KR102051507B1 - Method for providing web browser and terminal device using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present application relates to a web browser providing method and a terminal device using the same. The web browser providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: receiving a keyword input to an omnibox on a web browser; Outputting search engine icons corresponding to a plurality of search engines providing search results corresponding to the keyword; And when an input for one of the search engine icons is received from the plurality of search engines, outputting a search result provided by a search engine corresponding to the search engine icon.

Description

Method for providing web browser and terminal device using same {Method for providing web browser and terminal device using the same}

The present application relates to a web browser providing method and a terminal device using the same, and a web browser providing method capable of assisting a user searching for a web page and a terminal device using the same.

In recent years, as the computer, electronic, and internet communication technologies have developed rapidly, various multimedia communication services have been provided using a wireless network. Accordingly, a mobile terminal such as a smart phone that enables users to fully utilize a multimedia communication service has been in the spotlight, and various contents such as an application for a mobile terminal are being developed and released.

Among the various applications for the mobile terminal, various web browsers, in particular for assisting the user of the mobile terminal in using the Internet, may display web pages loaded from a web server and containing content on the display of the mobile terminal. Users can view web pages through a web browser, continue browsing other web pages, or browse new web pages.

One of the main factors that the user performs web browsing is the search of content, and various search engines are provided to help the user search the content. However, in the case of a mobile web browser, it is troublesome to use and takes a long time because it must be performed using a fingertip or a touch pen to input a user's command to the mobile terminal. This problem can also be applied when searching for content using a mobile web browser.

Korea Patent Publication 10-2015-0079499

The present application is to provide a web browser providing method and a terminal device using the same that can improve the convenience of the search when the user of the web browser to search the web page.

The present application is to provide a web browser providing method and a terminal device using the same that can easily set a search engine for providing a search result according to the user's selection.

The present application is to provide a web browser providing method and a terminal device using the same that can change the location of the URL address list and the associated search word icon according to the user's intention to search.

Web browser providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention, the step of receiving a keyword input to the omnibox on the web browser; Outputting search engine icons corresponding to a plurality of search engines providing search results corresponding to the keyword; And when an input for one of the search engine icons is received from the plurality of search engines, outputting a search result provided by a search engine corresponding to the search engine icon.

Terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention, the keyword receiving unit for receiving a keyword input to the omnibox on the web browser; A search engine icon output unit configured to output a search engine icon corresponding to at least one search engine providing a search result corresponding to the keyword; And a search result output unit configured to output a search result provided by a search engine corresponding to the received search engine icon when an input for the search engine icon is received.

Terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention, a processor; And a memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising one or more modules configured to be executed by the processor, wherein the one or more modules receive a keyword entered in an omnibox on a web browser; Outputting search engine icons corresponding to a plurality of search engines providing search results corresponding to the keyword; When an input for one of the search engine icons is received from the plurality of search engines, the command may output a search result provided by the search engine corresponding to the search engine icon.

In addition, the solution of the said subject does not enumerate all the characteristics of this invention. Various features of the present invention and the advantages and effects thereof may be understood in more detail with reference to the following specific embodiments.

According to the web browser providing method and the terminal device using the same according to an embodiment of the present invention, when the user of the web browser performs the search of the web page, it is possible to improve the convenience of the search.

According to the web browser providing method and the terminal apparatus using the same according to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to easily set the search engine for providing a search result according to the user's selection. Therefore, the user can easily check the search results by selecting a search engine of his or her desired from a plurality of search engines, without having to access a web page providing each search engine separately.

According to a web browser providing method and a terminal device using the same according to an embodiment of the present invention, the location of a URL address list and a related search word icon may be changed according to a user's search intention, thereby improving user convenience. have.

However, the method of providing the web browser according to the embodiments of the present invention and the effect which can be achieved by the terminal apparatus using the same are not limited to those mentioned above, and other effects not mentioned are included in the following description. It will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art.

1 is a schematic diagram showing a web browser service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 and 3 is a block diagram showing a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 to 8 are schematic diagrams illustrating operations of a web browser provided by a terminal apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a flowchart showing a web browser providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, and the same or similar components are denoted by the same reference numerals regardless of the reference numerals, and redundant description thereof will be omitted. The suffixes "module" and "unit" for components used in the following description are given or mixed in consideration of ease of specification, and do not have distinct meanings or roles from each other. In other words, the term 'part' used in the present invention refers to a hardware component such as software, FPGA or ASIC, and 'part' plays a role. But wealth is not limited to software or hardware. The 'unit' may be configured to be in an addressable storage medium or may be configured to play one or more processors. Thus, as an example, a 'part' may include components such as software components, object-oriented software components, class components, and task components, processes, functions, properties, procedures, Subroutines, segments of program code, drivers, firmware, microcode, circuits, data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays and variables. The functionality provided within the components and 'parts' may be combined into a smaller number of components and 'parts' or further separated into additional components and 'parts'.

