JP2004078641A - Information providing system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To quickly and exactly display the retrieved result desired by a user using a search system. <P>SOLUTION: This system has a general-purpose search system 3 using a general purpose database 13 and search systems 1, 2 for specific users using a specific database 8 made on the basis of the retrieved result by the general-purpose search system 3. It outputs a retrieved result obtained by at least one of the general-purpose search system 3 and the search systems 1, 2 for the specific user. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an information providing system, and in particular, to an enterprise information providing system provided with a search system.
[0002]
[Prior art]
A general-purpose information retrieval system on the Internet provides a search result based on a specific keyword when a specific keyword is input. The information provided by the general information search system is the same for the search system user.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, when a general-purpose search system is used, it may be difficult for a user to obtain a desired search result. For example, when a person engaged in a specific job wants to perform a search related to the content of the job, a result that does not meet the request is often provided. In order for search system users to obtain appropriate search results, it is necessary to select appropriate keywords or specify multiple keywords in combination. Multiple searches must be performed to obtain the appropriate results, such as by making changes. Furthermore, there is a difference due to the past experience of the individual user and the past experiences of the surrounding users who are engaged in work of the same content.
[0004]
Also, when related information such as advertisements is displayed at the same time as search results, even if an advertisement is dynamically selected depending on the content of the search results, the results intended by the search system user are displayed. Otherwise, advertisements that are not relevant to the search system user and that are not of interest to the user will be displayed, and the investment effect tends to be low for the advertisement provider.
[0005]
An object of the present invention is to provide a technique for facilitating obtaining search results according to a user's desire in an information providing system including a search system. In particular, the present invention relates to an information providing system capable of providing a search result intended by a search system user according to a business range of a company to which the search system user belongs.
Another object of the present invention is to provide search results intended by the user according to the business scope of the company to which the user of the information providing system belongs, and to provide an advertisement highly relevant to the provided information.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a general-purpose search system that performs a search using a general-purpose database, and a search system for a specific user that performs a search using a specific database created based on search results of the general-purpose search system. And an information providing system for outputting search results obtained by at least one of the general-purpose search system and the specific user search system.
[0007]
Also, a general-purpose search system that performs a keyword search using a general-purpose database, and a specification that performs a keyword search using a specific database that is created based on the keyword search results obtained by the general-purpose search system and stores the keywords in association with the keyword search results An information providing system, comprising: a user search system; and outputting information based on a keyword search result obtained by at least one of the general-purpose search system and the specific user search system. You.
According to the information providing system, each time a search is performed, the amount of information stored in the specific database increases, and it becomes easy to quickly obtain search results suitable for a specific user.
[0008]
According to another aspect of the present invention, a general-purpose search system that performs a keyword search using a general-purpose database, and a specification that is created based on a keyword search result by the general-purpose search system and stores the keyword and the keyword search result in association with each other A search system for a specific user performing a keyword search by using the database of (1), wherein information based on keyword search results obtained by the general-purpose search system and the search system for a specific user is displayed side by side. An information providing system is provided.
[0009]
By displaying information based on the keyword search results obtained by the general-purpose search system and the specific user search system side by side, the user can confirm to what extent the information can be narrowed down. It is more convenient to display the number of searched information items together.
[0010]
According to another aspect of the present invention, a general-purpose search system that performs a search using a general-purpose database, and a search system for a specific user that performs a search with a specific database created based on the search results of the general-purpose search system are used. A) performing a search using the general-purpose search system and the search system for a specific user; and b) performing a search when a search result is obtained by the search system for a specific user. When a search result is output and the search result is not obtained by the specific user search system and the search result is obtained by the general-purpose search system, the search result is output and the specific Storing the search results in a database.
[0011]
By repeating this step, information is accumulated in a specific database, and it is easy for a user to obtain a search quickly and accurately using the information in the specific database. For example, in addition to the existing search system, a search system for the specific company is installed in a company network or on the Internet. A search system user using the company network of the specific company performs a keyword search using the search system. The search system holds the keywords searched in the past and the search results accessed by the specific company, and holds the search results from the search system users using the company network of the specific company in association with the keywords. Information is provided by simultaneously displaying a search result and a search result from an existing search system on the Internet.
