JP2011204211A - Web site selecting type information search system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a selection type search system for selecting a search engine desired to be used by a user, out of the disclosed search engines, to be called out quickly.SOLUTION: This system serves as a search platform called out by the same method even in any search engine, based on a table for holding formats of a kind of calling-out, a character code and a parameter, in each of the plurality of disclosed search engines, and can call out instantaneously the search engine selected optionally by the user. A command line format is also usable for selecting the search engine. The objective search engine is customized in each user. The system includes further a means for collecting automatically the calling-out method (the calling-out format, the character code and the parameter), on an optional web site.

Description

  The present invention relates to a system for promptly displaying information on a website selected by a user with respect to a website that provides information corresponding to an input character string that exists in large numbers on the Internet.

  With the recent development of search technology and the expansion of the amount of information provided on the Internet, a huge amount of information is being accumulated on each website. A normal search engine collects information from them and displays a website suitable for the user's purpose as a search result. However, for specific purposes such as map search, word translation, and TV program information, there are websites that are suitable for each.

Accordingly, a site called a search portal implements information search for different purposes by incorporating various information search functions into itself (see, for example, Non-Patent Document 1). In this case, only the service provided by the company of the website itself or the service of the company in the affiliated relationship is the object of information search. Alternatively, the user directly designates a URL (Universal Resource Locator) and displays an arbitrary website suitable for the purpose.
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  Normally, a user who wants to collect information on the Internet (1) specifies a URL and displays an arbitrary website to obtain the desired information. (2) Enters a character string and clicks a button. This requires a two-step procedure of pressing. In general, a browsing application (browser) for the Internet has a function called a bookmark and can quickly call a website. However, a bookmark only holds a URL based on simple text, and a specific character string is shared. Cannot be given. A browser can call a specified website from a common character string input box by incorporating a program called a plug-in, but this is installed on a personal computer for each user and used by others. It is not possible.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances. The information retrieval service call format, character codes, and parameters existing on the Internet are aggregated. The purpose is to immediately display the information required by the user in a one-step procedure of calling the website.

  One feature of the present invention is that, in order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a call format, a character code, and a parameter are stored as an information search table for each of the websites existing on the Internet, and the user can select any website. It allows you to choose. FIG. 1 shows an example of a typical information search table used in the present invention. In the system according to the present invention, websites recorded in advance in the information search table can be selected by pressing a button in a graphical user interface or by a character string in a command line format. Further, the information search table is customized for each user, and the calling method (calling format, character code, parameter) is held on the website even if the website is not registered in the information search table in advance. By placing files, you can search for information instantly.

  As an embodiment of the graphical user interface in the above invention, a text box for inputting a character string that a user wants to examine and a plurality of buttons for selecting a website are provided (FIG. 2). Each button corresponds to individual call information (call format, character code, parameter) held in the table, and calls the selected website using the character string passed to the text box as a parameter (FIG. 3). ).

  As an embodiment of the command line type user interface in the above invention, a user interface having a text box for inputting a character string to be examined is provided. Here, when a specific symbol (here, “!”) Is input at the beginning, the subsequent word is interpreted as a command, and a website to be called is selected based on the command assignment table shown in FIG. 5).

  In the above invention, a function for holding an information search table and a command allocation table for each user is provided. Based on a general login system, an information search table and a command allocation table corresponding to each user can be held (FIG. 6). During login, based on the table associated with those users, the selected website is called based on the character string passed to the text box and the button press or command line command (FIG. 7).

  In the above invention, even for a website that is not registered in the information search table in advance, if there is a specific file (in this case, _ServiceInfo_.xml) on the website, the calling format stored in the file, Make character codes and parameters available. When a specific symbol (here, “$”) is entered at the top of the input box, the subsequent character string is the URL of the website (no need to specify http: //), and the specific character placed there The website is called by referring to the call information from the file (FIG. 8).

  According to the present invention, the user can collectively select a website for which information is to be examined and input a character string at a time in a consistent manner.

  The present invention is a system implemented as a web server. This system is used through Internet browsing software (browser).

An example of an information search table used in the present invention is shown. 2 illustrates an example of a graphical user interface of the present invention. As the simplest embodiment of this system, the processing flow in the graphical user interface shown in FIG. 2 is shown. Fig. 5 shows an example of a command allocation table used in the command line format of the present invention. The processing flow in the Example of a command line format is shown. An embodiment of an information search table and a command allocation table for each user is shown. The processing flow which the website chooses based on the table for every user is shown. A processing flow in the case of calling in a command line format when holding call information on a website that does not exist in the information search table is shown.

Claims (4)

  A system that uses a graphical user interface to pass a character string entered in one place by a user to an information search service selected by the user.   A system that uses a command line format to specify a character string that a user wants to examine information and an information search service together.   A system that holds and uses information retrieval tables and command allocation tables for each user.   A system that searches information in a consistent manner by placing information that holds the calling method (calling format, character code, parameters) on any website and using it.

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