JP2009211278A - Retrieval system using mobile terminal, and its retrieval method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information retrieval system with high convenience for a user carrying a mobile terminal. <P>SOLUTION: A retrieval key of the mobile terminal is depressed to transmit displayed text information to a server of a retrieval service providing company. When receiving the information transmitted from the mobile terminal, the server of the retrieval service providing company detects the words in a database of its own server, and performs anchor processing (enlinking) to embed URL information of information related to the detected words. The server transmits content information, after this retrieval service processing, to the mobile terminal. The user selects the anchor processed words to display a Web page and enhancing the practicability and the convenience of information retrieval at the mobile terminal. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention particularly relates to a search system using a mobile terminal and a search method for searching for text information disclosed via a public wireless telephone network and the Internet.

  Conventionally, a search system using a mobile terminal and a search method thereof are generally used as one method for searching for text information disclosed via a public wireless telephone network and the Internet. In Patent Document 1 listed below in the technical field similar to the present invention, an unspecified word processor software, text editor software, etc. are used to create what is desired as a free sentence. Send an e-mail to the specified e-mail address to execute the search. The search site that has received the e-mail automatically extracts necessary keywords from the sent text, and performs further search based on the extracted keywords.

Further, in Patent Document 2, it is possible to automatically extract and display keywords related to the content of the received broadcast program. It is also possible to search a web page on the Internet by inputting a keyword by a user operation.
JP 2003-76711 A JP 2005-115790 A

  However, in the above invention, search and extraction are automatically executed without the intention of the user actively and significantly. The extraction result in the execution has a problem that it is not always the information that the user wants. In addition, in order to search a web page on the Internet, a user input operation is required, and there is a problem that it takes time and effort to perform a selection operation.

  As described above, in the conventional general technique, a more convenient search system that flexibly corresponds to the current system that extends the advantages and compensates the disadvantages in terms of hardware and system configuration when a mobile terminal is used, and Proposals and implementations of search methods involve problems that have not been fully made.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a search system using a mobile terminal and a search method therefor that are further improved in convenience and utilization.

  In order to achieve such an object, a search system using a portable terminal of the present invention includes a portable terminal having a browsing means for browsing a website, a detecting means for detecting a word in a database from a text document, and a detecting means. In a search system comprising: search means for searching for related information for a detected wording; and a search processing device having an association means for displaying information searched for by the search means in association with the wording in an anchor format. Browsing related information on the text displayed in the anchor format associated by the associating means in the text document transmitted by the transmitting means and the transmitting means for transmitting the text document displayed on the screen to the search processing device The related information browsing means is provided.

  The search processing apparatus performs an anchor process of embedding URL (User Request Language) information in the detected wording.

  Furthermore, the portable terminal has a re-transmission unit that re-sends the text document in the related information browsing unit to the search processing device, and displays the text document in the anchor format associated by the association unit in the text document transmitted by the re-transmission unit. It is characterized by comprising a re-search means for browsing related information of the wording.

  The search method using the portable terminal of the present invention includes a browsing step of browsing a website by a portable terminal, a detection step of detecting words in a database from a text document by a search processing device, and a detection step. In a search method having a search step for searching for related information for a detected wording, and an association step for displaying the information searched in the search step in an anchor format in association with the wording, the information is displayed on the screen of the mobile terminal. A transmission step for transmitting the text document to the search processing device, and a related information browsing step for browsing the related information of the word displayed in the anchor format associated by the association step in the text document transmitted by the transmission step. It is characterized by having.

  The search processing apparatus includes a step of performing an anchor process for embedding URL (User Request Language) information in the detected wording.

  Further, the portable terminal has a retransmission step for retransmitting the text document in the related information browsing step to the search processing device, and is displayed in the anchor format associated by the association step in the text document transmitted by the retransmission step. A re-searching step for browsing related information of the wording to be performed.

  According to the present invention, when it is desired to search for information related to items displayed on the screen while browsing a web page, the server of the search service provider receives the transmitted text information and reads the words in the database. The content (HTML) information after detection and processing of the search service is transmitted to the requesting mobile terminal. Thereby, it is possible to improve the executability and convenience of information retrieval in the portable terminal.

