KR101654186B1 - Method and System for internal search of application - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for searching an application according to an embodiment of the present invention is a method for providing a search interface in an execution screen of an application installed in a mobile terminal of a user and providing a search result in the execution screen, A step of enlarging or reducing the search word input unit by touching a search word input unit located at one side, inputting a search word into the enlarged search word input unit, performing search in a search library based on the input search word, And displaying the search result in an application execution screen. Accordingly, the user can easily search the application without closing the application while using the application on the mobile terminal, and can provide a more accurate and rich search result for the information desired by the user through selection of various search libraries, It is possible to flexibly arrange the search interface portion for inputting on the application execution screen, thereby preventing the user interface from interfering with.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to an internal search method and system,

The present invention relates to an application internal search method and system capable of searching a user for a desired search word on an application execution screen without terminating the application while the application is being executed.

As a mobile terminal such as a smart phone is popularized due to the activation of wireless Internet, an application, which is application software installed and executed in a mobile terminal, is becoming more and more fragmented and complicated according to various requests of users.

Accordingly, in many cases, information related to the application is required to be retrieved during use of the application.

However, most applications have inconvenience to terminate the application and execute the search application in order to search the application.

In addition, in the case of some applications having a search function in an application, the search library is limited to information stored in the corresponding mobile terminal or information generated according to use of the application, so that various information can not be searched, There is an inconvenience that the user interface is unnecessarily occupied because the search interface part for waiting for the user is fixed in a fixed position of the application execution screen.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an internal search method and a system capable of executing a search without terminating a corresponding application while a user is using the application in the mobile terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an internal search method and system for searching for a search term desired by a user while using an application on a mobile terminal by selectively accessing various search libraries.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an internal search method and system capable of flexibly arranging a search interface on a user interface of a corresponding application execution screen.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of searching an application according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, which includes providing a search interface in an execution screen of an application installed in a mobile terminal of a user, The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of: enlarging or reducing the search word input unit by touching a search word input unit located at one side of the execution screen; inputting a search word into the expanded search word input unit; And displaying the executed search result in an application execution screen.

The search word input unit is provided with a button-shaped icon,

And is arranged to be fluidly arranged on the application execution screen, so that selection of an execution screen of the application is not disturbed.

The step of inputting the search term includes:

Recognizing text exposed on an execution screen of the application, forming a list such that the user can select the recognized text, and inputting the selected text into a search word input unit.

The step of performing the search comprises:

And selecting a detailed search library based on any one of the title, category, purpose, review, and rating information of the application.

The step of performing the search comprises:

The method may further include the step of acquiring location information of the mobile terminal when the application is executed, and performing a search by selecting a search library based on the obtained location information.

The step of performing the search comprises:

The application accesses a search word database stored in a search word database stored in another mobile terminal in which the application is installed, extracting a search word list from the search word database, and selecting a search word from the extracted search word list, And inputting it to the input unit.

The step of displaying the search result includes:

Exposing the advertisement corresponding to the search result, and charging the advertiser of the advertisement based on the exposure information of the advertisement.

A system for providing a search interface in an execution screen of an application installed in a mobile terminal of a user and providing a search result in the execution screen, the system comprising: a search word input unit located at one side of the execution screen; A button size adjusting unit for enlarging or reducing the search word input unit by the touch signal, a library selector for selecting a search library based on the search word input in the search word input unit, And a display unit for displaying the retrieved search results in the application execution screen.

According to the present invention as described above, a user can easily search a mobile terminal without terminating the application while the application is in use.

In addition, since various search libraries can be selected and searched, it is possible to provide more accurate and rich search results for the information desired by the user.

In addition, the search interface portion for inputting a search word can be flexibly placed on the application execution screen, thereby preventing the user interface from interfering with.

1 is a flowchart showing a flow of an application internal search method according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an application internal search system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIGS. 3 to 9 are flowcharts showing a flow of an application internal search method according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
FIG. 10 is an exemplary view schematically showing a state in which the search word input unit is touched to enlarge the search word input unit according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
FIG. 11 is an exemplary diagram schematically showing a manner in which a search word input unit is arranged in a fluid manner on an application execution screen according to another embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
12 is a diagram schematically showing an example in which the search word input unit moves toward the upper side of the execution screen when a touch signal is input to the enlarged search word input unit according to another embodiment of the present invention in the upward direction of the execution screen, Degree.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The advantages and features of the present invention, and the manner of achieving them, will be apparent from and elucidated with reference to the embodiments described hereinafter in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. To fully disclose the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art, and the invention is only defined by the scope of the claims. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout the specification.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein may be used in a sense commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Also, commonly used predefined terms are not ideally or excessively interpreted unless explicitly defined otherwise.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of illustrating embodiments and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. In the present specification, the singular form includes plural forms unless otherwise specified in the specification. The terms " comprises "and / or" comprising "used in the specification do not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other elements in addition to the stated element.

