KR100729184B1 - Method and Apparatus for searching related information by using associated keyword - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for searching relation information using associative keywords. In the relation information retrieval method using associative keywords according to the present invention, in a method for retrieving relationship information using an associative keyword in a specialized database, a user database, and an information providing server interworking with at least one user terminal through a network network, Receiving a specific keyword from a terminal, outputting search information corresponding to the specific keyword, receiving an input value of an associative keyword associated with the specific keyword from a user database, and relating the specific keyword and the associated keyword from a specialized database Collecting data, estimating the relational index of the associative keyword associated with the specific keyword using the collected data and the input values of the associative keyword, storing the calculated relational index in the relational index database, and the relational index data Based on the relationship stored in the index database to include the step of outputting the relevant information for a particular keyword, and a keyword association.

Relationship search, associative keyword, person relation

Description

Method and Apparatus for Searching Relation Information Using Associative Keyword {Method and Apparatus for searching related information by using associated keyword}

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a network of a method for retrieving relationship information using associative keywords according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a relationship information retrieval system using associative keywords according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a relationship information retrieval procedure using associative keywords according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is an exemplary view showing a search information page provided by an information providing server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

5 is an exemplary view showing a search information page provided by an information providing server according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a screen example showing a search information page provided by an information providing server according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention.

7A and 7B are exemplary views showing screens of a relationship search information page including relationship information provided by an information providing server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

7C is an exemplary screen diagram of a relationship search information page including relationship information provided by an information providing server according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

8A is an exemplary screen diagram of a relationship search information page including relationship information provided by an information providing server according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention.

8B is an exemplary screen diagram of a relationship search information page including relationship information provided from an information providing server according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention.

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130... User Database 140… Professional database

150... Informational server 201. News database

203... Movie database 205... Other databases

210... Relationship data collection module 220... Relationship index database

230... Relationship index calculation module 240. Relation output module

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for searching relation information using associative keywords.

In general, an information providing server that provides a search service performs a function of providing a predetermined information content in response to a search word (a word that can be identified) input from an Internet user. In particular, the information providing server may provide statistical information on the search term input tendency of the Internet user, the frequency of inputting a specific search word, and the recent search term that is intensively input in the form of an additional information service, and the Internet user may use such statistical information. It can be used as a reference material.

There are over 1 billion sites on the Internet, now in proportion to the exploding Internet population. However, many of these sites have a problem that it is very difficult to find the information desired by the user with only a short search term. Sites with similar information are continuously registered on the Internet, so users have to spend a lot of time searching to find the necessary information.

As the current Internet is focused on the distribution of information, there is an urgent need for porting things off-line to the Internet in the form of information. There is a problem that is becoming harder to find.

Therefore, in the conventional information search on the Internet, except that the Internet user wants to search only a specific content related to one search word, the user searches for the desired search information with a plurality of keywords. At this time, the process can not only reduce the user's search efficiency due to the large amount of information on the Internet.

In particular, in the conventional search service, when the user of the search service wants to receive additional information related to the initial search word, there is a limit that the search must be performed from the beginning by re-entering the desired related word. In addition, when searching for a specific person through the search service according to the prior art, it is difficult to find information on the relationship or related reasons with other persons associated with the search person only based on the previous search results based on the search engine.

The present invention is to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to determine the specific person keyword and the associate person keyword based on the relationship index of the associate person keyword calculated by receiving the associate person keyword associated with the person person keyword. A method and apparatus for retrieving relationship information using associative keywords that can provide relationship information are provided.

Another object of the present invention is to provide relationship information of a specific person keyword and an association person keyword to a user of the user terminal, thereby providing relationship information search using an association keyword capable of providing extended search information of an association person keyword associated with the specific person keyword. It is to provide a method and apparatus.