[0012]
In addition, the search system stores the result of the search result referred by the user, acquires an advertisement closely related to the search result from the existing search system on the Internet, and searches again with the same keyword. The information is provided by displaying the search result simultaneously with the search result.
[0013]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Before describing the embodiments of the present invention, considerations made by the inventor will be described. The inventor considered that "useful information in a part of a specific network is likely to be useful information in all of the specific network". Therefore, the inventor has established an existing first (general) search system associated via the Internet or the like and a second (specific) search system specialized for a specific company, for example, in a corporate network or on the Internet. And an information retrieval system using an integrated search system that associates the information with the Internet. The second search system holds, for example, a keyword searched in the past in the specific company in association with a search result.
[0014]
When a user of an information providing system in a specific company performs a keyword search using the integrated search system, for example, past search results held in association with the keyword by the second search system are displayed on the Internet. And the search result by the existing first search system can be simultaneously displayed on the screen, for example. The contents of the database in the second search system are added and updated each time the user refers to the result using the search system, and the search system can be enhanced.
[0015]
In addition, when the above-mentioned integrated search system is used, the search result obtained by the user among the search results is stored, and an advertisement closely related to the search result is obtained from the existing search system, and the search is performed again using the same keyword. Can display an advertisement simultaneously with the search result, and a high advertisement effect can be expected.
[0016]
Based on the above consideration, an information providing system according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of an enterprise information providing system and an advertisement providing system (hereinafter, referred to as an “enterprise information providing system”) according to the first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the information providing system for a company according to the present embodiment has at least two search systems, a first search system for general use and a second search system for a specific company.
[0017]
More specifically, the enterprise information providing system includes an enterprise network 1 connected to a computer (client) of a search system user and an enterprise search connected to the enterprise network 1 via an intranet or the Internet. The system includes a system 2 and a general-purpose search system 3 connected to the enterprise search system 2 via the Internet.
[0018]
The in-company network 1 includes, for example, a computer connected to a TCP / IP-based network device set up in the company. The user 4 of the search system uses this computer. The enterprise search system 2 has a search service function 5 for receiving a request from a company network 1 connected via an intranet or the Internet, and processes a request in the enterprise search system 2 to search for a result searched in the past. A history management function 6 responding to the service function 5, a history database 8 connected via the history management function 6, and a latest search function 7 for sending a request to the general-purpose search system 3 connected via the Internet are included. It is composed of
[0019]
The general-purpose search system 3 includes a search service function 9 for receiving a request from the enterprise search system 2 connected via the Internet, a keyword DB search function 11 for processing the request and responding a result to the search service function 9, and a keyword. It has a keyword database 13 connected via a DB search function 11. Further, an advertisement search function 10 that responds to the relevant advertisement according to the result of the keyword DB search function 11 and an advertisement database 12 connected via the advertisement search function 10 may be provided.
[0020]
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing flow until a search result is displayed in the processing procedure in the enterprise search system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Description will be made with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, first, the user 4 makes a search request to the computer (step 1), and the search service function 5 that has received the search request via the intranet or the Internet changes the history management function 6 and the latest search. A search request is sent to both function 7 (step 2). The history management function 6 searches whether or not search results for the same request (such as the same keyword input) have been stored in the history database 8 (step 3). Is obtained (step 4). At the same time, related information such as an advertisement closely related to the search content may be acquired.
[0021]
The latest search function 7 transfers the request to the search service function 9 via the Internet (step 5), and the search service function 9 that has received the request acquires the search result from the keyword database 13 using the keyword DB search function 11. (Step 6). Related information closely related to the search result, for example, advertisement information, may be acquired from the advertisement database 12 using the advertisement search function 10 (step 7). The search service function 5 receives the results of both Step 4 and Step 7, generates a result for the request (Step 8), stores the result in the history database 8 (Step 9), and sends the result to the request source. The result is transmitted and displayed (step 10).
[0022]
FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of processing after displaying a search result in the processing procedure of the enterprise search system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. This will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 as appropriate. The user 4 sends a request to display information to be displayed among the results displayed in step 10 (step 11), and the search service function 5 sends an information display request to both the history management function 6 and the Internet (step 12). ). The history management function 6 stores, in the history database 8, a result determined that the search system user 4 has displayed a valid page among the results of the search performed by using the search system. A part is updated (step 13). Information is acquired according to the request sent to the Internet (step 14), and the acquired information and related information related to this information, for example, advertisement information, are stored in the history database 8 (step 15), and the information is displayed. (Step 16). If the search system user 4 wants to display other information, the process returns to the page displayed in step 10 and repeats the processing from step 11.