Hereinafter, an application internal search method and system according to embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIGS. 1, 9, and 10, an application internal search method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is illustrated. A method for searching an application according to an embodiment of the present invention is a method for providing a search interface in an execution screen of an application installed in a mobile terminal of a user and providing a search result in the execution screen, The search word input unit 100 can be enlarged or reduced by touching the search word input unit 100 (s10).

 The search word input unit 100 may be provided as a button-shaped icon (left in FIG. 10) as an inactive state in which a user can not input a search word, May be provided in a long rectangular shape icon (right in FIG. 10), but it is not limited thereto and may be provided in various shapes or shapes. The search word input area refers to a certain area of the search word input unit 100 through which a user can input a word or a sentence to be searched through an input keypad or button of the mobile terminal.

The search term input unit 100 can be provided simply by inserting an API code provided by a search API provider into an app regardless of a native app or a hybrid app. An API generally refers to a structure or system that provides a predetermined function when a specific function is preconfigured and a person who has the specified function requests the use according to a specific requirement. In the case of an app that does not have a search function, the present invention can be easily inserted into the source code of its own app by an API method to easily add a search function.

In addition, the touch signal sensing unit 110 sensing the touch of the search word input unit 100 senses a signal of patterns that are touched using the part of the user's body, such as a finger, to the search word input unit 100, A touch direction signal for short touching and moving the search word input unit 100 in one direction, a search direction input signal for inputting the search word input unit 100, And may include a drag signal that is depressed and moved to another position on the execution screen and then released.

 When the touch signal detecting unit 110 senses a touch signal that touches the search word input unit 100 once, the button size adjuster 120 enlarges or activates the search word input unit 100 from the inactive state to the active state, State to the inactive state.

The search term can be input to the enlarged term input unit 100 (s20). The enlarged search term input unit 100 may be an activated search term input unit 100 having a search term input area and may input a search term desired by a user into the search term input area.

The search may be performed in the search library based on the input search word (s30). The search library refers to a repository for storing information or files related to each type of movie, shopping, climbing, travel, game, law, common sense, health, medical, IT, Or the search server 20 of the same search site or the other search server 20 that the mobile terminal can freely access through the network. When the search word is input to the search word input area of the search word input unit 100, the library selector 130 compares the search word with the index word of each library to select the most similar library, The search term may be transmitted to request a search, and the search result may be received from the search server 20.

The executed search result may be displayed in the application execution screen (s40). The display unit 140 may change the entire execution screen to a search result window to display the search result, and a separate sub search result window may be displayed in the execution screen to display the search result. At this time, the search result input window 100 and the sub search result window may be positioned at a certain position in a state where the search word input unit 100 is activated, and the search result window and the sub search result window may be reduced or reduced It can disappear. In the case of an app, the interface configuration is very important because it runs on mobile devices from 4 inches to 12 inches or less. Adding search functionality can hurt the original interface of the app, It is important to reduce or eliminate the search result window as described above.

Referring to FIG. 11, in another embodiment of the present invention, the search word input unit 100 provided with the button-shaped icon may be arranged on the application execution screen. When the drag signal of the touch signal is input to the icon, the button position control unit 150 may move the icon in the application execution screen in accordance with the drag signal in a position where the drag signal is disconnected . According to another embodiment of the present invention, when the icon is overlapped with another icon area that executes a specific command on the execution screen of the application, the icon may be moved out of the area of the other icon. Accordingly, the search function can be provided without unnecessarily occupying or interfering with the user interface of the application.

2 and 9, according to another embodiment of the present invention, a search target may be set to one of a blog, a site, an image, and a moving image according to a direction of a touch signal provided to the search word input unit 100 (s11). As the touch direction sensing unit 110 senses a touch direction signal that the user shortly moves the touch input unit 100 in one direction of the up, down, left, and right directions, the button direction setting unit 160 sets the touch direction signal The first direction may be a blog, the second direction may be a site, the third direction may be an image, and the fourth direction may be a moving image. Accordingly, it is possible to shorten the time for performing the search and increase the accuracy of the search result.