In addition, in describing the embodiments disclosed herein, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related known technology may obscure the gist of the embodiments disclosed herein, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. In addition, the accompanying drawings are intended to facilitate understanding of the embodiments disclosed herein, but are not limited to the technical spirit disclosed herein by the accompanying drawings, all changes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention. It should be understood to include equivalents and substitutes.

1 is a schematic diagram showing a web browser service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a web browser service providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include a terminal device 100 and a web server 200.

Hereinafter, a web browser service providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1.

The terminal device 100 and the web server 200 may be connected through a network 11. The network 11 may include a wired network and a wireless network. Specifically, the network 11 may include a local area network (LAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), a wide area network (WAN), and the like. It may include networks. The network may also include a known World Wide Web (WWW). However, the network according to an embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the networks listed above, and may include at least part of a known wireless data network, a known telephone network, and a known wired / wireless television network.

The terminal device 100 may request content from the web server 200 and display the content provided from the web server 200 through a web browser. The terminal device 100 may output the content provided from the web server 200 to the user through the display unit mounted on the terminal device 100.

In FIG. 1, a smartphone is illustrated as the terminal device 100, but the terminal device 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention communicates with the web server 200 by accessing a network in addition to the smartphone. And various devices such as a desktop computer, a notebook computer, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a web pad, and a tablet PC.

The terminal device 100 may execute a web browser and load a web page on the web browser according to a user input. The terminal device 100 may include a display unit for displaying a loaded web page to a user, an input unit for receiving a user input, a memory in which at least one program is stored, and a processor. Here, the at least one program may include a web browser and other components accompanying for the operation of the web browser.

The web server 200 may store a plurality of contents that may be provided to the terminal device 100, transmit content to the terminal device 100 at the request of the terminal device 100, and provide a web service. Can be.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the terminal device 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a keyword receiving unit 110, a search engine icon output unit 120, a search result output unit 130, and a preferred website icon output unit 140. ), An associated search word icon output unit 150, a direct link output unit 160, and a copy icon providing unit 170 may be included.

Hereinafter, a terminal device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

The keyword receiving unit 110 may receive a keyword input to the omnibox w on the web browser. As shown in FIG. 4A, a web browser may be displayed on the display unit of the terminal device 100, and an omnibox w may exist in the web browser. Here, the omnibox w may be a multipurpose input window and may function as a search word input window or a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) address input window. In addition, the omnibox (w) may also function as an address display window that displays the address of the web page currently being accessed.

A user may input a keyword in the omnibox w using an input unit of the terminal device 100, and may receive a search result corresponding to the input keyword or access the URL address. Accordingly, the keyword receiving unit 110 may receive a keyword input by the user in the omnibox w and check the keyword input by the user. Here, the keyword input to the omnibox w may be a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) address of a web page or a keyword corresponding to each web page.

On the other hand, the omnibox (w) is separately shown in Figure 4 (a), but according to the embodiment, it is also possible to provide integrally with the address display window indicating the address of the web page being displayed on the web browser.

The search engine icon output unit 120 may output search engine icons corresponding to the plurality of search engines. Here, each search engine may provide a search result corresponding to the keyword received from the keyword receiver 110. Search engines may be provided by different web pages, and search algorithms of respective search engines may be different. Accordingly, search engines may provide different search results for the same keyword, and may be specialized or specialized in a specific field for each search engine. In this case, the user may have a different preferred search engine according to his or her content. For example, when conducting a search in a specialized field such as an academic field, conducting a daily news search, or when wanting to obtain information about a domestic celebrity, or when wanting to obtain information about entering a foreign university. In some cases, the user's preferred search engine may be different. Accordingly, the search engine icon output unit 120 may output a plurality of search engine icons si corresponding to each search engine, as shown in FIG. 4A. That is, the search engine icon output unit 120 may allow the user to directly select which search engine a search result is to be provided with.

On the other hand, the search engine icon si, as shown in Figure 4 (b), may include a favicon (favicon, f) and the keyword (k) corresponding to each search engine therein. Here, the favicon f corresponds to an icon representing a web page or a web site. That is, the search engine icon output unit 120 may include a favicon f corresponding to the search engine in the search engine icon si to indicate to which user the search results are to be provided. Here, the favicon f corresponding to each search engine may be extracted by a web browser accessing a web page or a web site.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 4B, the search engine icon si includes the keyword k input by the user, and thus the user can also check the keyword k that will provide the search results. . That is, the user can intuitively grasp the keyword k and the search engine to which the search is performed through the search engine icon si, so that it is easier to determine which search engine to use for the keyword k. .

