KR101042907B1 - Method and apparatus for providing an online dictionary service - Google Patents

Abstract

A query analysis unit for receiving a query including word index information corresponding to a word included in a loaded web page and predetermined interpretation language information from a user terminal to extract the interpretation language information and word index information, and words of an original language A dictionary data storage including at least one dictionary data including interpretation data in a target language for the dictionary, a dictionary selection unit for selecting the dictionary data based on the interpretation language information and the word index information, and the selected dictionary data A search unit for searching for the interpretation data corresponding to the word index information from a search result and a search result transmission unit for transmitting the analysis data to the client, wherein the index information includes a language identifier for identifying a national language and a word of the original language. Contains the word identifier corresponding to It provides an online dictionary service system.

Online dictionaries, tooltips

Description

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AN ONLINE DICTIONARY SERVICE}

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for providing an online dictionary service.

Recently, due to the increase in the number of Internet users and the activation of information retrieval through the Internet, not only web pages written in the native language but also web pages written in languages of other countries have been executed. To decipher a web page written in another language, you need to be proficient in that language, but only a few users are able to speak these languages. Thus, in order to increase the convenience of Internet users, a translation service or a dictionary service is provided to remove such language barriers.

In the case of a normal translation service, if a text included in a web page or a URL of a web page to be translated is copied and input into a translation service providing web page, the input original text is delivered to a translation server, and the user translates the original text into a translation result. A method of transmitting to the terminal is used. However, the translation quality of these translation services is not satisfactory and goes through a cumbersome process of copying and entering the original text or URL.

In addition, in a conventional dictionary service, when a word to be searched is instructed by a pointing device such as a mouse, the word is transmitted to a web server, and an analysis result thereof is displayed. That is, interpretation is provided on a word-by-word basis.

1 is a diagram for explaining an online dictionary service that is typically provided.

For example, portal sites such as Naver (www.naver.com) or Daum (www.daum.net) provide a toolbar service that includes several simple applications. An online dictionary service is provided as one service included in the toolbar service. As shown, when the indicator 10 of a pointing device such as a mouse over an English word indicates a word included in a web page, the interpretation 20 of the word is in the form of a tooltip. Is provided. In this case, although the indicator 10 is shown as being positioned around the word, in an alternative embodiment, it is located directly above the word.

On the other hand, the prior art only provides the interpretation of the designated first national language (eg, English) to the designated second national language (eg, Korean), and does not dynamically provide interpretation of other national languages. I can't. Therefore, there is a need to provide an online dictionary service that meets the needs of various users.

Some embodiments of the present invention provide an online dictionary service providing apparatus and method capable of providing an interpretation service based on a language selected by a user for various kinds of languages.

As a technical means for achieving the above-described technical problem, the first aspect of the present invention is to receive a query containing the word index information and the predetermined interpretation language information corresponding to the words included in the loaded web page from the user terminal to A query analysis unit for extracting interpretation language information and word index information, a dictionary data storage unit including at least one dictionary data including interpretation data according to a target language of words of a source language, the interpretation language information, and the word A pre-selection unit for selecting the dictionary data based on index information, a search unit for searching the analysis data corresponding to the word index information from the selected dictionary data, and a search result transmission unit for transmitting the analysis data to the client. The index information represents a national language. It provides the language identifier and an online dictionary service providing device that includes a word identifier corresponding to the word in the original language.

In addition, the second aspect of the present invention is a step of receiving from the user terminal a query comprising a word index information and predetermined interpretation language information corresponding to a word included in the loaded web page, the interpretation language information and words from the query Extracting index information, selecting dictionary data based on the interpretation language information and the word index information from at least one dictionary data including interpretation data by target language for words of a source language, the selected Retrieving the interpretation data corresponding to the word index information from dictionary data and transmitting the interpretation data to the user terminal, wherein the index information includes a language identifier identifying a national language and a word of the original language. Online containing a word identifier corresponding to All provide a service providing method.

In addition, the third aspect of the present invention comprises the steps of setting the interpretation language through a client installed in the user terminal, extracting a word indicated by the pointing device from the words of the web page loaded on the user terminal, for each language Retrieving the index information of the extracted word from a word index storage including word indexes having a distinct system, generating a query including the interpretation language information and word index information, and a dictionary server based on the query It provides an online dictionary service providing method comprising the step of receiving the search results of the user terminal.

A fourth aspect of the present invention also provides a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for performing the steps described in the online dictionary service providing method.