In order to achieve the above objects, according to an aspect of the present invention, to search for the relationship information using the associative keyword in a specialized database, a user database and an information providing server interworking with at least one user terminal through a network network. A method comprising: receiving a specific keyword from the user terminal; outputting search information corresponding to the specific keyword; receiving an input value of an associative keyword associated with the specific keyword from the user database; Collecting the data related to the specific keyword and the associative keyword from a database; calculating a relation index of the associative keyword associated with the specific keyword by using the collected data and input values of the associative keyword; Relationship relationship index Number may provide information related to the search method based on the phase relationship and index stored in the relationship index database stored in the database using the keyword association, comprising the step of outputting the related information of the particular keyword and the keyword association.

In a preferred embodiment, when receiving a plurality of specific keywords from the user terminal in the step of receiving a specific keyword from the user terminal, it may be characterized in that to simultaneously output the search information and the relationship index of the plurality of specific keywords. . The outputting of the search information corresponding to the specific keyword may include receiving an associative keyword associated with the specific keyword and an associative keyword associated with the specific keyword from a relation index database and outputting the corresponding data in a graphic form based on the relation index. It can be characterized by. The outputting of the search information corresponding to the specific keyword may be performed by receiving an association keyword associated with the specific keyword and an association keyword associated with the specific keyword from a relation index database, and corresponding data in text form according to the relation index. It may be characterized in that the output. The input value of the associative keyword may include a corresponding person name and the number of times of the associative person keyword inputted from the user terminal. Also, when data related to the specific keyword and the associative keyword are not provided from the full text database, an input value of the associative keyword associated with the specific keyword is calculated as a relationship index between the specific keyword and the associative keyword. You can do In addition, the relationship information output in the step of outputting the relationship information between the specific keyword and the associative keyword may be output in a relationship diagram form. In addition, the relationship information output in the step of outputting the relationship information of the specific keyword and the associative keyword may be output in the form of a comparison table. The relationship diagram may be constructed as a related keyword associated with the specific keyword based on the relationship index stored in the relationship index database. The relationship diagram may be constructed in a multi-stage relationship by further associating another associative keyword associated with an associative keyword associated with the specific keyword. In addition, the associative keyword may be linked to expanded search information related to the associative keyword.

According to another aspect of the present invention, an information providing server for interlocking a specialized database, a user database, and at least one user terminal through a network and searching for relation information using an associative keyword, wherein the specific keyword and the A relationship data collection module for collecting data related to the associative keyword, a relationship index calculation module for calculating a relationship index of the associative keyword associated with the specific keyword using the specialized database and the user database, and storing the calculated relationship index Inputs a relation index database and the specific keyword to output search information corresponding to the specific keyword, and displays relation information of the specific keyword and the associative keyword based on the relation index stored in the relation index database; Providing information including a relationship between the output power module may provide the server.

Next, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a network of a method for retrieving relationship information using associative keywords according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a method for retrieving relationship information using associative keywords according to the present invention basically includes a server and a client performing communication between a network network 110 corresponding to a wireless internet network including a wired internet network or a mobile communication network. As a structure, a relationship information retrieval service is provided using an information providing server according to the present invention.

The client side includes a user terminal 100 that stores the browser program in a memory and executes the same in a processor. In addition, the client side includes a browser program, which is a client program for a user such as a searcher, a relationship information service user according to the present invention, an information user, a consumer, and the like. Although not described in detail in the present invention, the user terminal 100 may include a PDA for a wireless Internet network, a mobile communication terminal, and the like having the same or similar configuration and role as that of the conventional network technology.

The server side includes a wired / wireless web site 120 and an information providing server 150 for information providers such as server administrators, information inputters, service provider companies, and the like.

The information providing server 150 may be programmed in a general web programming language such as a predetermined JavaScript, Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML), Active Server Pages (ASP), and Tool Command Page (TCP). It includes a function to output the search information about. The information providing server 150 outputs a search information page corresponding to a specific person search request to the wired / wireless web site 120 connected to the network 110 when an information search for a specific person keyword is requested. It includes.

