JP2011022891A - Network notification system, search system, and notification deputy system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To properly transmit a notification to a user via a search site. <P>SOLUTION: An information processing system which communicates with user terminals via a communication network includes a means for registering on the network disclosed information to be disclosed on the network for use in notification, while associating the information with a URI, a means for reporting information about the disclosed information and search elements to a search system that provides a search service, and a search system which, based on the search elements and the information about the disclosed information, ranks links to the disclosed information to higher positions and/or answers search results for display in predetermined positions in response to a search request from a user to the search service corresponding to the search elements. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a search site using a search engine and its peripheral technology.

  Recently, a lot of information has been disclosed in computer networks represented by the Internet. Many people are in the age of collecting the aforementioned information using personal computers and communication terminals.

  A lot of information disclosed on the network does not notify the communication partner by itself from its disclosed form. More precisely, in response to a disclosure request, information is disclosed to the requester as a response. For example, a Web page on the Internet will be described. By making a Web page disclosure request using a URL from a client computer to a Web server connected over the Internet, the Web server to the client computer. A file for constructing a Web page is transmitted toward the.

  In the example of the Internet, URL ≈ (IP address + port number +...) Is assigned as URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) to information disclosed on the network. The URI needs to know the information in advance and is often not directly used by people in the real world.

  Many people and computers that operate automatically often do not know the URI in advance, and search the URI using a search engine provided on the network due to the complexity of entering the URI. . A plurality of search engines exist as search sites on the network, and operate as keyword search means for disclosed information. A user or the like can obtain a URI of desired information by accessing a search site and performing a keyword search using a search engine.

  By the way, a lot of useful information is disclosed on the network. Information created by the government, research institutes, universities, and many other companies, electronic stores, and individuals is disclosed on the Internet. The aforementioned organizations and organizations transmit information for various purposes.

  Such information is generally searched through a portal site having a search site function. In the portal site, as a function of the search site, the registered information or automatically searched information is indexed, the index is compared with the information input from the search requester, and related information (record, The search information) is ranked, and the search result based on the rank is returned to the search requester.

An example of such a technique is the computer network search engine apparatus described in Patent Document 1.
The computer network search engine apparatus matches a keyword input by a user with a database storing a search listing in which a plurality of information providers, keywords, amounts, and URLs are associated, a keyword input means, and a keyword A search means for identifying a search listing having a keyword, ordering with a monetary amount, generating the ordered search listing as a result list, an output means for providing a result list to the user as a search result, and a result list It includes means for performing a billing process to the information provider for the access based on, and is connected to the Internet.
The operation of the computer network search engine apparatus generates a search result based on index information stored in advance as a search listing for a keyword search from a user, and is registered in the search listing via the search result. When a user accesses a certain URL, a predetermined amount is charged to the information provider.

Japanese Patent No. 3676999

  By the way, many search sites automatically collect indexes (search indexes, search databases) used in the search sites by using search programs (acquisition programs) called search bots, crawlers, and spiders. The collection is not performed at short intervals due to the amount of collection target and resource problems related to collection. In addition, even if the search site collects the disclosed information due to measures such as search engine spam, it may not be immediately reflected in the search results.

On the other hand, organizations and companies that disclose information on the network have information that they want to know immediately.
For example, such information is information related to defects / accidents of products, products, services, etc. sold as a company. In addition, public institutions and medical institutions have similar requirements. Many companies deal seriously with moral responsibility and publish a lot of relevant information in sequence.
Companies and organizations disclose the above information on a network accessible to many people as a means of simultaneous and widespread disclosure. In many cases, consumers or beneficiaries who know the problem through other media access the disclosed information. This is because, for example, information such as television, radio, and newspapers and advertisements are used to obtain rough information and contents that cannot be obtained by such means.

  However, consumers and beneficiaries cannot obtain useful information disclosed on the network easily and conveniently through a search site. This has the potential to become a social problem in the future.

For example, a part of the reason is that the search program of the search site takes a long time until the above information is obtained by patrol.
Further, the search program of the search site makes no distinction between the above information and other information.
In addition, the current search program follows links, acquires URIs of other information, and acquires unknown information. This indicates that information without a link is not searched.

  In addition, many search sites conduct search-linked advertisements on organic search results, and the importance of information cannot be prioritized.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a notification system, a search system, and a notification proxy system that provide useful information in network search using a search engine.

  A network notification system according to the present invention is an information processing system capable of communicating with a user terminal via a communication network, and means for registering disclosure information disclosed on a network used for notification in association with a URI on the network A means for notifying a search system that provides a search service of information related to the disclosed information and a search element, and a search for a search service corresponding to the search element from a user based on the information related to the search element and the disclosed information It has a search system that responds to a request with a search result that ranks a link to the disclosed information in a higher rank and / or displays it at a predetermined position.

  The network notification system according to the present invention is an information processing system capable of communicating with a user terminal via a communication network, and registers disclosure information disclosed on the network used for notification in association with a URI on the network. Information registered in the database in response to an inquiry about whether or not there is a notification based on the search element from the search system. A notification proxy system that makes a response to the search service based on the search service, and a search request for the search service from the user, including a search element included in the search request, the presence or absence of notification in the notification proxy system Making an inquiry, and using the response from the notification agent system, And having a retrieval system that responds to the search results to display the link to the upper rank ordering and / or place.

  The search system according to the present invention is an information processing system capable of communicating with a user terminal via a communication network, and is disclosed on the network in association with a URI input from a company or organization that performs notification. Means for receiving information related to disclosed information and a search element used for announcing the disclosed information, and in response to a search request for a search service from a user terminal via a network, information related to the search element and disclosed information Based on the above, the search request corresponding to the search element is identified, and a search result for ranking the link to the disclosure information at a higher rank and / or displaying it at a predetermined position is generated. It has a search engine that responds to output.