Referring to FIGS. 3, 9 and 12, when the touch signal is input to the enlarged term input unit 100 in the upward direction of the execution screen, 100) moves in the upward direction of the execution screen and exposes the previous search term list to the lower end of the search term input unit 100 (s12).

When the touch signal sensing unit 110 senses a touch direction signal in the upward direction to the search word input unit 100 in a state where the search word input unit 100 is activated and enlarged, the search word input unit 100 Can be moved a certain distance in the upward direction. At this time, the list setting unit 180, which can store a previously searched term through the searched term input unit 100, can list and search the previous searched term at the bottom of the searched term input unit 100.

Referring to FIG. 4 and FIG. 9, as another embodiment of the present invention, in inputting the search word, text exposed on the execution screen of the application can be recognized (s21). The text recognition unit 170 analyzes the source code of the execution screen of the application and extracts the text composed of words or sentences written on the execution screen. If the extracted text is provided to the list setting unit 180, the list setting unit 180 can list and expose the text at the bottom of the enlarged term input unit 100 so that the user can select the text. Accordingly, the user can select the listed text, and the selected text can be input to the activated search word input area of the enlarged keyword input unit 100 (s22, s23).

5 and 9, in performing the search, a detailed search library may be selected based on any one of the title, category, purpose, review, and rating information of the application, according to another embodiment of the present invention. (S29). The application analyzer 190 can determine the type of the application based on any one of the title, category, purpose, review, and rating information of the application. The application analyzer 190 provides the type to the library selector 130, The selecting unit 130 can select a library having the most similarity by comparing the file or the index word of each library storing the information. The types can be classified into, but not limited to, movies, shopping, climbing, travel, games, law, common sense, health, medical, IT, location, Accordingly, when executing a search in a shopping application, a product information library is selected and searched. In the case of an RPG game with a historical background, a search result obtained by selecting a game information or a history information library is provided to provide more accurate search results can do.

6 and 9, in another embodiment of the present invention, in performing the search, location information of the wireless terminal may be obtained (s27). The position measuring unit 200 may obtain the current position information of the mobile terminal using the GPS information of the mobile terminal. The location information may be provided to the library selection unit 130, and the library selection unit 130 may select a search library based on the location information (s28). Accordingly, when the user is in the home country, the domestic search library is selected and searched, and when the user is abroad, the search library of the corresponding country can be selected and the searched search result can be provided.

7 and 9, according to another embodiment of the present invention, when the search is performed, the application can access a search word database stored in a search word stored in another wireless terminal installed with the application (s24) . The database means a database in which a search word retrieved during execution of the application or a search term retrieved in association with the application is cumulatively stored in another plurality of mobile terminals installed with the application and the search server 20). ≪ / RTI > The library selecting unit 130 accesses the database and obtains the cumulative stored search words and provides the accumulated search terms to the list setting unit 180. The list setting unit 180 searches the text input unit 100, It can be listed and exposed for the user to select. Accordingly, the user can select the listed search words, and the selected search words can be input to the activated search word input area of the enlarged search word input unit 100 (s25, s26).

Referring to FIGS. 8 and 9, as another embodiment of the present invention, in displaying the search result, an advertisement corresponding to the search result may be exposed (s41). The advertisement management unit 210 can expose the advertisement having the keyword corresponding to the search result or the search word to the search result window together with the search result, and the exposure information such as the exposure time, the exposure count, The advertisement cost can be calculated and charged to the advertiser of the advertisement (s42).

2, 10 to 12, an application internal search system according to another embodiment of the present invention is shown. The system for searching an application according to an embodiment of the present invention provides a search interface in an execution screen of an application installed in a mobile terminal of a user and provides a search result in the execution screen,

And a search word input unit 100 located at one side of the execution screen. Referring to FIG. 10, the search word input unit 100 may be provided as a button-shaped icon (left in FIG. 10) as an inactive state in which a search word can not be input, A long rectangular icon having a search word input area (right side in FIG. 10) may be provided, but the present invention is not limited thereto and may be provided in various shapes or shapes. 11 and 12, the search word input unit 100 may be moved and arranged on one side of the execution screen, and when the enlarged search word input unit 100 inputs a touch signal in the upward direction of the execution screen The expanded search word input unit 100 may move a certain distance in the upward direction of the execution screen and expose the previously searched search word list to the lower end of the search word input unit 100. [

And a touch signal sensing unit 110 sensing a touch signal on the execution screen. The touch input unit 100 senses a signal of patterns to be touched by using a part of the body such as a finger, and the touch signal is input to the touch input unit 100, A touch direction signal that touches the search word input unit 100 by moving the search word input unit 100 in one direction of the up, down, left, and right directions, and moves and moves to another position of the execution screen while holding down the area of the search word input unit 100 Which may include a drag signal.