Here, when the user inputs the keyword k in the omnibox w, the search engine icon output unit 120 may generate the search engine icon si in real time and display it on the web browser. In this case, the keyword k input by the user into the omnibox w may be displayed in the search engine icon si in real time.

In addition, according to an exemplary embodiment, the search engine icon output unit 120 may set the color of the search engine icon si to distinguish search engines corresponding to the search engine icon si. For example, the web browser may extract a representative color representing the search engine from a web page or favicon f corresponding to the search engine, and display each search engine icon si using the extracted representative color. Can be. Here, the representative color may be the color most frequently used on the favicon or web page, and the extracted color may be used to display the outline of the search engine icon si, or to fill the inside of the search engine icon si. It can be utilized. Further, according to an embodiment, the favicon f may be omitted in the search engine icon si, and the name of the search engine may be displayed in text or may be displayed in the extracted color.

Referring to FIG. 4A, a case in which three search engine icons si are output to a web browser is illustrated, but the number of search engine icons si output may be variously set according to an embodiment. . For example, among search engine lists including a plurality of search engines provided to a user by a web browser, all search engine icons si corresponding to the search engines selected by the user may be output. That is, three search engine icons may be output when the user selects three search engines from the list of search engines, and six search engine icons may be output when the user selects six search engines. However, according to an exemplary embodiment, the maximum number of search engines that can be selected by the user may be limited in advance.

In addition, there may be a case in which there is no search engine desired by the user in the list of search engines provided by the web browser, and in this case, the user may add the search engine directly. For example, a user can directly input a URL address of a search engine to add.

Meanwhile, as illustrated in FIG. 4A, the search engine icon output unit 120 may output search engine icons si at the bottom of the omnibox w, and display a plurality of search engine icons si. Can be displayed according to the preset output order. For example, the names of the search engines may be sorted in alphabetical order, or may be output in the order of the search engines frequently used by the user. In some cases, it is also possible to set and output the output positions of the respective search engine icons si in a user-specified order. For example, when a user selects a search engine to use, the search order of each search engine may be set together.

Here, the search engine icon output unit 120 may sequentially position the search engine icons si from the left side to the right side of the bottom of the omnibox w in the output order. That is, the search engine icons si leading in rank may be positioned on the leftmost side, and the respective search engine icons si may be located on the right side in order. If all of the search engine icons si selected in one column are not located, the search engine icons si may be sequentially output from the left side of the next column. However, since the search engine icon si includes the keyword k, the size of the search engine icon si may increase in proportion to the length of the keyword k. Therefore, the search engine icon output unit 120 may adjust the number of the search engine icons si displayed in the same column according to the length of the keyword k and output the adjusted number.

The search result output unit 130 may output a search result provided by a search engine corresponding to the input search engine icon si when an input for one of the search engine icons si is received. Can be. That is, the web browser may access a web page providing the selected search engine and output the search results on the web page. Therefore, the user can easily check the search results by selecting a search engine of his or her desired from a plurality of search engines, without having to access a web page providing each search engine separately.

In some embodiments, the user may press the input button after inputting a keyword into the omnibox w without selecting the search engine icon si. In other words, although the user has not explicitly selected a search engine, it is necessary to provide a search result to the user even in such a case. In this case, the search result output unit 130 may output the search results by using the search engine that has the most output order.

If the user activates the omnibox w, the preferred website icon output unit 140 may output the preferred website icons fi corresponding to the preferred website. That is, as shown in Fig. 5, since the user can provide a plurality of preferred web site icons fi before starting the search, the user can easily access the preferred web site without performing a separate search or the like. Can be. Since the preferred web sites corresponding to the preferred web site icon fi correspond to the web sites that the user mainly accesses, it is possible to increase the user's convenience by providing the preferred web site icon fi.

Here, the preferred web site may be selected by counting the number of visits of the plurality of web sites accessed by the web browser or by calculating the frequency of visits. That is, a predetermined number of web sites may be extracted according to the order of the number of visits among the web sites, and the extracted web sites may be set as a preferred web site. Alternatively, by extracting a preferred web site in the order of the number of visits by the user during a recent predetermined period such as the last month and the last week, it is possible to select recently visited web sites as the preferred web sites.

On the other hand, the preferred web site icon (fi) may include a thumbnail image (thumb nail image) or favicon of the preferred website. That is, favicons, thumbnail images, etc. representing the preferred web sites may be included in the preferred web site icon fi so that users can easily distinguish the preferred web sites. Although FIG. 5 shows preferred web site icons (fi) including favicons of respective preferred web sites, according to an embodiment, a captured image of the preferred web site is captured and processed into a thumbnail image, and the processed thumbnail is processed. It is also possible to use the image as a preferred web site icon (fi). Since the thumbnail image shows the shape of the preferred web site, when the thumbnail image is used, the user can easily identify and distinguish the web sites.