According to the above-described problem solving means of the present invention, it is possible to automatically provide an interpretation service for the languages of various countries displayed on the web page according to the native language selected and input by the user through the client. In particular, since the analysis service is provided based on the user's native language, the service optimized for the user can be provided.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is "connected" to another part, this includes not only "directly connected" but also "electrically connected" with another element in between. . In addition, when a part is said to "include" a certain component, which means that it may further include other components, except to exclude other components unless otherwise stated.

Hereinafter, the contents of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a diagram illustrating an online dictionary service providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The online dictionary service providing apparatus 100 includes a client 200 and a dictionary server 300. The client 200 is installed in the user terminal and collects various types of information and transmits it to the dictionary server 300 through the network. The network may be any wired network, such as a local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), or value added network (VAN), or a mobile radio communication network, or a satellite communication network. It can be implemented as a kind of wireless network.

The client 200 may include an analysis language setting unit 210, a search term extractor 220, a word index search unit 230, a word index storage unit 240, a query generator 250, a search result display unit 260, The environment setting unit 270 is included.

The client 200 is downloaded through a network and installed in a user terminal such as a computer or a portable terminal. Here, the computer includes, for example, a laptop, desktop, laptop, etc., which is equipped with a web browser, and the portable terminal is, for example, a wireless communication device that ensures portability and mobility. , Personal Communication System (PCS), Global System for Mobile communications (GSM), Personal Digital Cellular (PDC), Personal Handyphone System (PHS), Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), International Mobile Telecommunication (IMT) -2000, Code CDMA Division type multiple access (WDM) -2000, W-Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA), Wireless Broadband Internet (WBRO) terminal, and the like can include all types of handheld based wireless communication devices.

The analysis language setting unit 210 sets the language selected by the user as the analysis language. That is, it is possible to select an interpretation language, which becomes a reference language for interpreting words of a web page, from among a plurality of languages. According to an embodiment, the user may set the interpretation language while the client 200 is installed in the user terminal. For example, when a user selects a specific language from among various languages such as English, Korean, Chinese, or Japanese, the selected language is set as an analysis language. In addition, the user's interpretation language can be changed according to the user's choice. Typically, the user's native language will be selected as the interpretation language.

The search word extracting unit 220 recognizes and extracts a word at a position indicated by a pointing device such as a mouse. A detailed configuration will be described with reference to the drawings.

3 is a diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of a search word extractor according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The search term extractor 220 includes a word recognizer 222 and a trimming processor 224.

The word recognizer 222 detects an event in which the indicator of the pointing device is located on the word, recognizes a word at a point where the event occurs, and transmits the word to the trimming processor 224. In this case, the pointing device may be various types of input devices such as a mouse, a tablet, a touch pad, or a touch screen. In the case of a touch screen, the movement of the indicator may be controlled by a finger in addition to a separate device.

The word recognition unit 222 continuously detects whether the pointing device is moved, and recognizes a word at a point where the indicator is located when the indicator is located above the word. In this case, the sensitivity of word recognition may be adjusted by adjusting the reference value according to a user's setting. That is, if the indicator increases the reference value of time over the word, the sensitivity of word recognition will be reduced. Conversely, decreasing the reference value of the time the indicator is positioned over a word will increase the sensitivity of word recognition.

The trimming processor 224 removes noise characters from the words recognized by the word recognizer 222. Noise characters include various characters or various special characters that are unrelated to word interpretation. In other words, various punctuation marks such as single quotation marks (''), double quotation marks (“”), exclamation marks (!), And question marks (?) Located in front of, behind, and the middle of the recognized word are included in the noise character. The processor 234 performs a trimming operation to remove such noise characters.

Referring back to FIG. 2, the word index search unit 230 may determine a word recognized by the word recognizer 222 or a word recognized by the word recognizer 222 and trimmed by the trimming processor 224. The index is retrieved from the word index storage 240. In addition, the searched word index is transmitted to the query generator 250. If there is no search word index, it is determined that there is no interpretation for the word in the dictionary server 300, so that a query for the word is not generated.

The word index storage 240 designates and stores a unique index with respect to words registered in the dictionary server 300. Among the words recognized by the word recognizer 222 may be words not registered in the dictionary server 300. If such words are included in the query, the dictionary server 300 may not return a search value for the word, thereby causing unnecessary problems. Thus, in the present invention, the index information of the words registered in the dictionary server 300 is stored in the client 200, and the query is generated only for the words registered in the dictionary server 300.

Meanwhile, the word index storage 240 may have an index system distinguished for each language. In other words, different languages such as Korean, English, Japanese, and Chinese should have different indexing systems.

