JP3984263B2 - Map information system linked search engine server system. - Google Patents

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The present invention uses a communication line such as the Internet, designates a position on the map display screen of a map search system displayed on the web, and enables registration of the address and category of a website to be searched. When the user searches the database by collecting the data collected by the search engine for the specified address, the search results are searched in order of weight, and at the same time, the website transmission position is displayed on the map. The present invention relates to a website search engine server system capable of displaying image data in accordance with an evaluation criterion of its weight on a position. In the specification and drawings of the present application, “Web” is also described as “Web” (World Wide Web), “Address” as “URL”, and “Map Information System” as GIS (abbreviation of Geographical Information Systems). To do.

  In recent years, in a society where communication lines such as the Internet have developed, web information transmission such as home pages and GIS via the Internet has been performed. In order to browse the web information, there are a method of directly inputting the address of the website, a method of linking by hypertext, etc. Generally, a search engine system for searching information on the Internet is used. ing. When searching a website on the Internet, a method for searching by a search genre prepared in advance on a search engine system management site, or a method for inputting an arbitrary search keyword in a search window and displaying a result of the corresponding page Is being used.

In addition, the search engine system does not register the directory type (registration type) and site data that can be searched by registering the homepage address together with the genre and keywords in advance in the database. There is a robot-type (full-text search type) search engine system that enables a search from a database in which data is automatically collected from the web by a program called "", and is used for information search on the Internet.
In the case of a directory type (registration type) search engine, data is registered in “site unit”, and in the case of a robot type (full text search type) search engine, data is registered in “page unit”. .

However, the conventional search engine system described above cannot accurately and in detail search for area-limited information or specific genre information.
The conventional directory type (registration type) search engine system is excellent for specifying the origin area and information genre, but the data is registered in units of sites and the full text data for each page is searched in detail. I can't.
On the other hand, in the case of a conventional robot-type (full-text search type) search engine, data is registered in “page unit”, and full-text data search is possible for each page, and detailed search for search keywords is possible. However, there was a drawback that it was difficult to specify the site and information genre of the site. For example, when searching for a restaurant in Tsukuba, when searching with two keywords of Tsukuba and restaurant, there are cases in which pages in the country with descriptions of Tsukuba and restaurant are searched and not necessarily restaurant information of Tsukuba.

By the way, in the case of the directory type (registration type) search engine system and the robot type (full text search type) search engine that are currently used, the site or page is searched from the database in response to the search genre input or the search keyword input. The result is displayed as a text list.
However, in such a text list display of search results, it is not possible to specify the transmission location of the website.
Further, the weighted evaluation of the search results of the conventional search engine system is displayed in the order in the text list display so that the display order is fast when the probability of the search result is high.
However, in these methods, since it is not possible to perform weighted evaluation of search results based on a visual image, the probability and importance of search results cannot be grasped instantaneously.
Further, the information to be searched cannot grasp the distance from the position of the search result or the position of the searcher to the search result.

That is, in a conventional search engine system, when searching for area-specific information or specific genre information accurately and in detail, a directory type (registration type) search engine system or a robot type (full text search type) search engine is used. It was necessary to search many times by using or refining keywords or changing keywords. In some cases, the refinement keyword does not match and the target information cannot be searched.
Moreover, when confirming the transmission place of a website, there is a problem that the site or page must be actually browsed to check the address of the caller and a map of traffic guidance.

Therefore, in the present invention, the directory type (registration type) search engine system and the robot type (full text search type) search engine are integrated to provide a search engine system linked with GIS, thereby solving the above-mentioned conventional problems. Objective.

Furthermore, it is possible to display an image of the search result website transmission position on the GIS map display screen, and to display the search probability or site importance as the weight of the search result on the map display screen. Enabling search by narrowing the search results of the website by the distance range condition from the searcher, displaying the distance from the search reference point of the searcher to the search result, on the map display screen The purpose is to enable a search by specifying a boundary range.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention
A map information system-linked search engine server system in which a plurality of websites and a plurality of terminals existing on a communication network are connected to a search engine server via a communication network,
The plurality of websites are websites transmitted innumerably on a communication network,
The plurality of terminals include a registrant terminal that registers information in the search engine server via a communication network and a searcher terminal that searches for information registered in the search engine server,
The search engine server is
A web display processing unit for processing web information input from the registrant terminal on the communication network and web information output to the searcher terminal;
A map information system unit comprising a map search input unit, a map search processing unit, a map database, and a position image processing unit, and enabling map search processing, specification of a transmission position of the website and image display of the transmission position;
An information registration unit for obtaining the map coordinate data of the website transmission position and registering the address and category of the website;
A category processing unit having a classification system for category of the website, and processing category classification display, category selection signal input, and data conversion of the category selection signal;
A category database which is a database of the website address, the map coordinate data of the website transmission position, and the category selection signal;
A search engine robot is activated for a website existing on a communication network corresponding to the website address registered from the information registration unit,
A web data collection processing unit for performing web data collection processing;
A phrase analysis unit that performs phrase analysis of the web data collected by the web data collection processing unit, a weight processing unit that performs weight processing of the web data that has been subjected to phrase analysis,
A web database in which web data obtained by performing word analysis and weight processing on the web data is stored;
A search processing unit for performing input / output processing of a search signal from the searcher terminal to the web database and the category database;
A keyword search unit that performs search processing and data addition processing to the web database, and a search result weight calculation processing unit that aggregates weights in pages searched from the web database unit;
Data processed by the search result weight calculation processing unit is synchronized with the category database,
Address / coordinate axis synchronization processing unit for synchronously processing a plurality of website addresses as the plurality of search results and a plurality of position coordinates on a map as a transmission position of the website; search processing and data addition processing for the category database There is provided a map information system-linked search engine server system comprising a category search unit that performs a distance calculation processing unit that performs a distance calculation process between a plurality of position coordinates on a map that is a transmission position of the website .

The search input unit of the map information system unit is
Information for specifying on the map the transmission location of the website to be registered in the search engine server from the registrant terminal is input via the web display processing unit,
Send the input signal to the map search processing unit,
The map search processing unit searches the map database for a place where the website is transmitted,
The transmission location of the website is displayed as a map on the registrant terminal via the web display processing unit, and the transmission location of the website is designated as a map point on the map-displayed map from the registrant terminal. To obtain the map coordinate data of the transmission position of the website,
The map coordinate data is transmitted to the information registration unit via the web display processing unit,
The web display processing unit activates a registration format screen of website address input and category input simultaneously with receiving a map point designation signal of the transmission position of the website from the registrant terminal,
The information registration unit performs registration processing of the website address data, category data, and the map coordinate data to be registered input to the registration format screen from the registrant terminal in the category database,
Simultaneously with the registration process to the category database, the website address is transmitted to the web data collection processing unit,
The web data collection processing unit is characterized by starting a search engine robot for the website address and collecting information on the website existing on a communication network.

The category website search from the searcher terminal to the category database displays a category search screen from the web display processing unit to the searcher terminal via a communication network,
A category search input signal from the searcher terminal to the category search screen,
The web display processing unit sends the search processing unit and the category search unit sequentially to the category database,
Website search result list data from the category database, through the distance calculation processing unit,
Send from the search processing unit to the web display processing unit,
At the same time, the coordinate data and website address data of the website search result obtained from the category database, sequentially from the category search section through the distance calculation processing section,
Transmitted to the position image processing unit of the map information system unit,
In the position image processing unit, the transmission position of the website is displayed as a map point image,
Send the image display processed data to the map search processing unit,
The map search processing unit performs map search processing,
Send the map search processed data to the web display processing unit,
The web display processing unit performs web display processing on the same web screen for the map search processed data and the website search result list data,
It is possible to simultaneously display a map screen displaying the website search result list data and a transmission position of the website on the searcher terminal.

Web data search from the searcher terminal to the web database is performed by displaying a keyword search input screen from the web display processing unit on the searcher terminal via a communication network, and inputting a keyword search to the keyword search input screen. A signal is transmitted from the searcher terminal to the web database via the web display processing unit, the search processing unit, and the keyword search unit in order,
The search result of web data from the web database is transmitted from the keyword search unit to the search result weight calculation processing unit,
The search result weight calculation processing unit aggregates the weights in the search result page of the web data,
Sending the weight-calculated web data to the address / coordinate axis synchronization processing unit;
In the address / coordinate axis synchronization processing unit, the website address and map coordinate data corresponding to the web data are acquired from the category database, and the category search is performed on the web data information to which the website address and the map coordinate data are added. To the distance calculation processing unit via the unit,
Web data provided with distance information in the distance calculation processing unit, as website search result list data is transmitted to the web display processing unit via the search processing unit,
At the same time, the web data subjected to the distance calculation processing is transmitted to the position image processing unit,
The position image processing unit simultaneously performs image display processing of map point image display processing of the transmission position of the website and weight image display processing according to weight evaluation of the web data subjected to weight calculation processing,
Transmitting the image display processed signal to the map search processing unit;
Map search processing is performed in the map search processing unit, the map search processing data is transmitted to the web display processing unit,
The web display processing unit performs synchronous web display processing of the map search processing data and the search result list data of the website,
It is possible to simultaneously display a search result list data of the website, a map screen displaying a transmission position of the website and a weight image on the searcher terminal.