In addition, the preferred website icon output unit 140 may output the preferred website icons fi according to the priority. For example, the frequency of visits may be calculated by counting the number of times a user visits each preferred web site, and the priority may be set in the order of high frequency of visits. Here, when calculating the frequency of visits, it is possible to calculate the frequency of visits for the entire period, but according to the embodiment, the frequency of visits for the last one month and the last one week is calculated, so that the order of the most recently accessed users is given priority. It is also possible to set the rank. The preferred web site icon output unit 140 may output a high-priority preferred web site in a column closest to the bottom of the omnibox (w), and a high-preferred web site icon (fi) is displayed from the bottom left. May be located sequentially.

If the keyword is input to the omnibox w, the related search icon icon output unit 150 may search for a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) address and a related search word corresponding to the keyword. Thereafter, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the URL search list rl including the searched similar URL addresses and the related search icon icons ri including the related search word may be output on the web browser.

In detail, when the keyword is input to the omnibox w, the related search icon icon output unit 150 may search for a URL address corresponding to the keyword in real time. Here, when there are similar URL addresses corresponding to the keyword, the similar URL addresses may be displayed and output in the URL address list rl.

At the same time, if the keyword is input to the omnibox w, the related search icon icon output unit 150 may search for the related search words corresponding to the corresponding keyword in real time. The related search word is a keyword set to be related to the corresponding keyword and may be stored in a separate database. Accordingly, when there is a related search word corresponding to a keyword, the related search icon icon output unit 150 may output a related search word icon ri corresponding to each related search word.

Meanwhile, as illustrated in FIGS. 6 and 7, the related search icon icon output unit 150 may set and output the position of the URL address list rl and the related search icon icon ri. Specifically, when the keyword input by the user in the omnibox w is similar to the URL address, it may be determined that the user wants to go directly to the web page through the URL address input. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 6, the URL address list rl may be first outputted to the bottom of the omnibox w, and then the associated search word icon ri may be output to the bottom of the URL address list rl. . Here, the search engine icon si may be located first, followed by the associated search word icon ri.

On the other hand, the keyword input by the user may be different from the URL address. In this case, it may be determined that the user does not want to input the URL address but checks the search result through the keyword. In this case, the associated search word icon ri may first be output and the URL address list rl may be positioned at the bottom, or the output of the URL address list rl may be omitted as shown in FIG. 7. However, even in this case, the search engine icon si may be located before the associated search word icon ri in some embodiments.

Here, the related search word icon output unit 150 may use the number of searched similar URL addresses to determine whether a keyword input by the user is similar to the URL address. That is, the related search icon icon output unit 150 determines that the keyword is similar to the URL address if the searched similar URL address is greater than or equal to the preset limit number, and that the keyword is different from the URL address if the searched similar URL address is less than the limit number. can do. Here, the limit number can be set variously according to the embodiment, and it is also possible to set the limit number to one.

For example, when the user inputs "whale" as a keyword, as shown in Fig. 6, since there are at least three similar URL addresses, it can be determined that the user inputs the URL address. Therefore, the associated search word icon output unit 150 may output the URL address list rl first and provide the user with a corresponding URL address without having to input the entire URL address. On the other hand, when the user inputs "MMA" as a keyword, since the corresponding pseudo URL address does not exist at all, it can be determined that the user does not intend to input the URL address. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 7, the search engine icon si and the related search term icon ri may be output to provide a user with a keyword to easily search.

Meanwhile, the related search word icon ri is a keyword associated with a keyword input by the user and may be stored in a preset related search word database. Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, when a user inputs "whale" and "Military Service" as a keyword, the related search word icon ri may include "whale tattoo", "whale rescue" and "Military Service". Various related searches such as "phone number", "MMA homepage", and "Incheon MMA" may appear. Through this, the user can easily expand the search range. In addition, the user can easily perform a search by simply applying an input to the related search word icon ri, without having to directly type a keyword corresponding to the related search word.

Here, when the user selects the related search word icon ri, the web browser may provide a search result of the related search word corresponding to the selected related search word icon ri. For example, a search engine having the highest designation order set by a user among a plurality of search engines may output a search result for the related search word without designation of an additional search engine.

However, according to an exemplary embodiment, when the related search word icon ri is selected, the related search word may be automatically input to the omnibox w. In this case, the user may select one of the search engine icons si corresponding to the related search term to check the search result.

The straight link output unit 160 may search for a straight link d corresponding to the keyword from a preset straight link list when a keyword is input to the omnibox w. Thereafter, when there is a straight link d corresponding to the keyword, the searched straight link d may be output on the web browser.

