KR100566157B1 - A multiple searching tool installed and executed in web browser or application program and an Internet-based business method using the tool - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses a multi-search tool inserted into a web browser or an application program and executed, and an internet based business method using the same.

The Internet information retrieval service can be likened to a compass used to navigate the sea of information. As such, when an information retrieval service, which is very important in using the Internet, is viewed from the user's point of view, inconvenience caused by the problems of the prior arts is being followed.

Therefore, the present invention inserts a multi-search tool that provides a multi-search function in a web browser or an application program, so that the information of the desired website can be searched regardless of the web site to which the user is currently connected. Using the multi-search tool embedded in web browsers, you can easily and conveniently get the results of various websites or compare the results of each website and get high quality information. It is about a method.

Internet, Search, Multi-Search Tool, Web Browser, Search Engine, Internet Advertising, Search Tool

Description

A multiple searching tool installed and executed in web browser or application program and an Internet-based business method using the tool}

1 shows a schematic diagram of a system according to the invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating a basic web browser screen.
3 is a diagram illustrating a window of a web browser in which a multi-search tool is installed according to the present invention.

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20: Web browser menu, 30: Web document conversion unit, 40: Address input window, 50: Web document execution area, 100: Server of the multi search tool service provider, 200: Multi search tool (Multi search tool users) , 210: search item selection field of the multi-search tool, 220: query field of the multi-search tool, 230: website display field providing a search service for the same item selected by the multi-search tool, 240: advertising area of the multi-search tool, 300: websites providing search services

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The present invention is a multi-search tool (hereinafter referred to as a 'multi-search tool') that is inserted into a web browser or an application program and executed, and an internet-based business method using the same. ).

The prior art in the field related to the present invention is as follows.

First, in order to search for information desired by Internet users, a method of directly accessing and searching each web site desired by the user has been generally used.
However, when searching for information by this method, it was very cumbersome because Internet users had to directly access the website of the information search service provider (e.g. Yahoo) whenever they wanted to search for information. In addition, since only the search result of the corresponding search service provider was available, it was inconvenient to access the website of another search service provider in order to obtain the search result of another search service provider.

Second, a professional search service provider (e.g. Yahoo) creates and distributes a predetermined program (search tool bar). When an Internet user installs the program on a computer, a search tool is inserted into a web browser and the like. The search service provided by the service provider (e.g. Yahoo) could be used without directly accessing the website of the service provider (e.g. Yahoo).
However, the problem with this technique is that only the information search of a specific website (for example, Yahoo) that provides a predetermined program (search toolbar) is available. That is, it is easy to use the information search of the company (Yahoo, for example) that provided the program (search toolbar), but when searching for information on another website, the user must directly access the desired website as described in the first section. There was a problem.

Third, HTML (HyperText Markup Language) -based technology using web documents is implemented to search or selectively search the results of several websites or specific websites simultaneously. There was a way to provide a convenient search function.
However, the problem with this technology is that although it is relatively convenient to obtain the search results of various websites or specific websites, the user is not satisfied due to the disadvantage of providing a service using HTML (HyperText Markup Language) based technology using web documents. In order to continuously use the service to which the above technology is applied, it is inconvenient to use the website providing the service in the execution area of the web browser or to access and use it as needed from time to time.

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Due to the large volume of data and the media nature of knowing the Domain Name or Uniform Resource Locator (URL) in order to access the website that provides the information, information retrieval services for Internet users It became an indispensable element. In other words, the information retrieval service can be likened to a compass used to navigate the sea of information. As such, in order for an Internet user to easily use an information retrieval service that is very important in using the Internet, it is a problem to solve the problems of the related arts.

An object of the present invention is to enable the use of a search service provided by various websites without repetitive access to a specific website when the Internet user wants to search for information.

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Another object of the present invention is to use an information retrieval service without using a multi-search tool embedded in a web browser or an application program instead of a web page.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a multi-search tool inserted into a web browser or an application program, which makes it easy and convenient to use an information search service of various websites.

The present invention is a multi-search tool embedded in a web browser or application without visiting all the information searchable on the Internet such as web documents, shopping, price comparison, auctions, dictionaries, multimedia, etc. Letting search be another purpose.