In the category search from the searcher terminal,
Enter the search data of the category search on the search input screen displayed on the web display unit of the searcher terminal,
At the same time, the map coordinate data of the center point on the map display screen displayed on the search input screen is acquired as the search reference point coordinate data,
It is possible to add search reference point coordinate data of the center point on the map display screen to the input data of the category search,
Transmitting the category search input data to which the search reference point coordinate data is added to the category search unit;
The category search unit is capable of adding search reference point coordinate data to search result data of a website searched from the category database via the category processing unit. 4. The map information system linked search engine server system according to any one of 4 above.

In the keyword search from the searcher terminal to the web database,
Enter the search data for the keyword search on the search input screen displayed on the web display section of the searcher terminal,
At the same time, the map coordinate data of the center point on the map display screen displayed on the search input screen is acquired as the search reference point coordinate data,
It is possible to add the search reference point coordinate data of the center point on the map display screen to the input data of the keyword search,
Transmitting the keyword search input data to which the search reference point coordinate data is added to the keyword search unit;
The keyword search unit may add the search reference point coordinate data to search result data of a website searched from the web database.

The position image processing unit
The distance calculation processing unit converts the website search result data of the category search to which the site position coordinate data is added or the web page search result data of the web database to which the site position coordinate data is added by the address / coordinate axis synchronization processing unit. Received via
The transmission point image can be displayed at the map coordinate point of the transmission position of the website search result data of the category search or the web page search result data of the web database.

The position image processing unit
In the weight calculation processing data from the search result weight calculation processing unit that performs weight calculation processing on the search result of the web database, the coordinate data of the transmission position is obtained by synchronization processing with the category database in the address / coordinate axis synchronization processing unit. The added search result data
Received from the address / coordinate axis synchronization processing unit via the distance calculation processing unit,
It is possible to display an image of a weight evaluation image corresponding to the weight calculation processing data at a map point corresponding to the map coordinates of the web data transmission position.

The distance calculation processing unit
In the category search from the searcher terminal or the keyword search to the web database from the searcher terminal,
The distance condition of the search range of the website based on the map coordinate data of the search reference point position acquired simultaneously when the search data is input and the search reference point position input from the web screen on which the map screen is displayed Search range distance data that is
It is possible to calculate the distance between the coordinates of the keyword search web data received from the address / coordinate axis synchronization processing unit or the category search data to which the coordinate data of the category search is added.

The distance calculation processing unit
In the category search from the searcher terminal or the keyword search to the web database from the searcher terminal,
The keyword search web data or the category search coordinates to which the map coordinate data of the search reference point position acquired simultaneously with the input of the search data and the coordinate data of the transmission position received from the address / coordinate axis synchronization processing unit are added. The distance between the coordinates of the category search data to which the data is added and the transmission position coordinate data is calculated,
The distance calculation processing data is transmitted from the search processing unit to the searcher terminal via the web display processing unit,
A web display process for displaying a list of website search results in order of short distance on the searcher terminal is enabled.

The distance calculation processing unit
In the category search from the searcher terminal or the keyword search to the web database from the searcher terminal,
The keyword search web data or the category search coordinate data to which the map coordinate data of the search reference point position acquired when the search data is input and the coordinate data of the transmission position received from the address / coordinate axis synchronization processing unit are added. The distance between the coordinates of the category search data to which the is added and the origin position coordinate data is calculated,
The distance calculation processing data is transmitted from the search processing unit to the searcher terminal via the web display processing unit, and the search result web from the search reference point position is displayed in the display item of the website search result list display. It is possible to perform web display processing for displaying numerically the distance to the site position.

The distance calculation processing unit
In the category search from the searcher terminal or the keyword search to the web database from the searcher terminal,
The distance condition of the search range of the website based on the map coordinate data of the search reference point position acquired simultaneously when the search data is input and the search reference point position input from the web screen on which the map screen is displayed Search range distance data that is
Calculating the distance between coordinates of the keyword search web data to which the coordinate data of the transmission position received from the address / coordinate axis synchronization processing unit is added or the category search data to which the coordinate data of the category search is added;
Output search data that meets the conditions of the distance range from the search reference point position,
The search data is transmitted from the search processing unit to the searcher terminal via the web display processing unit, and the search result terminal displays a list of website search results in the short distance order that matches the search distance range condition on the searcher terminal. It is possible to make it possible.

The search engine server system includes a boundary line determination processing unit,
On the map display screen of the search screen displayed on the web display unit of the searcher terminal,
By specifying a specific range with the mouse,
Acquire specific range specified map boundary coordinate data,
Add the specific range designation map boundary coordinate data to the search data input for the search to the web database or the category database, and send to the keyword search unit or the category search unit,
In the keyword search unit or the category search unit,
The specific range designation map boundary line coordinate data is added to the search result from the web database or the category database,
Transmitted to the boundary determination processing unit,
With the specific range designation map boundary coordinate data as a condition, a search result of web data existing in the boundary coordinate data range is output,
It is possible to display a list on the searcher terminal via the search processing unit and the web display processing unit sequentially.

The search engine server system includes the boundary line determination processing unit and a region name boundary line database,
On the search screen where the map screen is displayed on the web display unit of the searcher terminal, the region name data is added to the search input data to the web database unit or the category database by selecting and specifying the region name, Send to the keyword search unit or category search unit,
In the keyword search unit or the category search unit,
Add the region name data to the search result data from the web database part or the category database,
Transmitted to the boundary determination processing unit,
In the boundary line determination processing unit, map boundary line data corresponding to the area name data is output from the boundary line database,
Using the region name boundary line coordinate data as a condition, a search result existing within the region name boundary line coordinate data range is output,
It is possible to display a list on the searcher terminal via the search processing unit and the web display processing unit sequentially.

The specific range designation map boundary line coordinate data and the region name boundary line coordinate data are transmitted from the boundary line determination processing unit to the position image processing unit via the distance calculation processing unit,
The position image processing unit can perform a semi-transparent color layer display processing on the map range of the specific range designation map boundary coordinate data and the region name boundary coordinate data,
It is possible to display a map on the web screen of the searcher terminal via the map search processing unit and the web display processing unit sequentially.

The map information system-linked search engine server system according to the present invention configured as described above has the following effects.
(1) By using a search engine system that combines a directory-type (registration-type) search engine system and a robot-type (full-text search-type) search engine, the robot engine is operated on a limited website in advance. It becomes possible to construct a database of detailed information in the information area, and a search engine user can efficiently search for target information.

(2) By linking the search engine system and the map information system, the coordinates of the transmission position of the website searched by the search engine are displayed on the map screen, and the probability of the search result is an evaluation image. And the search location list and the search result list are displayed on the same web screen, making it possible to visually grasp the location and search probability. More detailed information retrieval is possible for the engine user.

(3) By making the system that allows the searcher's search reference point position to be registered in advance in the search engine system linked to the map information system, the distance from the search reference point position can be displayed in the search result list. In addition, by making it possible to input a search range distance condition from the search reference point position, it is possible to search for information within the search range distance, and more detailed information search is possible for the search engine user.

(4) By specifying a specific range from the map display screen on the search screen displayed on the searcher's web screen, the boundary line of the search range on the map display screen is specified, and the web in the boundary coordinate data Search is possible, and the search engine user can search for detailed information on limited regions by visual recognition on the map.

The best mode for carrying out a map information system linked search engine server system according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings based on the embodiments.

(Constitution)
A map information system linked search engine server system according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a map information system linked search engine server system according to the present invention. A map information system linked search engine server system according to the present invention includes a plurality of searcher terminals 2, a plurality of registrant terminals 3, a search engine server 4, and a web via the Internet (or other communication line). Site 5 is connected and configured.

The map information system-linked search engine server system according to the present invention is, as an overview, a map search of a transmission place of the website 5 from the registrant terminal 3 via the Internet 1 from the map information system unit 11 of the search engine server 4. Enable
The transmission position of the website 5 is specified from the retrieved map display screen, and the position coordinate data of the website 5, the category and address of the website 5 are registered in the category database 15 from the information registration section 13 via the web display processing section 6. And
Also, the website address registered in the web data collection processing unit 16 is transmitted from the information registration unit 13, the robot search engine is activated, and the web data of the website 5 of the registered address actually existing on the communication network. Are collected and analyzed by the phrase analysis unit 17, weighted by the weight processing unit 18, and registered in the web database 19,
When performing a category search from the searcher terminal 2 to the category database 15, a search signal, search reference point coordinate data, and search range distance data are transmitted from the searcher terminal 2 to the category search unit 23. Search data to which the coordinate data of the site transmission position is added is output, the distance calculation processing unit 26 performs distance calculation processing between each coordinate data, and the web display processing unit 6 can display a list of distance calculation processed search results. age,
When a keyword search is performed from the searcher terminal 2 to the web database 19,
A search signal, search reference point coordinate data, and search range distance data are transmitted from the searcher terminal 2 to the keyword search unit 20, and search data from the web database 19 is transmitted from the keyword search unit 20 to the search result weight calculation processing unit 21. Then, the search data subjected to the weight calculation process on the search result is synchronized with the category database 15 by the address / coordinate axis synchronization processing unit 22, and the site transmission position coordinate data is added to the search result subjected to the weight calculation process, and the distance calculation process is performed. The unit 26 can calculate the distance between the coordinate data, and the web display processing unit 6 can display the list subjected to the distance calculation process in the search result.
Further, the category search result data and the keyword search data are transmitted to the position image processing unit 10 of the map information system unit 11 via the distance calculation processing unit 26, and the position image processing unit 10 images the transmission position on the map display screen. Image display processing of weight evaluation of weight calculation processing data subjected to weight calculation processing by the display processing and search result weight calculation processing unit 21 is performed, and the transmission position and search probability of the website are evaluated on the map display screen of the searcher terminal 2 This is a search engine server system that is linked to a map information system that enables map display of images.

