JPH10154152A - Home page retrieval system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To refer to a desired home page offline. SOLUTION: This retrieval system comprises a PC terminal 101 which consists of a display means 103, an inputting means 104, a controlling means 105, a storage medium 106 and communicating means 107 and a center 102 which consists of a communicating means 111, a browsing means 112, a controlling means 113, a URL database 114 and a storing means 115. In such cases, in the terminal 101, the means 105 sends data like a keyword, etc., which is inputted by the means 104 to a center side 102 via the means 107, and in the center 102, the means 112 refers to the database 114, browses a URL that agrees to received data, and the means 113 extracts a page including the keyword among home pages with the URL of a retrieval result as an origin, stores it in the means 115 and sends data which is stored in the means 115 to the terminal 101.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technology for searching for a homepage in a network between networks (Internet).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Since various homepages exist on the Internet, it is no exaggeration to say that there is almost no desired information that cannot be obtained.

[0003] However, since there is often no clue as to which site contains the information that the user wants, search for the home page has conventionally been carried out on the Internet using “Yahoo” (Yahoo Japan Corporation), “Lycos”
(Carnegie Mellon University) and other search engines are used.

[0004] Even if there is a homepage to be referred to, it takes time to download the page, and even more, it takes a long time to download all other necessary pages linked from that page. Software such as “Namiri Dude” (BUG Co., Ltd.) having a function of automatically downloading page data of a specified hierarchy from a set site is used.

[0005] Using the above "Yahoo", "Lycos", etc.,
By inputting a keyword of information required for a search engine, a communication destination unique address (URL: Uniform resource Locato) of a homepage related to the keyword is input.
r) list can be obtained.

In the case of the "surfing guy", when the URL of the homepage to be referred to and the number of layers down to the link destination data are required, the designated data is automatically downloaded.

[0007]

However, a search engine uses a UR of a homepage on which desired information is posted.
Even if the L list is obtained, it takes time to download the page for those references. In addition, "surfing guy"
Even if the download of the URL obtained by using the search engine is input, since all the link destinations are simply downloaded, there is a problem that unnecessary pages are included.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to store necessary data in advance in, for example, a removable storage medium when searching and referring to a homepage on the Internet, thereby enabling high-speed reference of necessary information offline. Is to do so.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, a homepage search system according to the present invention comprises a terminal and a center. The terminal comprises a display, an input for a user to make an input, and a terminal. Storage means for storing the search code input to the input means and the search result received from the center; and a screen prompting the user to input on the display means, and as a result the search input by the user to the input means And a communication unit for transmitting and receiving data to and from the center. The center includes a communication unit for transmitting and receiving data to and from the terminal, and a communication unit for transmitting and receiving data to and from the terminal. Searching means for searching a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) containing the code based on the code, and a URL database referred to by the searching means when performing a URL search Storage means, and a search code received by the communication means, and a search result obtained by passing the search code received by the communication means to the search means, are stored in the storage means and the communication means Control means for transmitting the search code to the terminal, and the terminal-side control means displays a screen prompting the user to input a search code on the display means, and as a result, the user inputs using the input means. Transmitting the searched code to the center using the terminal-side communication means, the center-side control means passes the search code received by the center-side communication means to the search means, and the search means U
Connects to the Internet via the center communication means based on the URL list searched with reference to the RL database, and from the home page of the link destination starting from the URL on the URL list, via the center communication means Only the page corresponding to the received search code is stored in the center storage means, and the center control means stores the search result stored in the center storage means in the terminal using the center communication means. The terminal-side control means stores the search result received by the terminal-side communication means in the terminal-side storage means, so that the user does not have to spend time required for communication at any time, To be able to refer to the search results stored in the storage means,
Be composed.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention (hereinafter, referred to as the present embodiment) will be described below with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, a PC terminal is used as a terminal.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a homepage search system 100 according to the present embodiment. The homepage search system 100 includes a PC terminal 101 and a center 102.

The PC terminal 101 includes a display unit 103, an input unit 104 for a user to make an input, and an input unit 1
A storage unit (storage medium) 106 for storing the data input to the server 04 and the data received from the center 102;
A display unit 103 displays a screen for prompting the user to input data, and as a result, the control unit 105 stores data input by the user to the input unit 104 in the storage unit 106 and transmits the data to the center 102; And communication means 107 used for transmission and reception.

The center 102 is connected to the PC terminal 101.
Communication means 111 for transmitting and receiving data to and from a communication destination unique address (URL: Uniform Resource Loc) of a home page including information related to the keyword based on the keyword.
ator), and a URL database 11 to which the search unit 112 refers when performing a URL search.
4, the storage unit 115, the data received by the communication unit 111, and the search result obtained by passing the data received by the communication unit 111 to the search unit 112 are stored in the storage unit 115, and the communication unit 111 PC using
And control means 113 for transmitting to the terminal 101.

