JP2007148741A - Web search support server - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To find a web page carrying retrieve desired information in a short time. <P>SOLUTION: A web retrieval support server 11 makes a client 17 input a retrieval objective by displaying a retrieval screen 31 to the client 17, and executes retrieval processing by pressing a retrieval request button. The web retrieval support server 11 displays retrieved results on a retrieved results list screen 32 in a sequence of retrieved results on the basis of the received retrieval objective and a web evaluation file 12 retained in a database. Page numbers, evaluated values, and summary information are displayed on the retrieved results list screen 32, and a web page 33 and an evaluation screen 34 are displayed on the basis of a display request of the client 17 for a specific web page from the retrieved results list screen 32. the client compares the contents of the web page 33, and enters evaluated contents through the evaluation screen 34 as to whether or not the retrieved results are useful to the client. The web retrieval support server 11 updates contents of the web evaluation file 12 on the basis of the entered results. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a web search support technology that supports a search for a web on the Internet (hereinafter referred to as the “Web”).

  In recent years, various information communication services using communication networks such as the Internet are becoming widespread, and information communication services using communication networks are performed not only in business fields but also in entertainment and education fields. .

  As one of these information and communication services, research institutions, various communities, and individual users can use the fact that the latest technical information is published on the Internet, and can check various items on the Web page. .

  However, since the number of these web pages is enormous, it often takes time to find a web page on which information to be checked is not found.

  In general, a user uses a Web search service in order to find a Web page on which information to be searched is placed from the Internet. The Web search service is a service in which when a user specifies one or a plurality of keywords related to an item to be searched, Web pages including the keyword are displayed as a list. The user checks the contents of each Web page from the list display and checks the contents actually desired. However, there are a lot of disappointing pages that do not actually describe what the user wants to check among the listed Web pages, and it takes time to search for the actually required Web pages. It often ends up.

  As techniques for improving this point, for example, there are techniques of Patent Documents 1 to 4. For example, in the technique described in Patent Literature 1, when a search purpose input by a user and a word included in a Web page are used for searching and a list of search results is displayed, the Web page is displayed. Use one set evaluation value and display in order of highest evaluation. This evaluation value is, for example, a higher value in descending order of the number of accesses or an evaluation value input by the user.

JP 2001-92742 A JP 2002-183330 A JP 2004-70405 A JP 2004-70677 A

  However, in the above method, a page different from the content to be examined may be displayed at the top. For example, there is a page A that introduces a product and a page B that shows how to use the product. If the same word is written, the number of accesses to page A is large and the evaluation Is not a fundamental solution to the problem that the page A is displayed at the top even for those who need the page B, and the user can see an unnecessary page. There is a problem.

  An object of the present invention is to reduce the time required for a user search by enabling a user to quickly find a necessary Web page.

  According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a Web search support server connected via a network to a plurality of Web servers that open a Web page and a plurality of client terminals that can reference the Web page, the client Prompt input related to evaluation indicating the degree of matching with a search purpose in which one or a plurality of keywords is combined with respect to the Web page viewed with respect to the client terminal that browsed the Web page, and means for publishing the Web page on the terminal A means for providing an interface; a means for storing search evaluation data obtained by combining the evaluation of the Web page acquired from a plurality of the client terminals and the search purpose; and a search request based on the stored search evaluation data Means for deciding the order of priority and providing the result. That Web server is provided.

  The web search support server transmits a mechanism that allows a web page established on the web server to be disclosed to the user terminal and input an evaluation of the web page, and a plurality of users who browse the web page can receive from each user terminal. Receives the evaluation of the input web page using a mechanism that can input the evaluation of the web page, stores the received evaluation as an evaluation value that combines the web page and the search purpose, and sets the search purpose and the web page. Search based on the evaluation value.

  According to the present invention, there is an advantage that, when performing a web search, a web page on which information that the user really wants to check is preferentially displayed, and the search time can be shortened.

  Hereinafter, a Web search support system including a Web search support server according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the overall configuration including a Web search support system according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, a Web search support system 11 according to this embodiment includes a Web search support server 13 that receives a Web search request from a client 17 that can be connected to the Internet 15, a router 14 that is connected to the network, and And a database that stores the Web evaluation file 12 that is connected to the Web search support server 13 so as to be I / O capable and can be referred to from the Web search support server 13. The database may be provided outside.