In addition, the information providing server 150 may include an older person keyword input box for inputting an older person keyword associated with the specific person keyword on a search information page on which search information for a specific person keyword is output. Thereafter, the user of the user terminal 100 may input an older person keyword associated with a specific person keyword into the older person keyword input box. Here, the older person keyword input through the older person keyword input box is transmitted to the user database 130 and stored as an input value including the name of the older person and the number of times of entry.

In addition, the information providing server 150 includes a function of collecting data related to a specific person keyword in association with a specialized database 140 such as a news database, a movie database, a drama database, and the like. In this case, the information providing server 150 uses the relationship data collection module to include data about the number of news articles reported by a person associated with a specific person from the specialized database 140 and the number of movies or dramas that appeared together. Can be collected.

The information providing server 150 stores the input value of the older person keyword stored in the user database 130 and the data collected from the full-text database 140 in a relational index database to store the index of the older person keyword associated with the specific person keyword. Can be calculated through the relationship index calculation module. The information providing server 150 may further include a function of outputting relationship information of the specific person keyword and the related person keyword based on the relationship index calculated through the relationship index calculation module. Here, the relationship information between the specific person keyword and the related person keyword is transmitted to the browser program of the corresponding user terminal 100 through the network 110 so that the user may receive extended association search information from the specific person keyword. do.

In the relationship information retrieval system using associative keywords according to the present invention, when an associative person keyword is input to a search information page output from a specific person keyword through a network 110 corresponding to a wireless Internet network or a mobile communication network, an information providing server 150 may include a function of implementing relationship information of a specific person keyword and a related keyword into a relationship diagram or a relationship comparison table by a web programming language such as Javascript and HTML.

The technology related to the wireless Internet environment is not only limited to the technology to be adapted to the wireless Internet environment according to the present invention to be described below, but also those skilled in the art through the present invention will be described in detail below easily and easily By the implementation, it will be omitted in the detailed description of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a relational information retrieval system using associative keywords according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the relationship information retrieval system 200 using the associative keyword according to the present invention includes a user database 130, a specialized database 140, and an information providing server 150.

The user database 130 receives an older person keyword associated with a specific person keyword directly input by the user and stores the name and the number of times of the older person as input values.

The full text database 140 includes a news database 201, a movie database 203, and the like. The specialized database 140 may include a news article in which a specific person corresponding to a specific person keyword and an older person corresponding to the older person keyword are reported together, and an older person associated with the specific person may include data such as a movie or a drama. Collected through the information providing server 150 may be provided. Here, the relation data collection module 210 provides the relation index database with the number of news articles reported together with the specific person and the older person from the collected data, and the number of movies and dramas that appeared together.

In addition, the specialized database 140 may further include the relationship data collection module 210 from each other database 205 when there are other databases 205 such as broadcast entertainment information, TV information, group information, advertisement information, and the like. Of course, the collected data may be provided to the information providing server 150.

The information providing server 150 includes a relationship data collection module 210, a relationship index database 220, a relationship index calculation module 230, and a relationship information output module 240. The relationship information providing system is internally linked with a specialized database 140 for storing predetermined specialized data such as news articles, movies, dramas, and a user database 130 for recording and managing input values of associative person keywords input from a user. You are connected to the intranet.

The relational index database 220 includes a function of storing an input value of the associative person keyword calculated using the relational index calculation module and a relational index indicating a degree of association of the associative person keyword associated with a specific person keyword from the data. do. The relationship index calculation module 230 may add a value obtained by separately naming the number of news articles about the specific person keyword and the elder person keyword, the number of movies or dramas that appeared together, and an input value of the elder person, and add a relationship index. It can be calculated as

In addition, the information providing server 150 in advance through the relationship data collection module 210 by setting any person keyword associated with a specific person keyword from the specialized database 140 as an older person keyword associated with the specific person keyword. Data including the specific person keyword and any associated person keyword can be secured. The information providing server 150 calculates the data including a specific person keyword and an arbitrary person keyword as a relationship index through the relationship index calculation module 210 and associates it with a particular person keyword input by a user of a user terminal. The relationship index of the person keyword can be secured.