  Next, an embodiment of a “search system using a mobile terminal and its search method” according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of an operation procedure corresponding to the flowchart of FIG. 1 with dotted lines and circled numbers.

  In the first embodiment of the present invention in FIG. 1, when a user having a mobile terminal wants to search for information while browsing a web page (step A1 / Yes in FIG. 1), the user presses the search key on the mobile terminal. . As a result, the text information displayed via the public wireless telephone network and the Internet is transmitted to the server of the search service provider (step A2).

  Corresponding to this transmission, the server of the search service provider receives the text information transmitted from the requesting mobile terminal and detects the words in the database of the server of the search service provider (step A3). . URL (User Requirements Language) information related to the detected wording is embedded (for example, embedding of HTML Web to function), and anchor processing (linking) is performed. Then, the content (HTML) information after the search service processing is transmitted to the requesting mobile terminal via the Internet and the public wireless telephone network.

  In response to this, the requesting mobile terminal receives the content (HTML) information after the search service processing from the search service provider company server (step A4). Corresponding to this reception, searchable words are displayed in an anchor format based on the content (HTML) information after the search service processing (step A5). If the anchor text is selected by the user (step A6 / Yes), the linked related information web page screen can be displayed on the requesting mobile terminal (step A7). .

  The configuration of the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration contents of a search system using a mobile terminal corresponding to the above embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, circled numbers and dotted arrows are auxiliary symbols and symbols for explaining an example of the operation procedure. Referring to the configuration example shown in FIG. 2, the first embodiment of the present invention includes a search service provider company server 1, a search information database 4, and a mobile terminal 5. The search service providing company server 1, the search information database 4, the portable terminal 5, and the content provider server 6 are connected to each other via the Internet 2 and the public wireless telephone network 3. In this system, a system operation is performed by executing a program composed of software read from the storage device 102 in the search service provider company server 1 based on the control of the CPU 101 in the server 1. In FIG. 2, the communication network illustrated as the Internet 2 may be a communication network other than the Internet.

  In the system configuration described above, when the search service provider company server 1 receives the text information transmitted from the mobile terminal 5, the search service provider company server 1 detects the wording in the database of the server 1 itself. Further, the URL information of the related information of the detected wording is embedded (for example, embedding of HTML Web to function), anchor processing (linking) is performed, and the search service is performed via the Internet 2 and the public wireless telephone network 3. It has a transmission means for transmitting the processed content (HTML) information to the mobile terminal 5. The search service providing company server 1 includes a CPU 101, a storage device 102, and a search information DB 4, and has a function of collecting, managing, and storing search related information data.

  The search information database (DB) 4 always stores the latest search related information. The search service providing company server 1 based on this configuration can write information to the search information database 4 and read information.

  The mobile terminal 5 is a mobile phone device having means for connecting to the Internet 2 via the public wireless telephone network 3. Then, the user who has the mobile terminal 5 presses the search key of the mobile terminal 5 when he / she wants to search for information while browsing the web page provided by the content provider server 6. By this, each function which transmits the text information currently displayed via the public wireless telephone network 3 and the internet 2 to the search service providing company server 1, and receives the content (HTML) information after search service processing is received. Have In addition, based on the content (HTML) information after processing the search service, a function that displays searchable text in an anchor format, and a linked content provider server when the anchor text is selected by the user 6 and a function for displaying a web page of related information provided by No. 6. The content provider server 6 is a web server that can receive content from the portable terminal 5 via the public wireless telephone network 3 and the Internet 2 and provide content.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the search process (step A3) in the present embodiment. First, the search service providing company server 1 receives the text information transmitted from the mobile terminal 5 (step B1), and detects the words in the search information database 4 of the server itself in the received text information (step B2). ). The URL information of the related information is embedded with respect to the detected wording (for example, HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) Web to function embedding) anchor processing (linking) is performed (step B3). The content (HTML) information after the search service processing that has performed the anchor processing is transmitted to the portable terminal 5 (step B4).