4 is a diagram illustrating a language-based index system of a word index storage unit according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, a unique index is assigned to each word. In addition, each language should have a separate index system. For example, ENs for English, KR for Korean, JP for Japanese, and CN for Chinese have different language identifiers for each language. A language identifier and a word identifier (i, j, k, l in the drawing) of the corresponding language are combined to form a single word index, and through this, an index system of words for each language may be formed. In this case, the embodiment may be changed to have a different index system from the illustrated index system.

Meanwhile, the language identifier may be determined from the code pattern of the recognized word. That is, each word code has a specific pattern to identify its nationality. For example, by implementing a specific part of the code as binary data, it is possible to determine the nationality of the word through the binary data. The code pattern of the word may be stored in the index search unit 230 in a table form for reference.

Accordingly, the word to be searched and only the language corresponding to the word can be checked using only the word index. The dictionary selector 320 to be described later selects any one of the plurality of dictionary data based on the language identifier of the word index information. Therefore, if the word index has a system distinguished from each other for each language, dictionary data can be selected more easily.

According to an embodiment, language identifiers for various languages such as German, French, Spanish, Arabic, and the like may be additionally stored in addition to Korean, English, Chinese, and Japanese. In addition, data stored in the word index storage 240 may be added, changed, or deleted at the operator's choice.

Referring back to FIG. 2, the query generator 250 generates a query including interpretation language information and word index information. In this case, the interpretation language information is received from the interpretation language setting unit 210, and the word index information is received from the word index search unit 230. This is sent to the dictionary server 300, the dictionary server 300 selects the appropriate dictionary data from the interpretation language information and the word index information included in the query, to retrieve the interpretation data corresponding to the word index information from the selected dictionary data do. In this case, the query generator 250 generates the query only when the word identified by the word index information is registered in the dictionary data. That is, a query is not generated for a word whose index is not registered in the word index storage 240.

The search result display unit 260 displays the analysis data received from the dictionary server on the client 200. Preferably, the tool is displayed in the form of a tooltip at a position adjacent to the search target word indicated by the pointing device.

The environment setting unit 270 receives and stores setting items selected by the user so that the online dictionary service is provided accordingly. For example, you can change the interpretation language set by the user. In addition, the word recognition unit 222 of the search word extractor 220 allows the user to directly set the reference value of the time that the indicator of the pointing device is located on the word.

Now, the configuration of the dictionary server 300 will be described.

The dictionary server 300 receives a query from the client 200, selects the optimal dictionary data based on the interpretation language information and the word index information, and retrieves the interpretation of the search target word from the selected dictionary data. To send). The dictionary server 300 includes a query analyzer 310, a dictionary selector 320, a searcher 330, a search result transmitter 340, and a dictionary data storage 350.

The query analyzing unit 310 of the dictionary server 300 analyzes the query received from the client 200 and extracts interpretation language information and word index information. In addition, the interpretation language information is transmitted to the dictionary selector 320, and the word index information is transmitted to the dictionary selector 320 and the searcher 330.

The dictionary selector 320 selects the optimal dictionary data from the dictionary data storage 350 based on the interpretation language information and the language identifier of the word index.

First, the dictionary data storage 350 will be described. The dictionary data storage 350 includes a plurality of dictionary data 352, 354, and 356. Dictionary data includes interpretation of various words of the source language into the target language. That is, various words of the original language are translated using the target language. In this case, the source language and the target language may be the same language. For example, a total of 16 dictionary data may be considered in which the language of any one of Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and English is the source language, and the language of any one of Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and English is the target language. That is, dictionary data for interpreting English words in English, dictionary data for interpreting English words in Chinese, dictionary data for interpreting English words in Japanese, dictionary data for interpreting English words in Korean, and dictionary for interpreting Chinese words in English. Data, dictionary data for interpreting Chinese words in Chinese, dictionary data for interpreting Chinese words in Japanese, dictionary data for interpreting Chinese words in Korean, dictionary data for interpreting Japanese words in English, dictionary to interpret Japanese words in Chinese Data, dictionary data for interpreting Japanese words in Japanese, dictionary data for interpreting Japanese words in Korean, dictionary data for interpreting Korean words in English, dictionary data for interpreting Korean words in Chinese, dictionary to interpret Korean words in Japanese Having a dictionary to translate data or Korean words into Korean Data may be considered.

That is, a total of n * m dictionary data including one language among n languages as a source language and one language among m languages as a target language is included.

Meanwhile, various words of the original language of the dictionary data may be stored in a word index form. That is, since the search is performed based on the word index transmitted from the client 200, the dictionary data is configured to include the word index information. On the other hand, the language identifier may be omitted from the index information for each word of the dictionary data.

