KR100735507B1 - An intellectual information and document maker - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is to search, select and document the information / data on the Internet, more specifically, the intelligent information that the user automatically acquires, simplified and documented the information / data required by the user using a Web browser (Web Browser) It's about the document generator.

The object of the present invention is to simplify and automate a series of simple and repetitive processes of acquiring and documenting the necessary information and data using a web browser with the user's convenience as much as possible. It aims to increase the efficiency of work by actively utilizing differentiated unique special functions to reduce the work load of management information, knowledge management and knowledge workers, and to improve welfare by increasing leisure time.

In order to achieve the above object, a configuration of the present invention is a system for connecting a user's computer to the Internet for searching and outputting desired information and documents, wherein the user on the Internet searches for information and documents to automatically generate a search result. An information retrieval agent unit 5 for storing the information retrieved by the user and managing the data retrieved by the user, a filtering agent unit 6 for processing and outputting the search results of the information retrieval agent 5 according to a user's request, and A user interface unit 3 which controls the information retrieval agent unit 5 and the filtering agent unit 6 to manage automatic search groups and search results, a document management unit that manages the retrieved documents, and information and documents on the Internet. Search group management unit for managing a search group for searching for, and to set the domain connection information for the user to search on the Internet It characterized in that comprises path setting unit.

Internet, Document Generator, Database, Web Browser

Description

An intellectual information and document maker

1 is a block diagram of an intelligent information / document generator according to the present invention;

2 is a structural diagram of an intelligent information / document generator of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart of operation of the document manager of the present invention;

4 is an operation flowchart of a search group manager of the present invention;

5 is a flow chart of the inspection result manager of the present invention,

6 is an operational flow diagram of an environment setting of the present invention;

Figure 7 is a flow chart of the favorites of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

3: user interface part 4: database

5: information retrieval agent part 6: filtering agent part

200: document manager 300: search group manager

400: Search Result Manager 500: Preferences

600: Favorite 700: Windows

800: help

The present invention is to search, select and document information and data on the Internet. More specifically, the intelligent information that the user automatically acquires, simplifies and documents the information and data required by the user using a web browser. It's about the document generator.

Prior to the generalization of the computer, a typewriter was generally used for writing a document. However, due to the generalization of the computer, a document writing work is performed using a word processor, which is a software of the computer. Documents created using a word processor, which is one application software of a computer, were modified as necessary, and then printed using a printer, which is an output device, as a peripheral device of a computer, to complete document preparation.

However, it is more efficient to refine the information by searching the latest information on the Internet rather than directly working through all the information around the word processor.

The process of getting specific information while moving to various web sites on a computer network such as the Internet is called 'web surfing'. Each website has a 'Uniform Resource Locator' (URL), which is an address that indicates its location on the Internet, and allows Internet users to use a web browser such as Internet Explorer or Netscape. If you enter the URL of the website you want in the URL input window of the web site, the web server of the website recognizes it and transfers your homepage (the earliest page among the web pages owned by the website) to the user's computer. send. Several webpages within a website are linked to each other, and this hypertext function makes it easy to move from one screen to another.

One website has several web pages linked to each other, and each web page has a different URL even if it is in the same website. At this time, the URL of such a web page has a form in which the unique name of the web page follows the URL (Internet domain name) indicating the web site to which it belongs. For example, Microsoft's domain URL is www.microsoft.com, and the URL of a Web page on Windows 98 within that website is given at www.microsoft.com/windows98.

In this case, www.microsoft.com refers to the other computer (host computer) where the resource (web page) is stored, and / windows98 refers to the directory in the computer. Such a web page may have other sub web pages, such that one web site is hierarchically arranged with several web pages.

In other words, a URL is a means for specifying a desired directory in a file system having a hierarchical directory structure using the symbol '/'.

A web browser is a program used to obtain desired information on the Internet. This web browser has a URL input window, and if you input a URL of a desired website or web page, the web browser receives the information from the web server of the website and displays the web page on the web browser screen. At this point, if you enter an invalid (non-existent) URL, the operation will be canceled with a warning that you cannot navigate. Therefore, the user must remember the URL of a specific website correctly and store the URL in a certain place.

On the other hand, as described above, since one website is composed of many web pages, even if the user enters the website's URL only to enter the website's home page (the first web page that appears when accessing the website), he / she wants to To get information, you have to navigate through the various web pages linked within the website. Of course, in the case of a special website, it provides a function to search the relevant lower web page within the home page.

For example, a newspaper website has a function of searching for a newspaper article to be followed by entering a search word.