[0023]
FIG. 4 is a diagram comparing the system configurations of a company that has introduced the information providing system for companies according to the first embodiment of the present invention and a company that has not introduced the system. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example of search results immediately after introduction in a company that has introduced the enterprise information providing system according to the first embodiment of the present invention and search results in companies that have not introduced the system. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a table in the database of the history management function in the enterprise search system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a search result when the same keyword as in the past search is input in a company that has introduced the company information providing system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a database table provided in the history management function in the enterprise search system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a display example of a search result in the case where there is a history of past searches using the same keyword in a company that has introduced the search system for companies according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a database table having a history management function of the search system for enterprises according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a search result in a case where a company that has introduced the search system for companies according to the first embodiment of the present invention has a history of searching with the same keyword in the past.
[0024]
The first company 41A in FIG. 4 corresponds to the company network 1 in FIG. 1, and develops, for example, an e-mail client product, an e-mail server product, or a system using e-mail using an e-mail mechanism as a business. Software company. The second company 41B is, for example, a company that performs a task of constructing a system that combines a service using electronic mail developed by another company and another service developed by the company itself. The third company 41C is, for example, a company that performs a task of constructing a system using an e-mail server product. The fourth company 41D is directly connected to, for example, a search system on the Internet without introducing the search system for companies (which may include an advertisement providing system) according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and operates as an electronic business. A software company that develops email client products using the email mechanism. The companies 41A to 41D are common in that they are e-mail related companies.
[0025]
It is assumed that a user who uses computers connected to the networks of the companies 41A to 41D specifies "e-mail" as a search keyword and transmits a request to the search system. A request is transmitted from each of the company networks of the company 41A, the company 41B, and the company 41C to the company search system and the advertisement providing systems 42A, 42B, and 42C according to the embodiment of the present invention. The request is transmitted from the network to the search system 43 on the Internet.
[0026]
In the enterprise network of the enterprises 42A, 42B and 42C, the received request is executed according to the processing flow of FIG. 2, and the enterprises 42A, 42B and 42C execute the enterprise search system (and the advertisement providing system) according to the present embodiment. If the search keyword “e-mail” does not exist in the history databases 45A, 45B, and 45C, it is highly likely that the information providing request is transmitted to the general-purpose search system 43. As a result, there is no significant difference in the information that can be obtained in the respective company networks of the companies 41A to 41D. For example, the search result 51 of FIG. 5 is displayed on a computer in each company. As shown in FIG. 5, the search result 51 holds 80 search results for the search keyword “e-mail”.
[0027]
The user who uses the computer connected to the company network of the company 41A clicks the “next 20” item at the bottom of the search result 51 to obtain information on the mechanism of the e-mail. As a result, the display screen transitions to the search result 52, and when the user clicks on “next 20”, the user uses an e-mail client product, an e-mail server product, or an e-mail using the e-mail mechanism as a task. A search result 54 is displayed that displays information highly relevant to the business of the software company 41A that develops the developed system and the like.
[0028]
The table 61 in FIG. 6 includes a column 62 for storing the location of the information (URL), a column 63 for storing the search keyword (KEYWORD), a column 64 for storing the location of the advertisement (AD_CODE), and an information display count ( COUNT), and at the time of the first search using the search keyword “e-mail”, information is stored only in the columns 62 and 63, and nothing is stored in the column 64. Instead, the column 65 stores the information display count “0”.
[0029]
The user who uses the computer connected to the company network of the company 41B clicks “Next 20” at the bottom of the search result 51 in FIG. 5 in order to obtain information on the service using the e-mail. To the search result 52 displaying information closely related to the task. Since the company 41B operates a service using an e-mail developed by another company, as shown in FIG. 8, the table 81 includes a column 82 for storing the location of the information (URL) and a search keyword (KEYWORD). , A column 84 for storing the location of the advertisement (AD_CODE), and a column 85 for storing the information display count (COUNT). The first search using the search keyword “e-mail” At this time, information is stored only in the columns 82 and 83, nothing is stored in the column 84, and the number of information display times “0” is stored in the column 85.