 On the other hand, the dictionary data of the present invention can include a simple interpretation as compared to the conventional dictionary. In other words, since it provides a tooltip-type interpretation, the dictionary data may be configured to include only representative interpretations of the word to be searched.

Referring back to the dictionary selector 320, the dictionary selector 320 selects dictionary data in which the original language corresponds to the language identifier of the word index information and the target language corresponds to the interpreted language information. Since the word index information has an index system for each language, the original language can be identified therefrom.

For example, when the analysis language information is English and the word index indicates Japanese, dictionary data in which the original language is Japanese and the target language is English is selected. That is, dictionary data for selecting various Japanese words included in the web page into English is selected. In addition, when the analysis language information is Korean and the word index indicates Chinese, dictionary data in which the original language is Chinese and the target language is Korean is selected. That is, dictionary data for selecting various Chinese words included in the web page into Korean is selected.

The search unit 330 searches for analysis data corresponding to the word index information from the dictionary data selected by the dictionary selector 320. Preferably, the analysis data corresponding to the word identifier included in the word index information is searched, and the searched analysis data is transmitted to the search result transmission unit 340.

The search result transmitter 340 transmits the searched analysis data to the client 200 through the network.

For reference, components shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 according to an embodiment of the present invention mean software components or hardware components such as a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), and have a predetermined role. Perform them.

However, 'components' are not meant to be limited to software or hardware, and each component may be configured to be in an addressable storage medium or may be configured to reproduce one or more processors.

Thus, as an example, a component may include components such as software components, object-oriented software components, class components, and task components, and processes, functions, properties, procedures, and subs. Routines, segments of program code, drivers, firmware, microcode, circuits, data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays, and variables.

Components and the functionality provided within those components may be combined into a smaller number of components or further separated into additional components.

Now, the online dictionary service providing method according to the present invention will be described.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing an online dictionary service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the language selected by the user through the client 200 is set as an analysis language (S510). Normally, the user's native language is selected as the interpretation language, which is set as the interpretation language. The interpretation language may be selected directly by the user, but may be automatically selected by selecting a specific language version of the client.

Next, the word identified through the indicator of the pointing device is extracted from the web page (S520). First, when an indicator of a pointing device is positioned over a word of the web page for more than a reference value, the word is recognized. If necessary, trimming the special characters included in the recognized word is performed.

Next, a word index for the extracted word is searched for (S530).

Searching for the recognized word or the index for the trimmed word from the unique indexes assigned to the words registered in the dictionary server 300. In this case, the word index includes a language identifier and a word identifier of the corresponding language. That is, the word index has an index system that is divided by language.

Next, a query including interpretation language information and word index information is generated and transmitted to the dictionary server 300 (S540). The client 200 installed in the user terminal generates a query, and the query is transmitted through a network means for connecting the user terminal and the dictionary server 300.

The dictionary server 300 analyzes the received query and extracts interpretation language information and word index information (S550). The extracted interpretation language information is transmitted to the dictionary selector 320, and the word index information is transmitted to the dictionary selector 320 and the searcher 330.

Next, appropriate dictionary data is selected based on the analysis language information and the word index information (S560). In this case, the language identified by the language identifier included in the word index information is used as the original language of the dictionary data, and the interpretation language information is used as the target language of the dictionary data.

Next, the analysis data corresponding to the word index information is retrieved from the selected dictionary data (S570). The analysis data corresponding to the word identifier of the word index information is retrieved from the selected dictionary data.

Next, a search result including the found analysis data is transmitted to the client 200, and the transmitted analysis data is displayed on the user terminal through the client 200 (S580). Preferably, the tool is displayed in the form of a tooltip at a position adjacent to the search target word indicated by the pointing device.

One embodiment of the present invention can also be implemented in the form of a recording medium containing instructions executable by a computer, such as a program module executed by the computer. Computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. In addition, computer readable media may include both computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Communication media typically includes computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave, or other transmission mechanism, and includes any information delivery media.

While the methods and systems of the present invention have been described in connection with specific embodiments, some or all of those elements or operations may be implemented using a computer system having a general purpose hardware architecture.

The foregoing description of the present invention is intended for illustration, and it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be easily modified in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention. will be. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single type may be implemented in a distributed manner, and similarly, components described as distributed may be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is shown by the following claims rather than the above description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

1 is a diagram for explaining an online dictionary service that is typically provided.