  The Web search support system 11 is connected to the Internet 15 via a router 14 and includes a Web search support server 13 that receives the Web search support system 11 from a client system. In the actual Web search, Web pages related to a large number of Web servers 16 connected to the Internet 15 are searched from the Web search support support server 13.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a data configuration example of the Web evaluation file 12 used by the Web search support system 11 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the Web evaluation file 12 includes item names and data contents for each item (x1 to xn), a Web page 21 having the URL of the Web page as the data contents, and a page. The search purpose 22 includes a search purpose 22 having one or a combination of words as search keywords as data contents, and an evaluation value 23 having an evaluation value for the page search purpose as data contents. The combination of the Web page 21 and the search purpose 22 is unique.

  Next, the overall operation of the Web search service will be described with reference to the sequence diagram shown in FIG. The operation of the Web search service mainly includes a search process 38 and an evaluation process 39. By performing the evaluation process 39, the Web evaluation file 12 is updated, and the search process 38 is performed based on the updated Web evaluation file 12.

  When a user using the client system 17 accesses the Web search support system 11 to use the Web search service, the Web search support system 11 displays a search screen 31 on the client system 17. The search screen 31 includes an input area for search purposes and a search execution button. The user inputs a search purpose in the search purpose input area and presses a search request button to request the Web search support system 11 for search processing.

  The Web search support system 11 performs a search process 35 based on the search purpose received from the client 17 and the Web evaluation file 12 held in the database. If a search result is obtained, the Web search support system 11 On the other hand, information for displaying the search result list screen 32 in the order of the evaluation results is returned. Based on this, the user displays the search result list screen 32. The search result list screen 32 displays page numbers, evaluation values, and summary information. In the client 17, a display request for a specific Web page is made to the Web search support system 11 from the search result list screen 32. The Web search support system 11 performs Web page display processing 36 and sends data for displaying the Web page 33 and the evaluation screen 34 to the client 17. The client 17 displays the Web page 33 and the evaluation screen 34, refers to the content of the Web page 33, and sends the evaluation content, for example, which has been referred to or has not been referred to, from the evaluation screen 34 to the Web search support system 11. Send to. The Web search support system 11 receives an input result from the evaluation screen 34, performs an evaluation process 37 based on the input result, and updates the contents of the Web evaluation file 12 based on the result.

  Next, Web search service processing will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an outline of the flow of the search processing of the system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an outline of the flow of the evaluation process of the system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a specific example of a Web page to be searched by the system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a specific example of a search result by the system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a Web evaluation file of the Web search support system.

  For example, a page A61 on which introduction contents of Linux (registered trademark, the same applies hereinafter) shown in FIG. 6 are written, a page B62 on which Linux installation procedures are written, and a page C63 on which introduction of Linux products is written. Assume that each Web page has both the same words “Linux” and “installation” written therein (even if there is a difference between uppercase and lowercase letters or a difference between full-width and half-width, they may be regarded as the same word). At this time, when a client searching for a Linux installation method performs a search using “Linux, install” as a search keyword, the page B62 is preferentially displayed on the search result list screen 32 (the ranking is higher). ) It is desirable to be displayed.

  However, when a system that does not perform the evaluation process 39 shown in FIG. 3 is used, the Web search support system 11 performs a search process as in the past, and a Web page that is different from the one that the client is truly searching for. The search result list screen 71 (FIG. 7) before evaluation with (Page A) at the top is displayed. Here, when the user of the client clicks on the Web page A at the top of the search result list screen 71 before evaluation, the Web search support system 11 displays the evaluation screen 34 together with the Web page A. Since the Web page A is not a page that introduces how to install Linux, the user selects “not helpful” on the client evaluation screen 34. The Web search support system 11 performs an evaluation process 37 based on the evaluation from the client user. In the evaluation process 37, as shown in FIG. 5, a search is performed from the Web evaluation file by using a key combining the URL of page A and the search purpose “Linux, install” (step 51). In this case, since there is no record, a new record is added with the URL of page A and the search purpose “Linux, install” (step 52). Since the evaluation at this time is “not helpful”, the evaluation value does not increase (step 53).