[0030]
The user who uses the computer connected to the company network of the company 41C clicks the “next 20 items” at the bottom of the search result 51 to obtain information of the e-mail software (server). Then, the process proceeds to 52 and clicks “Next 20” to reach a search result 53 displaying information that is closely related to the business of the company 41C that constructs the system using the e-mail server product. The table 101 shown in FIG. 10 includes a column 102 for storing the location of the information (URL), a column 103 for storing the search keyword (KEYWORD), a column 104 for storing the location of the advertisement (AD_CODE), and the number of times of information display. (COUNT). At the time of the first search using the search keyword “e-mail”, information is stored only in the columns 102 and 103, and nothing is stored in the column 104. Instead, the column 105 stores the information display count “0”.
[0031]
The user who uses the computer connected to the company network of the company 41D clicks the “next 20 items” at the bottom of the search result 51 in FIG. 5 to obtain information on the mechanism of the e-mail. The state transits to the result 52, and further clicks on "next 20 cases" to arrive at the search result 54 displaying information closely related to the business.
[0032]
In the example according to the present embodiment, the user using the computer connected to the company network of the company 41A refers to the information (http://www.protocol.aaa.com) at the top of the search result 54. Then, the processing is executed according to the flowchart of FIG. 3, and the contents of the table of the history database 45 </ b> A transition from the contents shown in the table 61 to the contents shown in the table 66, for example. Specifically, a value is set in the column 64 of the table 61 for the first time, and has the contents of the column 68 of the table 66, and the value of the column 65 of the table 61 changes from “0” to “1” shown in the column 69 of the table 66. To ".
[0033]
In the example according to the present embodiment, the user using the computer connected to the company network of the company 41B requests to refer to the second information (http://www.service.bbb.com) of the search result 52. And the processing is executed according to the flowchart of FIG. 3, and the contents of the table of the history database 45 </ b> B transition from the contents of the table 81 to the contents shown in the table 86, for example. Specifically, a value is set in the column 84 of the table 81 for the first time, and has the contents of the column 88 of the table 86, and the value of the column 85 of the table 81 changes from “0” to “1” shown in the column 89 of the table 86. To ".
[0034]
In this example, the user who uses the computer connected to the company network of the company 41C transmits a request for referring to the information (http://www.server.aaa.com) at the top of the search result 53. The processing according to the flowchart of FIG. By executing the processing, the contents of the table of the history database 45C transition from the contents shown in the table 101 to the contents shown in the table 106. Specifically, a value is set in the column 104 of the table 101 for the first time, and has the contents of the column 108 of the table 106, and the value of the column 105 of the table 101 changes from “0” to “1” shown in the column 109 of the table 106. To ".
[0035]
In this example, the user who uses the computer connected to the company network of the company 41D transmits a request for referring to the information (http://www.protocol.aaa.com) at the top of the search result 54. .
Next, a user who uses a computer connected to the company network of the company 41A, and who is different from the user who has performed the above-described processing in the company network or the same user, changes the computer at different times. The user uses the search keyword "e-mail" and sends a request to the search system. In response to this request, processing according to the flowchart of FIG. 2 is executed, and a history is obtained from the history database 45A held by the enterprise information providing system (including the advertisement providing system) according to the first embodiment of the present invention. At the same time, a search result is obtained from a general-purpose search system on the Internet, and a search result 71 shown in FIG. 7 is obtained.
[0036]
As shown in FIG. 7, in the area 72 in the search result 71, a row included in the result set in which the value (COUNT) represented by the reference numeral 69 in the table 66 (FIG. 6) of the history database 45A is not “0”. The advertisement acquired from the column (AD_CODE) 68 in the table 66 is displayed. The area 73 is a table 66 of rows included in the result set in which the value (COUNT) represented by the reference numeral 69 in the table 66 (FIG. 6) of the history database 45A is not “0” (that is, the result set in which the value is “1”). The search result is obtained by acquiring from the middle column (URL) 67. For a user who uses a computer connected to the company network of the company 41A, information that is more relevant to the business of the company, that is, the mechanism of e-mail in this case, is described by a search using the search keyword “email”. The displayed information can be displayed in the area 73 by, for example, only one search operation. It should be noted that a search result by the general-purpose information search system is displayed in the area 74, and the same applies to an area 94 shown in FIG. 9 and an area 114 shown in FIG.