  FIG. 4 is a display example of a web page screen stored in the content provider server 6. As shown in the example of the processing procedure in FIG. 2, when a user having the mobile terminal 5 wants to search for information while browsing a web page, the user only has to press the search key of the mobile terminal 5 to make a public wireless telephone. The displayed text information can be transmitted to the search service providing company server 1 via the network 3 and the Internet 2. FIG. 5 shows an example in which searchable words based on content (HTML) information after the search service process are displayed in an anchor format. FIG. 6 is a display example of a web page screen of linked related information. This case is a display example when the user selects “compact” displayed in the anchor format in FIG. 5 (example: “compact”).

  As described above, when the user having the mobile terminal 5 wants to perform an information search while browsing the web page of the content provider server 6 (A1 / Yes in FIG. 1), the process is executed according to the following procedure. . In step A2, by pressing the search key of the portable terminal 5, the displayed text information is transmitted to the search service providing company server 1 via the public wireless telephone network 3 and the Internet 2 (dotted line in FIG. 2). (Flow part of (2)). After the search service processing is performed in the search service providing company server 1, the content (HTML) information after the search service processing is transmitted to the mobile terminal 5 (flow portion of dotted line (3) in FIG. 2). The portable terminal 5 displays searchable words in the anchor format based on the content information after the search service processing, and is provided from the linked content provider server 6 when the user selects the anchor text. The web page of related information being displayed can be displayed (flow portion of dotted line (3) in FIG. 2).

  Next, FIG. 7 shows a configuration based on the second embodiment of the present invention. In the second embodiment of the present invention, a user having a portable terminal 5 performs content D / L of URLa from the content provider server 6 and retrieves information while browsing a web page ((1) flow part in FIG. 7). When the user wants to perform the operation, the search key of the portable terminal 5 is pressed.

  By this operation, the URLa of the content displayed via the public wireless telephone network 3 and the Internet 2 is transmitted to the search service providing company server 1 ((2) flow part in FIG. 7). Then, the URLa of the content is transmitted from the search service providing company server 1 to the content provider server 6 via the Internet 2 ((3) flow part in FIG. 7), and the content D / L of the URLa is transmitted from the content provider server 6. After performing ((4) flow part in FIG. 7), the search service providing company server 1 performs anchor processing (embedding of URLb) of the detected wording, and then URLa ′ (search service providing company server of the embedded content) 1) is transmitted to the mobile terminal 5 ((5) flow part in FIG. 7), and the mobile terminal 5 receives the content of URLa ′ and displays it ((6) flow part in FIG. 7). ).

  When the anchor text is selected by the user, URLb is transmitted to the linked content provider server 6 ((7) flow part in FIG. 7), and the content of URLb is transmitted from the content provider server 6 to D / L. Can be displayed ((8) flow portion in FIG. 7).

  Next, the configuration of the third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the configuration contents corresponding to the third embodiment of the present invention. When a user having the portable terminal 5 performs content D / L of URLa from the content provider server 6 ((1) flow part in FIG. 8) and wants to perform information search while browsing a web page, the user of the portable terminal 5 Press the search key. As a result, the URLa of the content displayed via the public wireless telephone network 3 and the Internet 2 is transmitted to the search service provider company server 1 ((2) flow part in FIG. 8), and then via the Internet 2. Then, the URL a of the content is transmitted from the search service providing company server 1 to the content provider server 6 ((3) flow part in FIG. 8).

  After content D / L of URLa is performed from the content provider server 6 ((4) flow part in FIG. 8), and further, the search service provider company server 1 performs anchor processing (embedding URLb ′) of the detected text , URLa ′ (URL on the search service provider company server 1 of the content in which the anchor of the search service provider company server 1 is embedded) is transmitted to the mobile terminal 5 ((5) flow part in FIG. 8). Receives the content of URLa ′ and displays it ((6) flow part in FIG. 8).