  The notification proxy system according to the present invention is an information processing system capable of communicating with a user terminal via a communication network, and is provided on the network in association with a URI input from a company or organization that performs the notification. Means for receiving information relating to the disclosed information and a search element used for announcing the disclosed information; and receiving and registering the information relating to the disclosed information and the search element in a database; and the search from the search system. In response to an inquiry about the presence / absence of notification based on an element, it has means for making a response regarding notification to the search service based on information registered in the database.

  Further, the system preferably includes a storage information update unit (cache update unit) that updates a cache used for a search result that is a response of the search system to a search request.

  The system preferably includes an access history collection / analysis unit that collects and analyzes an access history to the cache by a user.

  The system preferably includes news source collection and analysis means for collecting and analyzing news sources corresponding to the disclosed information.

  Further, the system may calculate an influence of the disclosure information related to the announcement on society, and may provide an advertisement exclusion means for excluding advertisements based on listings and advertisements not based on listings from a response result to a search request.

  In addition, the system may include a related search element generation unit that analyzes the notified search element and generates a related search element.

  Further, in the case where the related search element generation means is provided, the system can perform a search based on the related search element so that the user can identify that the search result is different from the reflection of the notification on the search result based on the notified search element. It is desirable to reflect the announcement in the results.

  Further, it is preferable that the system acquires a new cache when receiving a cache acquisition request (update instruction) from a disclosure information registration terminal that is cached and managed in the search system. . In this case, the search system may acquire the cache using the search program and immediately reflect it in the search result of the search engine.

  Further, the system sends a created pseudo cache to the search system or the notification proxy server so that a new cache is generated as a pseudo cache at a disclosure information registration terminal that is cached and managed in the search system. When the search system or the notification proxy server can confirm the match between the pseudo cache sent and the current information published via the network, the cache in the database managing the cache The current cache may be replaced with the pseudo cache that has been sent.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the notification system, the search system, and notification proxy system which provide the useful information in the network search using a search engine can be provided.

It is the schematic which shows the structure of the notification system of 1st Embodiment. It is a sequence diagram which illustrates operation | movement of the notification system of 1st Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the outline of operation | movement of the notification system of 1st Embodiment. It is the schematic which shows the structure of 2nd Embodiment. It is a sequence diagram which illustrates operation | movement of the notification system of 2nd Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the outline of operation | movement of the notification system of 2nd Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the outline of operation | movement of the notification system of 3rd Embodiment. It is a sequence diagram which illustrates operation | movement of the notification system of 3rd Embodiment. It is a sequence diagram which illustrates another operation | movement of the notification system of 3rd Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the outline of operation | movement of the notification system of 4th Embodiment. It is a sequence diagram which illustrates operation | movement of the notification system of 4th Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the outline of another operation | movement of the notification system of 4th Embodiment. It is a sequence diagram which illustrates another operation | movement of the notification system of 4th Embodiment. It is a sequence diagram which illustrates operation | movement of the notification system of 5th Embodiment. It is a sequence diagram which illustrates operation | movement of the notification system of 6th Embodiment. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a specific configuration example of a notification proxy server 41. FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a screen displayed on the user terminal. It is explanatory drawing which shows the outline of the notification system of other embodiment.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Further, in order to clarify the explanation, explanation will be made using many specific examples.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the first embodiment. As shown in the figure, the notification system is divided into a service provider side and a user side. The service provider system is divided into a search service provider system 10 and an information provider system 20. Each system is communicably connected via a wired or wireless communication network.
The search service provider side system 10 provides an emergency notification service to the user terminal 30 in cooperation with each server and database.
The registration server 11 records, in the registration database 12, information related to information (disclosure information) required for notification of companies and the like and information on search elements sent from the registration terminal 21.
The registration server 11 reflects the information recorded in the registration database 12 in the search result of the search system server 13 at the time of emergency notification of a company or the like. The registration server 11 may respond to an inquiry about the presence / absence of notification from the search site server 13.
The registration database 12 stores information on disclosure information from the registration terminal 21 required for notification and information on search elements.

The search site server 13 is a server that operates a search engine (program).
In response to a search request from the user terminal 30, the search site server 13 uses a database (not shown) that stores an inherent index and information recorded in the registration database 12 as necessary. The information recorded in the index is listed based on the ranking rules, and the list (response list) is sent to the user terminal 30 as a search result.
At this time, when the registration server 11 makes a notification reflecting the information related to the notification, the search site server 13 accesses the registration database 12 according to the notification and discloses the search element that matches the search element corresponding to the search request. Obtain information and URIs for information, and rank the links of the information higher. In addition, the search site server 13 generates and sends out screen information that makes it easy for the user to know that there is notification information (disclosure information) on the screen of the user terminal 30.

When the registration server 11 responds to an inquiry about the presence / absence of emergency notification from the search site server 13, the search site server 13 analyzes the search request from the user terminal 30 and extracts search elements, The registration server 11 is inquired of whether or not there is an emergency notification corresponding to the extracted search element. Thereafter, when the search site server 13 receives a response without an emergency notification from the registration server 11, the search site server 13 presents a normal response list to the user terminal 30, and when receiving a response with an emergency notification, The links to the URI of the disclosure information are ranked higher, and the notification information (disclosure information) is displayed on the user terminal 30 at a predetermined position. What is necessary is just to ensure a predetermined position similarly to the display technique of advertisement. Moreover, you may describe the description as a search site.
The analysis of the search request includes morphological analysis if it is language analysis. The analysis may be set as appropriate for each target to be searched.
Further, the search site server 13 identifies that the user terminal 30 has accessed the search result via the link of the search result sent out as the search result. Further, the search site server 13 collects information disclosed on the network by itself and creates a database as a cache. The search site server 13 sends a link to the cache as a search result to the user terminal 30 together with the above-described response (response list), and can identify access to the cache. That is, the search site server 13 has an access history collection / analysis unit that collects and analyzes the access history to the cache by the user.