[0037]
A user who uses a computer connected to the company network of the company 41B and who is different from the previous user or who searches for the same user at a different time is searched by the search keyword “electronic”. Send a request to the search system by specifying "email". This request is executed by the processing according to the flowchart of FIG. 2 to acquire the history from the history database 45B held by the enterprise information search system according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and to use the general-purpose search system on the Internet. And obtains a search result 91 shown in FIG. In the area 92 in the search result 91, the advertisement acquired from the column 88 of the row included in the result set in which the value of the column (COUNT) 89 of the table 86 (FIG. 8) of the history database 45B is not “0” is displayed. The area 93 displays a search result obtained from the column (URL) 87 of a row included in the result set in which the value of the column (COUNT) 89 of the table 86 (FIG. 8) of the history database 45B is not “0”. This search result describes information that is highly relevant to the business based on the search based on the search keyword “email” for a user using the computer connected to the corporate network 41B, for example, a service using an e-mail. Information, and such information can be displayed by, for example, one search operation.
[0038]
A user who uses a computer connected to the company network of the company 41C and who is different from the above-mentioned user or a user who searches even at the same time at a different time, receives a search keyword “E-mail”. And send a request to the search system. In response to this request, a process according to the flow of FIG. 2 is executed, a history is obtained from the history database 45C held by the enterprise information providing system according to the present invention, and a search result is obtained from the general-purpose search system on the Internet. , A search result 111 shown in FIG. 11 is obtained.
[0039]
In the area 112 in the search result 111, the advertisement acquired from the column (AD_CODE) 108 of the row included in the result set in which the value of the column (COUNT) 109 of the table 106 (FIG. 10) of the history database 45C is not “0” is stored. The area 113 displays the search result obtained from the column (URL) 107 of the row included in the result set in which the value of the column (COUNT) 109 of the table 106 of the history database 45C is not “0”. This search result is information that is highly relevant to the business using the search keyword “e-mail” for a user using a computer connected to the corporate network 41C, that is, information in which e-mail software (server) is described, for example. This information can be displayed by, for example, one search operation.
[0040]
If the user uses a computer connected to the company network of the company 41D and is different from the previous user or is used by the same user at a different time, the user uses the search keyword “electronic”. When a request is transmitted to the search system by designating "mail", the search result 51 of FIG. 5 is displayed as in the case of the previous user. The current user clicks the “next 20” at the bottom of the search result 51 to transit to the search result 52, and clicks the “next 20” in the same manner as the previous user Then, information that is highly relevant to the business, that is, information describing the mechanism of e-mail, is displayed through several operations.
[0041]
A user using a computer connected to the company network of the company 41A, a user using a computer connected to the company network of the company 41B, and a user using a computer connected to the company network of the company 41C. However, as a result of specifying the same search keyword “e-mail” and searching for the enterprise information providing systems (advertising providing systems) 42A, 42B, and 42C according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the search keywords are the same. Nevertheless, information that is closely related to each task can be displayed by a smaller number of search operations such as a single search operation, and the search can be performed efficiently.
[0042]
That is, the user using the computer connected to the company network of the company 41A and the user using the computer connected to the company network of the company 41D specify the same search keyword “e-mail” and specify the same search keyword. Whether the user who uses the computer connected to the company network of the company 41A has the company information providing system (including the advertisement providing system arbitrarily) despite the search for the information of Accordingly, the labor (the number of operations) required for displaying information highly relevant to the work can be reduced.
[0043]
As described above, according to the enterprise information providing system according to the first embodiment of the present invention, it becomes possible to obtain an appropriate search result with a small amount of search work according to the business range of the company to which the user belongs. . Further, it is possible to display relevant information such as an appropriate advertisement according to the search result.
[0044]
Next, an information providing system according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a general-purpose search system 203 and a relationship between the general-purpose search system and a plurality of companies or industries. As shown in FIG. 12, general-purpose search systems 203-1 to 203-n (n is an integer of 1 or more) and groups 211, 212, 213, 214, and 215 composed of a plurality of companies are connected via the Internet 201 or the like. Associated. In addition, specific companies in the group are associated with each other via the Internet or an intranet. For example, the plurality of companies shown in FIG. 12 are grouped into five company groups 211, 212, 213, 214, and 215. The criteria for grouping are, for example, whether or not they belong to the same industry, whether or not they have a capital relationship, etc. In the example shown in FIG. 12, the group 211 is a group of companies belonging to the automobile industry, and the group 212 is The group 213 is a group of companies having capital relations, the group 214 is a group of companies of public institutions, and the group 215 is a group of companies belonging to the electric power industry.