  When the anchor text is selected by the user, URLb 'is transmitted to the linked search service provider company server 1 ((7) flow part in FIG. 8). It transmits to the content provider server 6 ((8) flow part of FIG. 8). After the content D / L of the URLb is performed from the content provider server 6 ((9) flow part in FIG. 8), the mobile terminal 5 D / Ls the content of the URLb ′ from the search service providing company server 1 and displays it. ((10) flow part in FIG. 8).

  As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, when a user having a mobile terminal wants to perform an information search while browsing a web page, it is not necessary to input a search character. In addition, the searchable wording detected in the search service processing is clear, and there is an effect that the search result does not mean that the search result was not found. Furthermore, after the anchoring process of the detected wording, the search result can be returned with the same appearance as the original content by sending the URL on the search service provider server of the content embedded with the anchor to the mobile terminal. (Embodiment 2)

  Further, after the detection word anchor processing, the URL on the search service provider server of the content in which the anchor of the search service provider server is embedded is transmitted to the mobile terminal. Thus, from the second time onward, the contents of the search service provider company server can browse the contents embedded in the anchor without any mechanism on the mobile terminal side (third embodiment).

  Then, the information site destination (URL) to be anchored to the searchable wording can be guided to the site of the partner content provider according to the intention of the search service provider. The information site destination (URL) anchored to the searchable wording can be embedded according to the characteristics (gender, age, hobby, etc.) of the user having the mobile terminal.

It is a flowchart figure which shows the example of the whole operation | movement procedure corresponding to 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the system configuration | structure content corresponding to 1st Example of this invention. It is a flowchart figure which shows the example of an operation | movement procedure of a search service process corresponding to 1st Example of this invention. It is a screen image figure (web page display screen of a content provider server) of the portable terminal in 1st Example of this invention. It is a screen image figure (screen which displays searchable wording in an anchor form) of the portable terminal in the 1st example of the present invention. It is a screen image figure (web page display screen (example: in the case of a compact) of linked related information) of the portable terminal in the first example of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the system configuration | structure content corresponding to the 2nd Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the system configuration | structure content corresponding to the 3rd Example of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 Search service provider server 2 Internet 3 Public wireless telephone network 4 Search information database (DB)
5 Mobile terminal 6 Content provider server 101 CPU
102 storage device

Claims (6)

A portable terminal having a browsing means for browsing a website;
Detection means for detecting a word in a database from a text document, search means for searching for related information for the word detected by the detection means, and information searched by the search means in association with the word In a search system comprising a search processing device having an association means for displaying in a format,
A transmission means for transmitting the text document displayed on the screen of the portable terminal to the search processing device;
A search system using a portable terminal, comprising: related information browsing means for browsing related information in a text displayed in an anchor format associated with the association means in the text document transmitted by the transmitting means. .   The search system using a mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the search processing device performs an anchor process of embedding URL (User Requirements Language) information in the detected wording. Furthermore, the portable terminal has a re-transmission means for re-transmitting the text document in the related information browsing means to the search processing device,
The re-search means for browsing the related information of the words displayed in the anchor format associated by the association means in the text document transmitted by the re-transmission means. Search system using mobile terminals. A browsing step of browsing a website on a mobile device;
A detection step of detecting words in the database from the text document by the search processing device;
A search step of searching for related information for the word detected by the detection step;
In the search method having an association step of displaying the information searched in the search step in an anchor format in association with the wording,
A transmission step of transmitting a text document displayed on the screen of the mobile terminal to the search processing device;
A search method using a portable terminal, comprising: a related information browsing step of browsing related information in the text displayed in the anchor format associated in the association step in the text document transmitted in the transmission step. .   5. The search method using a mobile terminal according to claim 4, further comprising a step of performing an anchor process in which the search processing device embeds URL (User Requirements Language) information in the detected text. Furthermore, the portable terminal has a retransmission step for retransmitting the text document in the related information browsing step to the search processing device,
6. The re-searching step of browsing related information of words displayed in the anchor format associated by the association step in the text document transmitted by the re-transmission step. To search using your mobile device.

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