The information provider side system 20 includes a registration terminal 21 and a Web server 22.
The registration terminal 21 is an information processing apparatus that uploads disclosure information disclosed on the network to the Web server 22. The registration terminal 21 is an information processing apparatus that registers search elements such as disclosure information, a URI of the disclosure information, and a search keyword in the search service provider side system 10. The registration terminal 21 may use a general computer or any other configuration.

  The web server 22 is a known web server. In the present embodiment, the Web server is described as one unique server. Essentially, it is sufficient that the disclosure information can be acquired from the user terminal 30 via the network, such as a provider or a rental server. Thus, it is not necessary to be a server managed by itself.

The user terminal 30 is a general information processing device connected to a network. The user terminal 30 is a personal computer, a portable terminal, or the like, and can acquire various types of information disclosed on the Web using a software program such as a browser.
The user terminal 30 operates as a client to a server on the Web, accesses a search site (portal site) on the Web based on a user request, and responds from the search site as a search result. Present the list to the user. Thereafter, the web server that discloses the selected information is accessed by using the link described in the response list from the search site according to the user's selection.

Here, the search element and information related to emergency notification will be described in detail.
The search element is an element corresponding to an analysis performed at the time of search set by a company or organization that performs emergency notification, and for a user to make a search request to the search site via the user terminal 30. Is set.
For example, when inputting a keyword “XX company” to a search site and performing a Web search for a homepage that is disclosure information on the Internet, the vocabulary to be extracted is “○ ○, Company, ○○ Company ”. Similarly, if “Δ ham that caused food poisoning” is analyzed using the morphological analysis technique, “food poisoning, caused, ΔΔ, ham, ΔΔ ham” and the like are cut out.
The search element is set so as to correspond to the extracted element. For example, “XX company, XX, △△, △△ ham, food poisoning + ham, XX company + ham, XX company + △△ , XX Company and △△ or Ham ”.
If the search site can search for sound, images, videos, and blogs, search elements suitable for each search engine may be registered. Further, a search element may be registered for each target to be searched. Specifically, there is no need to use the same search element as the phoneme for acoustic search and the keyword for text search. Similarly, there is no need to use the same search element as the keyword used for the text search of the blog and the keyword used for the text search of the home page.

  Information related to notification (information related to disclosure information) includes at least a URI, and is composed of the significance, importance, content, term, region, level of awareness, period of awareness, file name, etc. of emergency notification. The information is used in the registration server 11 or the search site server 13 and is used to determine whether or not the notification registered from the registration terminal 21 is reflected in the search result in response to the search request from the user terminal 30. Note that conditions to be reflected may be set in advance by a contract between the search site and the company. Moreover, it may be reflected in ranking etc. so as to be consistent with the existing listing service depending on the contents, important application, well-known thoroughness, etc.

Next, FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 are shown and operation | movement of 1st Embodiment is demonstrated.
FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram illustrating the operation of the notification system according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an outline of the operation of the notification system according to the first embodiment.
In the notification system, as shown below, each server and database cooperate to provide a notification service to the user terminal 30.

First, an event requiring notification occurs, and a person in charge of a company or the like creates disclosure information on the contents of the hurry, cause, countermeasures, and the like.
(1) The person in charge registers the created disclosure information in the company's Web server 22 using the registration terminal 21. In addition, when the information to be disclosed is almost decided in advance such as a disaster, the registration terminal 21 may automatically register the information to the Web server 22.
Examples of registered information include a PDF file with an apology linked to the company's website (top page), a website describing the progress of the event, software for emergency countermeasures (antivirus software, corrections, etc.) Patch, driver, etc.).

(2) After registering the disclosure information in the Web server 22, the registration terminal 21 registers information related to the notification (information related to the disclosure information) in the registration server 11. The information related to the notification may include the significance, importance, contents, terminology, region, familiarity level, file name, etc. of the emergency notification together with the URI.
(3) Simultaneously with (2), the registration terminal 21 registers the search element in the registration server 11. As a search element, if a search site for performing a general text search is used, a vocabulary such as a company name, a product name, the cause of an accident, and a title in news is registered.
(4) The registration server 11 performs various procedures with the registrant, such as approval of information related to the disclosure information and search elements, and deposit of a deposit as required.

(5) The registration server 11 applies (reflects) the information related to the approved disclosure information and the search element to the search site server 13. This process is determined for each search site specification such as addition to an index or acquisition of a cache. After the application, a search request received from the user terminal 30 indicates that there is notification information (disclosure information).

(6) The user terminal 30 transmits a search request based on a term arbitrarily designated by the user to the search site server 13 by a user operation.
(7) The search site server 13 obtains the URI of the disclosed information from the information related to the reflected notification, together with the search of the index which is a normal process when the term included in the search request corresponds to the search element. Then, the links to the disclosure information are ranked higher than the records obtained by the index search, and the results are constructed as the search results. Further, if necessary, the screen information is constructed so that the contents of the emergency notification are displayed at an easy-to-understand position on the screen. The search site server 13 transmits the constructed search result to the user terminal 30 as a response.

(8) The user confirms the response of the search site via the user terminal 30 and recognizes that an emergency notification is made for the searched term. Here, if the user is necessary, the disclosure information is accessed via the link included in the response. At this time, the search site server 13 detects from the search result transmitted as a response that a request to access the disclosure information of the notification has occurred, and uses the URI of the Web server 22 to request the user for the disclosed information The acquisition request of the terminal 30 is transferred to the Web server 22. The web server 22 may be accessed directly from the user terminal 30.
(9) The Web server 22 receives a download request for registered disclosure information, and transmits the disclosure information to the user terminal 30 that issued the request.