The information providing server 150 includes a function of outputting relationship information of a specific person and an associate person stored in the relationship index database 220 as a relationship diagram or a relationship comparison table based on the calculated relationship index.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a relationship information retrieval procedure using associative keywords according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, first, a user of a client-side user terminal inputs a specific person keyword for searching for relationship information into a search keyword field of a wired / wireless web site for searching and inputs search information for a specific person keyword to an information providing server. Request (S301).

The information providing server that has received the search information for the specific person keyword may output a search information page including the search information for the specific person keyword on the set search information page (S303). In this case, the information providing server may include a separate older person keyword input box for inputting an older person keyword associated with the specific person keyword in the search information page.

Thereafter, the user of the user terminal inputs the older person keyword associated with the specific person keyword in a separate older person keyword input box for inputting the older person keyword (S305). The associative person keyword associated with the specific person keyword is input to the associative person keyword input field, and an input value of the associative person keyword is stored in the user database. The input value of the elder person keyword stored in the user database may be transmitted to a relation index database for storing a relation index of the elder person keyword associated with a specific person keyword.

The relational index database, which receives the input value of the older person keyword from the user database, collects data related to a specific person keyword and the older person keyword from a specialized database through the related data collection module and receives the data for calculating the relational index ( S307).

As described above, the full text database includes a news database, a movie database, and the like. The specialized database may include a news article in which a specific person corresponding to a specific person keyword and an older person corresponding to the older person keyword are reported together, and a related index may be obtained through a relationship data collection module. Can be provided as a database. Here, the relationship data collection module provides the relationship index database with the number of news articles reported together with the specific person and the older person from the collected data, and the number of movies and dramas that appeared together.

After data related to the specific person keyword and the associate person keyword are collected, the information providing server calculates a relationship index of the associate person keyword associated with the specific person keyword by using the relationship index calculation module (S309).

As described above, the relationship index calculation module may transmit the relationship index calculated using the input value of the associate person keyword from the user database and the data from the full text database to the relationship index database. In addition, the relationship index calculation module may calculate a sum of the values obtained by separately naming the number of news articles for the specific person keyword and the old person keyword, the number of movies or dramas that appeared together, and the old person keyword as a relationship index. have.

Subsequently, the information providing server according to the present invention provides relationship information between the specific person keyword and the associate person keyword based on the calculated relationship index (S311). Here, the information providing server may set and output the relationship information of the specific person keyword and the associate person keyword as a relationship diagram or a relationship comparison table.

In this case, the relationship information output as the relationship diagram may be sequentially outputted by setting the related person keyword associated with the specific person keyword based on the calculated relationship index. In addition, the relationship information output as the relationship diagram may be sequentially set and output from the specific person keyword to the second related person keyword related to the first related person keyword.

Referring to FIG. 4 to FIG. 8 through a screen example showing a relationship information search method according to the present invention.

4 is an exemplary view illustrating a search information page provided by an information providing server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the information providing server according to the present invention may output a search information page 400 to a wired or wireless web site using a client browser program.

The information providing server receives a specific person keyword through the existing search keyword input box 401 and outputs a search information page 400 including search information for the specific person keyword. Here, the search information may include profile information of a specific person corresponding to a specific person keyword collected from a news database, a person database (not shown) included in a specialized database, a latest news article, and the like.

In addition, the search information page 400 outputs a separate older person keyword input field 403 for inputting an older person keyword associated with the specific person keyword.

As described above, the associate person keyword associated with the user of the user terminal may be inputted into the associate person keyword input field 403 and stored in the user database. The information providing server according to the present invention may be provided with an input value inputted into the associate person keyword input field 403 in association with the user database. The information providing server may calculate a relationship index of the older person keyword associated with the specific person keyword. In addition, when the information providing server receives an older person keyword through the older person keyword input field 403, based on the calculated relation index, the relationship information of a specific person keyword and an older person keyword is provided as a relationship diagram or a relationship comparison table. can do.

5 is an exemplary view illustrating a search information page provided by an information providing server according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Detailed description of the same parts as those described with reference to FIG. 4 will be omitted.