[0045]
The group 211 belonging to the automobile industry includes a first company 211a holding the search system for specific users according to the present embodiment and a second company 211b holding the search system for specific users according to the present embodiment. For example, a search system for specific users 211c that does not take the form of a company but can be used by the first company 211a and the second company 211b is provided. The group 212 belonging to the electric industry includes a first company 212a holding the search system for specific users according to the present embodiment and a second company 212b holding the search system for specific users according to the present embodiment. Including, for example, a specific user search system 212c that does not take the form of a company but can be used by the first company 212a and the second company 212b is provided.
[0046]
The group 213 belonging to the group company includes a first company 213a holding the search system for specific users according to the present embodiment and a second company 213b holding the search system for specific users according to the present embodiment. For example, a search system for specific users 213c, which does not take the form of a company but can be used by the first company 213a and the second company 213b, is provided. The group 214 belonging to the public institution group includes a first company 214a holding the search system for specific users according to the present embodiment and a second company 214b holding the search system for specific users according to the present embodiment. For example, a specific user search system 214c that does not take the form of a company but can be used by the first company 214a and the second company 214b is provided. The group 215 belonging to the electric power industry includes a first company 215a holding a search system for a specific user according to the present invention and a second company 215b holding a search system for a specific user according to the present invention. A search system for specific users 215c that can be used by the first company 215a and the second company 215b, which does not take the form of a company, is provided. The above is merely an example, and various forms are conceivable.
[0047]
In the same manner as in the first embodiment, each company included in the group uses the general-purpose search system 203 and the search system for specific users held by each company to execute a business range related to a specific business of each company. It is also possible to obtain an appropriate search result according to the conditions.
[0048]
Further, each company included in the group applies the general-purpose search system 203 and the search systems for specific users 211c, 212c, 213c, 214c, and 215c held in the group by applying the method of the first embodiment. With the specific user search system held by each company, it is also possible to obtain an appropriate search result according to a work range related to a specific business of each company.
[0049]
In addition, for example, by applying the method of the first embodiment, in the company 211a belonging to the automobile industry and the company 212a belonging to the electric industry, the general-purpose search system 203 and the companies 211a and 212a beyond the group With the specific user search system 222 specialized for the car electronics used in the above and the specific user search systems 211c and 212c held in each group, it is also possible to obtain appropriate search results regarding the car electronics.
[0050]
Similarly, for example, by applying the method of the first embodiment to a company 211b belonging to the automobile industry and a company 215b belonging to the power industry, the general-purpose search system 203 and the companies 211b and 215b across the group The specific user search system 221 specialized for the secondary battery used in the above and the specific user search systems 211c and 215c held in each group can also obtain an appropriate search result regarding the secondary battery. .
[0051]
As described above, according to the information providing system according to the present embodiment, the search system for a specific user, which is associated between companies of the same type, between companies having a capital relationship, and between different types of companies sharing a specific field, is used. By doing so, there is an advantage that an appropriate search result can be easily obtained.
Next, an information providing system according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
[0052]
As shown in FIG. 13, the personal computer PC 301 according to the present embodiment includes a hard disk drive HDD (storage unit) 305, a CPU 308, a transmission / reception unit 307, a display unit 311 and an input unit 313. The unit 307 is associated with the general-purpose search system 304 via the Internet 303. The PC 301 also has a main storage memory and the like. For example, in the HDD 305, a browsing application 321 that can use a general-purpose search system via the Internet, and a database application 333 that can perform information management and information search using a database are installed. However, the browsing application 321 and the database application 333 according to the present embodiment are different from independent general browsing applications and database applications in that they are linked to each other.
[0053]
The user of the PC 301 generally has a high preference in many cases, although not as much as a specific company. Utilizing this high preference, the search result by the browsing application 321 performed using the general-purpose search system 304 via the Internet is displayed on the display unit 311, and the search result is converted into a database using the database application 333. It is stored in the HDD 305 in association with the search keyword.