As described above, according to the notification system of the first embodiment, desired information can be disclosed appropriately and accurately through a search service on the network at the time of emergency notification by a company or organization.
In addition, companies and organizations can use search elements that are relevant to a search request, so that in addition to the company name and product name, a necessary disclosure range can be set.
The search system can provide useful information to the user. In addition, in order to disclose disclosed information to appropriate users, CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) as a company providing a search system can be achieved.

  Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. Note that the detailed description of the common points with the first embodiment is simplified or omitted.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the second embodiment. The configuration shown in FIG. 4 is a configuration in which the notification proxy system 40 is separated from the search service provider side system 10 with respect to the first embodiment. Further, the registration server 11 and the registration database 12 are replaced with a notification proxy server 41 and a registration database 42, respectively.
The main difference is that the registration server 11 and the registration database 12 in the first embodiment cooperate with the search site server 13 (search system: search engine), but the notification agent of the second embodiment. The server 41 and the registration database 42 operate as an external server and an external database via the network with respect to the search site server 13.
The second embodiment is configured as described above, and the server and the database jointly provide a notification service to the user terminal 30.

The different points will be described in detail below.
The notification proxy server 41 records, in the registration database 42, information related to disclosure information and information on search elements, which are information required for notification of companies and the like sent from the registration terminal 21.
The notification proxy server 41 responds to the inquiry about the presence / absence of notification from the search site server 13 based on the information recorded in the registration database 42. The notification proxy server 41 may notify the search system server 13 of the information recorded in the registration database 42 at the time of emergency notification of a company or the like.
The registration database 42 stores information on disclosure information from the registration terminal 21 required for emergency notification and information on search elements.

  In response to a search request from the user terminal 30, the search site server 13 communicates with a database (not shown) that stores an inherent index and, if necessary, a notification proxy server 41 and a registration database 42, and has a predetermined order. Based on the attachment rule, information recorded in the index is listed, and the list (response list) is sent to the user terminal 30 as a search result.

At this time, the search site server 13 analyzes the search request from the user terminal 30 to extract a search element, and inquires of the notification proxy server 41 whether there is a notification corresponding to the extracted search element. Thereafter, when the search site server 13 receives a response without notification from the notification proxy server 41, the search site server 13 displays a normal response list on the user terminal 30, and when receiving a response that there is a notification. In addition to ranking the links to the URIs of the disclosure information at the top, the notification information (disclosure information) is displayed on the user terminal 30 at a predetermined position. The notification information to be displayed may be acquired from the notification proxy server 41 or may be acquired from the Web server 22. Further, the disclosure information may be acquired by accessing the Web server 22 and may be acquired by using, for example, a technique for automatically extracting the gist.
Further, when the search site server 13 can respond to the notification of the information related to the notification from the notification proxy server 41, the search site server 13 identifies the notification and the information related to the disclosure information from the registration database 42 by identifying the notification and the registration database 42. Means for acquiring search elements.
When the search site server 13 receives a notification of information related to the notification, the search site server 13 acquires information and search elements related to the disclosure information from the registration database 42, and responds to a search request that matches the acquired search elements according to the notification for a predetermined period. Then, the links to the notification information are ranked higher, and the information on the screen that makes it easy for the user to understand that the notification information is on the screen of the user terminal 30 is generated and sent as a search result. .

Next, FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 are shown, and operation | movement of 2nd Embodiment is demonstrated.
FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram illustrating the operation of the notification system according to the second embodiment. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an outline of the operation of the notification system according to the second embodiment.
First, an event requiring an emergency notification occurs, and a person in charge of a company or the like creates disclosure information on the contents of the progress, cause, countermeasures, and the like. The operations from (1) to (4) are the same as in the first embodiment.
(1) The person in charge registers the created disclosure information in the company's Web server 22 using the registration terminal 21. In addition, when the information to be disclosed is almost decided in advance such as a disaster, the registration terminal 21 may automatically register the information to the Web server 22.
(2) After registering the disclosure information in the Web server 22, the registration terminal 21 registers information related to the emergency notification (information related to the disclosure information) in the notification proxy server 41.
(3) Simultaneously with (2), the registration terminal 21 registers the search element in the notification proxy server 41.
(4) The notification proxy server 41 performs various procedures on the registrant, such as approving information related to the disclosure information and search elements, and requesting a deposit as required. The notification proxy server 41 stands by until there is an inquiry from the search site server 13 in this state.

(5) The user terminal 30 transmits a search request arbitrarily designated by the user to the search site server 13 by a user operation.

(6) The search system 13 inquires of the notification proxy server 41 about the presence / absence of notification for the element included in the search request. The notification proxy server 41 may analyze the search request.

(7) The notification proxy server 41 refers to the registration database 42, identifies the presence / absence of the notification corresponding to the inquiry from the search system 13, and if there is no notification, transmits a response indicating that there is no notification. In this case, information related to the disclosed information is transmitted to the search system 13 as a response.

(8) When there is a notification, the search site server 13 searches the index that is a normal process, acquires the URL of the disclosure information from the information related to the acquired disclosure information, and provides a link to the disclosure information. Build screen information that ranks higher than usual for records obtained by index search. Further, if necessary, the screen information is constructed so that the contents of the emergency notification are displayed at an easily understandable position on the screen. Thereafter, the search site server 13 transmits the constructed search result to the user terminal 30 as a response.

