JP4970094B2 - Information search device and information search system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information search apparatus in a system in which an information providing user, a search requesting user, and an information search apparatus are connected via a network, and an information search system configured using the information search apparatus.

  The conventional information retrieval system is a retrieval service for retrieving published information, and has the following problems. First, in the search, if the relevant information was not found, there was no choice but to give up collecting information. Even if there is no information that matches the search criteria in the published information, even if information that matches the search criteria can be collected by analyzing and merging multiple published information, I could not get the information. Further, the information search target is only information currently disclosed, and information that may be disclosed in the future is excluded. Further, as a search system mechanism, there is no mechanism that encourages ordinary people to actively disclose information on the network. Information search performance has not been improved by promoting information disclosure.

On the other hand, Patent Document 1 discloses a system in which a keyword is reserved and registered, and information corresponding to the keyword is published on the network and notified to the user who performed the registration by e-mail. Further, Patent Document 2 discloses an information search system that urges the information providing user belonging to the area to transmit the area information and transfers the area information transmitted by the information providing user to the search requesting user.
JP 2006-189978 A JP 2004-38300 A

  The present invention has been made in view of the current state of the information retrieval apparatus as described above, and its object is to find it easily in the future even when there is no information to be retrieved, and to arrange from the published information. It is to provide an information search apparatus capable of providing the information and an information search system using the apparatus.

An information search apparatus according to the present invention is an information search apparatus in a system in which an information providing user, a search requesting user, and an information search apparatus are connected via a network, and includes a field and a title of information provided by the information providing user. A provided user database that stores personal information including a provided information keyword and a field of expertise related to the information providing user in association with the information providing user, a search request information from the search requesting user, and a keyword or a field of expertise related to this information. Creation means for creating personal information, selection means for searching the provided user database based on the information created by the creation means, and selecting a target information providing user, and information selected by the selection means The process of introducing the providing user to the search requesting user or the selected information providing user Processing means for performing at least one of processing for obtaining an advertisement to, as a first segment, planned-sight to the appropriate word and its consideration and is associated, as a second division, a word corresponding to the technical content thereof The third category includes a table of ranking information in which words corresponding to general contents and the consideration are associated with each other, and searches the table based on the keyword created by the creating means. When the corresponding information is provided by monitoring the information provision by the information providing user who presents the consideration to the information providing user, and the information providing user that presents the consideration. Payment request means for requesting payment of a price to the search requesting user .

  An information search apparatus according to the present invention includes an original text database in which original text information, which is original information obtained by extracting information stored in a provided user database, is provided, and the providing means includes information retrieved by the search means. On the basis of this, the corresponding original text information in the original text database is extracted and provided to the search requesting user together with the ground information related to the search means.

  An information search system according to the present invention includes a network, the information search apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6 connected to the network, and a plurality of information connections connected to the network It comprises a user and a plurality of search requesting users.

  The information search apparatus according to the present invention receives search target information from a search requesting user, creates personal information including a keyword or field of expertise related to this information, searches a provided user database based on this information, The information is retained because at least one of the process of introducing the selected information providing user to the search requesting user and the process of requesting the information providing to the selected information providing user is performed. It is possible to identify an information providing user who has a high possibility and request information provision, and it is possible to search for information that is hidden or that occurs in the future.

  Since the information search device according to the present invention has a configuration for presenting consideration for providing information to an information providing user, the accuracy of information collection can be further increased.

  Since the information search device according to the present invention has a configuration for requesting payment to the search requesting user when information is provided, the price is likely to be paid appropriately, and the information search is appropriately operated. .

  Since the information search system according to the present invention includes the information search device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, information is provided by specifying an information providing user who is highly likely to hold information. Thus, it is possible to search for hidden or future information.

<Example 1>
A configuration example of an information search system configured by using an information search apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In this system, an information search device 20, a search requesting user (terminal) 11, and information providing users (terminals) 12-1 to 12-n are connected to a network 10. The information retrieval device 20 is configured by a computer, and a storage device that is a provided user database 22 is connected to the computer main body 21.

