KR101644702B1 - Method and system for controlleing query response - Google Patents

Abstract

A query response control method and system capable of providing real-world information on a virtual Internet object-based virtual object are disclosed. A computer-implemented query response control method comprising the steps of: receiving a query from a user terminal; invoking at least one of a web-based search engine, a virtual object-based search engine, and a user preference information-based search engine; And providing a response to the query based on the called search engine.

Description

[0001] METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING QUERY RESPONSE [0002]

Embodiments of the invention relate to a method and system for query response control in an internet of things (IOT) environment.

As the environment of the Internet of things (IOT) has come, the information desired by the user has changed from a form requiring comprehensive information of the real world surrounding the user in addition to the information existing on the existing web. In a conventional query environment based on a user 's explicit' intention ', the query environment is changing to a query environment based on inference of a context' based user 'intention'. Accordingly, the query response service needs to be changed in a form of pushing the necessary information to the user based on the context information at the time of the query in a direct inquiry form for a specific object.

In addition, a query result inference based on a series of continuous user context information needs to be requested in a lightweight, low battery capacity terminal environment. While individual and explicit requests are decreasing, delivery of contextual information is expected to become more frequent.

For example, as a result of the search, various real-world information such as real-time information of a virtual object in an Internet of Things environment may be requested as well as a result value for simple web contents. As the browsing environment is expected to change, a method of providing a limited search result existing on an existing web page can not satisfy a user's intention, and effective exposure of a related content is controlled There is a difficulty.

Therefore, a technique is needed that can provide a response to a search query that includes real-world information.

Further, there is a need for a technique capable of actively providing a query response according to characteristics of a display type, a battery capacity, a data processing capacity, and the like of a user terminal in providing a response to a search query.

The present invention provides a query response control method and system capable of providing a query response including virtual object status information and real-time data of an object Internet environment including the web when a user requests a search query.

The present invention provides a query response control method and system capable of controlling exposure to a query response according to characteristics of a user terminal such as a display type, a battery capacity, a data processing capacity, and the like.

A computer-implemented query response control method comprising the steps of: receiving a query from a user terminal; invoking at least one of a web-based search engine, a virtual object-based search engine, and a user preference information-based search engine; And providing a response to the query based on the called search engine.

According to an aspect, providing a response to the query may provide real-world information corresponding to a virtual object in response to the query as the virtual-object-based search engine is called.

According to another aspect, the step of providing a response to the query includes the step of confirming the update period information of the real-world information, and the step of updating and providing a response to the inquiry based on the update period information .

According to another aspect, the real world information is generated from a virtual object located on the Internet of Things, and may represent a change in state of the virtual object.

According to another aspect, the step of providing a response to the query may provide an adjustment of an exposure amount of a response exposed to the user terminal according to the display type of the user terminal.

According to another aspect, the step of calling the search engine may further call the user preference information based search engine after the virtual object based search engine is called.

According to another aspect, the step of providing a response to the query includes filtering a response retrieved through the virtual object based search engine using user preference information obtained through the virtual object based search engine And providing the filtered response.

The query response control system includes a query analysis unit that receives at least one of a web-based search engine, a virtual object-based search engine, and a user preference information-based search engine by receiving and analyzing a query from a user terminal, And a response providing unit for providing a response to the query based on the retrieved search engine.

According to an aspect of the present invention, the response providing unit may provide real-world information corresponding to a virtual object in response to the query, when the virtual-object-based search engine is called.

According to another aspect, the response providing unit may check the update period information corresponding to the real world information, and may update the response to the inquiry based on the update period information.

According to another aspect, the real world information is generated from a virtual object located on the Internet of Things, and may represent a change in state of the virtual object.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the response providing unit may adjust the exposure amount of the response to be exposed to the user terminal according to the display type of the user terminal.

According to another aspect, the query analyzer may further call the user preference information based search engine after calling the virtual object based search engine.

According to another aspect, the response providing unit may filter the response retrieved through the virtual object-based search engine using the user preference information acquired through the virtual object-based search engine, and provide a filtered response can do.

A query response control system includes at least one program loaded memory and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: receive a query from a user terminal in accordance with control of the program; A process of calling at least one of an engine, a virtual object-based search engine, and a user preference information-based search engine, and a process of providing a response to the query based on the called search engine.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a query response including virtual object status information and real-time data of the object Internet environment including the web when a search query of a user is requested can be provided.