[0054]
By continuing the above operations, a search database for individuals reflecting the preferences of the user of the PC 301 is built in the HDD 305. As the search database for individuals increases, the result of the keyword search is more likely to be obtained from information from the search database for individuals, rather than from the general-purpose search system 304. Therefore, quick and accurate information can be easily obtained.
[0055]
As described above, according to the information providing system of the present embodiment, it is possible to improve the accuracy of the keyword search on the PC by using the personal preference.
Although the embodiments have been described above, the present invention is not limited to these examples, and it goes without saying that various modifications are possible.
[0056]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an appropriate search result according to the business range of a company to which a user belongs. Further, it is possible to display related information suitable for the search result, for example, advertisement information.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of an information providing system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a processing flow of a search system of the information providing system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a search system of the information providing system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a comparison between a company that has introduced a search system for companies of the information providing system according to the first embodiment of the present invention and a company that does not.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a search result immediately after introduction in a company that has introduced an enterprise search system of the information providing system according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and a search result in a company that does not implement the system.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a database provided in a history management function of a search system for enterprises of the information providing system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a search result in a case where a company that has introduced a search system for companies of the information providing system according to the first embodiment of the present invention has searched for the same keyword in the past.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a database of a history management function of a search system for companies of an information providing system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a search result in the case where a search has been performed in the past with the same keyword in a company that has introduced a search system for companies of the information providing system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a database of a history management function of a search system for companies of the information providing system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a search result in a case where a search has been performed with the same keyword in the past in a company that has introduced a search system for companies of the information providing system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of an information providing system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of an information providing system according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... company network, 2 ... search system for companies, 3 ... search system, 4 ... search system user, 5 ... search service function, 6 ... history management function, 7 ... latest search function, 8 ... history database, 9 ... Search service function, 10: advertisement search function, 11: keyword DB search function, 12: advertisement database, 13: keyword database.

Claims (8)

A general-purpose search system that searches using a general-purpose database;
A search system for a specific user performing a search by a specific database created based on search results by the general-purpose search system,
An information providing system for outputting search results obtained by at least one of the general-purpose search system and the specific user search system. A general-purpose search system that performs keyword searches using a general-purpose database;
A specific user search system that is created based on the keyword search results by the general-purpose search system and performs a keyword search by a specific database that stores the keywords and the keyword search results in association with each other;
An information providing system for outputting information based on a keyword search result obtained by at least one of the general-purpose search system and the specific user search system. A general-purpose search system that performs keyword searches using a general-purpose database;
A search system for a specific user, which is created based on a keyword search result in the general-purpose search system, and performs a keyword search by a specific database that stores the keyword and the keyword search result in association with each other;
An information providing system, wherein information based on keyword search results obtained by the general-purpose search system and the specific user search system is displayed side by side. The information providing system according to claim 1, further comprising providing related information related to information based on a search result obtained by the specific user search system. The information providing system according to claim 4, wherein the related information is advertisement information related to information based on a search result obtained by the specific user search system. An information search method using a general-purpose search system performing a search by a general-purpose database and a search system for a specific user performing a search by a specific database created based on a search result by the general-purpose search system,
a) performing a search using the general-purpose search system and the search system for a specific user;
b) When the search result is obtained by the search system for specific users, the search result is output, and when the search result is not obtained by the search system for specific users, the search is performed by the general-purpose search system. Outputting the search result when the search result is obtained, and storing the search result in the specific database. A program for causing a computer to execute the following procedure using a general-purpose search system that performs a search using a general-purpose database and a search system for a specific user that performs a search using a specific database created based on the search results of the general-purpose search system .
A) Procedure for performing a search by the general-purpose search system and the search system for a specific user.
B) When the search result is obtained by the specific user search system, the search result is output, and when the search result is not obtained by the specific user search system, A step of outputting the search result when the search result is obtained, and storing the search result in the specific database. A program for an integrated information providing application in which a browsing application for performing a search using a general-purpose database associated via a network, and a database application for creating a specific database based on a result of the search are associated with each other. ,
A program that causes a computer to perform the following steps:
X) A procedure of performing a search by the general-purpose database using the browsing application and performing a search by the specific database using the database application.
Y) When the search result is obtained by the specific database, the search result is output, and when the search result is not obtained by the specific database, and the search result is obtained by the general-purpose database. And outputting the search result and storing the search result in the specific database.

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