Next, the user clicks on page B on the search result list screen 71 of the client.
Similarly, the Web search support system 11 displays an evaluation screen together with the page B.
Since page B is a page introducing how to install, “Helpful” is selected. The Web search support system 11 searches the database of the Web evaluation file 12 with a search key that is a combination of the URL of page B and the search purpose “Linux, install”, but there is no record (record no? In FIG. 5). In the determination step, NO), a new record is added with the combination of the URL of page B and the search purpose “Linux, install” (step 52). Since the evaluation at this time is “helpful”, the evaluation value is increased by “1” (step 53). Similarly, evaluation is performed on page C.

  When the above evaluations are repeatedly performed by many users, for example, page A is about half of “reference” and “not helpful”, and page B is “reference” If there are many pages C and “Could not be helpful”, the Web evaluation file 12 is as shown in the search data 72 shown in FIG.

  Thereafter, when there is a user who searches from the client for the purpose of searching for “Linux, install”, the search process 35 is performed based on the search data 72. As shown in FIG. 4, in the search process 35, records whose search purpose “Linux, install” and Web search file search purpose match are acquired (step 41), and the acquired records are sorted by evaluation value (step 41). 42) The search result is displayed (step 43). As a result, a search result list screen 73 is displayed with the page B that the user is looking for at the top. On this screen 73, the evaluation value 90 and summary information of page B, the evaluation value 50 and summary information of page A, and the evaluation value 10 and summary information of page C are displayed.

  By repeating the above processing, for example, when a user searching for page A performs a search purpose “Linux, introduction” or a user searching for page C performs a search purpose “Linux, product”, a Web evaluation file For example, the search data 74 is configured. When the subsequent search processing is performed based on the search data 74, the words “Linux”, “introduction”, and “product” are included in each of page A, page B, and page C. However, if a user searching for page A performs a search with the search purpose “Linux, introduction”, page A with the highest evaluation value among the search purposes “Linux, introduction” (90) is displayed at the top. When the searching user performs a search with the search purpose “Linux, product”, the page C having a high evaluation value with the search purpose “Linux, product” (90) is displayed at the top.

  As described above, the Web search support system according to the present embodiment includes a Web server that opens a Web page, a plurality of user terminals that display the Web page, and a server computer connected via a network. The server computer relays the server computer to transmit a mechanism that allows the web page established in the web server to be disclosed to the user terminal and to input the evaluation of the web page, and a plurality of users who browse the web page Receiving the evaluation of the Web page input using a mechanism capable of inputting the evaluation of the Web page from each user terminal, storing the received evaluation as an evaluation value combining the Web page and the search purpose, Search is performed based on the evaluation value that is paired with the Web page. When in, the Web page the user is truly information you want to examine is listed to preferentially display, there is the advantage that it is possible to shorten the search time.

  The present invention can be used as a Web search support system.

It is a figure which shows one structural example of the whole system containing the Web search assistance system by one embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of 1 structure of the data in which the evaluation data of the Web search assistance system by this Embodiment are stored. It is a sequence diagram which shows the flow of the whole operation | movement of the Web search assistance system by this Embodiment. It is a flowchart figure which shows the flow of the search process in the Web search assistance system by this Embodiment. It is a flowchart figure which shows the flow of the evaluation process in the Web search assistance system by this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the web page made into the search object by the web search assistance system by this Embodiment. 7A to 7C are clear diagrams showing examples of the search result list screen before evaluation, the evaluated search data, and the search result list screen of the Web search support system according to the present embodiment. is there. It is a figure which shows an example of the data for search (Web evaluation file) evaluated in the Web search support system.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Web search support system, 12 ... Web evaluation file, 13 ... Web search support server, 16 ... Web server, 32 ... Search result list screen, 34 ... Evaluation screen, 35 ... Search process, 37 ... Evaluation process, 38 ... Search Process, 39 ... evaluation process.

Claims (1)

A web search support server connected via a network to a plurality of web servers for opening a web page and a plurality of client terminals capable of referencing the web page;
Means for publishing the web page on the client terminal;
Means for providing an interface for prompting an input relating to an evaluation indicating a degree of matching with a search purpose in which one or a plurality of keywords are combined with respect to the Web page viewed with respect to the client terminal that has browsed the Web page;
Means for accumulating search evaluation data in which the evaluation of the Web page acquired from a plurality of the client terminals and the search purpose are combined;
A Web search support server comprising means for determining a priority order for a search request based on the stored search evaluation data and providing a result.

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