The scope of communication network search data to which the present invention can be applied includes not only search engines at the national level, search engines limited to regions such as prefectures and municipalities, and search engines targeting specific business categories, but also corporate groups and companies. It can be used as a search system on the intranet. In addition, map data includes not only image data and numerical data geographic data, but also a building position map and a composition in the building. As the map database, it is conceivable to use not only a database in the search engine server system but also a map database provided by a public institution such as a private map trader or the Geographical Survey Institute via the Internet.
In the first embodiment, a local portal site at a municipal level will be described as an example of a search engine server system. Hereinafter, the structure of each apparatus constituting the map information system-linked search engine server system according to the present invention will be described.

Terminal:
Each of the registrant terminal 3 and the searcher terminal 2 uses a normal personal computer, and includes an input unit, an output unit, a CPU, a storage unit, a display unit (liquid crystal display device, CRT, etc.), an input device (mouse, keyboard, pen, Touch panel, etc.), output equipment (printer, etc.) and the like.

The terminal is usually considered a personal computer, but is not necessarily a personal computer, and may be a mobile phone, an IP phone, or an Internet home appliance connected to a communication network.

The registrant terminal 3 inputs a signal for searching a map of a place where the website is registered to the map search input unit 7 via the web display processing unit 6 to the map information system unit 11 of the search engine server 4. Making it possible,
In addition, when registering a point specified by a map search as a transmission position of a website, it is possible to acquire coordinate information of the point,
In addition, it is possible to register the website address and category to be registered in the registration format of the website displayed at the same time as specifying the position,
As a result, the category database 15 and the web database 19 can be constructed.

  The registrant terminal 3 is generally considered as an administrator terminal of the search engine server, but is not necessarily an administrator of the search engine server. The registrant terminal 3 is not necessarily an administrator of the search engine server. It may be the terminal of 5 site recommenders.

Search engine server:
As shown in FIG. 1, the search engine server 4 includes a web display processing unit 6,
Map information system unit 11, search processing unit 12, information registration unit 13, category processing unit 14, category database 15, web data collection processing unit 16, phrase analysis unit 17, weight processing unit 18, web database 19, keyword search unit 20 A search result weight calculation processing unit 21, an address / coordinate axis synchronization processing unit 22, a category search unit 23, a boundary line determination processing unit 24, a boundary line database 25, a distance calculation processing unit 26, and the like.

  Among these, the web display processing unit 6 is connected to the registrant terminal 3 and the searcher terminal 2 via the Internet 1 as shown in FIG. The web data collection processing unit 16 is connected to the website 5 via the Internet 1 as shown in FIG.

The web display processing unit 6 includes a map search input unit 7 from the registrant terminal 3 and the searcher terminal 2, a search processing unit 12, information input on the web to the information registration unit 13, a map search processing unit 8, and a search processing unit 12. The information output on the web to the registrant terminal 3 and the searcher terminal 2 is processed.

  The map information system unit 11 includes a map search input unit 7, a map search processing unit 8, a map database 9, and a position image processing unit 10 as shown in FIG. The map data is sent from the terminal 3 to the map search input unit 7, and the map data from the map database 9 is searched by the map search processing unit 8, and can be displayed on the registrant terminal 3 via the web display processing unit 6.

FIG. 2 is a diagram of the search input and drawing display screen of the map information system unit 11. The position search keyword input 100a allows the map screen to be searched by a keyword, and the place name / address selection input 100b is a place name displayed in advance. The map screen can be searched by selecting the address or the address, and the map search result is displayed on the registrant terminal 3 like the map display screen 102.

Further, the map information system unit 11 sends the coordinates of the transmission position to the address coordinate synchronization data that is the keyword search result from the web database 19 from the distance calculation processing unit 26 in FIG. 1 or the address that is the category search result from the category database 15. The search result data to which the data is added is received by the position image processing unit 10, the image transmission position and weight evaluation of the website are subjected to image processing, the map search processing unit 8 performs map search processing, and the web display processing unit 6 is passed through. It is possible to display on the searcher terminal 2.

In addition, the position image processing unit 10 is used when inputting search data for category search or data for keyword search on the search input screen displayed on the web display unit of the searcher terminal 2.
The map coordinate data of the center point on the map display screen 102 displayed on the search input screen is acquired as the search reference point coordinate data simultaneously with the search data input signal,
The search reference point coordinate data is added to the category search input data or the keyword search input data and transmitted to the category search unit 23 or the keyword search unit 20, and the category search unit 23 is added to the search result from the category database 15 or the web database 19. Alternatively, the search reference point coordinate data is added by the keyword search unit 20, and the search reference point coordinate data is sent from the distance calculation processing unit 26 to the position image processing unit 10 together with the category search result data or the keyword search result data.
The search reference point coordinate data is subjected to image processing, and the search reference point coordinate data can be displayed at the center on the map display screen displayed on the searcher terminal 2.

Further, the position image processing unit 10 performs a specific range designation map boundary line search for designating a specific range on the map with a mouse on the search screen on which the map display screen 102 is displayed on the web display unit of the searcher terminal 2. By selecting and specifying the region name, the boundary line range coordinate data of the region name range boundary line search corresponding to the region name data is received from the boundary line determination processing unit 24 via the distance calculation processing unit 26. The specific range designation map boundary line coordinate data or the region name boundary line coordinate data on the map can be displayed in a semi-transparent color layer, and the map search processing unit 8 and the web display processing unit 6 It has a function that makes it possible to display a map on the web screen of the searcher terminal via a sequential route.

The image processing processed by the position image processing unit 10 of the map information system unit 11 may be either image data or numerical data processing method.

In the first embodiment, the map information system unit 11 is built in the search engine server, but is not necessarily assumed to be in the search engine server. The map information system unit 11 is a GIS prepared separately on the Internet or an intranet. The map database 9 of the map information system unit 11 may be a map database of a private company that provides services from the Internet. Or a map database provided by the Geographical Survey Institute.

The information registration unit 13 receives from the registrant terminal 3 coordinate data, a web address, and a category input signal obtained by designating the transmission position of the website on the map display screen 102 displayed on the registrant terminal 3. It has a function of registering in the category database 15 via the category processing unit 14 and simultaneously transmitting web address data to the web data collection processing unit 16.

Here, 102X on the map display screen 102 in FIG. 2 is a site registration point. When the site registration button 101 is pressed after the position is designated or the point 102X is clicked, the coordinate data of the site transmission position is acquired, and at the same time, FIG. Thus, a registration format having a category selection 103, an address input 104, a title input 104a, and an introduction sentence input 104b is activated, and information registration in the information registration unit 13 becomes possible.

The web data collection processing unit 16 receives the web address data from the information registration unit 13, activates a search engine robot for the website 5 existing on the Internet 1 corresponding to the address, and page data such as HTML of the website 5. And collect its URL. In addition, when the collected HTML includes a hyperlink of a URL to a lower directory in the site, it further has a function of recursively repeating the operation of collecting data from the URL.

The phrase analysis unit 17 receives the page data and URL of the website 5 collected and processed by the web data collection processing unit 16 and collects the collected page data of the website as a pre-process in order to clarify the break for each word. For each word using an electronic dictionary file registered in advance for word determination, and has a function of creating an index of words such as numbers → alphabet → alphabetical order for efficient search.

Note that the word “decompose into words” means “Tsukuba”, “No”, “Agriculture”, “To”, “ It means decomposing like “Bio” and “Research”.

The weight processing unit 18 receives the data processed by the phrase analysis unit 17 and performs weighting processing of words corresponding to the HTML tags defined in advance according to the HTML tag of the portion where the word appears, etc. 19 has a function of enabling processing data to be transmitted.

Here, the word weighting process is, for example, when <TITLE>: tag is 15 points and <TITLE>: the title described in the tag is “Tsukuba University”, the weight of “Tsukuba University” If the <H1> tag is 8 points and the “Bio” character is specified by the <H1> tag, the weight of “Bio” means 8 points. .

Thereby, the web database 19 is a web database 19 in which the page data of the website 5 collected and processed by the web data collection processing unit 16 is added with the page data subjected to the phrase analysis and the weighting process and the URL for each page data. Construction is possible.

The web database 19 stores data for each web page of the registered site, such that when the registered site consists of 20 pages, the search information database stores information for 20 pages. It is a database constructed in a programming language that can be searched and displayed on the Web via the Internet 1.

The keyword search unit 20 performs input / output processing of keyword search data from the searcher terminal 2 to the web database 19 and web display of the searcher terminal 2 added to the keyword input data on the search registration screen of the searcher terminal 2 The search reference point position data of the searcher which is the coordinates of the center point on the map display screen displayed on the screen is received, and the search reference point position data is added to the search result of the web data from the web database 19. It has a function that makes it possible.