Users can search their names to access well-known Web sites such as public institutions, financial institutions, popular portal sites, and social network service (SNS) sites. In this case, the straight link output unit 160 may provide a straight link d so that the user can access the web site quickly and accurately. Here, there may be a shortcut list or a separate database in which the names of well-known web sites and their URL addresses are stored, and the shortcut link output unit 160 may output the shortcut link using the shortcut list. Since the direct link includes the URL address of the web site, the web browser may output the web page when the user authorizes input to the direct link.

In some cases, a hacker or the like may register a phishing site having a URL address similar to that of a public institution or a financial institution. When a user enters a phishing site, there is a risk of identity theft, personal information leakage, financial damage, and the like. Thus, in order to prevent a user from erroneously connecting to a phishing site or the like, the web browser may provide a straight link d or the like.

On the other hand, as shown in Figure 7, etc., the straight link (d) can be output to the column closest to the lower end of the omnibox (w) of the plurality of rows formed at the lower end of the omnibox (w). That is, the straight link d may be positioned at the top so that the user may easily recognize the straight link d.

In addition, the terminal device 100 may further include a copy icon output unit 170. As shown in Fig. 8, when the copy icon output unit 170 selects the URL address displayed in the omnibox w of the web browser, the copy icon c stores the copy button c for storing the URL address in the memory. Can be output in That is, the user can select the omnibox (w) to select the entire URL address. After that, when the copy button (c) is inputted, the URL address displayed on the omnibox (w) is displayed in the memory of the terminal device (100). Can be stored in storage. Since the URL address has been copied to the memory, if the user pastes it later in another input window, the URL address stored in the memory can be retrieved and input into the corresponding input window. Here, since the copy button c is automatically displayed when the URL address is selected, the user can easily copy the URL address.

On the other hand, the omnibox w may operate as an address display window in which the URL address of the specific web page is displayed when the web browser outputs the specific web page. Subsequently, in the case of deleting a URL address and inputting a keyword in the address display window (a), it may operate as a search word input window or a URL address input window.

Terminal device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in Figure 3, may include a physical configuration such as a processor 10, a memory 40, the memory 40, One or more modules may be included that are configured to be executed by the processor 10. Specifically, the one or more modules may include a keyword receiving module, a search engine icon output module, a search result output module, a preferred web site icon output module, a related search word icon output module, a direct link output module, a copy icon providing module, and the like. have.

The processor 10 may execute various software programs and an instruction set stored in the memory 40 to perform various functions and to process data. The peripheral interface unit 30 may connect an input / output peripheral device of the computer device to the processor 10 and the memory 40, and the memory controller 20 may include the memory 10 of the processor 10 or a component of the computer device. In the case of accessing, the function of controlling the memory access may be performed. In some embodiments, the processor 10, the memory controller 20, and the peripheral interface unit 30 may be implemented on a single chip or may be implemented as separate chips.

The memory 40 may include fast random access memory, one or more magnetic disk storage devices, nonvolatile memory such as a flash memory device, and the like. In addition, the memory 40 may further include a storage device located away from the processor 10, a network-attached storage device accessed through a communication network such as the Internet, and the like.

The display unit 50 may be configured to display the content of the web browser so that the user can check the contents of the web browser. For example, the display unit 50 may include a liquid crystal display, a thin film transistor-liquid crystal display, an organic light-emitting diode, and a flexible display. The content of the web browser can be displayed to the user using a 3D display, an electrophoretic display, or the like. However, the content of the present invention is not limited thereto, and the display unit may be implemented in various ways.

The input unit 60 receives input from a user, and includes a keyboard, a keypad, a mouse, a touch pen, a touch pad, a touch panel, and a jog. A jog wheel, a jog switch, and the like may correspond to the input unit 60.

On the other hand, as shown in Figure 3, the terminal device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, including the operating system in the memory 40, the keyword receiving module corresponding to the application program, the search engine icon output module, the search It may include a result output module, a preferred web site icon output module, a related search word icon output module, a direct link output module, a copy icon providing module, and the like. Here, each module may be stored in the memory 40 as a set of instructions for performing the above-described function.

Accordingly, the terminal device 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may access the memory 40 so that the processor 10 may execute instructions corresponding to each module. However, keyword receiving module, search engine icon output module, search result output module, preferred web site icon output module, related search word icon output module, direct link output module, copy icon providing module, keyword receiver, search engine icon output module , The search result output unit, the preferred web site icon output unit, the associated search word icon output unit, the direct link output unit, and the copy icon providing unit, respectively, will be omitted here.

9 is a flowchart illustrating a web browser providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

9, a web browser providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a preferred web site icon output step (S10), a keyword reception step (S20), a direct link output step (S30), and a search engine icon output step ( S40), the associated search word icon output step S50, a search result output step S60, and a copy button output step S70 may be included.