Another object of the present invention is to enable a user to conveniently use a plurality of website search results that provide a search service of a corresponding search item with a single query input for a query of a desired search item (eg, a web document search). It is done.

The present invention is an Internet-based business method that can be taken by a service provider providing the multi-search tool in an environment in which an Internet user performs a predetermined search by using a multi-search tool installed on a computer for more convenient information search. To provide another purpose.

The configuration for achieving the technical problem of the present invention is as follows.

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First, it summarizes the steps of internet users to install the multi-search tool on their computer in order.

① Internet users download the Multi Search Tool software.

② Install the downloaded multi-search tool on your computer.

③ This completes the process of user registration and basic environment setup that appear when you run the installed multi-search tool for the first time.

④ After completing the installation process, the multi-search tool is inserted into a web browser and provides a function for achieving the technical task of the invention.

Second, a method of performing an information search using a multi-search tool by the user who has completed the installation process will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 3.

① You can set the search items that you frequently use according to the user. That is, if a user frequently searches for stock information, dictionary, and shopping information, it is preferable to implement so that only a desired item (securities information, dictionary, shopping information) can be checked and used among a plurality of search items provided.

② If you want to search, select the target item to search from the search items 210 of the multi-search tool inserted in the web browser. (Eg web document search)

③ The query to be searched is written in the query input field 220. (E.g. love)

④ Press the Enter key on the computer keyboard or the search button on the Multi Search tool.

⑤ A first search result for the input query is displayed in the execution area 50 of the web browser, and an information column 230 of other websites providing the same item search service is provided on the right side of the query input portion. (E.g. Yahoo, Google, Naver)

⑥ If the desired result is not found in the primary search result, the name of the desired website is clicked in the information column 230 of another website providing the search service of the same item provided. (E.g. click on google)

⑦ The query entered by the user is automatically inputted into the search program of another selected website (eg, Google), and the second search result is displayed in the execution region 50 of the web browser. (E.g. print Google web document search results for love)

⑧ If you want search results for other search items or other queries, repeat the steps ② ～ ⑦.

Third, the configuration of the multi-search tool will be described with reference to Figs.

① The multi-search tool inserted in the web browser includes a search item selection box 210, a query input field 220, a column 230 for displaying information of a web site providing a search service for the same item selected, and a menu as required. It is preferably composed of an advertising space 240 in which a button or an advertisement appears.

② The search item 210 of the multi-search tool inserted into the web browser and the search website information 230 for each search item and the data necessary for the operation communicate with the server 100 connected to the Internet network. It is desirable to implement it so that it can be controlled.

③ The search item 210 includes all items that can be searched on the Internet such as web documents, multimedia, news, shopping, price comparison, auctions, securities, and dictionaries, and the environment provided by the multi-search tool by the multi-search tool. It is desirable to implement the setting function so that users can directly select their favorite search items.

④ The multi-search tool 200 does not display a search result using its own search program, but provides a plurality of websites 300 that provide a search service to the search item selection box 210 by dividing each search item. When requested, it is possible to implement a function of automatically outputting a search result by automatically inputting a query input from the user to an Internet address (URL) where a search program of a search site recommended by a user or a multi-search tool is driven. desirable.

⑤ The search website that can be selected for each search item in the multi-search tool and the Internet address (URL) where the search program of the website is operated are frequently changed and controlled through communication with the server 100 connected to the Internet network. It is desirable to be configured to be.

Fourth, an internet sales method using a multi-gum tool inserted into a web browser will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 3.
The multi-search tool resides in the web browser of the user using the multi-search tool. In addition, the data required for each search item, search website, and operation of the multi-search tool can be controlled through communication with a server 100 connected to the Internet network. This means that internet-based sales using multi-search tools are possible.

① Multi-search tool can be used as an advertising medium. That is, a predetermined advertising space 240 may be provided in the multi-search tool inserted in the web browser to be used in the advertisement business.

② It is possible to open a business by placing a company that provides a search service for each item. For example, it is possible for a service provider to enter an arbitrary search service provider in a multi-search tool, so if Yahoo, Daum, and Naver pay a certain entrance fee, they enter the default search site, and the rest of the search engines are search engines that the user wants. It is desirable to configure such that it is possible to add or delete.

③ It is possible to advertise using the information received during user registration. For example, email marketing using email addresses is possible.