And a button size adjusting unit 120 that enlarges or reduces the search word input unit 100 according to the touch signal. Referring to FIG. 10, the search word input unit 100 is a button-shaped icon that is in a disabled state and is waiting at one side of the execution screen, and a search word input area is formed by the touch signal and enlarged to input a desired search word Can be activated. In addition, by touching the edge portion of the enlarged search word input unit 100, not the search word input region, it can be reduced to the disabled state, which is a button-shaped icon.

And a library selector 130 for selecting a search library based on a search word input to the search word input unit 100 and performing a search. The search library refers to a repository for storing information or files related to each type of movie, shopping, climbing, travel, game, law, common sense, health, medical, IT, Or the search server 20 of the same search site or the other search server 20 that the mobile terminal can freely access through the network.

When the search word is inputted into the search word input area of the search word input unit 100, the search word is compared with the index word of each library, and the most similar library is selected. Then, the search word is transmitted to the search server 20 having the selected library, And receive the search result from the search server 20. [

In addition, as another embodiment of the present invention, the library selector 130 may access the search word database stored in the search word database stored in a plurality of other mobile terminals installed with the application, and search the search word database .

And a display unit 140 for displaying the search result on the application execution screen. The entire execution screen may be replaced with a search result window to display the search result, and a separate sub search result window may be displayed in the execution screen to display a search result. At this time, the search result input window 100 and the sub search result window may be positioned at a certain position in a state where the search word input unit 100 is activated, and the search result window and the sub search result window may be reduced or reduced It can disappear.

And a button position control unit 150 that can flexibly arrange the search word input unit 100 on the execution screen of the application. The search word input unit 100 is located on one side of the execution screen as a button-shaped icon when the search word input unit 100 is in the inactive state. When the drag signal of the touch signal is input to the icon, the button position controller 150 moves the icon in the application execution screen in accordance with the drag signal and places the icon in a position where the drag signal is cut off . According to another embodiment of the present invention, when the icon is overlapped with another icon area that executes a specific command on the execution screen of the application, the icon may be moved out of the area of the other icon and arranged.

And a button direction setting unit 160 that can set the search target to any one of a blog, a site, an image, and a moving image according to a touch direction signal provided to the search word input unit 100. A blog, a site, an image, a moving picture information, or a file can be arbitrarily matched so as to be searched according to a touch direction signal in each of four directions. Accordingly, it is possible to restrict the types of information or files to be searched in the search library to be limited to blogs, sites, images, or videos.

And a text recognition unit 170 for recognizing text exposed on the execution screen of the application. The user can easily input the text existing in the execution screen of the application into the search word so that the text of the word or sentence written on the execution screen can be extracted by analyzing the source code of the execution screen of the application .

 And a list setting unit 180 for generating a search word list. A search term previously searched through the search word input unit 100, a text extracted through the text recognition unit 170, a search library, or a search term database may be stored for a predetermined period of time, And can be listed and exposed in the lower end of the expanded search term input unit 100 or in a separate list window. In addition, when an application user selects any of the search terms in the generated search term list, the application user can be input to the search term input area of the expanded search term input unit 100.

And an application analysis unit 190 for analyzing the application. The type of the application can be determined based on any one of the title, category, purpose, review, and rating information of the application. The types can be classified into, but not limited to, movies, shopping, climbing, travel, games, law, common sense, health, medical, IT, location, Accordingly, the type information of the analyzed application may be provided to the library selection unit 130 to be searched in the search library according to the type of the application.

And a location measurement unit 200 for acquiring location information of the mobile terminal on which the application is running. The current position information of the mobile terminal can be obtained through the GPS information of the mobile terminal. Accordingly, the location information may be provided to the library selector 130 so that a search library corresponding to the location and area may be selected and searched.