Referring to FIG. 5, a separate associative person keyword input field 503 may be output on the search information page 500. In addition, the search information page 500 may output an associative person keyword associated with a specific person keyword and an associative person keyword associated with the specific person keyword in the form of a picture or a picture.

The information providing server according to the present invention receives an older person keyword associated with the specific person keyword and an older person keyword associated with the specific person keyword based on the calculated relation index of the older person keyword associated with the specific person keyword. Alternatively, the search information page 500 may be arranged in the form of a picture and ranked in order.

Here, the associative person keyword associated with the specific person keyword in the picture or photograph form and the associative person keyword associated with the specific person keyword may be linked to a page related to the associative person keyword to provide extended search information. . When the mouse of the user terminal hovers over the data, the hidden box layer is output by the 'onmouseover' command. Here, the box layer may be output including brief profile information of a specific person corresponding to the specific person keyword.

6 is an exemplary view illustrating a search information page provided by an information providing server according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Detailed description of the same parts as those described with reference to FIG. 4 will be omitted.

Referring to FIG. 6, an additional person keyword input field 603 may be output on the search information page 600. In addition, the search information page 600 may output an associative person keyword associated with a specific person keyword and an associative person keyword associated with the specific person keyword in the form of a picture or a picture.

The information providing server according to the present invention is provided with an older person keyword associated with the specific person keyword and an older person keyword associated with the specific person keyword based on the calculated relation index of the older person keyword associated with the specific person keyword. In the form of text, the search information page 600 may be listed by rank and output.

The associative person keyword associated with the specific person keyword in the output text form and the associative person keyword associated with the specific person keyword may be linked to a page related to the associative person keyword to provide extended search information. When the mouse of the user terminal rises over the corresponding data, the hidden box layer may be output by the 'onmouseover' command.

7A and 7B are exemplary views showing screens of a relationship search information page including relationship information provided by an information providing server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

7A and 7B, the information providing server according to the present invention may output a relationship search information page 700 to a wired or wireless web site using a client browser program.

The relationship search information page 700 includes association information 701 of a specific person keyword and relationship diagram 703 indicating relationship information of the specific person keyword inputted to the information providing server according to the present invention.

The association information 701 of a specific person keyword output on the relationship search information page 700 is based on an associate person keyword associated with a specific person keyword, an associate person keyword associated with a specific person keyword, and a news database using a user database. As such, statistics data of a news article related to a specific person keyword may be included. The association information 701 may include the number of celebrities having the same name, the number of celebrities having the same birthday, the number of celebrities having the same school of origin, and the like, retrieved from a person matching module (not shown) included in the information providing server. It may further include materials such as actors who appeared, or actors who appeared together in any number.

A relationship diagram 702 representing relationship information between the specific person keyword and the associate person keyword may be constructed by ranking the first associate person keyword 703 associated with the specific person keyword based on the relationship index stored in the relationship index database. have. In addition, the relationship diagram 702 may further establish a multi-stage relationship by further associating other second older person keywords 705 associated with each of the first older person keywords 703 associated with a specific person keyword. Here, the second older person keyword 705 is likewise associated with the second older person keyword 705 that is associated with the first older person keyword 703 based on the relationship index stored in the relation index database. Can be built.

In this case, the information providing server according to the present invention uses the first associative person keyword 703 and the second associative person keyword 705 constructed in the relationship diagram 702 to the first associative person keyword 703 and the first. The extended search information may be provided by linking to a page related to two associate person keywords 705.

In addition, the relation information page 700 may output a work of a specific person and an actor 707 for each work of a specific person by rank using a movie or drama database. In addition, the relationship search information page 700 may output a list 709 of persons related to a specific person by rank based on the relationship index. Here, the person list 709 related to the specific person may include an association score, an inverse association score, a news score, a comprehensive score, and the like provided from the relationship index database for each person list.