In addition, by controlling the exposure to the query response according to the characteristics of the user terminal such as the display type, the battery capacity, the data processing capacity, etc., it is possible to preserve the profit due to the reduction in the exposure content.

Figure 1 illustrates an overview of a user terminal and a query response control system in one embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram for explaining an internal configuration of a Q & A control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a query response control method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a detailed method of receiving a query and invoking a search engine, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 5 is a flow diagram illustrating a detailed method of invoking a search engine to provide a query response, in an embodiment of the invention.
6 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a query response control system in an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a block diagram for explaining an example of the internal configuration of a computer system in an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The embodiments of the present invention relate to a technology for providing a search result for a search term and are applicable not only to an information search service of a web-based search engine but also to an information search service of a search engine based on a matter Internet (IoT) .

Figure 1 illustrates an overview of a user terminal and a query response control system in one embodiment of the present invention. 1 shows a query response control system 101, a user terminal 102, and a user notary device 103. As shown in Fig. The arrows in FIG. 1 may indicate that data may be transmitted between the query response control system 101, the user terminal 102, and the user noti device 103 via the wired / wireless network.

The query response control system 101 may include a search engine that provides a search result (hereinafter, referred to as a 'query response') corresponding to a search term (hereinafter referred to as 'query') input from a user. In particular, the Q & A control system 101 is a web-based search engine for providing search convenience to users and supporting continuous information search and consumption, as well as real-world information about virtual objects (VOs) And may include a virtual object based search engine to provide information.

The user terminal 102 is a PC, a smart phone, a tablet, an object Internet control device, or the like, and refers to all terminals capable of installing and executing a service for accessing a web / mobile site or a service dedicated to the Q & can do. At this time, the user terminal 101 can perform service-wide operations such as service screen configuration, data input, data transmission / reception, and data storage under the control of a web / mobile site or a dedicated application. For example, a service-only application may include an application for controlling virtual Internet-based virtual objects.

A user notification device 101 is a device that provides a query response to the user terminal 102, such as a PC, a wall pad, an object Internet control device, and the like, provided by the query response control system 103 .

At this time, the user noticed device 101 may be integrated with the user terminal 102 as a single device or may be configured as a separate device. For example, when integrated into one, the user terminal 102 can perform all the functions of the user Notification device 101. [ In the case where the user noti apparatus 101 is configured as a separate apparatus, the user noti apparatus 101 is installed in the room where the object internet environment is established, and is used to provide a query response to the user terminal 102 located outside .

FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining an internal configuration of a Q & A control system in an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 3 to 5 are flowcharts showing a Q & A control method in an embodiment of the present invention .

The query response control system 200 according to the present embodiment may include a processor 210, a bus 220, a network interface 230, and a memory 240. The memory 240 may include an operating system 241 and a query response providing routine 242. The processor 210 may include a query analyzer 211, a search engine 212, and a response provider 213. In other embodiments, the Q & A control system 200 may include more components than the components of FIG. However, there is no need to clearly illustrate most prior art components. For example, the query response control system 200 may include other components such as a display or a transceiver.

The memory 240 may be a computer-readable recording medium and may include a permanent mass storage device such as a random access memory (RAM), a read only memory (ROM), and a disk drive. Also, the memory 240 may store program codes for the operating system 241 and the query response providing routine 242. [ These software components may be loaded from a computer readable recording medium separate from the memory 240 using a drive mechanism (not shown). Such a computer-readable recording medium may include a computer-readable recording medium (not shown) such as a floppy drive, a disk, a tape, a DVD / CD-ROM drive, or a memory card. In other embodiments, the software components may be loaded into the memory 240 via the network interface 230 rather than from a computer readable recording medium.

The bus 220 may enable communication and data transfer between the components of the Q & A control system 200. The bus 220 may be configured using a high-speed serial bus, a parallel bus, a Storage Area Network (SAN), and / or other suitable communication technology.

Network interface 230 may be a computer hardware component for connecting query response control system 200 to a computer network. The network interface 230 may connect the query response control system 200 to a computer network via a wireless or wired connection.

The processor 210 may be configured to process instructions of a computer program by performing basic arithmetic, logic, and query response control system 200 input and output operations. The instructions may be provided by the memory 240 or the network interface 230 and to the processor 210 via the bus 220. The processor 210 may be configured to execute program code for the query analyzer 211, the search engine 212 and the response provider 213. [ Such program code may be stored in a recording device such as memory 240. [

The query analyzing unit 211, the search engine 212, and the response providing unit 213 may be configured to perform the steps of FIG. 3 through FIG.