④ It is easy to provide global service because it can provide separate multi-search tool software according to each country of the world and can control the list of search service providers in the server.
An implementation principle of the present invention will now be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 3.
In order to implement the multi-search tool described in the present invention, a server (server) 100 which provides a plurality of website information providing a search service and a multi-search tool to be installed and used on the user's computer ( 200) Software is required.
The multi-search tool software can be inserted into the tool bar area of a web browser and executed by the browser extension technology. The browser extension technology includes the explorer bar and tools There are a tool band and a desk band. The multi-search tool can be implemented by any of these methods, but it is preferable to use a tool band.
Multi-search tool When the multi-search tool 200 is executed on a user's computer or at a predetermined time, the multi-search tool 200 loads a database as shown in Table 1 from the server 100. By using the information, update the search site (300) information for providing a search service (update), and classifies each search site 300 by the search item to provide a multi-search tool users.
Naver Empas Yahoo Enuri.com Omi Paxnet Hankyung Wow TV Search item Web document Web document Web document Price comparison Price comparison stock stock Search program address (URL) http://search.naver.com/search.naver http://search.empas.com/search/all.html http: // kr. search.yah oo.com/sea rch http://www.enuri.com/search/Searchlist.jsp http://www.omi.co.kr/main_search.asp http://paxnet.moneta.co.kr/stock/searchStock/searchStockResult.jsp http://www.wownet.co.kr/analysis/personal.asp Parameter query q p keyword word code searchcode Search priority One 2 3 One 2 One 2

When a user of a multi-search tool having loaded the data as shown in Table 1 from the server 100 inputs a query in the query word input field 220 of the multi-search tool to search for information, Table 2 according to the input query word Combination with URL (uniform resource locator) same as actual search address of. Call the real search address of Table 2 obtained through this method and output it to the execution area 50 of the web browser, or use the TCP / IP protocol to connect to the search program address using socket communication programming. The search results of the website desired by the user are output to the web browser execution area 50 by inputting a parameter and a query. At this time, the search sites 300 used for the search are determined by the priority designated by the multi-search service provider (search priority in Table 1) and the method of determining the preferences of the user's multi-search tool preference. And the like, which may be appropriately modified depending on the sales strategy.
Naver Empas Yahoo Enuri.com Omi Paxnet Hankyung Wow TV Search item Web document Web document Web document Price comparison Price comparison stock stock Input query love love love television television Samsung Samsung Actual search address (URL) http://search.naver.com/search.naver?query=Love http://search.empas.com/search/all.html?q=Love http://www.search.yahoo.com/search?p=Love http://www.enuri.com/search/Searchlist.jsp?keyword=TV http://www.omi.co.kr/main_search.asp?word=TV http://paxnet.moneta.co.kr/stock/searchStock/searchStockResult.jsp?code=Samsung Electronics http://www.wownet.co.kr/analysis/personal.asp?searchcode=Samsung Electronics

As described above in connection with the present invention, the multi-search tool does not display search results using its own search program. However, it is common to classify existing websites that provide a search service by item (because it is common for the most prominent websites in each field to be determined. For example, the stock information is PaxNet, the price comparison information is Enuri.com, The shopping mall is designated as a leading group by interpark etc.) If the user requests a multi-search tool, the user inputs a query inputted in the Internet address (URL) where the search program of the search site selected by the user is driven. Provide search results. Therefore, the multi-search tool implemented in the present invention is software of a computer for the Internet user to use the search site more conveniently, and is preferably recognized as a tool or utility for the Internet user.

The present invention can be variously modified and can take various forms and only the specific embodiments thereof are described in the detailed description of the invention. It is to be understood, however, that the present invention is not limited to the specific forms mentioned in the detailed description of the invention, but rather includes all modifications, equivalents, and substitutions within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. It should be understood to do.

Anyone using the multi-search tool according to the present invention can easily and conveniently use the Internet information search, and by using this, the multi-search tool service provider can perform a predetermined business through an advertisement or a search site entry method. As such, the present invention is a technology that can be used in various fields of industry. The industrial applicability of the present invention is apparent from the following various expected effects.

① Users do not need to visit websites that provide the search service in order to search for any information on the Internet.

② Since a multi-search tool resides in the web browser, you can use other search services regardless of the website you are currently connected to.