Hereinafter, a method for providing a web browser according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 9.

In the preferred website icon output step (S10), when the user activates the omnibox, the preferred website icons corresponding to the preferred website may be output. Preferred web sites corresponding to the preferred web site icons correspond to the web sites most frequently accessed by the user. Therefore, when the omnibox is selected by the user but before the keyword is entered, the web site icon is provided in advance. Can increase.

Here, the preferred web site is a web site mainly accessed by the user, and may be selected by counting the number of visits of a plurality of web sites accessed by the web browser. For example, you can set a preferred website by extracting a preset number of websites according to the number of visits among the websites and setting them as a preferred website or by receiving a URL address of the website directly from a user. Can be.

On the other hand, the preferred website icon output in the preferred website icon output step (S10), may include a thumbnail image (thumb nail image) or favicon (favicon) of the preferred website. When a web browser connects to a preferred website, it may extract favicons from the website or capture a representative image of the website. Therefore, when generating a favorite web site icon, it is possible to include a thumbnail image generated by using a favicon or a captured representative image. In this case, the user can easily distinguish the respective preferred web site icons through the favicon or the thumbnail image.

In addition, in the preferred web site icon output step (S10), the positions of the preferred web site icons may be set according to priority. For example, the frequency of visits may be calculated by counting the number of visits to each preferred web site, and the priority may be set in the order of high frequency of visits. High priority web sites can be displayed in the column closest to the bottom of the omnibox, and the high priority web site icons can be output sequentially from the bottom left.

Thereafter, when the user selects one of the preferred web site icons, the web browser may access the selected preferred web site and display the corresponding web page.

In the keyword receiving step (S20), it is possible to receive a keyword input to the omnibox on the web browser. An omnibox may exist on a web browser running in a terminal device, and a user may input various keywords in the omnibox to receive a corresponding search result or to access a URL address. Therefore, in the keyword receiving step (S20), the user may receive a keyword input to the omnibox and check the keyword input by the user. The keyword input to the omnibox may be a URL address of a web page or a keyword corresponding to each web page.

In the straight link output step (S30), it is possible to search for and output a straight link corresponding to the keyword input to the omnibox. Here, the straight link list or the database may be set in advance, and the URL link of the web site corresponding to each keyword may be stored in the straight link list or the database. Therefore, when the straight link corresponding to the input keyword exists in the straight link list or the database, the retrieved straight link can be output on the web browser.

In the case of well-known web sites such as public institutions, financial institutions, famous portal sites, and social network service (SNS) sites, since users are frequently accessed, a direct link may be separately provided to improve user convenience. In addition, in the case of public institutions and financial institutions, since reliable direct links can be provided directly from a web browser, it is possible to prevent hacking damages of users such as phishing.

Here, the straight link may be output in a column closest to the bottom of the omnibox among a plurality of columns formed at the bottom of the omnibox. That is, the direct link may be positioned at the top so that the user may easily recognize the straight link.

In the search engine icon output step S40, search engine icons corresponding to the plurality of search engines may be output in response to the input keyword. In this case, the search engine provides search results corresponding to the received keyword, and each search engine may be provided in different web pages. That is, search engines may have different search algorithms, and may be specialized or specialized in a specific field for each search engine. Accordingly, in the search engine icon output step (S40), a plurality of search engine icons may be output so that the user may directly select which of the different search engines to receive the search results.

On the other hand, in the search engine icon output step (S40), it is possible to include the favicon and keywords corresponding to each search engine in the search engine icon. That is, the user can simultaneously identify the search engine and the keyword that will provide the search results through the search engine icon.

Here, the search engine icons may be generated in real time when the user inputs a keyword in the omnibox and displayed on a web browser, and the keyword input by the user may be displayed in the search engine icon in real time.

In addition, according to an exemplary embodiment, a representative color may be extracted from a web page or favicon corresponding to a search engine, and respective search engine icons may be displayed using the extracted representative color. Here, the representative color may be the color most frequently used on the favicon or web page, and the extracted color may be used to display the outline of the search engine icon or to fill the inside of the search engine icon.

In addition, in the search engine icon output step (S40), a search engine icon for a search engine selected by a user among a plurality of search engines may be output, and the output may be displayed according to a preset output order. . For example, the names of the search engines may be sorted in alphabetical order, or may be output in the order of the search engines frequently used by the user. In some cases, it is also possible to set and output the output positions of the respective search engine icons according to a user-specified order.

Therefore, in the search engine icon output step (S40), the search engine icons may be sequentially positioned from the left side to the right side of the bottom of the omnibox according to the output order. That is, the search engine icons with the higher priority may be located on the leftmost side, and the respective search engine icons may be located on the right side in order. If all of the search engine icons selected in one column are not located, the search engine icons may be sequentially output from the left side of the next column. However, since the search engine icon includes a keyword, the size of the search engine icon may increase in proportion to the length of the keyword. Accordingly, the number of the search engine icons displayed in the same column may be adjusted according to the length of the keyword.