Referring to FIG. 3, in step 301, the query analyzer 211 receives and analyzes a query input by the user from the user terminal 102. FIG.

At this time, the browser application can set various information in the query based on the features supported by the Q & A control system 200.

For example, in a query, HTTP request header information can be transmitted between the Q & A system 200 and a user terminal, and mutual information can be transmitted through a separate request. For example, when the user terminal is a low-power device, the Q & A control system 200 may not further transmit initial setting information of the browser application through caching setting of a query request information.

In step 302, the query analyzer 211 may call the search engine 212 to provide a query response, which is a search result for the received query.

At this time, the query analyzing unit 211 may invoke a search engine to be used to provide a query response based on a query method corresponding to a query input by the user or search engine setting information set at the time of query input .

As an example, the query method may be of the form queryType (object). In other words, when the query input by the user includes the identification information (ID) related to the virtual object VO, the product model name, and the like, the query analysis unit 211 searches for a response to the query input by the user And may call the virtual object (VO) based search engine 202. For example, when the identification information of the air conditioner 1 is inputted as a query to adjust the temperature of the air conditioner 1 located in the room 1, the query analyzing unit 211 calls the virtual object (VO) based search engine 202 . At this time, the Q & A control system 200 may store information related to all virtual objects on the object Internet.

At this time, if it is necessary to use the user preference information at the time of query search, the query analyzer 211 may further call the user preference based search engine 203.

As another example, when the query input by the user does not include identification information (ID), product model name, and the like related to the virtual object VO, the query analysis unit 211 searches for a response to the query inputted by the user Based search engine 201 for a search engine.

As another example, when the user inputs query search engine setting information when a user inputs a query or sets query search engine setting information in advance through user setting information through a query input screen, the query analyzer 211 searches the set search engine The search engine can be called based on the setting information.

For example, if the query entered by the user is set to search the web-based search engine, the query analyzer 211 may call the web-based search engine 201. The query analyzer 211 may call the virtual object based search engine 202 when the query input by the user is set to search the virtual object (VO) based search engine. In the same manner, when it is set to search with the user preference based search engine, the query analysis unit 211 can call the user preference based search engine 203. [ In addition, the query analyzer 211 may invoke the web-based search engine 201 and the virtual-object-based search engine 202 together, or may include a web-based search engine 201 and a user preference-based search engine 203 together , Or may invoke the virtual object based search engine 202 and the user preference based search engine 203 together.

In step 303, the response providing unit 213 may extract a query response corresponding to the query input by the user through the called search engine. In other words, the response providing unit 213 may extract a document matching the query received from the user terminal 102 to generate a query response. Here, the document may mean data to be searched by the search engine. For example, a document can include structured data such as a database (DB), and in the case of a web-based search engine, unstructured data such as web data such as a blog or a bulletin board can be included as a search target.

Hereinafter, an operation of receiving and analyzing a query inputted by a user and calling a search engine will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a detailed method of receiving a query and invoking a search engine, according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In step 401, the query analysis unit 211 can receive the query input by the user from the user terminal 102. [ At this time, the query analyzer 211 can receive the terminal information together with the query from the user terminal 102. [ For example, the terminal information may include user information including identification information such as the ID of the user terminal 102 and utilization of user preference information, display type information of the terminal, battery information of the terminal, location information of the terminal, Caching setting information indicating whether to caching a query, data receiving buffer information of the user terminal, and the like.

In step 402, the query analyzing unit 211 analyzes the query inputted by the user based on the query method, parameter information, or search engine setting information corresponding to the query inputted by the user, and provides a query response To determine which search engine 212 to call.

For example, the query analysis unit 211 searches the Web-based search engine 201, the virtual-object-based search engine 202, the user preference-based search engine 203 ) May be determined as a search engine to be called.

In step 403, the query analyzer 211 may set user information for providing a query response based on the terminal information received together with the query.

For example, the query analyzer 211 can set user information based on the identification information of the terminal and whether or not the user preference is utilized.

In step 404, the query analyzer 211 can set whether or not to caching the query input by the user based on the received terminal information when receiving the query. For example, the query analyzing unit 211 can determine whether or not to cache the data based on the caching setting information.

In step 405, the query analysis unit 211 can set the amount of response data based on the terminal information received together with the query.