However, even in this case, in order to move to the desired web page, it is cumbersome to enter the homepage of the website and perform a search. In addition, if there is no search function in the website, all the web links are linked to obtain the desired information. The disadvantage was that you had to call the pages one by one.

Recently, various search engines have been developed and used to enable a user to search for a desired web page among numerous web pages on the web. Yahoo, Simmani, Lycos and Naver are examples of search engines. These search engines assign index terms to various web pages on the World Wide Web and store them in a database. 'To find web pages separated by index words that match the search term and display the list to the user. The user can navigate to the desired web page by selecting one from the list.

These search engines consist of a kind of web server similar to other websites. When a user enters a search term after accessing the web site of the search site, the web server corresponds to the search term requested by the user among the data held by the user. Provides a web page in the form of a list containing brief information about it (such as an introduction or a URL).

However, since these search engines target only web pages that are analyzed and indexed by their own servers, they cannot be regarded as searching all web pages. In fact, even the search engines with the most information about web pages cover only 70% of all web pages on the World Wide Web. In addition, in the search using such a search engine, there may be many web pages corresponding to 'search terms', and in this case, the user must visit many web pages one by one and search for the desired information again.

In addition, if a large number of web pages are searched, a lot of time is required for searching, which not only inconveniences users in terms of cost and time, but also requires a separate database of numerous web pages on the World Wide Web. The disadvantage is that it must be large.

Therefore, the present invention was devised to overcome the shortcomings of the conventional search system and maximize the convenience of the user. The object of the present invention is to obtain and document the information and data required by using a web browser with the user's convenience in mind. Simplify and automate a series of simple and repetitive processes, and multiply the efficiency of work by actively utilizing unique special functions that are adapted and differentiated according to the nature and characteristics of the work, thereby increasing the work load of management information, knowledge management and knowledge workers. It aims to reduce welfare and to improve welfare by increasing leisure time.

In order to achieve the above object, a configuration of the present invention is a system for connecting a user's computer to the Internet for searching and outputting desired information and documents, wherein the user on the Internet searches for information and documents to automatically generate a search result. An information retrieval agent unit 5 for storing the information retrieved by the user and managing the data retrieved by the user, a filtering agent unit 6 for processing and outputting the search results of the information retrieval agent 5 according to a user's request, and A user interface unit 3 which controls the information retrieval agent unit 5 and the filtering agent unit 6 to manage automatic search groups and search results, a document management unit that manages the retrieved documents, and information and documents on the Internet. Search group management unit for managing a search group for searching for, and to set the domain connection information for the user to search on the Internet It characterized in that comprises path setting unit.

In addition, the method of the present invention for achieving the above object, in the method of connecting the user's computer to the Internet to retrieve and output the desired information, documents, the user on the Internet to the search engine An environment setting step of setting the searched domain connection information and the search environment of the user, a search group management step of managing search groups of the search engine set by the user, and a search result of managing search results by the search group A management step, a document management step of managing documents based on the search results, and a bookmark step of managing domains frequently searched by the user.

Also preferably, the present invention is a system for connecting a user's personal computer to the Internet to search and output desired information and documents, wherein the information and documents are searched on the Internet to automatically store search results in a database and An information retrieval agent function for managing data, a filtering agent function for automatically processing and outputting search results of the information retrieval agent according to a user's request, and an automatic retrieval group for controlling the information retrieval agent function and a filtering agent function; And a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing a user interface function for managing search results.

Hereinafter, the intelligent information / document generator of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of an intelligent information / document generator according to the present invention.

Referring to Fig. 1, a user computer 2 for inputting a search and management request for information / documents and outputting a result thereof, a printer 1 which is an output device connected to the user's computer, An information retrieval agent unit (5) for connecting the user's computer (2) to the Internet (7) to which web servers (8, 9) are connected to search for desired information / documents and to manage the user's search data; Filtering agent unit 6 for automatically processing and outputting the search results of search agent unit 5 according to the user's request, and controlling the information search agent unit 5 and filtering agent unit 6 to automatically search group And a user interface unit (3) for managing the search results, a search group for executing the user's search data and a search, and a database (4) for storing the search results.                     

The user interface unit 3 provides a user environment in which a user can use the information retrieval agent unit 5 and the filtering agent unit 6, and manages a search result. The information retrieval agent unit 5 Manage search groups.

The information retrieval agent unit 5 performs information retrieval using a retrieval site, and stores the retrieval result in the database (4). Information and data are then managed by the user's settings.

The filtering agent unit 6 converts the data retrieved by the user's setting into a format that can be analyzed, processed and output.