In a related search word icon output step (S50), when a keyword is input to the omnibox, a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) address and a related search word corresponding to the keyword may be searched. Thereafter, the URL address list including the searched similar URL addresses and the related search word icons including the related search word may be output on the web browser.

Specifically, when the keyword input by the user in the omnibox is similar to the URL address, it may be determined that the user wants to go directly to the web page through the URL address input. Accordingly, the URL address list may be first output at the bottom of the omnibox, and then the associated search word icon corresponding to the input keyword may be output at the bottom of the URL address list. In this case, the search engine icon may be located first, and then the related search term icon may be output.

On the other hand, if the keyword input by the user is different from the URL address, it may be determined that the user wants to check the search result using the keyword. In this case, the associated search word icon may be output first and the URL address list may be placed at the bottom, or the output of the URL address list may be omitted.

Here, whether the keyword input by the user in the omnibox is similar to the URL address may be checked using the number of similar URL addresses corresponding to the keyword.

That is, in the related search word icon output step (S50), when there are more than a preset limit number of similar URL addresses searched corresponding to the keyword, the similar URL address list is first output at the bottom of the omni box, and the related search word icon is similar to the URL. It can be printed at the bottom of the address list. Here, since there are more than the limit number of similar URL addresses, the keyword entered by the user is likely to correspond to the URL address. Therefore, in this case, the pseudo URL address list can be output first.

On the other hand, when the similar URL address corresponding to the keyword is less than the limit number, the output of the similar URL address list may be omitted, and the related search word icon may be output at the bottom of the omnibox. That is, since the number of similar URL addresses corresponding to the keyword is small, it can be determined that the user does not input the URL address. In this case, in the related search word icon output step (S50), the related search word icon related to the keyword input by the user may be first outputted, thereby increasing user convenience.

On the other hand, when the user selects any one of the plurality of related search word icon output, the web browser may provide a search result of the related search word corresponding to the selected related search word icon. That is, when the related search term icon is selected, a search engine having the highest designation order set by the user among the plurality of search engines may perform a search and output a search result.

However, according to an embodiment, when the related search term icon is selected, the related search term may be automatically input to the omnibox. In this case, when the user selects any one of the search engine icons corresponding to the related search word, a search result corresponding to the related search word may be output.

In the search result output step S60, when an input for one of the search engine icons is received from the plurality of search engines, the search result provided by the search engine corresponding to the input search engine icon may be output. That is, the web browser may access a web page providing the selected search engine and output the search results on the web page. Therefore, the user can easily check the search results by selecting a search engine of his or her desired from a plurality of search engines, without having to access a web page providing each search engine separately.

In the copy icon output step S70, when the URL address displayed in the omnibox of the web browser is selected, a copy button for storing the URL address in the memory may be output in the omnibox. That is, the user can select the omnibox to select the entire URL address. After that, if the copy button is input, the URL address displayed on the omnibox can be stored in a storage device such as a memory of the terminal device. That is, since the URL address is copied to the memory, if the user pastes it later in another input window, the URL address stored in the memory can be retrieved and input into the corresponding input window. When the URL address is selected, the copy button is automatically displayed, so that the user can easily copy the URL address. On the other hand, when the web browser outputs a specific web page, the omnibox may operate as an address display window in which the URL address of the specific web page is displayed. Subsequently, in the case of deleting a URL address in the address display window and inputting a keyword, it may operate as a search word input window or a URL address input window.

The present invention described above can be embodied as computer readable codes on a medium in which a program is recorded. The computer readable medium may be to continuously store a computer executable program or temporarily store the program for execution or download. In addition, the medium may be a variety of recording means or storage means in the form of a single or several hardware combined, not limited to a medium directly connected to any computer system, it may be distributed on the network. Examples of the medium include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape, optical recording media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, magneto-optical media such as floptical disks, And ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like, configured to store program instructions. In addition, examples of other media may include a recording medium or a storage medium managed by an app store that distributes an application, a site that supplies or distributes various software, a server, or the like. Accordingly, the above detailed description should not be construed as limiting in all aspects and should be considered as illustrative. The scope of the present invention should be determined by reasonable interpretation of the appended claims, and all changes within the equivalent scope of the present invention are included in the scope of the present invention.

The present invention is not limited by the above-described embodiment and the accompanying drawings. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be substituted, modified, and changed in accordance with the present invention without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention.