The center 102 includes a communication unit 111
Is connected to a network (Internet) 120 between external networks.

In the present embodiment, a telephone line is assumed as a communication path between the communication means 107 and the communication means 111.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the user. The user's actions include “keyword input” in step 201, “input of search result display number” in step 202, “send to center” in step 203, “waiting for search result reception” in step 204, and “search result reference” in step 205. ", And five operations.

First, the user uses the input means 104 of the PC terminal 101 to input a "keyword" (step 201), and then input a "number of search results to be displayed" (step 202).

The control means 105 of the PC terminal 101 sets the "keyword" and "the number of displayed search results" input by the user.
Is transmitted to the center 102, the center 102 inputs the “keyword” and the “number of search results displayed” by the user.
, And transmits the search result to the PC terminal 101.

[0019] The user transmits the input contents to "center".
In the “waiting for search result reception” state of step 204 after the completion (step 203) (the broken line portion in FIG. 2), the user can leave the PC terminal 101. When the search result is received from the center 102, the search result is referred to offline (step 205).

Hereinafter, each operation will be described step by step.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a user input screen, where 301 is a user input screen, and 302 and 304 are character input fields. In this embodiment, a keyboard and a mouse are used as the input unit 104. The user positions the cursor on the character input field, clicks the mouse, and inputs characters using the keyboard.

The character field 302 is a character field where the user performs "keyword input". In the example shown in FIG. 3, it is assumed that, for example, "hotels in the area of Malaga, Spain" is searched. . For example, keywords are input in the order of priority, separated by spaces, such as "Malaga Hotel Spain".

The character field 304 is a field for inputting the number of search results to be displayed. The search result display number indicates the number of URLs searched and narrowed down. If a large number of search results are displayed for a small number of keywords, a wide variety of search results can be obtained. If a large number of keywords and a small number of search results are input, a small number of search results can be obtained. In FIG. 3, the search result display number is
The example of inputting "25" is shown.

When the user inputs a keyword and the number of search results to be displayed, and confirms correct input, and clicks a "search" button 303, the control means 105 stores the keyword input by the user and the number of search results to be displayed in a storage medium. 10
6 and transmitted to the center 102 using the communication means 107.

In this embodiment, the storage medium 106 is a DVD (Digital Video Disc) -RAM (Randam).
Access Memory).

Next, the operation of the center 102 will be described. The control unit 113 determines that the communication unit 111
The data (keywords and the number of search results displayed) received from 01 are stored in the storage unit 115, and based on them, the search unit 112 and the URL database 114 are used to search for a URL that matches the keyword.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a URL search database. The URL search database 401 is a URL search database.
And a keyword indicating the content included in the page indicated by the URL are in a correspondence table. The search unit 112 sequentially searches for URLs including the keyword “Malaga Hotel Spain” received from the control unit 113. For example, the 402 URL “www.agen” listed first.
Since the keyword corresponding to "cy.yyy" is "Izu, hot spring ...", "Malaga ..." is not included. If you search in the same way, the URL 403 “www.spaintour.yyy” includes “Malaga…” as a keyword.
It is stored in the storage means 115. Continue searching until the end in order,
The URL including the given keyword is extracted and stored in the storage unit 115.

FIG. 5 shows search results extracted by the search means 112. Here, as a search result, the UR of a homepage titled “Spain Hotel Guide” 501
L “www.spaintour.yyy” 502, URL “ww of the homepage titled“ European Hotel ”503
A total of 17 URLs, such as w.travel.yyy "504, are extracted.

FIG. 6 shows a URL “www.spaintour.yyy” 5 that publishes information on “Spain Hotel Guide” listed at the top of the search results shown in FIG.
2 shows a page configuration starting from 02.

Reference numeral 601 denotes a first-level page entitled "Spain Hotel Guide", and "Barcelona" 60
2. "Costa del Sol" 603, "Madrid" 6
04, Spanish place names such as "Malaga" 605 are listed, and as the link destinations, pages listing hotels in the area are respectively defined. There is also a “return” button 606, and the URL list described in FIG. 5 is defined as a link destination of the “return” button 606.

In "Barcelona" of 602, the page of the next hierarchy is a page titled "Hotel of Barcelona" of 610, "Hotel Barcelona", "Grand Palace", and "Hotel Rose" in Barcelona. Etc. are listed, and the link destinations are the homepage 620 of each hotel,
621, 622, etc. are defined. In addition, the homepage of each hotel also has an arbitrary link destination.