  The provision user database 22 stores personal information including provision information keywords including information fields and titles provided by the information provision users 12-1 to 12-n and specialty fields related to the information provision users in correspondence with the information provision users. Is. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, for example, the management number is associated with a user ID (user name), a keyword, and an address (URL or the like) in which information corresponding to the keyword is stored. Personal information such as a providing user's hobbies / preferences, information provision fields, and specialty fields is stored. In FIG. 2, the information providing user is shown as an individual, but it may be a corporation or an organization.

  The computer main body 21 is provided with creation means 23, selection means 24, processing means 25, consideration presentation means 26, and consideration request means 27. The creation means 23 receives search target information from the search requesting user 11 and creates personal information including keywords or specialty fields related to this information. The creation means 23 includes a thesaurus database indicating upper-lower relations and synonym relations between words. For example, for the keyword “Renoir”, a keyword such as “painting” or “art” or a field of expertise is provided. Personal information can be created.

  The selection unit 24 searches the provision user database 22 based on the information created by the creation unit 23 and selects a target information provision user. In the above example, for the keyword “Renoir”, “picture” or “art” is made personal information by the creating means 23, so in the example of FIG. 2, “Taro Kawasaki” with the management number “1” is selected. .

  The processing unit 25 performs at least one of a process of introducing the information providing user selected by the selecting unit 24 to the search requesting user 11 or a process of requesting information provision to the selected information providing user (Taro Kawasaki's address). It is assumed that addresses corresponding to user names are registered in the provided user database 22.

  The consideration presentation unit 26 includes a ranking information table as shown in FIG. 3, for example. The higher the category number, the higher the consideration. Items corresponding to each category are associated with each other, and the information regarding the schedule and the prospects is high in consideration, and the general contents are low in consideration. Each item column contains words related to the item name, which word corresponds to “scheduled / forecast”, which word is “specialized content”, and which word is “general content”. It is associated. Further, in the “detailed classification and consideration” column, the words of the detailed classification and the consideration are associated with each other. For example, the schedule information related to the event indicates “ww yen” as shown at the top. The consideration presenting means 26 presents consideration for providing information to the information providing users 12-1 to 12-n according to the ranking information in which the instruction from the search requesting user 11 or the amount of information to be provided and the information content are associated with each other To do.

  The consideration request unit 27 monitors information provision by the information providing users 12-1 to 12-n, and requests payment of compensation from the search requesting user 11 when information provision is performed. For example, payment of consideration is requested at the time of providing information, and the information provided by the information providing users 12-1 to 12-n held in the information search device 20 after the payment is confirmed is supplied to the search requesting user 11. You may comprise so that it may do.

  In the above configuration, the computer main body 21 of the information retrieval apparatus 20 functions as various means in FIG. 1 by executing a program corresponding to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, and the operation will be described based on this flowchart. To do. The computer main body 21 waits for a keyword requesting a search from the search requesting user 11 (S11). When the keyword arrives, the computer main body 21 receives it, searches the provided user database 22 with the given keyword (S12), and finds whether or not it hits. Is detected (S13).

  If it is detected in step S13 that the hit has been made, the search address of the hit target information (keyword) is returned to the search requesting user 11 (S14). When it is detected in step S13 that no hit has been made, a message such as “Would you like to find an information source that seems to have information” is sent to search for the information source, and the search requesting user 11 instructs (S15) and wait for the result (S16). If there is a response not to search, the process returns to step S11 and continues.

  In step S16, if branched to YES, personal information including a related keyword or field of expertise is created (S17), the provided user database 22 is searched with the created information (S18), and it is detected whether a hit is found (S19). ). If it is detected in step S19 that no hit has been made, the fact that no hit has been detected is reported to the search requesting user 11 (S20).