The search result weight calculation processing unit 21 receives a keyword search search result input from the searcher terminal 2 via the web display processing unit 6 into the web database 19 from the keyword search unit 20, and It has a function of calculating the weight of each keyword for each page.

As a result, the weights of the searched pages are aggregated, and the search probability and importance of the pages can be evaluated and calculated. The searcher terminal from the search result weight calculation processing unit 21 via the search processing unit 12 It is possible to display a list of search pages in the order of probability of search results on the second web display screen.

FIG. 5 is a web screen image of the search result list display 107 in which the keyword 106 is input to the web database 19 from the searcher terminal 2 and the search results are displayed on the searcher terminal 2 in the order of probability.

The search result weight calculation processing unit 21 adds the weights of a plurality of search pages in the registered site address, calculates the weight of the entire site address, and sends the search processing unit 12 from the search result weight calculation processing unit 21 to the search result weight calculation processing unit 21. The searcher terminal 2 has a function of enabling a search site list display in the order of the probability of the search results.

The address / coordinate synchronization processing unit 22 receives the search page data subjected to the weight calculation processing by the search result weight calculation processing unit 21, and the registered site address corresponding to the address of the search page and the address of the search page of the category database 15. By synchronizing the coordinate data with the coordinate data, the search page data subjected to the weight calculation process can be added with the coordinate data of the transmission position of the site.

Thereby, it becomes possible to synchronously add the map coordinate data of the transmission position to the keyword search page data from the web database 19,
The position image processing unit 10 of the map information system unit 11 can perform map display image processing of the position image display and search probability image of the transmission position, and can be viewed from the map display screen 102 of the searcher terminal 2. Become.

Here, FIG. 5 shows a search result list 107 of keyword search page data subjected to weight calculation processing from the web database 19, a page transmission position image of the search result, and a search probability image subjected to weight processing (102Aa of the map display screen 102). , 102Bb, 102Cc) are displayed on the searcher terminal 2 on the Web.

Although the weight probability image of the search result in FIG. 5 is expressed by the size of the image, it may be expressed by a difference in hue of the image, a numerical display of the image, or a frequency display such as a graph.

The category search unit 23 performs input / output processing of category search data from the searcher terminal 2 to the category database 15 and web display of the searcher terminal 2 added to the category input data on the search registration screen of the searcher terminal 2. The search reference point position data 108X of the searcher that is the center point coordinate on the map display screen 102 displayed on the screen is received, and the search reference point position data is added to the search result of the web data from the category database 15. It has a function that enables processing.

The category search unit 23 also receives web data of keyword search results from the searcher terminal 2 to the web database 19 via the search result weight calculation processing unit 21 and the address / coordinate axis synchronization processing unit 22 in order, The user terminal 2 has a function of narrowing down a keyword search result in the web database 19 by category search by inputting a category into the category search input 105 on the search registration screen of the user terminal 2.

Here, FIG. 4 shows the category site search list 107 inputted by category search in the category database 15 and the site transmission position image (102A, 102B, 102C of the map display screen 102) of the search result on the searcher terminal 2 on the Web display. FIG.

The boundary line determination processing unit 24 is a specific range designation map boundary line coordinate data acquired by designating a specific range with a mouse on the map display screen 102 of the search screen displayed on the web display unit of the searcher terminal 2. The
The keyword search unit 20 or the category search unit 23 receives the search result data in which the specific range designation map boundary line coordinate data is added to the search result data from the web database 19 or the category database 15,
With the specific range designation map boundary line coordinate data as a condition, it has a function of enabling a narrow search that outputs a web data search result from the web database 19 or the category database 15 existing in the boundary line coordinate data range.

In addition, the boundary line determination processing unit 24
On the search screen where the map screen is displayed on the web display unit of the searcher terminal 2, the region name data is added to the search input data to the web database 19 or the category database 15 by selecting and specifying the region name, The keyword search unit 20 or the category search unit 23 receives the search result data in which the region name data is added to the search result data from the web database unit 19 or the category database 15;
The map boundary line data corresponding to the area name data is output from the boundary line database 25,
It has a function that enables a refined search to output a search result existing in the area name boundary line coordinate data range on condition of the area name boundary line coordinate data.

Here, the area name boundary line coordinate data in the boundary line database 25 is a boundary line database in which the boundary line data is constructed in advance according to the area name such as the prefecture name, the municipality name, and the character name.

The distance calculation processing unit 26
In the category search from the searcher terminal 2 to the category database 15 or the keyword search to the web database 19,
Search entered from the web screen on which the map coordinate data and the map screen of the search reference point position 108X, which is the central point of the map screen acquired simultaneously with the input of the search data from the web display screen of the searcher terminal 2, are displayed. Search range distance data, which is a distance condition of the search range of the website with reference to the reference point position 108X,
It has a function that makes it possible to calculate the distance between coordinates of search data from the category database to which the keyword search web data received from the address / coordinate axis synchronization processing unit 22 or the coordinate data of category search is added.

Here, the point 108X on the map display screen 102 in FIG. 6 is a search reference point position registered by the searcher, by operating the search reference point position moving operation button 108 or clicking a target point on the map screen. The center point of the map display screen 102 can be moved to change the search reference point position.

The distance calculation processing unit 26 performs a category search from the searcher terminal 2 to the category database 15 or a keyword search from the searcher terminal 2 to the web database 19.
The keyword search web data or the category search coordinate data to which the map coordinate data of the search reference point position 108X acquired simultaneously with the input of the search data and the coordinate data of the transmission position received from the address / coordinate axis synchronization processing unit 22 are added. Calculate the distance between the coordinates of the added category search data and the sending position coordinate data,
Distance calculation processing data is transmitted from the search processing unit 12 to the searcher terminal 2 via the web display processing unit 6, and a web display process for displaying a list of website search results in near distance order on the searcher terminal 2 is possible. It has the function.

The distance calculation processing unit 26 performs a category search from the searcher terminal 2 to the category database 15 or a keyword search from the searcher terminal 2 to the web database 19.
Keyword search web data or category search coordinate data to which the map coordinate data of the search reference point position 108X acquired when the search data is input and the coordinate data of the transmission position received from the address / coordinate axis synchronization processing unit 22 are added. The distance between the coordinates of the transmitted category search data and the transmission position coordinate data is calculated,
The distance calculation processing data is transmitted from the search processing unit 12 to the searcher terminal 2 via the web display processing unit 6, and the position of the search result website from the search reference point position 108 </ b> X as a display item of the website search result list display Web display processing for displaying the distance up to a numerical value is enabled.

Accordingly, the search reference point is added to the page data of the keyword search result or the site data of the category search result displayed in a list on the searcher terminal 2 via the search processing unit 12 and the web display processing unit 6 sequentially from the distance calculation processing unit 26. The distance between points from the position to the search result data can be displayed numerically as in the search result list (107C ′, 107B ′, 107A ′) of FIG.

In addition, the distance calculation processing unit 26 performs a category search from the searcher terminal 2 or a keyword search from the searcher terminal 2 to the web database 19.
With the distance condition of the search range of the website based on the map coordinate data of the search reference point position 108X acquired simultaneously when the search data is input and the search reference point position 108X input from the web screen on which the map screen is displayed. Some search range distance data,
Calculating the distance between the coordinates of the keyword search web data to which the coordinate data of the transmission position received from the address / coordinate axis synchronization processing unit 22 is added or the category search data to which the coordinate data of the category search is added;
The search data corresponding to the condition of the distance range from the search reference point position 108X is output,
Search data is transmitted from the search processing unit 12 to the searcher terminal 2 via the web display processing unit 6,
The searcher terminal 2 can display a list of website search results in order of short distance that matches the conditions of the search distance range.

As a result, it becomes possible to narrow down the keyword search page data or category search site data based on the search range distance data based on the search reference point position of the searcher determined at the time of search,
The search result list 107 (FIG. 7) displays a list of search results that match the search range distance data conditions from the distance calculation processing unit 26 to the searcher terminal 2 via the search processing unit 12 and the web display processing unit 6 in order. 107C ′, 107B ′).

(Function)
In order to further clarify the configuration of the map information system linked search engine server system (hereinafter simply referred to as “search engine server system”) according to the present invention, refer to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 1 to 7 and FIGS. The operation of the present invention will be described.
Category and web database construction:
The construction of the category database 15 and the web database 19 by registering data from the registrant terminal 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3 and FIGS.
(B) The registrant of the registrant terminal 3 (hereinafter simply referred to as “registrant”) starts the registrant terminal 3 and starts a work by displaying a Web display section (hereinafter referred to as a Web browser) on the display section. To do.

(B) As shown in FIG. 2, the registrant's Web browser has the functions of a location search keyword input 100a, a place name / address selection input 100b, a site transmission location registration button 101, and a map display screen 102. The input unit 7 is a function of a position search keyword input 100a and a place name / address selection input 100b. The site 7 to be registered is searched for a map by inputting a keyword such as a place name into the position search keyword input 100a, or a place name / address Search and input a map of the place to be registered by selecting a place name or address displayed in advance by the address selection input 100b,
The input signal is transmitted from the map search input unit 7 of FIG. 1 to the map search processing unit 8, performs map search processing of the map data of the target location from the data of the map database 9, and passes through the web display processing unit 6. Then, the map display screen 102 of the place to be registered in the registrant's Web browser is displayed.