The information retrieval agent unit 5, the filtering agent unit 6, and the user interface unit 3 are intelligent interface agents that learn and knowledge the user's preferences and habits while observing the user's behavior and efficiently There is a function available. The interface agent system combines agent technology and machine learning technology with information and search engines and has a machine learning based user interest extraction system and a user interest based web search module driving system.

In the machine learning-based user interest extraction system, first, a process of searching a web by a user using a user behavior module is monitored. This user action module executes using a proxy between a web browser and a web server.

In this process, web documents and other ancillary information collected are used as examples, and user interest is extracted using machine learning. Subsequently, if the user performs a search and the search field matches the interest obtained from the interest, the user's interest based web search query processing module and the web search result processing module are driven to obtain the desired information.

The web search module driving system based on the user's interest is a rule obtained by monitoring the user's behavior using the web browser, and is a rule for determining what behavior the web search agent will perform.

The user interest can be divided into two layers.

First of all, it is composed of the location (URL) of documents of interest to the user and a list of important keywords in each document. Other information has information about the user's first visit, last visit, and the number of visits. Documents of interest to users with this information are classed according to the content of the document. The name of this class, the list of documents in each class, and the keyword list that represents the class among the keywords of each document are the higher interest levels.

The two levels of user interest are based on a single keyword for the document. However, using mutual information between words, we consider keywords that are closely related to the subject of interest. Interest information of user interest defined in two layers is constructed using the following two methods.

The first method is to construct relevant information directly input from the user, and the other is to extract feature words from web pages where the user expresses interest directly or indirectly, and build them as rules. In other words, Supervised Learning expresses an interest in a document of interest to the user. In this method, the user directly adds, deletes, and modifies the user's interest, and provides information such as the interest, interest, and interest of the document directly while the user browses the information using a web browser. And second, unsupervised learning, which accumulates and informs documents that a user bookmarks, prints or stores using a web browser, and documents that are frequently visited.

2 is a structural diagram of an intelligent information / document generator of the present invention which extracts and executes the user's interest, and includes a document manager 200, a search group manager 300, a search result manager 400, and an environment setter 500. , Favorites 600, window 700, help 800 is composed.

The document manager 200 has a function of opening a document 210, deleting a document 220, converting a document 230, and downloading a document 240.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the document manager 200. In step A201, a user selects a specific document desired by the user, and when the document is selected in step A201, the document management selected by the filtering agent unit 6 is shown. In step A202, a filtering agent unit 6 is executed (A203) to retrieve a document (A204).

When the document is searched for in step A204, the user may select document deletion (A220), document conversion (A230), document download reservation (A240), and document opening (A210) (A205).

First, if the user selects document deletion in step A205, the downloaded document is deleted (A221) and the result is output to the user's computer 2 so that the user can confirm (A250).

When the user selects the document conversion (A230), OEL connects (Object Linking and Embedding, OLE) (A231). Therefore, the user converts the document into a form of a document requested by the user (A232), and outputs the same as step A250 to allow the user to check.

The OLE means a function in which an object in Windows may or may not include other objects.

If the document download schedule (A240) is selected in step A205, the filtering agent unit 6 checks (A241) the reservation information of the database (4). In addition, it is determined whether the reserved document is new or modified (A242), and if it is changed, the download is scheduled (A243). Of course, if the change has not been made in step A242, the reservation information is checked again.

In step A243, the reservation of download is inputted into the reservation information database of the database 4 (A244), and the user is confirmed the result (A250).

The download reservation information of the selected document previously input in step A241 reserves a reservation time and whether to delete old data when only updated data is downloaded at an update.

When the user selects the document open A210 in step A205, a window for selecting a format to open the selected document is first provided (A211). Then, the OLE is connected according to the set format (A222), the program corresponding to the format is connected and executed (A223), and the result is output (A250).

Therefore, it saves only the latest updated data, which is updated manually or automatically on the Internet, and automatically deletes old data that has not been changed to enable efficient use of storage space, and is suitable for a frequent work environment. Do.

4 is an operation flowchart of the search group manager 300.

The search group manager 300 has a function of adding a search group 310, deleting a search group 320, printing a search group 330, reservation for each search group 340, and a search engine status view 350.

First, when a search group addition 310, a search group deletion 320, and a search group reservation 340 are selected (B301), it is determined whether the information search agent unit 5 is running (B302). If the search agent unit 5 is running, the user selects a search group add 310, a search group delete 320, and a search group reservation 340 (B303 and B304).

If the user selects Add Search Group (B310), the user sets a desired search engine (B311), and reserves information such as a search time.