The information providing server according to the present invention can greatly improve accessibility of search information to a user by providing relationship information related to a specific person keyword to the user of the user terminal through the relationship diagram 702. In addition, the information providing server may overcome the limitation that the user of the user terminal needs to perform a search from the beginning by re-entering an associative keyword associated with a specific person keyword through the relationship diagram 702. In addition, the information providing server may provide information on the relationship between the specific person keyword and the associate person keyword and the reason for establishing the relationship through the relationship diagram 702.

7C is an exemplary screen diagram of a relationship search information page including relationship information provided by an information providing server according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Detailed descriptions of the same parts as those described with reference to FIGS. 7A and 7B will be omitted.

Referring to FIG. 7C, the information providing server according to the present invention may output a relationship search information page 710 to a wired or wireless web site using a client browser program.

The relationship search information page 710 includes a relationship diagram 711 representing relationship information of a specific person keyword, related information 717 of a specific person keyword input to an information providing server according to the present invention, and appearances for each specific person's work. The actor list 719.

The relationship diagram 711 representing relationship information between the specific person keyword and the associate person keyword is constructed by an image or a flash of the first associate person keyword 713 associated with the specific person keyword based on a relationship index stored in a relationship index database. Can be. In addition, the relationship diagram 711 may further establish another multi-association relationship by associating another second older person keyword 715 associated with each of the first older person keyword 713 associated with a specific person keyword. In this case, the second older person keyword 715 is likewise associated with the second older person keyword 715 based on the relationship index stored in the relational index database. Can be built.

In this case, the information providing server according to the present invention uses the first associative person keyword 713 and the second associative person keyword 715 constructed in the relationship diagram 711 to the first associative person keyword 713 and the first. The extended search information may be provided by linking to a page related to two associate person keywords 715.

The association information 717 of a specific person keyword output on the relationship search information page 710 is based on an older person keyword associated with a specific person keyword, an older person keyword associated with a specific person keyword, and a news database using a user database. As such, statistics data of a news article related to a specific person keyword may be included.

In addition, the relation information page 710 may output a list of actors 719 for each appearance of a specific person by rank using a movie or drama database.

8A is an exemplary screen diagram of a relationship search information page including relationship information provided by an information providing server according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8A, a user of a user terminal outputs an association search information page 800 to a wired / wireless web site operated from an information providing server according to the present invention using a client browser program.

The relationship information page 800 may include a plurality of specific person keywords from a user of a user terminal or an association keyword associated with a specific person keyword through an associate person keyword input box. Profile information 805 and a relationship index 803 of a specific person keyword may be output at the same time. Here, the profile information 805 of the plurality of specific person keywords may be provided to the relationship search information page 800 in the form of a comparison table by receiving profiles of the plurality of specific person keywords from a specialized database.

In addition, the relationship search information page 800 may be output including a plurality of older person keyword input fields 806 for inputting older person keywords associated with each of the plurality of specific person keywords. The information providing server according to the present invention may receive input values of associative keywords associated with a plurality of associative specific person keywords through the plurality of associative person keyword input fields 806 and provide them to a user database.

8B is an exemplary view showing a screen of a relationship search information page including relationship information provided by an information providing server according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Detailed descriptions of the same parts as those described with reference to FIG. 8A will be omitted.

Referring to FIG. 8B, a user of a user terminal outputs an association search information page 810 to a wired / wireless web site operated from an information providing server according to the present invention using a client browser program.

The relationship information page 810 may be configured when the information providing server according to the present invention receives a plurality of specific person keywords 811 from a user of a user terminal or an associative keyword associated with a specific person keyword through an associate person keyword input box. The association keyword 813 related to the plurality of specific person keywords and the profile information 815 of the plurality of specific person keywords may be simultaneously output. Here, the profile information 815 of the plurality of specific person keywords may be provided to the relationship search information page 810 in the form of a comparison table by receiving profiles of the plurality of specific person keywords from a specialized database.

On the other hand, the embodiments of the present invention disclosed in the specification and drawings are merely presented specific examples to aid understanding, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. In addition to the embodiments disclosed herein, it is apparent to those skilled in the art that other modifications based on the technical idea of the present invention may be implemented.