The registrant may be either an administrator of the search engine server system, an operation manager of a plurality of websites existing on the communication network, or a recommender of a plurality of websites existing on the communication network.

(C) The transmission position of the website registered by the registrant is specified by clicking the mouse on the map display screen 102 as indicated by 102X in FIG. 2, and the transmission position is determined simultaneously with the mouse click, and the map coordinates of the transmission position Data is acquired.

(D) The website registration screen shown in FIG. 3 is activated simultaneously with the mouse click position designation, or the website registration screen is activated by clicking the site position registration button 101 shown in FIG. 2, and the category selection 103 shown in FIG. Select the category of the site to be registered with, enter the URL of the site to be registered with the address input 104, enter the title of the site to be registered with the title input 104a, and enter the introduction of the site to be registered with the introductory text input 104b. The map coordinate data acquired by specifying the signal input by the registrant and the transmission position is transmitted from the registrant terminal 3 in FIG. 1 to the information registration unit 13 via the web display processing unit 6.

(E) The map coordinate data acquired by designating the signal input by the registrant transmitted to the information registration unit 13 and the transmission position is sent to the category processing unit 14 and the category data among the signals input by the registrant is The data registered by the registrant with the category signal subjected to the numerical conversion process and (categorized) and the map coordinate data acquired by specifying the transmission position are stored in the category database unit 15, and (g) the category database is constructed. Is completed.

(H) Among the signals entered by the registrant from the registration screen of FIG. 3, the URL of the website is transmitted from the information registration unit 13 to the web data collection processing unit 16, and the web data collection processing unit 16 starts the robot search engine. Then, the page data such as HTML of the website 5 existing on the Internet 1 and its URL are collected and processed, and if the collected HTML contains a hyperlink, the operation of further collecting data from the URL is recursively performed. Repeat the collection process.

(I) Phrase analysis is performed as preprocessing in order to receive the page data and URL of the website 5 collected and processed by the web data collection processing unit 16 at the phrase analysis unit 17 and to clarify the breaks for each word. The page data of the website is decomposed for each word using a pre-registered electronic dictionary file for word determination, and an index of words such as numbers → alphabets → 50 sounds in order is made for efficient search. Process to create.

For example, if there is a sentence “Tsukuba agriculture and biotechnology research” in the page data of the collected website, “Tsukuba”, “No”, “Agriculture”, “To” , “Bio”, “Research”, and so on.

(N) The weighting process receives the page data and URL of the website 5 from the web data collection processing unit 16 subjected to the phrase analysis by the phrase analysis unit 17 by the weight processing unit 18, and an HTML tag or the like of the part where the word appears In response to this, the weighting processing of words corresponding to the predefined HTML tags or the like is performed, and the processing data is transmitted to the web database 19.

Here, the word weighting process is, for example, when <TITLE>: tag is 15 points and <TITLE>: the title described in the tag is “Tsukuba University”, the weight of “Tsukuba University” If the <H1> tag is 8 points and the “Bio” character is specified by the <H1> tag, the weight of “Bio” means 8 points. .

(Le) Web database storage is performed as a web database in which page data of the website 5 collected by the web data collection processing unit 16 is subjected to word analysis and weight processing, and a URL for each page data is added. The database 19 is constructed, and (o) web database construction is completed.

The web database 19 stores data for each web page of the registered site so that when the registered site consists of 20 pages, the information for 20 pages is stored in the search information database. It is a database that is stored in a programming language that can be searched and displayed on the Web via the Internet.

Category search process:
A process for searching a category of a website from the searcher terminal 2 via the Internet 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 4, and 9.
(A) In the category database 15 of FIG. 1, categories, URLs, titles, and introductions of a plurality of websites registered from the registrant terminal 3 are registered. When searching the target website from the category database 15, the operation is started with the search screen shown in FIG. 4 displayed on the web display unit of the searcher terminal.

(B) The searcher inputs the category search by directly inputting the category name into the category search input 105 of the search screen or selecting it from the category menu in FIG. 4 displayed on the web display unit of the searcher terminal 2. To do.

  (C) The category search input signal is transmitted from the searcher terminal 2 to the category database 15 via the Internet 1 via the web display processing unit 6, the category search unit 23, and the category processing unit 14 in order, It is executed.

(2) Next, URL data that matches the category search signal, title, transmission position coordinate data, and web data such as an introductory text are obtained from the category database 15 and passed through the distance calculation processing unit
A list search process is performed by the search processing unit 12, and a list of search results is displayed on the web display unit of the searcher terminal 2 via the web display processing unit 6.

(E) The search result list is displayed on the search screen of FIG. 4 by the web display unit of the searcher terminal 2 such as the first rank agricultural research institute 107A, the second rank Tsukuba University 107B, and the third rank Tsukuba agricultural product 107C. Is displayed and completed.

(F) Send the URL searched from the category database 15, the title, the transmission position coordinate data, the web data such as the introduction sentence to the distance calculation processing unit 26,
The distance calculation processing unit 26 separately outputs the URL and the transmission position coordinate data of the URL, and transmits them to the position image processing unit 10.

(G) Next, the position image processing unit 10 performs processing that enables image output to a point on the map screen that matches the URL transmission position coordinate data.

(H) The data subjected to the position image processing by the position image processing unit 10 is sent from the map search processing unit 8 via the web display processing unit 6 to the map display screen 102 of the web display unit of the searcher terminal 3 as a transmission position. A map is displayed.

(I) The map display is displayed and completed as an image like 102A, 102B, 102C of the map display screen 102 of the search screen of FIG.

  Note that 102A of the map display screen 102 of the search screen of FIG. 4 is a transmission position image of the first ranking agricultural research institute 107A of the search result list 107 in (e), and 102B is a transmission position image of the second ranking Tsukuba University 107B. Yes, 102C is the transmission position image of the third rank Tsukuba agricultural product 107C.

Keyword search process:
A process for performing keyword search for a website via the Internet 1 from the searcher terminal 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 5, and 10 (a) to (nu).
(A) In the web database 19 of FIG. 1, the URL for each page data is added to the page data obtained by performing the phrase analysis and the weighting process on the page data of the website 5 collected and processed by the web data collection processing unit 16. When the web page data is registered and the searcher searches for the target web page by keyword search from the searcher terminal 2, the search screen shown in FIG. 5 displayed on the web display unit of the searcher terminal is used. Start.

(B) A searcher inputs a character to be searched for into the keyword search input 106. In this explanation of the action, explanation will be given using an example in which the word “bio” is input.

(C) The input search keyword is transmitted from the searcher terminal 2 to the keyword search unit 20 via the web display processing unit 6 and the search processing unit 12, and the search is executed using the web database 19. Search results for web pages that match “Bio” are output.

(D) Next, the search result is transmitted to the search result weight calculation processing unit 21, and the weight of each corresponding keyword in each page, which is the search result, is summed for each page, and the weight calculation process for the entire page is performed.

(E) Search page data subjected to the weight calculation processing by the search result weight calculation processing unit 21 is transmitted to the address / coordinate axis synchronization processing unit 22, and the address / coordinate axis synchronization processing unit 22 searches the address of the search page and the category database 15. By synchronizing the site transmission position coordinate data corresponding to the address of the page, the coordinate data of the transmission position of the site is added to the search page data subjected to the weight calculation process.

(F) Next, the search page data subjected to the weight calculation processing by the search result weight calculation processing unit 21 is sequentially transmitted to the address / coordinate axis synchronization processing unit 22, the category search unit 23, and the distance calculation processing unit 26, and the search processing unit 12 and the web display processing unit 6, a search result page list in the order of search probability in the weight calculation process is displayed on the searcher terminal 2. At this time, through the category search unit 23, if the category search is selected in addition to the keyword search, a search result page list in the search probability order in which the search is narrowed down by the category is displayed.

Here, a search of the web database 19 is performed with the keyword “bio”, and “agricultural research institute”, “Tsukuba agricultural product”, and “Tsukuba University” are obtained as search results. The total weights of the keywords are calculated, and the weighting calculation results in 107 points for “Agricultural Research Institute”, 20 points for “Tsukuba Agricultural Products”, and 10 points for “Tsukuba University”. As shown in the list 107, it is displayed on the web display section of the searcher terminal 2 as shown in the first rank agricultural research institute 107Aa, the second rank Tsukuba agricultural product 107Cc, and the third rank Tsukuba University 107Bb.

  (H) The search page data obtained by adding the coordinate data of the transmission position of the site by the address / coordinate axis synchronization processing unit 22 to the search page data subjected to the weight calculation processing passes through the category search unit 23 and the distance calculation processing unit 26. The position image processing unit 10 performs map display image processing on the image display of the transmission position of the search page and the search probability image.

(I) Next, the map display image-processed data is transmitted to the map search processing unit 8, subjected to map search processing, and displayed on the web browser of the searcher terminal 2 via the web display processing unit 6.

(N) The map display is completed when the weight of the search result is displayed as a probability image like 102Aa, 102Bb, and 102Cc on the map display screen 102 of the search screen of FIG.

Here, in the example of FIG. 5, the probability image of the weight of the search result is expressed by the size of the image, but it may be expressed by the difference in the hue of the image, the numerical display of the image, or the frequency display such as a graph.