Similarly, in “Malaga” 605, a page entitled “Hotel in Malaga” 613 is defined as a page of the next hierarchy as a link destination, and “Melia Palace” 614, Hotel names such as "Salsa Malaga" 615 and "Coral Spain" 616 are listed, and as their link destinations, homepages 623, 624, and 625 of the respective hotels are defined. The 613 also defines a “return” button 617, and the 617 defines “Spanish Hotel Guide” 601 as the immediately preceding hierarchy as a link destination.

Reference numeral 623 denotes a link to the page 614 of "Melia Palace", which is a page entitled "Homepage of Hotel Melia Palace". This page has buttons such as “room photo” 626, “reservation” 627, and “return” 628. Go to a page containing a still image showing the state of the room at “Melia Palace” or to a reservation application page. Is linked to.

Similarly, "Salsa Malaga" 624 and "Coral Spain" 625 are "Salsa Malaga"
It is a homepage of the hotel "Salsa Malaga" and the hotel "Coral Spain" defined as the link destinations of 615 and "Coral Spain" 616. The links on each home page will also lead to pages that explain the details of the hotel.

In this embodiment, the control means 113
Refers to each page, compares it with the keyword, compares the character strings to see if it contains the keyword “Malaga” with the highest priority, and stores the pages up to the next lower hierarchy in the storage means 115. Store.

For example, since the 610 "Hotel in Barcelona" page does not include the keyword "Malaga", the control means 113 sets the "610 Hotel in Barcelona" page and "Malaga" in the immediately preceding hierarchy. The storage means 115 stores from the “Hotel Barcelona homepage” 620 to the “Hotel Rose homepage” 622, which are two layers lower than the “Spain hotel guide” 601 including the keyword.

Similarly, "Malaga Hotel" 613 includes:
Since the keyword “Malaga” is included, the control unit 113 counts the number of pages 623 to 625 and 630, 631, etc.
The pages up to the next lower level are stored in the storage unit 115.

As a result, 601 is stored in the storage means 115.
610-613, 620-625, 630-63, starting from the page titled "Spain Hotel Guide"
Up to one page is stored.

Similarly, with respect to the URL after “Hotel in Europe” 503 in FIG. 5, the page from the page including the keyword to the page two levels lower is stored in the storage unit 115.

When the search is completed, the control means 113 transmits the data stored in the storage means 115 to the PC terminal 101 using the communication means 111.

In the PC terminal 101, the communication means 107
Upon receiving the search result from the center 102, the control unit 1
In step 05, the received data is stored in the storage medium 106, and the URL list shown in FIG.

When a removable medium is used as the storage medium 106 and the remaining amount of the storage medium becomes smaller than the amount of data to be received, the storage medium 106 can be replaced with a new storage medium 106.

Next, a flow when the user refers to the search result when the search result is received from the center 102 will be described with reference to FIG.

First, the user refers to the "corresponding URL search result" described with reference to FIG. 5, so the user positions the cursor on, for example, the character "Spain Hotel Guide" 501 from the list and clicks it ( Step 70
1).

Then, the screen changes to the home page of “Spain Hotel Guide” 601 described in FIG. 6, and a list of Spanish place names is listed.
The user selects “Malaga” (Step 702).

Next, the screen changes to a page 613 listing hotels in Malaga (place name), and the user selects the hotel name 614 "Melia Palace" (step 703). Then, since the user can refer to the homepage 623 of the hotel, Melia Palace, the user refers to the link such as the “room photograph” 626 (step 705) until he understands the specifications of the hotel. Understand the hotel specifications (Step 704), if you like the hotel (Step 706), return to the "Hotel Melia Palace homepage" and click "Reserve" (Step 707), and make a reservation on the page 633 for making a reservation The reservation is completed (step 708). If you do not like “Melia Palace”, select the “Back” button 628 to return to the page 613 listing hotels in Malaga (place name). 616 etc. are referred to in the same manner (step 709). "Spain Hotel Guide"
If the user does not find a favorite hotel even when referring to all pages linked to the lower layer from 601, select the “Back” button 606 to return to the upper layer (URL list). , "Hotels in Europe" 503 and other websites.

In this embodiment, a telephone line is used as a communication path, but wired communication such as an optical fiber or a CATV, or wireless communication such as a mobile phone, a broadcasting satellite, or a communication satellite may be used.

In the present embodiment, the user inputs the keyword and the number of displayed search results as the search code, but the keyword may be used alone.

Further, in the present invention, the charging means may be provided with means for monitoring the charging information such as the communication fee and the information fee, so that the charging information is presented to the user.

In the present invention, the communication means may have an automatic reconnection function (auto redial).