  If a hit is confirmed in step S19, at least one of the process of introducing the hit information providing user to the search requesting user 11 and the process of requesting the information providing user to provide information is performed (S21). Then, following this step S21, it is detected whether there is an answer from the information providing user (S22), and if the answer is to the information search device 20, it is transferred to the search requesting user 11, and directly to the search requesting user 11 The provided user database 22 is updated including the case of answering (S23), and the process returns to step S11 to continue the processing.

  On the other hand, if the process branches to YES in step S19, a program corresponding to the flowchart shown in FIG. 5 is started up, and the keyword is analyzed to detect which of the categories shown in FIG. 3 belongs by comparing words (S31). When a classification is detected, it is detected which detailed classification in the classification corresponds (S32). When a detailed classification can be detected, a corresponding consideration is obtained and presented to the corresponding information providing user (S33).

  Following the step S33, it is detected whether or not an answer (information provision) has been made by the information providing user (S34). If the answer is made, the search requesting user 11 is requested to pay the price, and the process ends.

<Example 2>
FIG. 6 shows an information search system configured using the information search apparatus 20A according to the second embodiment. The information search apparatus 20 </ b> A includes an original text database 31 in addition to the providing user database 22. The original text database 31 stores original text information (all contents of provided information), which is the original information extracted from the information stored in the provided user database 22.

  Further, the computer main body 21A is provided with search means 28, prediction means 29A, and provision means 29B. The search means 28 receives search target information from the search requesting user 11 and searches the providing user database 22 for information related to this information as information including the information providing user.

  Here, the stored contents of the provided user database 22 are not only those shown in FIG. 2, but also include “title” and “date” as history information as shown in FIG. In addition, for example, “XX super” and the like provide information on what kind of sales. With respect to the providing user database 22, the search unit 28 obtains information related to the received search target information. Here too, the search means 28 is provided with a thesaurus database indicating upper and lower relations and synonym relations between words, and for example, “sale” is obtained from the keyword “low price” that comes from the search requesting user 11. Search for the entry with the management number “101”.

  The prediction unit 29A analyzes the information searched by the search unit 28 based on the history information, and predicts the appearance of related information. As described above, a plurality of management number entries are searched from the same keyword "low price", just as an entry of management number "101" is searched for "low sale" from the keyword "low price". For example, it is assumed that the entries of the management numbers 101, 102, and 103 shown in FIG. For example, the prediction unit 29A obtains an entry corresponding to the oldest date by referring to the date of the history information for the entries of the management numbers 101, 102, and 103 described above. As another example, assuming that many entries related to “XX super”, “market”, and “cc store” are registered in addition to those shown in FIG. 7, the period is detected from these entry histories, and the next time Identifies the user for whom the entry is expected.

  As described above, the prediction by the prediction unit 29A is performed, and the providing unit 29B provides the search requesting user with the result predicted by the prediction unit 29A. The predicting unit 29A predicts information provided by the information providing user together with the information providing user indicating “XX super”, “market”, “cc shop”, and the like. For example, what is “XX super”, “market”, “cc shop”, etc. from the appearance cycle (liquid crystal television etc.), or information stored in information fields such as vegetables and frozen foods and other provided user databases Predict information. As in the first embodiment, the providing unit 29B performs at least one of the process of introducing the searched information providing user to the search requesting user 11 or the process of requesting the selected information providing user to provide information. May be.

  The providing unit 29B also performs processing of taking out the corresponding original text information in the original text database 31 based on the information searched by the searching unit 28 and providing it to the search requesting user 11 together with the ground information related to the searching unit 28. For example, the search means 28 searches for the entry of the information providing user related to the price of the related TV such as the entry of the management number “101” in FIG. 7 from the keyword “low price of TV”. On the other hand, the providing means 29B extracts the original text corresponding to the entry of the searched information providing user from the original text database, arranges it in time series, and shows the trend of the low price (price) of TV as related information. The original text is provided to the search requesting user 11 together with information such as “”.