③ You can easily get the information of other search sites that provide the search service for the same item by entering a single query, so you can compare the search results of each search site and get good information.

④ Multi-Search Tool Instead of obtaining the necessary information by the operation of its own search program, it is possible to input query terms into search programs of different web sites that provide predetermined search results, and to obtain these search results. Therefore, the user of the multi-search tool can obtain search information for a plurality of search items at the same time, and can obtain a plurality of search results for each search item.

⑤ A search box residing in a web browser makes it possible to use the Internet information easily even for beginners.

⑥ Multi-Search Tool Since multi-search tool resides in the user's web browser, it is possible to use the Internet by utilizing the space of the multi-search tool.

⑦ Global service becomes easy. In other words, the service can be provided by providing a multi-search tool for a country or providing a list of websites that Internet users of the country enjoy using.

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Download the multisearch tool software to your computer's storage device to install the multisearch tool (hereinafter referred to as the 'multisearch tool'), which is inserted into a web browser or application program and provides a multisearch function. Or by other means to transfer to computer storage; Installing the multi-search tool software stored in the computer storage device by the user in a computer; Performing a user registration procedure to normally use the multi-search tool installed by the user; Executing a program to use a multi-search tool installed by the user or a program into which the multi-search tool is inserted; Setting a usage environment of the program for convenient use of the multi-search tool installed by the user; The multi-search tool installed by the user communicating with a server of a multi-search tool service provider to obtain a search item of the multi-search tool, search website information for each item, and data necessary for operation; Selecting, by the user, a target item to be searched for information search using a multi-search tool; Inputting a query word to be searched in a query word input box for the user to search for information using a multi-search tool; Inputting a requested query word into a search program of a search site or inputting a requested query word into a search program of a search site selected by a user in order to provide a search result of a query word requested by the user using a multi-search tool; Reviewing the search results by the user using a multi-search tool; Selecting, by the user, another search site presented by the multi-search tool to check the results of another search site by using the multi-search tool; The user operating a multi-search tool to use the multi-search tool; And A multi-search tool embedded in a web browser or an application, including all internet businesses available through the multi-search tool installed by the user, and an internet business method using the same. The Internet information retrieval tool and method of claim 1, wherein the multi-search tool is inserted into and executed in a web browser or an application program rather than a web page. The Internet information retrieval tool and method according to claim 2, wherein the multi-search tool does not need to access or visit a website providing a corresponding search service for information retrieval. The Internet information retrieval tool and method according to claim 3, wherein the Internet information retrieval method can check the search results of various sites without visiting a specific website for information retrieval. The method of claim 1, wherein the user selects another search site presented by the multi-search tool to check the results of another search site by using the multi-search tool. Internet information retrieval tools and methods that include features that allow you to check the results of multiple search sites. The Internet information retrieval tool and method according to claim 5, wherein the Internet information retrieval method obtains high-quality information by comparing search results provided by respective websites with a single query input. The method of claim 1, wherein the setting of a program environment for convenient use of the multi-search tool installed by the user may be performed by presetting a search item that is frequently used by the user according to the user. Internet information retrieval tools and methods that include features. The method of claim 1, wherein the requested query is input to a search program of a search site or a requested query is input to a search program of a search site selected by the user in order to provide a search result of a query requested by the user using a multi-search tool. The step may include displaying a search result by a multi-search tool's own search function and automatically inputting a query input by a user to a search program of different websites that provide a search service and outputting the result. Internet information retrieval tools and methods. The method of claim 1, wherein the selecting of a target item to be searched for information search using the multi-search tool does not display a search result by a search program of the multi-search tool itself, but provides a search service. Information search tool and method that includes the feature that there is no limit to the search items that can be serviced by outputting the results by inputting a query to the different website search program. The method of claim 1, wherein the multi-search tool installed by the user communicates with a server of a multi-search tool service provider to obtain search items of the multi-search tool, information on the search website for each item, and data necessary for operation. The Internet search tool and method, characterized in that the multi-search tool can control the search item, the search site information for each item, the data necessary for the operation through communication with a server connected to the Internet network. The method of claim 10, wherein the search item, the search site information for each item, and the data necessary for the operation can be controlled through communication with a server connected to the Internet network. Internet information retrieval tool and method comprising the feature of multi-search tool and the Internet business using the space.

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