(9) The user confirms the response of the search site via the user terminal 30 and recognizes that an emergency notification has been made for the search content. Here, if the user is necessary, the disclosure information is accessed via the link included in the response. At this time, the search site server 13 detects from the search result transmitted as a response that a request to access the emergency notification disclosure information has occurred, and uses the URL of the Web server 22 to download the request disclosure information download request. Forward.

(10) The Web server 22 receives a download request (transmission request) for registered disclosure information, and transmits the disclosure information to the user terminal 30 that issued the request.

  As described above, according to the notification system of the second embodiment, desired information can be disclosed appropriately and accurately through a search service on the network at the time of emergency notification by a company or organization.

  In addition, companies and organizations can use search elements that are relevant to a search request, so that in addition to the company name and product name, a necessary disclosure range can be set.

  Also, unlike the first embodiment, in the second embodiment, the notification proxy server 41 is provided independently of the search site, so that it is more flexible to set than the emergency notification service as a function of the search site. There is a degree. In addition, since the notification proxy server side can create and hold a display screen or the like in advance, it is possible to provide a flexible service to companies and organizations. In addition, the search site can provide an emergency notification service without changing the existing equipment or the like only by setting a predetermined display position and display order.

  Moreover, since the notification proxy server 41 is independent from the search site, the same service can be provided in parallel to a plurality of search sites. In this way, if a similar service is provided to a plurality of search sites, companies and the like can disclose unified notification information on the network. That is, companies and the like can disclose information that they want to convey to users in a timely and accurate manner.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. The third embodiment shows a network notification system having means for updating the cache presented to the user together with the link using the search result at the search site of the first embodiment in a timely manner. Note that the detailed description of the common points with the first embodiment is simplified or omitted.
FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an outline of the operation of the notification system according to the third embodiment. FIG. 8 is a sequence diagram illustrating the operation of the notification system according to the third embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 7, in the present embodiment, the following operations are performed in a timely manner from the information provider side system 20 to the search service provider side system 10 to update the cache.

(A) The information provider side system 20 (registration terminal 21) notifies a cache acquisition request (acquisition request, acquisition instruction, acquisition timing notification, change notification, update instruction).

(B) The search service provider side system 10 (search site server 13) acquires the latest cache of the disclosed information from the information provider side system 20 (Web server 22).

  The request and response are made every time the disclosure information is updated / changed. Communications other than the above (A) and (B) operate in the same manner as in the first embodiment. The information provider side system 20 is preferably mounted with a program that automatically makes a cache acquisition request when disclosure information is updated or changed.

FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram illustrating another operation of the notification system according to the third embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 9, the cache may be managed by the registration server 11 of the search service provider side system 10. In this case, after the cache is acquired by the registration server 11, an instruction to reflect the search result of the search site server 13 is required.

  As described above, according to the notification system of the third embodiment, desired information can be disclosed appropriately and accurately through a search service on the network at the time of emergency notification by a company or organization.

  In addition, the cache that can be acquired by the search site for the user terminal can always be kept up-to-date. Thereby, it is possible to solve the problem that the user cannot provide accurate and up-to-date information disclosed by a company or organization by browsing the old cache at the search site.

Next, the 4th Embodiment of this invention is shown. The fourth embodiment shows a network notification system having means for updating the cache presented to the user together with the link using the search result at the search site of the second embodiment in a timely manner. Note that the detailed description of the common points with the second embodiment is simplified or omitted.
FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an outline of the operation of the notification system according to the fourth embodiment. FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram illustrating the operation of the notification system according to the fourth embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 10, in the present embodiment, the following operation is performed from the information provider side system 20 to the notification proxy server 41 in a timely manner to update the cache.

(A) The information provider side system 20 (registration terminal 21) notifies a cache acquisition request (acquisition request, acquisition instruction, acquisition timing notification, change notification, update instruction).

(B) The notification proxy server 41 acquires the latest information of the disclosed information as a pseudo cache from the information provider side system 20 (Web server 22). The pseudo cache is information having the same characteristics as a normal cache stored in the search system, and is information that can replace the pseudo cache with an already registered cache. The pseudo-cache is information obtained by a notification proxy server which is another system of the cache held by the normal search engine, and is processed in the same manner as the cache creation performed by the normal search engine using the search program.

  The request and response are made every time the disclosure information is updated / changed. Communications other than the above (A) and (B) operate in the same manner as in the second embodiment. The information provider side system 20 is preferably mounted with a program that automatically makes a cache acquisition request when disclosure information is updated or changed.

  FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an outline of another operation of the notification system according to the fourth embodiment. FIG. 13 is a sequence diagram illustrating another operation of the notification system according to the fourth embodiment. As shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, the cache may be acquired by the search site server 13.

  As described above, according to the notification system of the fourth embodiment, desired information can be disclosed appropriately and accurately through a search service on a network at the time of emergency notification by a company or organization.

  In addition, the cache (pseudo cache) that can be acquired by the search site for the user terminal can always be kept up-to-date.

  Also, unlike the third embodiment, in the fourth embodiment, the notification proxy server 41 is provided independently of the search site, so that emergency notification is performed rather than providing an emergency notification service as a function of the search site. There is flexibility in temporary storage (pseudo-cache) and processing.

  In addition, since the emergency notification can be temporarily stored and managed on the notification proxy server side, it is possible to obtain an access history such as the number of times the information is displayed, and it is possible to provide a flexible service to companies and organizations.

  Further, since the notification proxy server 41 is independent of the search site, it can provide the same emergency notification temporarily stored information (cache) in parallel to a plurality of search sites. If the same cache is provided to a plurality of search sites in this way, companies and the like can disclose unified notification information on the network. That is, companies and the like can disclose information that they want to convey to users in a timely and accurate manner.