  In addition, 102Aa of the map display screen 102 of the search screen of FIG. 5 is a transmission position image of the first rank agricultural research laboratory 107Aa in the search result list 107, 102Cc is a transmission position image of the second rank Tsukuba agricultural product 107Cc, and 102Bb is It is a transmission position image of the third ranking Tsukuba University 107Bb.

  In addition, when adding a category search to the keyword search process of the present description, in (h), a process of narrowing down by the selected category in the category search unit 23 is added.

Distance display / short distance information search process:
For the process of displaying the distance and searching for the distance of the website via the Internet 1 from the searcher terminal 2, the categories in the category database 15 are shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 6, and FIG. This will be explained using search examples.
(A) In the category database 15 of FIG. 1, when searching for a target website from the category database 15 by category search from the searcher terminal 2, the searcher searches from the search reference point position registered in advance on the map by the searcher. FIG. 6 shows a search screen in which the website search results are displayed in a list in order of short distance, and the distance from the position of the searcher to the search results can be numerically displayed in the display items of the website search result list display. Start working as.

(B) The searcher performs a map search of the point where the search reference point position of the searcher is displayed from the searcher terminal 2 to the map information system unit 11, and passes through the web display processing unit 6 from the map search processing unit 8. The map display screen 102 is output and displayed on the web display unit of the searcher terminal 2.

(C) At this time, on the map display screen 102, the location indicated at the center is the search reference point position, and when executing the search, the web display processing unit 6, the search processing unit 12, and the category search unit 23 are moved from the searcher terminal 2. Then, it is sent to the distance calculation processing unit 26.

Here, when changing and adjusting the search reference point position, the search reference point position moving operation button 108 is used to operate the center point back and forth, to the left or right to change it, or to set the target point as the reference point on the map display screen 102 By clicking, the center point can be moved and the search reference point position can be registered.

(2) Next, a category input to be searched is performed from the category search input 105 in FIG. 6, and the input signal is transmitted from the searcher terminal 2 to the category search unit 23 via the web display processing unit 6 and the search processing unit 12. Is done.

(E) In the category search unit 23, the selected category information is transmitted to the category database 15 via the category processing unit 14, and the transmission position coordinate information and the website address with the matching category are transmitted to the distance calculation processing unit 26. Sent.

  (F) Here, the distance calculation processing unit 26 performs a distance calculation process between the position coordinates of the search reference point position 108X specified at the time of search and the coordinates of the website 5 as the category search result, and the search processing unit 12 and The image is transmitted to the position image processing unit 10.

  (G) The data transmitted to the search processing unit 12 is subjected to short distance order display processing and distance numerical value display processing by the search processing unit 12, and is displayed on the web display screen of the searcher terminal 2 via the web display processing unit 6. List search results.

  (H) The search result list is displayed on the search screen of FIG. 6 in the search result list 107: “1st ranking Tsukuba agricultural product distance 1 km” 107C ′, “2nd ranking Tsukuba University distance 3 km” 107B ′, “3rd ranking agricultural research institute distance The search reference point position 108X and the search site are listed in order of short distance, such as “6 km” 107A ′, and the distance from the search reference point position 108X to each search site is displayed numerically in the data item of the search data. A list is displayed on the web display section of the terminal 2 to complete.

Here, the 1st rank Tsukuba agricultural product distance 1km107C 'is the distance between the Tsukuba agricultural product sending position coordinates 102C' on the map display screen 102 and the search reference point position 108X, and the 2nd ranking Tsukuba University distance 3km107B 'is the same. This is the distance between the transmission position coordinates 102B 'of Tsukuba University and the search reference point position 108X.

(I) Separately, based on the position information data obtained in (e), the position image processing unit 10 performs processing that enables image output to a point on the map display screen 102 that is in the coordinates.

(Nu) The data subjected to the position image processing by the position image processing unit 10 is transmitted from the map search processing unit 8 via the web display processing unit 6 to the map display screen 102 of the web display unit of the searcher terminal 3 as a transmission position. A map is displayed.

(L) The map display is displayed and completed as an image like 102A ', 102B', 102C 'on the map display screen 102 of the search screen of FIG.

In the explanation of the operation of the near distance search process, the case of category search to the category database 15 has been described. However, in the keyword search to the web database 19 as well, in the web page search result list display, the searcher performs the search. A list of website search results is displayed in order of the short distance from the specified search reference point position, and the distance from the searcher's position to the search result is displayed numerically in the display item of the web page search result list display. Is possible.

Search process within specified distance range:
Category search in the category database 15 according to FIGS. 1, 7 and 12 (a) to (l) regarding the process of performing a search within a specified distance range of a website via the Internet 1 from the searcher terminal 2 This will be explained in the example.
(A) In the category database 15 of FIG. 1, when searching for a target website from the category database 15 by category search from the searcher terminal 2, search from the search reference point position designated by the searcher at the time of search is performed. The operation starts with the search screen shown in FIG. 7 that allows a list of website search results within the specified distance range to be displayed by specifying the distance range.

(B) The searcher performs a map search of the point where the search reference point position of the searcher is displayed from the searcher terminal 2 to the map information system unit 11, and passes through the web display processing unit 6 from the map search processing unit 8. The map display screen 102 is output and displayed on the Web browser of the searcher terminal 2.

(C) At this time, on the map display screen 102, the location indicated at the center is the search reference point position, and when executing the search, the web display processing unit 6, the search processing unit 12, and the category search unit 23 are moved from the searcher terminal 2. Then, it is sent to the distance calculation processing unit 26.

(2) Next, in the search range distance designation input form 109 on the search screen, the desired distance of the search range from the search reference point position of the website to be searched is input as 5 km as in the search range distance designation input form 109 of FIG. Then, the designated search distance range data is sent from the searcher terminal 2 to the distance calculation processing unit 26 via the web display processing unit 6, the search processing unit 12 and the category search unit 23 in order.

(E) Here, a search category is separately input from the category search input 105 in FIG. 6, and the input category information is obtained from the searcher terminal 2 from the web display processing unit 6, the search processing unit 12, the category search unit 23, the category Via the processing unit 14, the transmission position coordinate data and the website address search data matching the input category are output from the category database 15 and sent to the distance calculation processing unit 26.

(F) Further, the distance calculation processing unit 26 calculates the distance from the position coordinate data of the search reference point position 108X specified at the time of search, the specified search distance range data (5 km), and the coordinate data of the website as the category search result. Processing is performed, and search website data matching the distance condition of the designated search distance range data is transmitted to the search processing unit 12 and the position image processing unit 10.

(G) The data transmitted to the search processing unit 12 is subjected to short distance order display processing and distance numerical value display processing by the search processing unit 12, and is displayed on the Web browser of the searcher terminal 2 via the web display processing unit 6. List search results on the screen.

(H) The search result list is displayed on the search screen of FIG. 7 as the search reference point position 108X, such as “1st ranking Tsukuba agricultural product distance 1 km” 107C ′ and “2nd ranking Tsukuba University distance 3 km” 107B ′ in the search result list 107. And the distance from the search reference point position 108X to each search site are numerically displayed in the data item of the search data and displayed in a list on the web display section of the searcher terminal 2 ) Complete.

Here, the agricultural research institute is displayed in the search result list 107 as “3 rank agricultural research institute distance 6 km” in FIG. 6 of the short distance search process, but in FIG. 7 of the specified distance range search process, Since the designated search distance range is designated as 5 km, it is excluded from the search result list 107 when the distance is over 1 km.

Separately, in (f), the map display corresponding to the coordinates in the position image processing unit 10 based on the website URL transmitted from the distance calculation processing unit 26 to the position image processing unit 10 and the transmission position coordinate data registered together with the website URL. Processing for enabling image output at a point on the screen 102 is performed.

(I) Data subjected to position image processing by the position image processing unit 10 is transmitted from the map search processing unit 8 via the web display processing unit 6 to the map display screen 102 of the web display unit of the searcher terminal 2 as a transmission position. A map is displayed.

(N) The map display is displayed as an image as shown in 102B 'and 102C' on the map display screen 102 of the search screen of FIG.

In the description of the operation of the search process within the designated distance range, the case of the category search to the category database 15 has been described. However, in the keyword search to the web database 19 as well, in the web page search result list display,
When searching for a target website, it is possible to display a list of website search results within the specified distance range by specifying the search distance range from the search reference point position 108X specified by the searcher during the search. It is.

Specific area specific map boundary search process:
The process of searching for a specific range designation map boundary line of a website from the searcher terminal 2 via the Internet 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 7, and 13A to 13G.

(B) When the searcher designates a specific range of the map display screen 102 displayed on the web browser of the searcher terminal 2 from the category database 15 of FIG. The operation starts with the search screen shown in FIG. 7 displayed on the display unit.

(B) The category to be searched is input to the category search input 105 in FIG.

(C) Separately, a specific area range as a search target is specified on the map display screen 102 by operating the mouse.

(D) By clicking the range designated on the map display screen 102 or pressing the keyboard enter key after designating the range, the category search input signal and the specific range designated map boundary line data are transferred to the web display processing unit 6. Web data sequentially transmitted through the search processing unit 12 to the category search unit 23 and added with the transmission position coordinate data suitable for the category search input signal from the category database 15 is searched, and the searched web data and the specific range designation map The boundary line data is transmitted to the boundary line determination processing unit 24.

(E) The transmission position coordinate data of the web data subjected to category search by the boundary line determination processing unit 24 is determined to be suitable using the specific range designation map boundary line data as a condition, and category search web data meeting the condition is output.