The search engine is started for each group by the reserved information (B313), the inputted reservation information is read (B314), and the search is executed until there is no unchecked reservation information (B315).

If there is no reservation information not checked above, the search is terminated (B316), and the search result is stored in the database B317 and output to the user's computer (B370).

If deleting the search group (B320) is selected in step B304, the group name to be deleted is selected from the user, and information of the group to be deleted from the search result database is deleted from the database (B321).

In addition, when the reservation for each search group (B340) is selected in step B304, the reservation information such as search time and search period is received (B341) and stored in the reservation information database (B342) for each group, and the result in step B321 As shown in (B360), the user outputs through a user's computer.

When the search group print (B330) is selected in the search group manager 300, a print option is first input (B331), and the registered search group is printed through the printer 1 connected to the user's computer (B332). .

In addition, when the search engine status view B350 is selected in the search group manager B300, a reservation status, a search progress status, that is, the status of the information search agent unit 5 is checked for each search group and output to the screen ( B350, B351, B370). The printing outline is the same as the printing option of the general program.

5 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the search result manager 400.

2 and 5, the functions of string search 410, domain management 420, web document management 430, Internet connection 440, document download 450, and result screen storage 460 have.

First, the string search (C410) receives a character or string to search (C411), and finds the corresponding character or string in the search results (C412). The screen is moved to the corresponding character or string (C413). You will also be charged the Find Again feature.

The domain manager C420 and the web document manager C430 select a function of adding or deleting a domain or a web document from the search results (C421).

When the user selects the additional function (C422), the domain or web document information is read (C423) and stored in the search result database (C424). The result screen is updated according to the stored result (C425).

If the delete function is selected in step C421 (C431), the domain or web document is selected (C432) and deleted from the search result database (C433). The result screen is updated as in step C425.

The document download (C450) selects and downloads a web document from the searched results (C451), and reads the format information of the document at the time of downloading to determine whether it is a Hypertext Markup Language (hereinafter referred to as HTML). If it is an HTML document, it is downloaded (C455). If it is not an HTML document, the filtering agent C454 converts and downloads it. When the download is complete, the database is updated (C456).

The result screen storage function C460 receives a path and a file name for storing a search result (C461), and generates and stores a text file (C462).

The Internet connection (C440) function is first performed by the user selecting a website (C441), and when the website is selected, the web browser set in the environment setter 500 to be described later is executed (C442).

If the website requires the input of an ID or password, the web browser is inputted to execute the web browser (C443, C444).                     

6 is an operation flowchart of the environment setter 500.

2 and 6, there are domain connection information management (D510) and a user environment setting (D520).

The domain connection information manager (D510) reads a domain from a search result database (D511) and selects a domain (D512). When a domain of the specific site is selected, an ID and a password are input (D513), and the input ID and password are stored in a database. After that, when starting a search engine, it is started by group and the search results are stored in a database.

In other words, the membership system and the security part have an automatic login function, so when the user's ID or password is required, the user can set the input, and if there are some ID or passwords used by the user, the registration can be performed separately.

The user environment setting (D520) sets execution options of the information retrieval agent unit 5 and filtering agent unit 6, and includes a list of web browsers to be used, a default web browser to be used, and a search engine site to be used. Enter the list, the default search engine site to use, the default directory to hold the documents, and the number of search results to display on one screen. If the default web browser is not selected, the default web browser on the window is applied. If the default search engine is not selected, the default search engine of the system is applied (D521).

The input information stores the selected environment setting in the database (D514).                     

In addition, the stored environment setting is output to the user's computer to display the result (D515).

7 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the favorite 600.

2 and 7, add bookmark (610), delete bookmark (620), bookmark search (630), bookmark file creation (640), bookmark file reading (650) There is a function of.

First, the favorite addition (E610) is selected by the user in the search result screen (E611) and input to the favorite database (E612), and the bookmark deletion (E620) outputs the list registered to the favorite on the screen ( E621), the domain is selected from the list registered in the bookmark and then deleted (E622).

In addition, the favorite search (E630) receives the input string to search for the input string in the favorite database (E631) and outputs the search results on the screen, the making of the favorite file (E640) The title, path, and file name are read (E641) to create a file in the favorite database (E642, E643).

The favorite file read (E650) reads the favorite file and opens a dialog (E651), selects a file, adds the file to the favorite list, and updates the added favorite list in the database (E652).

The window 700 has a function of window alignment 710, screen setting 720, and result screen magnification setting 730. The window alignment 710 sets a function of adjusting a window opened on a screen. The screen setting 720 receives a usage setting for each window and stores the input information in a database.