  Next, a fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described. The fifth embodiment shows a network notification system having news source collection and analysis means for collecting and analyzing news sources corresponding to emergency notification information (disclosure information) in the search site of the first embodiment. Note that the detailed description of the common points with the first embodiment is simplified or omitted.

  FIG. 14 is a sequence diagram illustrating the operation of the notification system according to the fifth embodiment. In the notification system of the fifth embodiment, the registration server 11 collects and analyzes news sources.

  Examples of news sources are articles, blogs, homepages, and application information for public institutions disclosed on databases or networks of news agencies and newspapers.

The registration server 11 collects news sources corresponding to emergency notification information (disclosure information) from information disclosed on the network and various databases via the network. The registration server 11 analyzes the collected news source and examines the validity of the information related to the disclosure information and the search element registered ((2), (3)) from the registration terminal 21. The validity is used for approval (4) performed for each search element and reflection (5) in the search result.
This means that if search elements registered (applied) by a company or the like are used as they are, there is an increased possibility of misreporting or excessive misunderstanding to users of the search system. The registration server 11 then collects and analyzes the news sources, and determines the validity of the emergency notification range (disclosure range for search) as a result of the search service.

In this way, the registration server 11 can be set so as not to give unnecessary information to users of the search service by determining the disclosure range based on the contents and amount of the news source.
The disclosure range may be set using elapsed time. This appears in other media when the disclosed event is an important matter or a serious incident, so the news sources increase in a follow-up manner. In other words, when there are few news sources even though the elapsed time is long, it can be said that there is little need to disclose to the user via the search service.

  In the second embodiment, if the news source is collected and analyzed by the notification proxy server 41, the same result as in the above embodiment can be obtained.

  Next, a sixth embodiment of the present invention will be described. The sixth embodiment shows a network notification system in which a means for collecting and analyzing news sources corresponding to emergency notification information (disclosure information) is linked with a search engine in the search site of the first embodiment. Note that the detailed description of the common points with the first embodiment is simplified or omitted.

  FIG. 15 is a sequence diagram illustrating the operation of the notification system according to the sixth embodiment. In the notification system of the sixth embodiment, the search site server 13 collects and analyzes news sources. The news source may be collected and analyzed by the registration server 11, and the result may be acquired and used.

  The search site server 13 collects news sources corresponding to notification information (disclosure information) from information disclosed on the network and various databases via the network. The search site server 13 analyzes the collected news sources, indexes the news sources including the search elements that are instructed to be reflected (5) in the search results, and uses them to rank the records of responses to the search requests (6).

  The search site server 13 may add a link to the collected news source to the response (7) to the search request.

  In this way, a lot of correct information can be transmitted to the user as a search site.

  The news source collection analysis may be collected from time to time depending on the importance of the disclosed information. Also, news source collection analysis may be performed in accordance with the acquisition of the cache.

  This is because, when viewed as a search site, if an event to be disclosed is an important matter or a serious incident, it will appear in other media in sequence, so for example, the top page of a company or a record on the homepage of disclosure information If the display order of is set to a higher order, the user's desire for a search request increases.

  Similarly, adding a related news source directly or indirectly to the response to the search request can answer the user's desire for the search request.

Next, an embodiment of the notification proxy server will be described to explain the present invention. Since a similar configuration may be adopted when a similar function is provided in the search system, the description of a specific embodiment regarding the registration server and the like is omitted.
FIG. 16 is a block diagram illustrating a specific configuration example of the notification proxy server 41. The notification proxy server 41 illustrated in FIG. 16 is a general server.
The notification proxy server 41 includes a control unit that performs various types of information processing, a ROM, a RAM, an input unit, an output unit, an auxiliary storage device, a network interface, and the like.

The auxiliary storage device of the notification proxy server 41 stores various programs such as an operating system, a server program, and a notification proxy program 43 for realizing various functions and means, and is expanded in the RAM as necessary. Executed. The auxiliary storage device can store a variety of information, and functions as the registration database 42 in addition to the above-described program, and stores a lot of information.
In this example, the notification proxy program 43 includes a search element approval program, a notification search response program, a cache management program, a social influence determination program, a related search element generation program, and a news source collection program. Each program causes the control unit to function as various means.
In other words, the notification proxy program recorded in the auxiliary storage device of the notification proxy server 41 is expanded in the RAM, and causes the control unit to function as described in the above embodiment.
The search element approval program is a program for verifying the validity of each search element by receiving the information on the disclosure information sent from the registration terminal 21 and the search element and verifying the validity of each search element.
The notice search response program is a program that responds to a notice inquiry from the search system.
The cache management program is a program that creates a pseudo cache of disclosure information in response to a cache acquisition request.
Further, when a new notification (disclosure information) is generated as a pseudo-cache in the registration terminal 21, the notification proxy server 41 includes the pseudo-cache sent from the registration terminal 21 and the current disclosure information disclosed to the public. Is a program that operates to replace the current cache (old cache) in the database that manages the information with the sent pseudo cache. When the cache is managed by the search engine, the pseudo cache is transmitted to the search engine, and an instruction is given to replace the current cache with the pseudo cache.

The social influence degree determination program is a program that obtains the content and type of notification from information related to disclosure information and compares it with a preset parameter to calculate the influence on society. The value calculated by the program is used as necessary in the search system, and is used, for example, for stopping a general advertisement or an advertisement by listing. It is also used to automatically stop advertisements for companies, products, services, etc. that have caused serious accidents.
The related search element generation program is a program that analyzes a notified search element and automatically generates a related search element. For example, related search elements (related search elements) may be generated from a list of similar terms, or the semantics of a registered search element may be analyzed by semantic technology and Alternatively, search elements assigned in advance may be added.