According to the present invention, the relationship information search using the associative keyword that can provide the relationship information between the specific person keyword and the associative person keyword based on the relationship index of the associative person keyword calculated by inputting the associative person keyword from the specific person keyword A method and apparatus can be provided.

According to the present invention, a relationship information retrieval method using associative keywords capable of providing the user of the user terminal with the relationship information of a specific person keyword and an associate person keyword and providing extended search information of the associate person keyword associated with the specific person keyword; A device can be provided.

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In a method for searching for relationship information using an associative keyword in a specialized database, a user database, and an information providing server interworking with at least one user terminal through a network network, Receiving, by the information providing server, a specific keyword from the user terminal; Outputting, by the information providing server, search information corresponding to the specific keyword; Receiving, by the information providing server, an input value of an associative keyword associated with the specific keyword from the user database; Collecting, by the information providing server, data related to the specific keyword and the associative keyword from the specialized database; Calculating, by the information providing server, a relation index of the associative keyword associated with the specific keyword by using the collected data and the input value of the associative keyword; Storing, by the information providing server, the calculated relation index in a relation index database; And Outputting, by the information providing server, relationship information of the specific keyword and the associative keyword based on the relationship index stored in the relationship index database. Relationship information retrieval method using associative keywords, including. The method of claim 1, Outputting search information and a relation index of the plurality of specific keywords simultaneously when receiving a plurality of specific keywords from the user terminal in the step of receiving a specific keyword from the user terminal; Relationship information retrieval method using associative keywords characterized in that. The method of claim 1, The step of outputting search information corresponding to the specific keyword may include receiving an associative keyword associated with the specific keyword and an associative keyword associated with the specific keyword from a relational index database and outputting the corresponding data in a graphic form based on the relation index. Relationship information retrieval method using associative keywords characterized in that. The method of claim 1, The step of outputting search information corresponding to the specific keyword may include receiving an associative keyword associated with the specific keyword and an associative keyword associated with the specific keyword from a relation index database and outputting the data in text form according to the relation index. Relationship information retrieval method using associative keywords characterized in that. The method of claim 1, The input value of the associative keyword includes the corresponding person name and the number of times of the associative person keyword inputted from the user terminal. Relationship information retrieval method using associative keywords characterized in that. The method of claim 1, When data related to the specific keyword and the associative keyword are not provided from the full text database, an input value of the associative keyword associated with the specific keyword is calculated as a relation index between the specific keyword and the associative keyword Relationship information retrieval method using associative keywords characterized in that. The method of claim 1, The relationship information output in the step of outputting the relationship information of the specific keyword and the associative keyword is output in the form of a relationship diagram. Relationship information retrieval method using associative keywords characterized in that. The method of claim 1, The relationship information output in the step of outputting the relationship information of the specific keyword and the associative keyword is output in the form of a comparison table. Relationship information retrieval method using associative keywords characterized in that. The method of claim 7, wherein The relationship diagram is constructed of a related keyword associated with the specific keyword based on a relationship index stored in the relationship index database. Relationship information retrieval method using associative keywords characterized in that. The method of claim 7, wherein The relationship diagram is constructed in a multi-stage relationship by further associating another associative keyword associated with an associative keyword associated with the specific keyword. Relationship information retrieval method using associative keywords characterized in that. The method of claim 7, wherein The associative keyword is linked to expanded search information about the associative keyword. Relationship information retrieval method using associative keywords characterized in that. An information providing server for interworking with a specialized database, a user database, and at least one user terminal through a network, and searching for relationship information using associative keywords, A relationship data collection module for collecting data related to a specific keyword and the associative keyword from the full text database; A relation index calculation module for calculating a relation index of an associative keyword associated with the specific keyword using the specialized database and the user database; A relationship index database for storing the calculated relationship index; And A relation output module for inputting the specific keyword to output search information corresponding to the specific keyword, and outputting relationship information of the specific keyword and the associative keyword based on the relation index stored in the relation index database Informational server comprising a.

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