(F) The output category search web data is displayed in a list on the web display unit of the searcher terminal 2 via the distance calculation processing unit 26, the search processing unit 12, and the web display processing unit 6 in this order.
(G) The search result list is displayed on the search screen shown in FIG. 7 such as “1st rank Tsukuba agricultural product distance 1 km” 107C ′ and “2nd rank Tsukuba University distance 3 km” 107B ′ in the search result list 107. Are displayed in order of short distance to each search site. In this display example, the distance display from the search reference point position 108X is displayed in the near distance order display and the search display list item, but the distance order display and the search display list item in the specific range designation map boundary line search process. The distance display process is the same as the distance display / short distance information search process.

Region name selection map boundary search process:
A process for searching a region name designation map boundary line of a website from the searcher terminal 2 via the Internet 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 7, and 14A to 14H.

(A) When the searcher specifies a region name on the web search screen displayed on the web browser of the searcher terminal 2 from the category database 15 in FIG. The operation starts with the search screen shown in FIG.

(B) The category to be searched is input to the category search input 105 in FIG.

(C) Separately input one area name of the area name selection search 111 displayed on the search screen.
In FIG. 1, “Tsukuba 1-chome” is selected in the area name selection search 111, and the map boundary line of “Tsukuba 1-chome” is described as a dotted frame 110 on the map display screen 102.

(D) Simultaneously with the selection input of the region name, the region name selection input signal and the category selection input signal are transmitted to the category search unit 23 sequentially via the web display processing unit 6 and the search processing unit 12, and the category search input from the category database 15 The web data to which the transmission position coordinate data suitable for the signal is added is retrieved, and the retrieved web data and the area name selection input signal are transmitted to the boundary line determination processing unit 24.

(E) Boundary line determination processing unit 24 outputs boundary line coordinate data matching the area name from boundary line database 25 in response to the area name selection input signal, and the origin position coordinate data of the web data searched for the category is the area name map boundary The suitability is determined using the line data as a condition, and category search web data that meets the condition is output.

(F) The output category search web data is displayed in a list on the web display unit of the searcher terminal 2 via the distance calculation processing unit 26, the search processing unit 12, and the web display processing unit 6 in this order.
(G) The search result list is displayed on the search screen of FIG. 7 as a search result list 107 of web data in the dotted line frame of the area name boundary line 110 of “Tsukuba 1-chome” “1 rank Tsukuba agricultural product distance 1 km” 107C ′ , “2 ranking Tsukuba University distance 3 km” 107B ′ is displayed and completed in the order of short distance between the search reference point position 108X and each search site. In this display example, the distance display from the search reference point position 108X is displayed in the short distance order display and the search display list item, but the distance order display and the search display list item in the region name selection map boundary line search process are displayed. The distance display process is the same as the distance display / short distance information search process.

The best mode for carrying out the present invention has been described above based on the embodiments. However, the present invention is not limited to such embodiments, and the technical matters described in the claims are not limited. It goes without saying that there are embodiments as search engine systems for various databases such as video and audio as well as text web data.

In the map information system-linked search engine server system according to the present invention, as described above, the registrant uses the communication line such as the Internet to specify the position from the map display screen 102 of the map search system displayed on the web. When the address of the website to be searched can be registered, the data collected by the search engine is made into a database for the registered address, and the searcher searches the database, the search result is the search hit score. At the same time, the website transmission position is displayed on the map display screen 102 at the same time as the search, and it is possible to display the image data according to the evaluation criteria of the weight on the position. The search result list shows the distance from the search reference point location specified at the time to the website transmission location searched. It is possible to search as a search distance range condition from the displayed and registered search reference point position, and to search using boundary line coordinate data of a specific range on the map display screen 102 as a condition. The present invention can be applied not only to search engines that limit regions such as prefectures and municipalities, and search engines that target specific business categories, but also as search systems on corporate groups and corporate intranets.

It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of Example 1 of the map information system cooperation search engine server system of this invention. In Example 1, it is a figure of the web display screen which registers the transmission position of the site where a registrant searches a map and registers on a map display screen. In Example 1, it is a figure of the web display screen which inputs the category selection of the website which a registrant registers, an address, a title, and an introductory sentence. In Example 1, it is a figure of the web display screen which a searcher performs a category search, and displays the transmission position of a search result on a search result list display and a map display screen as an image. In Example 1, it is a figure of the web display screen which a searcher searches a database, and displays the transmission result image of a search result and the image by which weight evaluation was carried out on the search result list display and map display screen by which weight calculation processing was carried out. . In the first embodiment, the searcher inputs the search reference point position determination and performs the category search, and displays the search result list display and the transmission position of the search result on the map display screen that enables the distance display from the search reference point position determination. It is a figure of the web display screen which displays an image. In the first embodiment, a searcher determines a search reference point position, inputs a search range distance designation, and searches a category, and displays a search result list text display screen that matches the search range distance condition and a search on the map display screen. It is the figure of the web display screen which displays an image of the transmission position of a result, the search screen which enables a specific range designation map boundary line search, and a region name selection map boundary line search, and a web display screen. It is a flowchart of the search database construction process of Example 1. 3 is a flowchart of a category search process according to the first embodiment. 3 is a flowchart of a keyword search process according to the first embodiment. 3 is a flowchart of a distance display / short distance information search process according to the first embodiment. 3 is a flowchart of a distance range search process according to the first embodiment. It is a flowchart of the specific range designation | designated map boundary line search process of Example 1. FIG. It is a flowchart of the area name selection map boundary line search process of Example 1.

Explanation of symbols

1 Internet
2 Multiple searcher terminals
3 Multiple registrant terminals
4 Search engine server
5 Website
6 Web display processor
7 Map Search Input Unit 8 Map Search Processing Unit 9 Map Database 10 Location Image Processing Unit
11 Map Information System Unit 12 Search Processing Unit 13 Information Registration Unit 14 Category Processing Unit
15 Category Database 16 Web Data Collection Processing Unit
17 Word analysis unit 18 Weight processing unit
19 Web database 20 Keyword search section
21 Search result weight calculation processing unit 22 Address / coordinate axis synchronization processing unit 23 Category search unit 24 Boundary line determination processing unit 25 Boundary line database 26 Distance calculation processing unit 100a Location search keyword input 100b Place name / address selection input 101 Site transmission location registration button 102 Map display screen 102X Site transmission position
102A Agricultural Research Institute transmission point image 102B Tsukuba University transmission point image 102C Tsukuba agricultural transmission point image 102A 'Agricultural research center transmission point image 102B' Tsukuba University transmission point image 102C 'Tsukuba agricultural transmission point image 102Aa Agricultural research center search result weight evaluation image 102Bb Tsukuba University search result weight evaluation image 102Cc Tsukuba agricultural product search result weight evaluation image
103 Category selection 104 Address input 104a Title input 104b Introduction sentence input 105 Category search input 106 Keyword search input
107 Search result list
107A Agricultural Research Institute 107B in search result list Tsukuba University 107C in search result list Tsukuba agricultural product 107Aa in search result list Agricultural research institute 107Bb in weight calculation process search result list Tsukuba University 107Cc Weight calculation process search result list Tsukuba Agricultural Products 107A 'Agricultural Research Center 107B for Search Results List Distance Display Tsukuba University 107C for Search Results List Distance Display
108 Search reference point position move operation button
108X Search reference point position 109 Search range distance designation input form 110 Dotted frame 111 of specific range and region name map boundary line Select region name search

Claims (12)