  In the above configuration, the computer main body 21A of the information search apparatus 20A functions as various means shown in FIG. 6 by executing a program corresponding to the flowchart shown in FIG. 8, and the operation will be described based on this flowchart. The computer main body 21A accepts a search request user 11 and a search request keyword and search type information (S41), and detects what the search type is (S42). Here, it is assumed that the search type includes a normal search for searching for an item that matches the search keyword, a prediction search by the prediction means 29A, and an edit search for returning the original text and the basis information of the original text database 31.

  If the normal search is instructed as a result of the detection in step S42, the process proceeds to the process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4 (S43). As a result of the detection in step S42, when a predictive search or an edit search is instructed, information related to the search keyword is detected by searching the providing user database 22, and information including the information providing user is detected (S43). ). In the above-described example, for example, “low sale” is searched for from the keyword “low price” and the entry of the management number “101” is searched to obtain “XX super” as the information providing user.

  It is detected whether or not there is a hit in the search in step S43 (S45), and if there is no hit, the fact that there is no hit is returned to the search requesting user 11 (S46). In step S45, if a hit is detected, it is detected whether the search type is a predictive search or an edit search (S47). If it is a predictive search, the information and history information detected by the search in step S44. Based on the above, the information providing user who makes the related information appear is predicted (S48). The prediction result in step S48 is returned to the search requesting user 11 (S49).

  On the other hand, if it is detected in step S47 that an edit search is instructed, the corresponding original text information in the original text database 31 is extracted corresponding to the information (user) detected by the search in step S44 (S51), And is provided to the search requesting user 11 together with the ground information related to the search means 28 (S52). As a result, the search requesting user 11 can obtain the grounds related to the actual original text information highlighted, can grasp whether these search results are related, and can efficiently use the search results. It is.

1 is a configuration diagram of an information search system using an information search apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The figure which shows a part of information memorize | stored in the provision user database used for the information search device which concerns on the Example of this invention. The figure which shows the table of the ranking information for the price calculation used for the information search device which concerns on the Example of this invention. The flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of the information search device which concerns on 1st Example of this invention. The flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of the information search device which concerns on 1st Example of this invention. The block diagram of the information search system using the information search device which concerns on 2nd Example of this invention. The figure which shows a part of information memorize | stored in the provision user database used for the information search device which concerns on the Example of this invention. The flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of the information search device which concerns on 2nd Example of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Network 11 Search request user 12-1-12-n Information provision user 20 Information retrieval apparatus 20A Information retrieval apparatus 21 Computer main body 21A Computer main body 22 Provision user database 23 Creation means 24 Selection means 25 Processing means 26 Consideration presentation means 27 Consideration request Means 28 Search means 29A Predictive means 29B Providing means 31 Original text database

Claims (2)

An information search device in a system in which an information providing user, a search requesting user, and an information search device are connected via a network,
A provision user database storing personal information including a provision information keyword including a field and title of information provided by the information provision user and a specialty field regarding the information provision user in association with the information provision user;
A creation means for receiving search target information from a search requesting user and creating personal information including a keyword or field of expertise related to the information;
A selection means for searching the provision user database based on the information created by the creation means and selecting a target information provision user;
Processing means for performing at least one of processing for introducing the information providing user selected by the selection means to the search requesting user or processing for requesting information provision to the selected information providing user;
The first category is associated with the word corresponding to the plan / forecast and its consideration, the second category is associated with the word corresponding to the technical content and the consideration, and the third category is the general content. Is provided with a table of ranking information in which a word corresponding to the word and its consideration are associated with each other, search the table based on the keyword created by the creation means to obtain a corresponding consideration, A value presentation means for presenting
An information search comprising: a payment requesting means for monitoring the information provision by the information providing user presenting the consideration and requesting payment of the consideration to the search requesting user when the information is provided . apparatus. Network,
  The information search device according to claim 1 connected to the network;
  A plurality of information providing users and a plurality of search requesting users connected to the network;
  An information retrieval system comprising:

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