For example, the query analyzer 211 can set the maximum number of responses to the query, the length of the response, and the like based on the display type information and the data receiving buffer information of the user terminal. In other words, the query analysis unit 211 can set the amount of response data so as to provide a response to the query according to a level that the user terminal can process.

For example, if the user terminal is a wearable device such as a smart watch or glasses, the query analyzer 211 may classify the wearable device according to a card type, which is a display type of the wearable device You can set the number and length of responses to the query. If the user terminal is a smart phone, the query analyzer 211 can set the number and length of responses to the query according to the advertisement type. That is, in the case of the card type, since the display size that can be displayed to the user at a time is smaller than the advertisement type, the number of responses is smaller than the advertisement type and the response length is set shorter so that the user can easily confirm the response to the query .

In step 406, the query analyzer 211 may call the search engine to provide a response to the query entered by the user. For example, the query analyzer 211 may call a search engine to be called, which is determined through query analysis in step 402 above.

For example, when the web-based search engine 201 is determined as a search engine to be called, the query analyzer 211 may call a searcher to search for a response to the query.

As another example, if the virtual object based search engine 202 is determined to be a search engine to be called, the query analyzer 211 may call a discover to search for a response to the query.

As another example, if the user preference-based search engine 203 is determined as a search engine to be called, the query analyzer 211 may call a contexter to search for a response to the query.

Hereinafter, an operation of providing a response to a query input by the user through the called search engine will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

Figure 5 is a flow diagram illustrating a detailed method of invoking a search engine to provide a query response, in an embodiment of the invention.

As described with reference to FIG. 4, the query analyzer 211 may invoke a search engine to perform an appropriate search according to the set amount of response data. In other words, the query can be linked to the search engine according to a value indicating the search range of the query target in the query. For example, a query method of the queryType (Object) type includes a web-based search or a virtual object-based search, and the search engine can be called based on the query method.

In step 501, the search engine 212 may search for a response corresponding to the query in the pre-built database.

In step 502, the response providing unit 213 may analyze the content and the size included in the searched response.

In one example, the response providing unit 213 may analyze the contents included in the response so as to provide a response suitable for the query. Then, based on the response data amount set in the query analyzer 211, the size included in the retrieved response is analyzed to provide an appropriate response according to the display type of the user terminal and the data receiving buffer information of the user terminal . For example, the response providing unit 213 may adjust the number and length of responses retrieved from the search engine 212 according to the response length and the number of responses set in the response data amount.

If the display type of the user terminal is a card type, the response providing unit 213 may process the retrieved response so that the retrieved response is exposed to the user terminal in the form of a card type.

If the retrieved response includes the real-world information of the virtual object, the response providing unit 213 can check the update period information corresponding to the real-world information in the virtual object status DB. For example, the response providing unit 213 may set the confirmed update period information in the form of a flag. Then, the response providing unit 213 may update and provide a response to the query based on the update period information.

In step 503, the response providing unit 213 may determine a data transmission period indicating a delivery period of the response by analyzing the characteristics of the Q & A control system 200. For example, the response providing unit 213 may determine a delivery period or the like for providing a response to a query based on battery information, network status information, and the like of the Q & A control system 200. In addition, the response providing unit 213 may determine the data delivery period by further considering status information of the user terminal and display type information of the user terminal.

In step 504, the response providing unit 213 can set response information for the query based on the determined data delivery period, the amount of response data, the terminal information, and the like. At this time, the response information may include a layout for a query response, a data transmission period, a response data amount indicating a data transmission amount, whether to insert additional data, and an order.

Here, the layout is determined according to the display type of the user terminal, and can be used so that the response is provided only with minimum data. As described above, the data throughput of the user terminal is minimized by using the layout, and a faster response result can be exposed to the user terminal.

The data delivery period can be determined according to the characteristics of the Q & A control system 200. For example, the data delivery period may be determined based on battery information, network status information, status information of the user terminal, display type, and the like.

For example, in response search through a virtual object-based search engine, if the update period corresponding to the real-world information of the virtual object is faster than the predetermined reference update period, the data transfer cycle is faster than the real- Can be set.

As another example, if the user moves a lot and the amount of motion is large, information confirmation may be difficult to be performed quickly. In this way, when information confirmation is difficult to be performed quickly, the data transmission period may be set to be variable.

The amount of data transfer may indicate the amount of response data that can be responded at one time based on the characteristics of the user terminal and the contextual characteristics of the user.