  It is desirable that the search element added in this way can be identified to the user that the search system does not reflect a notification based on the search element notified from a company or the like. In other words, it is necessary to take measures to avoid unexpected damage to the party or the third party by the automatically generated search element.

The news source collection program is a program for collecting and analyzing news sources corresponding to disclosed information. The collected news sources are used to determine whether or not to include individual search elements as a response to a search request based on the contents and quantity.
The collected news sources may be used for ranking the records of responses to search requests. The collected news source may be sent in addition to a response to the search request.

  Next, an example of an image displayed on the display unit of the user terminal 30 will be shown to describe the present invention. Note that, depending on the type of the user terminal 30, a function of reading out by sound may be provided.

  FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a disclosure example notified to the user terminal 30. The screen example shown in FIG. 17 describes a case where the website is disclosed as disclosure information on the Internet as disclosure information.

  FIG. 17A is a screen showing a search result when there is no notification. When a user inputs “XXX Inc.” and sends a query to a search site A on the Internet from a user terminal, a search result as shown in the figure from the server that provides the search site A Is generated and a screen is generated by the browser function of the user terminal 30.

  FIG. 17B is a screen showing a search result when there is a notification about the product A. When a query is sent to the search site A from the user terminal and a query is transmitted, the search result is generated and notified from the search site A, and the browser of the user terminal 30 displays the screen. Generate.

  At this time, in the search result notified from the search site, as a display based on the notification, a description of the notification and a link to the disclosed information are displayed so as to be easily recognized by the user using a color, a frame or the like. The search site also collects and analyzes news sources and adds a record to the home page related to the announcement. Further, the search site stops displaying the listing advertisement related to the product A.

  FIG. 17C is a screen showing another search result when there is a notification. When a query is sent from the user terminal to the search site A and a query is sent, the search result is generated and notified from the search site A, and the browser of the user terminal generates a screen. To do.

  At this time, in the search result notified from the search site, a description of the notification and a link to the disclosure information are displayed as a display based on the notification. Also, the search site collects and analyzes news sources, creates a cache, etc., and reflects them in the display. Also, use the content of notifications and the frequency of access to notifications to calculate the impact of notifications, stop displaying ads as necessary, increase or decrease the frequency of automatic generation of related keywords, Increase or decrease the display range.

  In the description of the above embodiment, the Web site for storing the disclosure information is a Web site managed by a company or the like. However, as shown in FIG. 18, the Web server managed by the company that operates the notification proxy server or the search site It is good. In this way, each company that makes a notification does not need to always secure a lot of resources in preparation for the notification. In other words, in a company or the like, the cost can be reduced at any time and risk management in an emergency can be performed.

  As described above, the network notification system, search system, and notification proxy system to which the present invention is applied can provide useful information in network search using a search engine.

Specifically, it is possible to easily access the disclosure information from the user for the useful announcement (disclosure information) that the company or organization has sincerely disclosed.
In addition, it is possible to release a notice to many users while setting an appropriate disclosure range.
In addition, it is possible to provide cache update means, update the cache of the notified contents, and provide the latest information.
In addition, since a cache can be used, it is possible to distribute a huge amount of traffic accompanying notifications that occur in the company's own server.

  As described above, even if a company or organization correctly discloses information, the user does not know the URI of the disclosed information at the time of the search, so the search is performed with the search element imagined for the search site. In this case, if the present invention is not used, the problem that the notification cannot be transmitted to the user can be solved unless all the indexed information is provided with a link to the notification. In addition, it is possible to solve the problem that there is no means for informing the user who does not know that there is a notification that there is a notification. Further, it is possible to solve the problem that the contents of the cache are maintained in an incorrect state. Further, depending on the content of the notification, traffic exceeding the normal server processing capacity often occurs, and it is possible to prevent a shortage of processing capacity that is likely to occur when there is no cache function or only with an old cache.

On the other hand, companies that operate search sites can also fulfill their social responsibilities as a medium that has a solid position on the network.
In addition, the search site can pursue the significance of the search site that leads to information that the user would like. In addition, the search-linked advertisement on the search site has the effect of not impairing the social moral responsibility of the company making the announcement.
The search site can also build a new business model that performs billing and other processing from the company side as needed.

  The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. By fluidly combining the above embodiments, the accuracy of notification using a search engine can be significantly improved. That is, the configuration and operation of the present invention can be modified in various ways that can be understood by those skilled in the art within the scope of the claims of the present invention.

  The present invention can be applied to networks using many search engines such as the Internet, NGN networks, and mobile communication networks.

  In addition to keyword search, it can be applied to many searches.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Search service provider side system 11 Registration server 12 Registration database 13 Search site server 20 Information provider side system 21 Registration terminal 22 Web server 30 User terminal 40 Notification proxy system 41 Notification proxy server 42 Registration database 43 Notification proxy program

Claims (20)

