storage program is activated, an event function is input from the OS to monitor the operation of the computer (S120). From the output value of this event function, it is possible to grasp the type of key input / mouse click / window switching operation, the type of software used, and the type of input command. On the other hand, the usage information storage program records the contents of keyboard operation and mouse click operation together with time. Thus, when the user performs some operation, it is possible to detect the operation of the user or the type of the instruction and detect the operation for the software or the database which is the object of charging. Next, the usage information storage program is "use status judgment"
The processing (S130) is performed, and the usage status determination is processing for extracting the time when the software to be charged is actually used when the software to be charged is active. Further, the usage information storage program uses the computer clock to determine that the user is not using the key for a certain period of time (idle time) or does not click the mouse, and stops counting the further usage time. . Through the above processing, when it is determined that the user is not actually using the software, the process returns to step S120 and waits for detection of the next event. On the other hand, when it is determined that the user is actually using the software, the time is counted as the usage time and stored in the usage information file (step S140). After accumulating the usage information in the usage information file, the process returns to step S120 to detect the next event. By inputting the operator's ID (authentication information) when operating the client computer, the above event information can be recorded together with the user's ID. Further, since the usage information storage program can detect the event function of the client computer stop processing, if the stop of the client computer is detected in step S130, its own stop processing (step S135).
Do. In this way, after a certain period of time has passed, each client PC generates a usage information file that records the usage history of software and databases. The client PC transfers the usage information file generated at regular intervals to the server machine (step S150). The server machine stores the transferred usage information file and activates the usage information tabulation analysis program at regular intervals. Then, the usage information of the software and the database is totaled and analyzed (step 160). The information processing by this usage information total analysis program outputs software / database analysis data, usage computer analysis data, usage user / analysis data, and the like.

Further, as another embodiment of the present invention, a multi-phase multi-layer search engine can be used. A search engine operates on a server (host) that searches from a vast amount of information on the Internet in order to pinpoint and satisfy information and requests that meet your needs and provides it as information. It is an engine that can do. For example, a delicious ramen shop, a cheap brand shop, information such as hospital information, a taxi, a move, a request for a bride, etc. can be considered. The hardware used in this search engine is composed of multi-servers including virtual that has a server structure according to industry, characteristics, and purpose. By using such a search engine, the request check routine can be used as a subsystem for using the search engine, and even if it is not used, the search engine can be queried manually on a regular basis. However, it is possible to obtain information and requests from general browsers. This subsystem can spread the search engine widely and permit development in various fields to provide an environment that is easy to use for many users. Becomes On the other hand, when returning a reply to the user, a reply routine is prepared as a subsystem for using the search engine, and a response can be returned by e-mail or telephone without using this. It is possible to permit development in various fields in order to popularize the engine and provide an environment that is easy for many users to use. In addition, local information can be developed and provided by the company or various developers by a system that can be transmitted from the browser to the server as pointing data to inform the other party of the location, but common map data is used. This must be done, but in the case of development by other companies, licenses and costs for this common map data will be incurred. In addition, the user can use all payment methods on the Internet.

[0011]

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention, in a system for searching information by using registration or a robot, graphically expresses an image or an actual shape without using the expression of the search character and does not use the input of the search character. The information retrieval system is characterized in that an interface such as a mouse or a touch panel is used for easily and easily pulling out the information retrieval and pinpointing the information to make the retrieved information easy to see. At n
The search data such as the classification of domains such as e / co, the regional classification of information transmission places, the classification of search information such as technology, politics, and individuals is constructed in a multidimensional hierarchical structure and the RDB is created by multiplexing indexes. It is a multi-dimensional hierarchical information search system that realizes an interface that can flexibly correspond to access from any part by building it. Furthermore, in the multi-dimensional hierarchical information search system described above, regional information, company information, technology Multi-dimensional hierarchical information that sends and receives search information such as search / sales information / hospital information / hot spring information / medea information / adult information via the key information hierarchy RDB configured with a multi-dimensional hierarchy structure. It is a search system, and in the above-mentioned multi-dimensional hierarchical information search system, the necessary information and requests are ping-poured from the enormous amount of information on the Internet. Searching acquired in cement and satisfactory information, because it is multidimensional hierarchical type information retrieval system which operates on the server that provides the search information has a number of advantages as follows. A. Conventional systems have to use a search engine to acquire necessary information. This search engine is roughly divided into a registration and a robot. In any method, information is based on a word to be searched. However, there are times when the characters arranged as a search result can reach several pages or hundreds of pages, and in terms of items, there are thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, and content examples include Because the same information will be listed forever,
In such a situation, it is very difficult to find the information really needed. On the other hand, homepages composed of free ideas are classified as politics, music, and technology that can not be classified at all based on the rules of the side managing each search engine. Since there are many cases where it cannot be obtained as necessary information because it will be placed in, there is no purpose of use (no need), it is difficult to use technology (difficulty in computer operation), withdrawal of information I don't know how,
There was a problem that there was too much information and it was not possible to reach the desired information (it was difficult to search). However, according to the system of the present invention, it is possible to provide a user-friendly information search system by making the system easy to use, easy to see, and easy to understand. B. In particular, on the internet, under the environment of the concept of freedom, it has achieved worldwide development as a sufficiently useful value in social life with a lot of information such as technology, society, science, area, and individuals. Also, the number of users is increasing year by year, and it is said that there are tens of millions of users in Japan, and although it has various purposes, it is predicted that it will continue to increase (rapidly increase) in the future. The search system of the present invention is increasingly required by society. C. Further, by structuring (multi-tiering) the search data as in the system of the present invention, the classification of domains such as ne.co, the regional classification of information transmission places (including country), the classification of information (technology) (/ Politics / individuals etc.) key items used for retrieval are configured in a multi-dimensional hierarchical structure, and by building an RDB with multiplexed indexes, it is possible to flexibly access from any part. It becomes possible to realize a corresponding interface.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration flowchart showing an information search system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of software used in the system of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration flowchart showing a conventional system.

FIG. 4 is a configuration flowchart showing a conventional system.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A system for retrieving information by registration or using a robot, which graphically expresses an image or an actual shape without using the expression of a search character and uses a mouse or a touch panel without inputting the search character. An information retrieving system characterized in that the information retrieval can be easily and easily drawn out using an interface such as the above, and the retrieved information can be easily viewed by pinpointing the information. 2. The information retrieval system according to the preceding paragraph, wherein ne
・ Domain classification such as co, regional classification of information transmission place,
By configuring search data such as classification of search information such as technology, politics, and individuals in a multidimensional hierarchical structure and constructing an RDB by multiplexing indexes, access from any part can be flexibly handled. The multidimensional hierarchical information search system according to claim 1, which realizes an interface. 3. In the multi-dimensional hierarchical information search system of the preceding paragraph, regional information, company information, technical search, sales information,
The multi-dimensional hierarchical information according to claim 2, wherein search information such as hospital information, hot spring information, media information, adult information, etc., is mutually transmitted and received through a key information hierarchy RDB configured with a multi-dimensional hierarchical structure. Search system. 4. The multi-dimensional hierarchical information search system according to the preceding paragraph, pinpointing necessary information and request from a vast amount of information on the Internet and searching for satisfying information, and providing the search information. The multi-dimensional hierarchical information search system according to claim 3, which operates on a server.