For example, when the display type of the user terminal is a card type, since the number of exposures is limited and the possibility of the user to check all the search results is low, not all the retrieved responses are provided to the user terminal, May be provided to the user terminal. As such, the response provided to the user terminal at one time can be the data transfer amount.

Whether or not the additional data is inserted and the order can be determined based on the data transmission amount and the data transmission period. For example, depending on the feature information including the amount of data of the content to be added, and the setting of the QA service provider, whether the additional data is inserted or not can be determined. At this time, the style of the additional data can be determined according to the layout.

In step 505, the response providing unit 213 may provide the searched response to the user terminal based on the set response information.

Meanwhile, the search engine 212 may need to utilize the user preference information when searching for a response to a query. Then, the query analysis unit 211 can further call up a search engine based on the user preference

For example, when a user who has a terminal inputs a query for a peripheral space in a moving state, the query analyzer 211 may further call a search engine based on the user preference. Then, the response providing unit 213 searches the web-based search engine 201 or the virtual-object-based search engine 202 using the user preference information including the input time of the query, the location information of the terminal, You can filter the response. Then, the response providing unit 213 may provide the filtered query response to the user terminal. As described above, the response providing unit 213 can further improve the accuracy of the query response by further utilizing the user preference.

6 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a query response control system in an embodiment of the present invention.

6, the Q & A control system 600 may include a query analysis unit 610, a search engine 620, and a response provision unit 630. The search engine 620 of the query analyzer 610 and the response provider 630 of the query analyzer 610 shown in FIG. And the operation of the response providing unit 213 will be omitted.

The query analysis unit 610 can receive query and terminal information from the user terminal 601. [ The query analyzer 610 may analyze at least one search engine among the plurality of search engines by analyzing the query.

The search engine 620 may include a web based search engine 621, a virtual object based search engine 622, and a user preference based search engine 623.

The web-based search engine 621 is a module for providing web content searching, and may be composed of modules of the same type as a general web search service.

The searcher is a module for controlling web content retrieval and may be a module for retrieving a query response corresponding to a query received from the query analyzing unit 610. [

The web page index may be a module that stores index information of a web page.

The data crawler can collect a variety of web content such as images, articles, videos, and music files.

The indexing unit can assign indexing to the contents and stored information collected by the data crawler.

The analyzer may be a module for analyzing data such as collected web contents.

When the web-based search engine 621 is called, the search unit can refer to the web page index and provide a response corresponding to the query input by the user as a search result. The new web content is continuously collected through the data crawler, the index creating unit, and the analyzing unit, and can be stored in the web page index.

The virtual object-based search engine 622 can collect real-world information corresponding to a virtual object on the object Internet and provide collected real-world information. At this time, due to the characteristics of the real world information, the real world information can be continuously updated. The virtual object-based search engine 622 may provide a function of analyzing a relationship between the virtual object and surrounding information indicating another virtual object or the like located around the virtual object.

The search unit (Discover) may be a module for providing real-world information corresponding to a virtual object included in a query input by a user, in a query response. For example, the search unit searches for a query response corresponding to a virtual object included in a query by referring to a virtual object status DB (DB), and provides the query response as a search result. As such, the search unit can be used to generate the value of the real-world information including the surrounding information based on the query contents.

The virtual object status database (DB) may be a database for storing and managing information of a virtual object. The virtual object state DB can provide real-time property as status information is frequently updated with respect to the index DB used in the existing search due to the characteristics of the virtual object.

For example, the on / off state of the electric lamp, one of the virtual objects located on the object Internet, the on / off state of the air conditioner or the air conditioner temperature state, the on / off state of the gas or electric range, can be changed. Accordingly, the virtual object state DB can be updated in real time so that the real world information of the virtual object changed at any time is reflected. Accordingly, when a search query is requested, real-time data of the virtual object can be provided to the user terminal.

The status manager can process real-world information of a virtual object collected in a data aggregator into a status information form. Then, the state management unit can provide the processed state information to the virtual object state DB.

The data collecting unit collects real world information of the virtual object and can be controlled by the state managing unit based on the generation period characteristic of the virtual object or the stream. Here, the real-world information may be data in the form of a stream generated from a virtual object.

The environment analyzer can determine the relevance by connecting the peripherals of the respective virtual objects to the real-world information about the real-world information of the collected virtual objects. The environment analysis unit can generate real-world information in the form of a physical graph.

The user preference based search engine 623 is further called to increase the accuracy of the retrieved response when a web based search engine or a virtual object based search engine is called and retrieves a response to the query, The response can be provided by filtering.