And an advertisement management unit 210 for exposing the advertisement to the search result window of the application and calculating the advertisement cost. The search result or the search word and the keyword of the advertisement are compared and the advertisement having the corresponding keyword can be exposed in the search result window as the search result. The advertisement information such as the exposure time, the number of times of exposure, You can then calculate your advertising costs.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, You will understand. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive.

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Claims (8)

A method for providing a search interface in an execution screen of an application installed in a user's mobile terminal and providing a search result in the execution screen,
Detecting a touch of a search word input unit located at one side of the execution screen and enlarging or reducing the search word input unit;
Receiving a search word input to the enlarged search word input unit;
Performing a search in a search library based on the input search word; And
And displaying the executed search result in an application execution screen,
Wherein the search library includes a plurality of libraries classified by type,
Wherein the performing the search in the search library based on the input search term comprises:
Selecting at least one library among the plurality of libraries by comparing the input search word with an index word of each library;
And searching the selected library based on the input search word. A method for providing a search interface in an execution screen of an application installed in a user's mobile terminal and providing a search result in the execution screen,
Detecting a touch of a search word input unit located at one side of the execution screen and enlarging or reducing the search word input unit;
Receiving a search word input to the enlarged search word input unit;
Performing a search in a search library based on the input search word; And
And displaying the executed search result in an application execution screen,
Wherein the step of receiving a search term input to the enlarged search term input unit comprises:
Analyzing the source code of the execution screen and extracting the text exposed on the execution screen;
And exposing the extracted text at a lower end of the enlarged search term input section by listing the selected text so that the user can select the extracted text. A method for providing a search interface in an execution screen of an application installed in a user's mobile terminal and providing a search result in the execution screen,
Detecting a touch of a search word input unit located at one side of the execution screen and enlarging or reducing the search word input unit;
Receiving a search word input to the enlarged search word input unit;
Performing a search in a search library based on the input search word; And
And displaying the executed search result in an application execution screen,
Wherein the search library includes a plurality of libraries classified by type,
Wherein the performing the search in the search library based on the input search term comprises:
Determining a type of the application based on at least one of the title, category, purpose, review, and rating information of the application;
Selecting at least one library of the plurality of libraries by comparing the determined type with an index word of each library;
And searching the selected library based on the input search word. A system for providing a search interface in an execution screen of an application installed in a mobile terminal of a user and providing a search result in the execution screen,
A search word input unit located at one side of the execution screen;
A touch sensing unit for sensing a touch on the execution screen;
A size adjustment unit that enlarges or reduces the search word input unit according to a result of the touch detection on the search word input unit;
A library selection unit for searching a search library based on a search word input to the enlarged search word input unit; And
And a display unit for displaying the search result on the application execution screen,
Wherein the search library includes a plurality of libraries classified by type,
Wherein the library selection unit selects at least one library among the plurality of libraries by comparing the input search word with an index word of each library and performs search in the selected library based on the input search word, system. A system for providing a search interface in an execution screen of an application installed in a mobile terminal of a user and providing a search result in the execution screen,
A search word input unit located at one side of the execution screen;
A touch sensing unit for sensing a touch on the execution screen;
A size adjustment unit that enlarges or reduces the search word input unit according to a result of the touch detection on the search word input unit;
A library selection unit for searching a search library based on a search word input to the enlarged search word input unit; And
And a display unit for displaying the search result on the application execution screen,
A text recognition unit for analyzing a source code of the execution screen and extracting text exposed on the execution screen; And
And a list setting unit for listing the extracted text so as to be selectable by the user and exposing the extracted text at a lower end of the expanded search word input unit. A system for providing a search interface in an execution screen of an application installed in a mobile terminal of a user and providing a search result in the execution screen,
A search word input unit located at one side of the execution screen;
A touch sensing unit for sensing a touch on the execution screen;
A size adjustment unit that enlarges or reduces the search word input unit according to a result of the touch detection on the search word input unit;
A library selection unit for searching a search library based on a search word input to the enlarged search word input unit; And
And a display unit for displaying the search result on the application execution screen,
Wherein the search library includes a plurality of libraries classified by type,
And an application analyzer for determining the type of the application based on at least one of the title, category, purpose, review, and rating information of the application,
Wherein the library selector selects at least one library among the plurality of libraries by comparing the determined type with an index word of each library and performs searching in the selected library based on the input search word, . delete delete

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