An information processing system capable of communicating with a user terminal via a communication network,
Means for registering the disclosure information disclosed on the network used for notification on the network in association with the URI;
Means for notifying information relating to the disclosed information and a search element to a search system that provides a search service;
Based on the information related to the search element and the disclosure information, a search that ranks the links to the disclosure information in a higher rank and / or displays it at a predetermined position in response to a search request for a search service corresponding to the search element from the user. A network announcement system comprising: a search system for responding to the result. An information processing system capable of communicating with a user terminal via a communication network,
Means for registering the disclosure information disclosed on the network used for notification on the network in association with the URI;
Based on the information registered in the database in response to an inquiry about the presence or absence of notification based on the search element from the search system, the information on the disclosure information and the search element are registered and recorded in the database. A notification agent system for responding to notifications to the search service;
In response to a search request for a search service from a user, including a search element included in the search request, inquires about the presence / absence of notification to the notification agent system, and uses a response from the notification agent system, A network notification system comprising: a search system that ranks the links to the disclosed information in a higher rank and / or responds to a search result that is displayed at a predetermined position. The network notification system according to claim 1 or 2,
A network notification system characterized by comprising saved information updating means for updating a cache used for a search result which is a response of the search system to a search request. A network notification system according to claim 3,
The search system includes an access history collection / analysis unit that collects and analyzes an access history to the cache by a user. The network notification system according to claim 1, wherein
News source collection and analysis means for collecting and analyzing news sources corresponding to the disclosed information;
A network announcement system characterized by determining whether or not to include an individual search element as a response to a search request based on the contents and / or amount of news sources collected. The network notification system according to claim 1, wherein
News source collection and analysis means for collecting and analyzing news sources corresponding to the disclosed information;
The search system uses a collected news source for ranking records of responses to search requests. The network notification system according to claim 1, wherein
News source collection and analysis means for collecting and analyzing news sources corresponding to the disclosed information;
The search system adds a collected news source to a response to a search request. The network notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
The search system is characterized in that it has an advertisement exclusion means for calculating the influence of disclosure information related to the announcement on society and excluding advertisements based on listings and advertisements not based on listings from results of responses to search requests. . A network notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 8,
The search system or the notification proxy system includes related search element generation means for analyzing the notified search element and generating a related search element,
A network notification system that reflects a notification on a search result based on the related search element so that a user can identify that the notification differs from the reflection on the search result based on the notified search element . A network notification system according to claims 3 to 8,
The stored information update means includes:
A pseudo-cache generated from new disclosure information at a registration terminal for disclosure information that is cached and managed in the search system and sent to the search system or notification proxy server, and current information published via the network A network notification system that replaces the cache in the database that manages the cache with the pseudo cache that has been sent when it is confirmed that the content matches the content of the pseudo cache. An information processing system capable of communicating with a user terminal via a communication network,
Means for receiving information relating to disclosure information disclosed on the network in association with a URI, and a search element used for notification of the disclosure information, input from a company or organization that makes the notification;
In response to a search request for a search service from a user terminal via a network, the search request corresponding to the search element is identified based on the information about the search element and the disclosure information, and the link to the disclosure information And a search engine that generates a search result to be ranked and / or displayed at a predetermined position and outputs the search result to the user terminal that has made the search request. The search system according to claim 11,
A cache update means for updating a cache used for a search result for a search request;
An access history collecting / analyzing unit for collecting and analyzing an access history to the cache by a user. The search system according to claim 11 or 12,
News source collection and analysis means for collecting and analyzing news sources corresponding to the disclosed information;
Based on the content and / or volume of news sources collected, decide whether to include individual search elements in the announcement as a response to search requests,
Use the collected news sources to rank the records of responses to search requests,
A search system characterized by adding collected news sources to search results. The search system according to claim 11, wherein
Advertising exclusion means for calculating the social impact of disclosure information related to announcements, and excluding advertisements based on listings and / or advertisements not based on listings from results of responses to search requests;
A related search element generation means for analyzing the notified search element and generating a related search element;
Based on the notified information related to the disclosed information and the search element, the advertisement is excluded, and the related search is performed so that the user can identify that the advertisement is different from the reflection of the notification in the search result based on the notified search element. A search system characterized in that an announcement is reflected in an element-based search result. An information processing system capable of communicating with a user terminal via a communication network,
Means for receiving information relating to disclosure information disclosed on the network in association with a URI, and a search element used for notification of the disclosure information, input from a company or organization that makes the notification;
Based on the information registered in the database in response to an inquiry about the presence or absence of notification based on the search element from the search system, the information on the disclosure information and the search element are registered and recorded in the database. A means for responding to the search service with notifications;
An announcement agent system characterized by comprising: A notification proxy system according to claim 15,
An announcement agent system that responds to an inquiry about presence / absence of announcements simultaneously (in parallel) to a plurality of search systems. A notification proxy system according to claim 15 or claim 16, wherein
A storage information update unit that updates a cache used for a search result for a search request in accordance with an update of disclosure information;
Access history collection and analysis means for collecting and analyzing access history to the cache by a user;
A related search element generation means for analyzing the notified search element and generating a related search element;
News source collection analysis means for collecting and analyzing news sources corresponding to the disclosed information;
Based on the notified information related to the disclosed information, the search element, and the content and / or amount of the collected news source, whether or not to include each search element as a response to the search request and obtain a cache And decide whether or not to
A notification proxy system, which determines whether or not each generated related search element is included in a notification as a response to a search request and whether or not a cache is acquired. The server that provides the search service stores the cache used for the emergency notification of the corporation that provides the pre-registered website,
An emergency notification method for a corporation, characterized in that a link to the cache is ranked higher as a search result by the search service and / or displayed at a predetermined position at the time of emergency notification by the corporation. The disclosure information used for the emergency notification of a corporation that provides a pre-registered website and the server that manages the cache of the disclosure information are registered in response to an inquiry regarding the presence or absence of an emergency notification from a search system that provides a search service. Send a response based on the information
Based on the received information, the inquired search system ranks the link to the emergency notification data as a search result by the search service and / or a predetermined position with respect to the information processing apparatus that has transmitted the search request query. An emergency notification method for a corporation characterized by being displayed on the screen. A method for changing a cache stored in a search site,
Information that is cached and managed by the search site is created as a pseudo cache by the information cache that is managed by the search site.
Send the created pseudo-cache to the search site,
When the search site confirms the match between the pseudo cache sent and the current information published via the network, the cache in the database managing the cache is sent. A method of changing a cache, characterized by replacing the pseudo cache described above.

Images