The Contextter may be a module for managing user preference information and separately collecting user preference information.

For example, a contexter may be used when a request is made from a user terminal to provide a response when user preference information is explicitly requested together with the user preference information, .

In addition, Web-based search engines or virtual-object-based search engines can be used to call contexts individually from web-based search engines or virtual-object-based search engines when user preference information is needed to improve accuracy in generating search results. . In addition, when devices and services that continuously generate user preference information, such as wearable devices, are used, a context may be used to request and manage the collection of user preference information.

The user preference DB (User Preference DB) may be a database for storing user preference information.

The user preference manager (User? Preference Manager) is a module for managing user preference information, and can update the user preference DB by filtering the query and the user preference information collected separately.

The User? Intent Analyzer may be a module for analyzing the intent of a user included in a query.

For example, the user's intention analysis unit can analyze a user's intention included in a query in consideration of behavior information, location information, time information, predetermined user preference information, and the like of the user. Here, the behavior information of the user may include movement information, communication information, gesture information, pose information, and the like.

User? Context Logging may be a module that separately tracks and logs context related information of a user.

The response providing unit 630 may set response information for a query and provide a response, which is retrieved from the search engine, to the user terminal based on the set response information.

The Response Writer may be a module that generates a response to a query in the form of a markup and transmits the response to the user terminal. For example, the query response generator may deliver the response to the user terminal using a suitable markup template according to the display type of the various user terminals.

The result controller may be a module for controlling functions such as contents of query response, delivery period, insertion of additional data such as contents based on information of the user terminal and response information.

The additional content manager (Additional Content Manager) may be a module for connecting and providing additional contents to the query response.

For example, when it is decided to insert the additional data into the query response, the supplementary content management unit can link the content related to the query response to the query response.

The Charging Manager may be a module used to calculate the cost of providing a free / unlimited Q & A.

The data stream connector may be a module for updating and providing a response continuously while connected to a user terminal to provide a response to a query.

For example, if there is a response to the searched responses and the update period corresponding to each of the responses is faster than the reference update period, the data stream generated from the virtual object corresponding to the quick response of the update period is received, You can continuously update the response for. In this way, while the data stream connection unit provides the updated response to the user terminal during the connection with the user terminal for the query response, the load of the data aggregator can be reduced, and the user terminal can be updated more quickly A response can be provided.

Hereinafter, an application programming interface (API) used in a query will be described with reference to Table 1 below.

Parameters Description cachingData Data information that can be cached among the query values queryType Object: Data values used in a search query (for example, image information, sound, surrounding information such as temperature, humidity, motion information, motion, compass, Each object can be represented in the form of ID, value, such as {"image", yes}, {"compass", no}

In addition, the object may include a value indicating whether the user terminal uses a web-based search engine or a virtual-object-based search engine when a query is made. In the case of the web-based search, the search can be performed in the same manner as the existing web-based search engine, and in the case of the search engine based on the virtual object, the surrounding real world information search of the virtual object can be performed. queryDeviceType And may be used to indicate terminal information as an information value of a user terminal requesting a query. For example, it can be used to indicate the battery information of the terminal, the data reception buffer information, and the like. resultDisplayType And may be used to indicate display type information of the user terminal. For example, in the case of a card type, a response to a query may be used to allow the card type to be machined. In the case of the full type, it can be used to allow a query response to be provided to the user terminal in the form of full browsing. resultDisplayDataSize The user terminal may be used to determine the amount of data that can be received or the amount of data that can be exposed to expose a query response, and may be provided in the form of an integer value. resultingReceivingProtocol And a value indicating protocol information capable of receiving a query response. For example, the parameter may be used when the user terminal desires to receive a query response through a protocol such as HTTP 2.0 or UDP.
In this case, when the real-world information such as the virtual object is continuously updated, the parameter may be used in the process of confirming the retrieved query response. userInfo And may be used to transmit utilization information and related information of the user information. For example, it may include a user ID, whether or not user preference information is utilized. payment And may be used to indicate query information for a paid search customer. In the case of a paid search customer, a query response may be provided to the user terminal in the form of excluding additional insertion information.

As described in Table 1, the query analysis unit 211 can use the APIs in Table 1 to perform a basic task to provide a query response upon receiving a query input by the user. The query analyzing unit 211 can call a search engine for searching for a query using the APIs. The response providing unit 213 processes the query response according to the characteristics of the user terminal using the APIs . For example, the response providing unit 213 may provide a query response to the user terminal in consideration of the amount of data the user terminal can receive, the display type, the update period, and the like.