In addition, the result screen magnification setting 730 receives the screen magnification of the window for viewing the search results and applies the screen magnification of the window to the window for viewing the search results.

The help 800 includes a help search 810, a table of contents and an index 820, and a function 830 for outputting information on a screen such as a version, a production company, and a production date of the intelligent information and document generation system of the present invention. There is this.

The help finder 810 receives a help string to search for and finds the corresponding help in a help file, and outputs it to the screen. The contents and index 820 outputs the help as a table of contents or an index, and the user lists the help. Alternatively, the search results using the index may be displayed on the screen or output to the printer 1.

The intelligent information / document generator of the present invention as described above simplifies and automates a series of simple repetitive processes of acquiring and documenting necessary information and data using a web browser to maximize user convenience, and to the nature and characteristics of the work. As a result, it is possible to double the efficiency of work by utilizing unique special functions that are appropriate and differentiated, and to increase leisure time and improve human welfare by lowering the work load of management information, knowledge management and knowledge workers.

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delete In a system that connects a user's computer to the Internet to retrieve and print desired information and documents, An information retrieval agent unit (5) for retrieving information and documents by the user on the Internet, automatically storing search results in a database, and managing the data retrieved by the user; A filtering agent unit 6 for processing and outputting a search result of the information retrieval agent 5 according to a user's request; A user interface unit 3 for controlling the information retrieval agent unit 5 and the filtering agent unit 6 to manage automatic search groups and search results; A document management unit for managing the retrieved documents; A search group manager for managing a search group for searching for information and documents on the Internet; And an environment setting unit for setting domain connection information searched by a user on the Internet. delete delete In the method of generating the information and document to connect the user's computer to the Internet to retrieve and output the desired information and document, The user on the Internet to a search engine An environment setting step of setting the searched domain connection information and the search environment of the user, a search group management step of managing search groups of the search engine set by the user, and a search result of managing search results by the search group A management step, a document management step of managing documents based on the search results, and a bookmark step of managing domains frequently searched by the user, The document management step includes a first process of selecting a document to be used by the user, a second process of requesting and searching the selected document for execution of the selected document, and opening, deleting, converting, and reserving the retrieved document. A third process of selecting a document, a third process of setting a format of a document to be output when the user selects to open a document, a fifth process of connecting the output document to OLE, and the output of the document. A sixth step of executing a program of a document to be executed; a seventh step of converting the selected document by connecting to OLE if the user selects document conversion; and a download reservation of the selected document if the user selects a document download reservation; The eighth process of checking the previously input reservation information, updating or modifying the reservation information, and downloading the reservation information; Intelligent information / document generation method further comprising the tenth step of inputting to the base. The method of claim 5, wherein the search group management step, An eleventh step of executing the information retrieval agent unit when the user selects to add a search group in the addition, deletion, reservation, printing, and status view of the search group; A twelfth step of setting a search engine to be added by the user, a thirteenth step of inputting reservation information for the search engine, A fourteenth step of executing a search based on the reservation information; A sixteenth step of determining whether all of the reservation information has been searched; If the search results are completed according to the scheduled information, step 17 of terminating the search and storing the search result in the database; An eighteenth step of outputting the search result to a screen; and a nineteenth step of inputting reservation information for the search group when the user selects a reservation for each search group in addition, deletion, reservation, printing, and status view of the search group; and, A twenty-first step of storing the input reservation information in a database; a twenty-first step of outputting the stored result on a screen; A twenty-second step of checking information of the information search agent when the user selects a search engine status view in the addition, deletion, reservation, printing, and status view of the search group; And a twenty-third step of outputting the checked result on a screen. According to claim 5, Search result management step, Step 24 when the user inputs a string when the user selects a string search in a string search, domain management, web document management, document download, screen storage, and internet connection, A twenty-fifth step of searching for the character string in the search result database; a twenty-seventh step of moving to a file containing the character string of the search result; Step 27 of selecting, adding or deleting, when the user selects domain management or web document management in string search, domain management, web document management, document download, screen storage, and Internet connection; The 28th step of selecting and reading information of a domain and a web document when the addition or deletion is selected; Step 29 of storing or deleting the selected domain and web document in a search result database; A thirtieth step of outputting the stored or deleted result; The thirtieth step of selecting a web document to be downloaded when the user selects a document download from a string search, domain management, web document management, document download, screen save, and internet connection; A thirty-first step of determining whether an HTML document is read by reading format information of the web document, a thirty-second step of executing a filtering agent unit if the web document is not HTML; And a thirty-third step of updating the database by downloading the web document. delete

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