Further, in the present embodiment, the search result is transmitted to the PC terminal 101 after the search is completed. However, when transmitting the search result, by providing the timer means, the time period during which communication charges are low, A time zone or the like where the communication circuit is not crowded may be selected.

In this embodiment, the center 102
Started the search for the corresponding URL after receiving the keyword or the like from the PC terminal 101. However, by providing the communication unit 111 with a timer unit, the search may be started by selecting a time zone where the telephone charge is low. .

In the present embodiment, the PC terminal 101 and the center 102 are separated, but both may be included in the same terminal.

Further, in the present embodiment, in referring to the search result stored in the removable storage medium 106,
Although the PC terminal 101 was used, a removable storage medium 1 was used.
Any terminal can be used as long as it can read 06.

In this embodiment, a DVD-RAM is used as the storage medium 106, but other disks such as an optical disk, a magnetic disk, and other storage media such as a hard disk may be used.

In this embodiment, the PC terminal 101 is used as a terminal used by the user, but a terminal such as an Internet TV or a game machine or a dedicated terminal may be used.

[0056]

According to the present invention, in searching for a homepage on the Internet, the reference time of a user's search result can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a homepage search system according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a user operation flow according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a user input screen according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a URL search database according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a corresponding URL search result by a keyword according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a page configuration starting from a Spanish hotel guide according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a search result data reference flow according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 100 homepage search system 101 PC terminal 102 center 103 display means 104 input means 105 terminal-side control means 106 storage medium 107 terminal-side communication means 111 center-side communication means 112 search means 113 center-side control means 114 URL database 115 storage means 120 Internet

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Toshiyuki Oda 292 Yoshida-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Pref. Multimedia System Development Division, Hitachi, Ltd.

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A homepage search system comprising a terminal and a center, the terminal comprising: display means; input means for a user to input a search code; and the search code input to the input means; Storing means for storing a search result received from the center; displaying a screen prompting the user to input the search code on the display means; and storing the search code input by the user to the input means as a result. Control means for storing in the means and transmitting to the center, and communication means for transmitting and receiving data to and from the center,
The center further comprises: communication means used for transmitting and receiving data to and from the terminal; and a communication destination unique address (URL: URL) containing information related to the search code based on the search code.
Search means for searching for a Uniform Resource Locator), a URL database referred to by the search means when performing a URL search, storage means, a search code received by the communication means, and a search code received by the communication means. Control means for storing a search result obtained as a result of passing a code to the search means, storing the search result in the storage means, and transmitting the code to the terminal using the communication means,
The terminal-side control means displays a screen prompting a user to input a search code on the display means, and as a result, uses the terminal-side communication means to display the search code input by the user using the input means. To the center, the center-side control means passes the search code received by the center-side communication means to the search means, and the search means searches for the U by referring to the URL database.
Connects to the inter-network (Internet) via the center side communication means based on the RL list, and selects only the page corresponding to the received search code from the linked home pages starting from the URL on the URL list. Is stored in the center-side storage means, the center-side control means transmits the search result stored in the center-side storage means to the terminal using the center-side communication means, the terminal-side control means, The search result received by the terminal-side communication means is stored in the terminal-side storage means, and the user can refer to the search result stored in the terminal-side storage means without spending time required for communication at an arbitrary time. A homepage search system characterized by the following. 2. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the terminal and the center are included in the same terminal,
A homepage search system, wherein communication means between centers is eliminated, the communication means is dedicated to the Internet, and the terminal-side storage means and the center-side storage means are shared. 3. The homepage search system according to claim 1, wherein the center-side communication unit includes a timer so that the center-side communication unit connects to communication at an arbitrary set time zone. 4. The homepage search system according to claim 1, wherein the terminal-side communication means includes a timer to connect to communication during an arbitrary set time period. 5. The homepage search system according to claim 1, wherein a hard disk is used as the storage unit. 6. The homepage search system according to claim 1, wherein a removable storage medium (optical disk, magnetic disk, or the like) is used as the storage unit. 7. The homepage search system according to claim 6, wherein the search result stored in the storage medium of the terminal can be referred to by another terminal. 8. The homepage search system according to claim 1, wherein the center receives a keyword as a search code from the terminal. 9. The homepage search system according to claim 1, wherein the center receives a keyword and the number of search results displayed as search codes from the terminal. 10. The homepage search system according to claim 1, wherein said communication means includes means for monitoring billing, and presents billing information such as a communication fee and an information fee to a user. 11. The communication method according to claim 1, wherein the communication path of the communication means includes a wired connection such as a telephone line, an optical fiber, and a CATV (Cable Television), and a wireless communication using a mobile phone, a broadcasting satellite, a communication satellite, or the like. Homepage search system characterized by using. 12. The home page search system according to claim 1, wherein said communication means has an automatic reconnection function.