As described above, the content of the content exposed by the user to the mobile terminal such as a PC, a smart phone, or a wearable device is rapidly decreasing, but the Q & The response can be processed appropriately and provided to the user terminal. Accordingly, a search service provider that has earned profit based on existing advertisement exposure can solve a profit problem that is being reduced due to diversification of user terminals. In other words, even if the display type is a card type, the profit of the search service provider can be preserved. At this time, the service provider may have an exposure control right exposing the query response to the user terminal so that the profit of the provider is preserved.

In addition, since the Q & A control system 200 can integrally provide real-world information on virtual objects based on the object-based Internet, the Q & A control system 200 can control the cyberspace such as crawling, indexing, monitoring of status information on real-world information representing the status change of virtual objects as well as management of cyber information can be performed at the same time.

7 is a block diagram for explaining an example of the internal configuration of a computer system in an embodiment of the present invention. The computer system 700 includes at least one processor 710, a memory 720, a peripheral interface 730, an input / output subsystem 740, A power circuit 750, and a communication circuitry 760. [ At this time, the computer system 700 may correspond to a user terminal.

The memory 720 may include, for example, a high-speed random access memory, a magnetic disk, a SRAM, a DRAM, a ROM, a flash memory, or a non-volatile memory. have. The memory 720 may include software modules, a set of instructions, or various other data required for operation of the computer system 700. At this point, accessing memory 720 from other components, such as processor 710 or peripheral device interface 730, may be controlled by processor 710.

Peripheral device interface 730 may couple the input and / or output peripheral devices of computer system 700 to processor 710 and memory 720. The processor 710 may execute a variety of functions and process data for the computer system 700 by executing a software module or set of instructions stored in the memory 720.

The input / output subsystem 740 may couple various input / output peripheral devices to the peripheral interface 730. For example, input / output subsystem 740 may include a controller for coupling a peripheral device such as a monitor, keyboard, mouse, printer, or a touch screen or sensor, as needed, to peripheral interface 730. According to another aspect, the input / output peripheral devices may be coupled to the peripheral device interface 730 without going through the input / output subsystem 740.

The power circuitry 750 may provide power to all or a portion of the components of the terminal. For example, the power circuitry 750 may include one or more power sources, such as a power management system, a battery or alternating current (AC), a charging system, a power failure detection circuit, a power converter or inverter, And may include any other components for creation, management, distribution.

The communication circuitry 760 may enable communication with other computer systems using at least one external port. Or as described above, the communication circuitry 760 may also communicate with other computer systems by sending and receiving RF signals, also known as electromagnetic signals, including RF circuits.

7 is merely an example of a computer system 700, and the computer system 700 may have additional components that are omitted from FIG. 7, or that are not shown in FIG. 7, Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > components. ≪ / RTI > For example, in addition to the components shown in FIG. 7, a computer system for a communication terminal in a mobile environment may further include a touch screen, a sensor, etc., and various communication methods (WiFi, 3G, LET , Bluetooth, NFC, Zigbee, etc.). The components that may be included in computer system 700 may be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination of both hardware and software, including one or more signal processing or application specific integrated circuits.

The methods according to embodiments of the present invention may be implemented in the form of a program instruction that can be executed through various computer systems and recorded in a computer-readable medium.

The apparatus described above may be implemented as a hardware component, a software component, and / or a combination of hardware components and software components. For example, the apparatus and components described in the embodiments may be implemented within a computer system, such as, for example, a processor, a controller, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU), a digital signal processor, a microcomputer, a field programmable gate array (FPGA) , A programmable logic unit (PLU), a microprocessor, or any other device capable of executing and responding to instructions. The processing device may execute an operating system (OS) and one or more software applications running on the operating system. The processing device may also access, store, manipulate, process, and generate data in response to execution of the software. For ease of understanding, the processing apparatus may be described as being used singly, but those skilled in the art will recognize that the processing apparatus may have a plurality of processing elements and / As shown in FIG. For example, the processing unit may comprise a plurality of processors or one processor and one controller. Other processing configurations are also possible, such as a parallel processor.