2 is a diagram illustrating an online dictionary service providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of a search word extractor according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating a language-based index system of a word index storage unit according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing an online dictionary service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Description of the main parts of the drawing

100: online dictionary service providing device

200: client

210: analysis language setting unit 220: search term extraction unit

230: word index search unit 240: word index storage unit

250: query generator 260: search result display unit

270: environment setting unit 300: dictionary server

310: query analysis unit 320: preselection unit

330: search unit 340: search result transmission unit

350: dictionary data storage

Claims (16)

An online dictionary service providing apparatus, A query analyzer configured to receive a query generated by including word index information corresponding to a word included in a loaded web page and predetermined interpretation language information from a user terminal, and extract the interpretation language information and word index information; Dictionary data storage including at least one dictionary data including interpretation data by the target language for the words of the source language, A dictionary selection unit for selecting the dictionary data based on the analysis language information and the word index information; A search unit for searching the analysis data corresponding to the word index information from the selected dictionary data; A search result transmission unit for transmitting the analysis data to the user terminal, The word index information includes a language identifier for identifying a national language and a word identifier corresponding to a word of the original language, And the language identifier is determined based on a code pattern of a word recognized from the web page. The method of claim 1, Index information corresponding to a word stored in the dictionary data storage unit is stored in the user terminal, The query received from the user terminal is generated when the index information of the word is searched based on the index information stored in the user terminal. The method of claim 1, And the dictionary data storage unit includes dictionary data for storing words of the original language in a word index form. The method of claim 1, And the dictionary selector selects dictionary data corresponding to the language of the word index information and the target language corresponding to the interpretation language information. The method of claim 1, And the searcher searches for the interpretation data corresponding to the word identifier of the word index information from the selected dictionary data. Analysis language setting unit for setting a specific language as an analysis language, A search word extracting unit which extracts a word indicated by a pointing device among the words of the loaded web page, A word index storage unit for storing word index information, A word index search unit for searching index information of the extracted word from the word index storage unit; A query generator for generating a query including the interpretation language information and word index information; Providing a client program to the user terminal, the client program including a search result display unit for receiving analysis data based on the query from the dictionary server and displaying the analysis data on the user terminal; The word index information includes a language identifier for identifying a national language and a word identifier corresponding to a word of an original language, And the word index search unit selects a language identifier based on a code pattern of a word recognized from the web page. The method of claim 6, The word index storage unit stores index information corresponding to words stored in the dictionary server, And the query generator generates the query when the index information of the word is searched from the word index searcher. In the online dictionary service providing method, Receiving from the user terminal a query generated by including word index information corresponding to a word included in the loaded web page and predetermined interpretation language information, Extracting the interpretation language information and word index information from the query; Selecting dictionary data based on the interpretation language information and the word index information from a dictionary data storage unit including at least one dictionary data including interpretation data by target language for words of a source language; Retrieving the interpretation data corresponding to the word index information from the selected dictionary data; and Transmitting the analysis data to the user terminal, The word index information includes a language identifier for identifying a national language and a word identifier corresponding to a word of the original language, And the language identifier is determined based on a code pattern of a word recognized from the web page. The method of claim 8, Index information corresponding to a word stored in the dictionary data storage unit is stored in the user terminal, The query received from the user terminal is generated when the index information of the corresponding word is searched based on the index information stored in the user terminal. The method of claim 8, The step of selecting the dictionary data And the source language corresponds to a language identifier of the word index information, and the target language selects dictionary data corresponding to the interpretation language information. The method of claim 8, Retrieving the interpretation data And searching for interpretation data corresponding to a word identifier of the word index information from the selected dictionary data. In the online dictionary service providing method, Setting the interpretation language, Extracting a word indicated by the pointing device among the words of the loaded web page, Retrieving index information of the extracted word from a word index storage unit; Generating a query including the interpretation language information and word index information; and Receiving and displaying a search result of a dictionary server based on the query Including, The word index information includes a language identifier for identifying a national language and a word identifier corresponding to a word of an original language, And the language identifier is determined based on a code pattern of a word recognized from the web page. 13. The method of claim 12, The word index storage unit stores index information corresponding to words stored in the dictionary server, The query is generated when the index information of the word is searched based on the stored index information. 13. The method of claim 12, Extracting the word indicated by the pointing device is Recognizing the word when the indicator of the pointing device is positioned over the word of the web page for a time longer than a reference value; and Trimming noise characters including special characters from the recognized words Online dictionary service providing method comprising a. 13. The method of claim 12, The step of searching the index information of the extracted word is And selecting a language identifier of a word index based on the extracted code pattern of the word. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for performing the steps according to any one of claims 8 to 15.

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