10: processor 20: memory control unit
30: peripheral interface 40: memory
50: display unit 60: input unit
100: terminal device 110: keyword receiving unit
120: search engine icon output unit 130: search result output unit
140: preferred web site icon output unit 150: related search icon icon output unit
160: straight link output unit 170: copy icon providing unit
200: web server
S10: outputting preferred website icon step S20: receiving keyword step
S30: direct link output step S40: search engine icon output step
S50: Output of the related search icon icon S60: Output of the search result
S70: step of providing a copy icon

Claims (21)

In the web browser providing method of the terminal device,
Receiving a keyword input to an omnibox on a web browser;
Outputting search engine icons corresponding to a plurality of search engines providing search results for the keyword; And
And when an input for one of the search engine icons is received from the plurality of search engines, outputting a search result provided by a search engine corresponding to the search engine icon.
Outputting the search engine icon
Includes a favicon corresponding to the search engine and the keyword in the search engine icon, and includes the keyword in the search engine icon in real time in response to the input of the keyword,
Before the receiving of the keyword, if the omnibox is selected and before the keyword is input, outputting a preferred website icon corresponding to a preset preferred website;
The outputting of the preferred website icon may include
A thumbnail image or favicon of the preferred web site in the preferred web site icon, setting a priority according to a frequency of visits to the preferred web site, and according to the priority A web browser providing method comprising setting an output order of icons.
delete delete The method of claim 1, wherein outputting the search engine icon
A method of providing a web browser, comprising: outputting search engine icons corresponding to a search engine selected by a user from a search engine list including a plurality of search engines.
The method of claim 1, wherein outputting the search engine icon
And setting and outputting the output position of the search engine icon according to a specified order received from a user.
The method of claim 5, wherein outputting the search engine icon is
The web browser providing method according to the designation order, the search engine icons are sequentially located from the left to the right of the bottom of the omnibox.
The method of claim 1, wherein outputting the search engine icon
And controlling the number of the search engine icons displayed in the same column according to the length of the keyword.
The method of claim 1, wherein the outputting of the search results
And the web browser accesses a web page providing the search engine and outputs the search result on the web page.
delete delete delete The method of claim 1, wherein the outputting of the preferred web site icon
Counting the number of visits of a plurality of web sites accessed by the web browser, extracting a predetermined number of web sites according to the order of the high number of visits, and setting the extracted web sites as the preferred web site; How to provide a web browser.
In the web browser providing method of the terminal device,
Receiving a keyword input to an omnibox on a web browser;
When a keyword is input to the omnibox, a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) address and a related search word corresponding to the keyword are searched, respectively, a URL address list including the searched similar URL addresses, and a related search word icon including the related search word. Outputting;
Outputting search engine icons corresponding to a plurality of search engines providing search results for the keyword; And
Outputting a search result provided by a search engine corresponding to the search engine icon when an input for one of the plurality of search engine icons is received,
The outputting of the related search word icon may include
According to the number of the searched similar URL address, setting the location of the URL address list and the associated search word icon,
If the similar URL address corresponding to the keyword is greater than or equal to a preset limit number, the similar URL address list is output at the bottom of the omnibox, the related search word icon is output at the bottom of the similar URL address list,
And when the similar URL address corresponding to the keyword is less than the limit number, outputting the similar URL address list is omitted, and outputting the related search word icon at the bottom of the omnibox.
delete delete The method of claim 13,
Searching for a straight link corresponding to the keyword in a preset straight link list when a keyword is input to the omnibox; and outputting the straight link if there is a straight link corresponding to the keyword. Web browser providing method characterized in that.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein outputting the straight link
And outputting the straight link to a column closest to the bottom of the omnibox among a plurality of columns formed at the bottom of the omnibox.
According to claim 1, After the step of outputting the search results,
And if a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) address displayed in the omnibox of the web browser is selected, outputting a copy button in the omnibox to store the URL address in a memory.
19. A computer program stored in a medium in combination with hardware for executing the method of providing a web browser according to any one of claims 1, 4, 8, 12, 13, 16, and 18.
A keyword receiver which receives a keyword input to an omnibox on a web browser;
A search engine icon output unit configured to output a search engine icon corresponding to at least one search engine providing a search result for the keyword;
A search result output unit configured to output a search result provided by a search engine corresponding to the received search engine icon when an input for the search engine icon is received; And
When the user activates the omnibox, and includes a preferred website icon output unit for outputting the preferred website icons corresponding to a preset preferred website,
The search engine icon output unit
Includes a favicon corresponding to the search engine and the keyword in the search engine icon, including the keyword in the search engine icon in real time in response to the input of the keyword,
The preferred website icon output unit
A thumbnail image or favicon of the preferred web site in the preferred web site icon, the priority is set according to the frequency of visits to the preferred web site, and the preferred web site icon according to the priority Terminal device, characterized in that for setting the output order. delete

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