The software may include a computer program, code, instructions, or a combination of one or more of the foregoing, and may be configured to configure the processing device to operate as desired or to process it collectively or collectively Device can be commanded. The software and / or data may be in the form of any type of machine, component, physical device, virtual equipment, computer storage media, or device , Or may be permanently or temporarily embodied in a transmitted signal wave. The software may be distributed over a networked computer system and stored or executed in a distributed manner. The software and data may be stored on one or more computer readable recording media.

The method according to an embodiment may be implemented in the form of a program command that can be executed through various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The program instructions to be recorded on the medium may be those specially designed and configured for the embodiments or may be available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs; magnetic media such as floppy disks; Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code such as those produced by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the embodiments, and vice versa.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. For example, it is to be understood that the techniques described may be performed in a different order than the described methods, and / or that components of the described systems, structures, devices, circuits, Lt; / RTI > or equivalents, even if it is replaced or replaced.

Therefore, other implementations, other embodiments, and equivalents to the claims are also within the scope of the following claims.

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A computer-implemented query response control method comprising:
Receiving a query from a user terminal;
Invoking at least one of a web-based search engine and a virtual object-based search engine; And
Providing a response to the query based on the invoked search engine
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Wherein calling the search engine comprises:
Analyzing the query based on a query method (METHOD) corresponding to the query,
If the query includes the virtual object-related information, the virtual-object-based search engine is called,
If the virtual object related information is not included in the query, the web-based search engine is called,
The virtual object-based search engine is a search engine for providing real-world information on a virtual object in an Internet of Things environment,
The web-based search engine may include a search engine for providing web content searching based on indexing information of the web page
And the query response control method. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein providing a response to the query comprises:
And providing real-world information corresponding to a virtual object as a response to the query when the virtual object-based search engine is called. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein providing a response to the query comprises:
Confirming the update period information of the real world information; And
Updating and providing a response to the query based on the update period information
The query response control method comprising: 3. The method of claim 2,
The real-
A query response control method, generated by a virtual object located on the Internet of Things, which represents a change in state of a virtual object. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein providing a response to the query comprises:
And adjusting the exposure amount of the response to be exposed to the user terminal according to the display type of the user terminal. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein calling the search engine comprises:
And then further calling a user preference information based search engine after calling the virtual object based search engine. The method according to claim 6,
Wherein providing a response to the query comprises:
Filtering a response retrieved through the virtual object based search engine using user preference information obtained through the virtual object based search engine; And
Providing the filtered response
The query response control method comprising: A query analyzer for receiving and analyzing a query from a user terminal and calling at least one of a web-based search engine and a virtual object-based search engine; And
A response providing unit for providing a response to the query based on the called search engine;
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The query analyzing unit,
Analyzing the query based on a query method (METHOD) corresponding to the query,
If the query includes the virtual object-related information, the virtual-object-based search engine is called,
If the virtual object related information is not included in the query, the web-based search engine is called,
The virtual object-based search engine is a search engine for providing real-world information on a virtual object in an Internet of Things environment,
The web-based search engine may include a search engine for providing web content searching based on indexing information of the web page
And the query response control system. 9. The method of claim 8,
The response-
And providing real-world information corresponding to a virtual object in response to the query when the virtual object-based search engine is called. 10. The method of claim 9,
The response-
And updates the response to the inquiry based on the update period information. 10. The method of claim 9,
The real-
A query response control system that is generated from a virtual object located on the Internet of Things and indicates a change in state of the virtual object. 9. The method of claim 8,
The response-
Wherein the control unit controls the exposure amount of the response exposed to the user terminal according to the display type of the user terminal. 9. The method of claim 8,
The query analyzing unit,
And further calling a user preference information based search engine after calling the virtual object based search engine. 14. The method of claim 13,
The response-
A query response control system for filtering a response retrieved through the virtual object based on the user preference information obtained through the virtual object based search engine and providing a filtered response. At least one program loaded memory; And
At least one processor
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Wherein the at least one processor, under control of the program,
Receiving a query from a user terminal;
A web-based search engine and a virtual object-based search engine; And
Providing a response to the query based on the called search engine
Lt; / RTI >
Wherein the step of calling the search engine comprises:
Analyzing the query based on a query method (METHOD) corresponding to the query,
If the query includes the virtual object-related information, the virtual-object-based search engine is called,
If the virtual object related information is not included in the query, the web-based search engine is called,
The virtual object-based search engine is a search engine for providing real-world information on a virtual object in an Internet of Things environment,
The web-based search engine may include a search engine for providing web content searching based on indexing information of the web page
And the query response control system.

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