A map information system-linked search engine server system in which a plurality of websites and a plurality of terminals existing on a communication network are connected to a search engine server via a communication network,
The plurality of websites are websites transmitted on a communication network,
The plurality of terminals include a registrant terminal that registers information in the search engine server via a communication network and a searcher terminal that searches for information registered in the search engine server,
The search engine server is
A web display processing unit for processing web information input from the registrant terminal on the communication network and web information output to the searcher terminal;
A map information system unit comprising a map search input unit, a map search processing unit, a map database, and a position image processing unit, and enabling map search processing, specification of a transmission position of the website and image display of the transmission position;
An information registration unit for obtaining the map coordinate data of the website transmission position and registering the address and category of the website;
A category processing unit having a classification system for category of the website, and processing category classification display, category selection signal input, and data conversion of the category selection signal;
A category database which is a database of the website address, the map coordinate data of the website transmission position, and the category selection signal;
A search engine robot is activated for a website existing on a communication network corresponding to the website address registered from the information registration section, and a web data collection processing section for performing web data collection processing;
A phrase analysis unit that performs phrase analysis of the web data collected by the web data collection processing unit;
A weight processing unit for performing weight processing on the web data that has been subjected to word analysis;
A web database in which web data obtained by performing word analysis and weight processing on the web data is stored;
A search processing unit for performing input / output processing of a search signal from the searcher terminal to the web database and the category database;
A keyword search unit for performing search processing and data addition processing to the web database;
A search result weight calculation processing unit that aggregates weights in a search page searched from the web database unit;
The search results are processed by the weight calculation processor search page data is synchronized to the category database, a plurality of web site addresses and maps a transmitting position of the address website search page is a plurality of search results An address / coordinate axis synchronization processing unit for adding the coordinate data of the transmission position of the site to the search page data subjected to the weight calculation process by synchronizing the plurality of position coordinates above;
A category search unit for performing search processing and data addition processing to the category database;
Anda distance calculation processing unit for performing distance calculation processing between a plurality of position coordinates on the a transmitting position of the web site map,
The map search input unit of the map information system unit inputs, via the web display processing unit, information for specifying on the map a transmission place of a website to be registered in the search engine server from the registrant terminal. Processing, sending the input signal to the map search processing unit,
The map search processing unit searches the map database for a transmission location of the website, displays a map of the transmission location of the website on the registrant terminal via the web display processing unit, and the registrant. From the terminal, the map coordinate data of the transmission position of the website is acquired by designating the map transmission position of the website on the map-displayed map, and the information registration is performed via the web display processing unit. Send the map coordinate data to the
The web display processing unit activates a registration format screen of website address input and category input simultaneously with receiving a map point designation signal of the transmission position of the website from the registrant terminal,
The information registration unit registers processing the map coordinates data and address and category data of the website to be registered is inputted into the reference format screen from the registrant terminal to the category database, at the same time, the address of the web site The website address sent to the web data collection processing unit and registered in the category database, and the website address sent simultaneously to the web data collection processing unit, collected by the web data collection processing unit The phrase is analyzed and weighted and stored in the web database, and the search page data is searched for by the search processing unit and the weight is calculated. map information, characterized in that the the coordinate data can be added Stem interlocking search engine server system. Category website search from the searcher terminal to the category database
A category search screen is displayed on the searcher terminal via the communication network from the web display processing unit,
A category search input signal from the searcher terminal to the category search screen is transmitted from the web display processing unit to the category database via the search processing unit and the category search unit sequentially,
The website search result list data from the category database is transmitted from the search processing unit to the web display processing unit through the distance calculation processing unit, and at the same time, the website search result obtained from the category database Coordinate data and website address data are sequentially transmitted from the category search unit to the position image processing unit of the map information system unit via the distance calculation processing unit,
The location image processing unit performs map point image display processing of the transmission position of the website, transmits the image display processing data to the map search processing unit, performs map search processing by the map search processing unit, and map search processing Sent data to the web display processing unit,
The web display processing unit performs web display processing on the same web screen for the map search processed data and the website search result list data,
2. The map information system-linked search engine according to claim 1, wherein a map screen displaying the website search result list data and a transmission position of the website can be displayed simultaneously on the searcher terminal. 3. Server system. Web data search from the searcher terminal to the web database, a keyword search input screen is displayed on the searcher terminal from the web display processing unit via a communication network,
A keyword search input signal to the keyword search input screen is transmitted from the searcher terminal to the web database via the web display processing unit, the search processing unit, and the keyword search unit sequentially.
The search result of web data from the web database is transmitted from the keyword search unit to the search result weight calculation processing unit,
The search result weight calculation processing unit aggregates the weights in the search result page of the web data, and sends the weight calculation processed web data to the address / coordinate axis synchronization processing unit.
In the address / coordinate axis synchronization processing unit, the website address and map coordinate data corresponding to the web data are acquired from the category database, and the category search is performed on the web data information to which the website address and the map coordinate data are added. To the distance calculation processing unit via the unit,
Web data provided with distance information by the distance calculation processing unit is transmitted as web site search result list data to the web display processing unit via the search processing unit, and at the same time, the web subjected to the distance calculation processing Sending data to the position image processing unit;
The position image processing unit simultaneously performs image display processing of map point image display processing of the transmission position of the website and weight image display processing according to weight evaluation of the web data subjected to weight calculation processing,
Transmitting the image display processed signal to the map search processing unit;
Map search processing is performed in the map search processing unit, the map search processing data is transmitted to the web display processing unit,
The web display processing unit performs synchronous web display processing of the map search processing data and the search result list data of the website,
3. The search result list data of the website, a map screen displaying a transmission position of the website and a weight image can be simultaneously displayed on the searcher terminal. Search engine server system linked to the map information system described in 1. In the category search from the searcher terminal,
The search data of the category search is input to the search input screen displayed on the web display unit of the searcher terminal, and at the same time, the map coordinate data of the center point on the map screen displayed on the search input screen is used as a search criterion. It is possible to obtain the map coordinate data of the point, and to add the search reference point coordinate data of the center point on the map screen to the input data of the category search,
Transmitting the category search input data to which the search reference point coordinate data is added to the category search unit;
The category search unit is capable of adding search reference point coordinate data to search result data of a website searched from the category database via the category processing unit. 4. The map information system linked search engine server system according to any one of 3 above. In the keyword search from the searcher terminal to the web database,
The search data of the keyword search is input to the search input screen displayed on the web display unit of the searcher terminal, and at the same time, the map coordinate data of the center point on the map screen displayed on the search input screen is used as a search criterion. It is obtained as point coordinate data, and it is possible to add search reference point coordinate data of the center point on the map display screen to the input data of the keyword search,
Transmitting the keyword search input data to which the search reference point coordinate data is added to the keyword search unit;
The keyword search unit can add the search reference point coordinate data to search result data of a website searched from the web database. Map information system linked search engine server system. The position image processing unit
The distance calculation processing unit converts the website search result data of the category search to which the site position coordinate data is added or the web page search result data of the web database to which the site position coordinate data is added by the address / coordinate axis synchronization processing unit. Received via
6. The transmission point image can be displayed at a map coordinate point of the transmission position of the website search result data of the category search or the web page search result data of the web database. Search engine server system linked to the map information system described. The position image processing unit
In the weight calculation processing data from the search result weight calculation processing unit that performs weight calculation processing on the search result of the web database, the coordinate data of the transmission position is obtained by synchronization processing with the category database in the address / coordinate axis synchronization processing unit. The added search result data
Received from the address / coordinate synchronization processing unit via the distance calculation processing unit,
The image display process of the evaluation image of the weight corresponding to the weight calculation processing data can be performed at a map point corresponding to the map coordinates of the transmission position of the web data. Search engine server system linked to the map information system described in 1. The distance calculation processing unit
In the category search from the searcher terminal or the keyword search to the web database from the searcher terminal,
The search reference point coordinate data acquired at the same time when the search data is input and the search reference point position related to the search reference point coordinate data input from the web screen on which the map screen is displayed. Calculates the distance between the search range distance data which is the search range distance condition and the coordinates of the category search data to which the keyword search web data or the category search coordinate data received from the address / coordinate axis synchronization processing unit is added. The map information system-linked search engine server system according to any one of claims 4 to 7 , wherein the map information system-linked search engine server system can be processed. The distance calculation processing unit
In the category search from the searcher terminal or the keyword search to the web database from the searcher terminal,
The keyword search web data or the category search coordinate data to which the search reference point coordinate data acquired simultaneously with the input of search data and the coordinate data of the transmission position received from the address / coordinate axis synchronization processing unit are added. Calculate the distance between the coordinates of the added category search data and the sending position coordinate data,
The distance calculation processed data via the web display processing unit from the search processing unit transmits to the searcher terminal,
The map information system-linked search engine server system according to any one of claims 4 to 7 , wherein a web display process of displaying a list of website search results in a short distance order on the searcher terminal is possible. The distance calculation processing unit
In the category search from the searcher terminal or the keyword search to the web database from the searcher terminal,
The keyword search web data or the category search coordinate data to which the search reference point coordinate data acquired at the time of input of the search data and the origin position coordinate data received from the address / coordinate axis synchronization processing unit are added. The distance between the coordinates of the transmitted category search data and the transmission position coordinate data is calculated,
Search said distance calculation processed data via the web display processing unit from the search processing unit transmits to the searcher terminal, according to the search reference point coordinate data to the display items of the website search result list display The map information system linked search engine server system according to any one of claims 4 to 7 , wherein a web display process for numerically displaying a distance from a reference point position to a website position of the search result is possible. . The distance calculation processing unit
In the category search from the searcher terminal or the keyword search to the web database from the searcher terminal,
The search reference point coordinate data acquired at the same time when the search data is input and the search reference point position related to the search reference point coordinate data input from the web screen on which the map screen is displayed. The category search web data or the category search coordinate data to which the search range distance data which is the distance condition of the search range and the coordinate data of the transmission position received from the address / coordinate axis synchronization processing unit are added. Calculate the distance between the coordinates of the search data,
Output search data that meets the conditions of the distance range from the search reference point position,
The search data is transmitted from the search processing unit to the searcher terminal via the web display processing unit,
8. The map information system linked search engine server according to any one of claims 4 to 7 , wherein the searcher terminal can display a list of web site search results in order of short distance that matches a search distance range condition. system. The search engine server system includes a boundary line determination processing unit,
On the map display screen of the search screen displayed on the web display unit of the searcher terminal, specify a specific range with a mouse, acquire specific range designation map boundary line coordinate data,
Add the specific range designation map boundary coordinate data to the search data input for the search to the web database or the category database, and send to the keyword search unit or the category search unit,
In the keyword search unit or the category search unit, the specific range designation map boundary line coordinate data is added to the search result from the web database or the category database, and transmitted to the boundary line determination processing unit,
On the condition of the specific range designation map boundary line coordinate data, a search result of web data existing in the specific range designation map boundary line coordinate data range is output,
The map information system linked search according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein a list can be displayed on the searcher terminal via the search processing unit and the web display processing unit sequentially. Engine server system.

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