KR102186595B1 - System and method for providing search service - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing a search service, wherein when at least one consonant or first letter is input as a search word in a search window of a search interface, an auto-complete search word request signal including the search word is transmitted to a search service device, and , A user terminal receiving and displaying an auto-complete search word list from a search service device, acquiring keywords related to the at least one consonant or first letter and a category of each keyword according to the reception of the auto-complete search word request signal, and the acquisition And a search service device that sorts the keyword and category pairs based on a predefined search service policy, and transmits an auto-complete search word list consisting of the sorted keyword and category pairs to the user terminal.

Description

System and method for providing search service {SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SEARCH SERVICE}

The present invention relates to a system and method for providing a search service, and more particularly, to recognize at least one consonant or first letter inputted in a search window of a search interface as a search word, and keywords related to the recognized search word and a category of each keyword. The present invention relates to a system and method for providing a search service for displaying an auto-complete search word list including a search window in a predetermined area.

In general, a search website that provides a search service, when a search word is input from a user, a search result corresponding to the search word (e.g., a website including a search word, an article including the search word, an image having a file name including the search word) Etc.) to the user.

Currently, the search service is gradually being improved in the direction of maximizing the user's convenience. The main reason for this improvement is not only to provide satisfactory search results when the user enters an appropriate search word, but also to input inappropriate search terms. When doing so, it should provide an appropriate search result to satisfy the user. In particular, as the user base of the search service expands, as the number of users who do not have sufficient background knowledge about an appropriate search word increases, the need to guide the user with an appropriate query is raised.

Accordingly, the current search website provides an appropriate search query according to the user's search word input situation in order to satisfy the user's needs. For example, a search website provides search queries such as "Nate", "Nateon", "Naver", and "Nate.com" while the user enters the search term "Nay", and the user enters it during the search query. By clicking on the search query to be done, it is now possible to enter a desired search word without having to enter all the search words.

However, in the related art, since only keywords related to the search word are provided when entering a search word, in order to select an exact keyword of a desired category by a user, there is an inconvenience of having to manually select the provided keywords.

Korean Patent Registration No. 10-0818357: A system for presenting search words using a related model and a method for presenting the same

The present invention has been conceived to solve the above problem, and even if a user does not enter all of the search word in the search box of the search interface and only inputs at least one consonant or first letter, a keyword related to at least one consonant or first letter It is an object of the present invention to provide a system and method for providing a search service in which a user can select an exact keyword of a desired category through a search word input process by presenting a field and a category of each keyword together.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a system and method for providing a search service in which, when a word in which a synonym exists among search words is input, a keyword is presented along with a category so that a user can select a keyword corresponding to the category the user is looking for. .

According to an aspect of the present invention for solving the above-described problem, when at least one consonant or first letter is input in a communication unit for communicating through a communication network, an output unit for displaying a search interface, and a search window of the search interface, Recognizing the input at least one consonant or first letter as a search word, obtaining keywords related to the recognized search word and a category of each keyword, and obtaining the obtained keyword and category pairs based on a predefined search service policy There is provided a user terminal including a search agent that sorts and displays an auto-complete search word list consisting of the sorted keyword and category pairs.

The user terminal further includes a search word information storage unit in which at least one or more categories, keywords included in each category, and consonants of each keyword are stored, and the search agent searches the search word information storage unit to search for keywords related to the search word and each A keyword category may be obtained, or an auto-complete keyword list consisting of keywords related to the keyword and category pairs of each keyword may be received from the search service device through the communication unit.

The search service policy may include at least one of the number of searches, the number of clicks, and user preference.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a communication unit for communicating through a communication network, at least one or more categories, keywords included in each category, a search word information database storing consonants of each keyword, at least one consonant sound from a user terminal through the communication unit Alternatively, when the first letter is received as a search word, an auto-complete search word acquisition unit that searches the search word information database to obtain keywords related to the search word and a category of each keyword, and the keyword and category pairs obtained from the auto-complete search word acquisition unit There is provided a search service apparatus including a list providing unit that sorts based on a predefined search service policy and transmits an auto-complete search word list consisting of the sorted keyword and category pairs to the user terminal.

According to another aspect of the present invention, when at least one consonant or first letter is input as a search word in a search window of a search interface, an auto-complete search word request signal including the search word is transmitted to a search service device, and the search service device A user terminal that receives and displays an auto-complete search word list from and acquires keywords related to the at least one consonant or first letter and a category of each keyword according to the reception of the auto-complete search word request signal, and obtains the acquired keyword and category There is provided a search service providing system including a search service device that sorts pairs based on a predefined search service policy and transmits an auto-complete search word list consisting of the sorted keyword and category pairs to the user terminal.

According to another aspect of the present invention, in a method for a user terminal to provide a search service, when at least one consonant or first letter is input in a search window of a search interface, the input at least one consonant or first letter is Recognizing a keyword as a search word, obtaining keywords related to the recognized search word and a category of each keyword, sorting the obtained keyword and category pairs based on a predefined search service policy, and sorting the keyword and category There is provided a method for providing a search service including displaying a list of auto-complete search words consisting of pairs in a predetermined area of the search window.

The search service providing method may further include displaying a search result for the specific keyword and category pair when a specific keyword and category pair is selected from the auto-complete search word list.

According to another aspect of the present invention, when executed by a user terminal, when at least one consonant or first letter is input in a search window of a search interface, recognizing the input at least one consonant or first letter as a search word , Acquiring keywords related to the recognized search word and a category of each keyword, sorting the acquired keyword and category pairs based on a predefined search service policy, and automatically completing the sorted keywords and category pairs A method for providing a search service including displaying a search word list in a predetermined area of the search window is recorded as a program and a recording medium readable by an electronic device is provided.

According to another aspect of the present invention, in a method for providing a search service by a search service device, when an auto-complete search word request signal including at least one consonant or first letter is received from a user terminal, a search word information database provided Searching for and obtaining keywords related to the at least one consonant or initial letter and a category of each keyword, sorting the obtained keyword and category pairs based on a predefined search service policy, the sorted keyword There is provided a method for providing a search service including transmitting an auto-complete search word list consisting of and category pairs to the user terminal.

According to another aspect of the present invention, when executed by a search service device, when an auto-complete search word request signal including at least one consonant or first letter is received from a user terminal, the search word information database is searched and the at least Acquiring keywords related to one consonant or first letter and a category of each keyword, sorting the acquired keyword and category pairs based on a predefined search service policy, consisting of the sorted keywords and category pairs A method for providing a search service including transmitting an auto-complete search word list to the user terminal is recorded as a program and a recording medium readable by an electronic device is provided.

According to the present invention, even if the user does not enter all of the search word in the search box of the search interface and only inputs at least one consonant or first letter, the keywords related to at least one consonant or first letter and the category of each keyword are presented together. By doing so, the user can select the exact keyword of the category he wants through the category-keyword pairs presented in a certain area of the search window.

In addition, by providing keywords related to the search word and category pairs of each keyword by sorting and providing the search service policy such as the number of searches, the number of clicks, and user preference, keywords searched by multiple users, keywords that users prefer, etc. Priority is provided, allowing users to find the desired keyword faster.

In addition, when a word in which a synonym exists among search words is input, a keyword corresponding to the category the user is looking for can be easily selected by presenting the keyword along with the category.

1 is a diagram showing a system for providing a search word service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a search service apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram showing a method for providing a search service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a view showing a search interface screen when a consonant search word is input according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a view showing a search interface screen when only the first letter is input as a search word according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a user terminal for providing a search service according to another embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a diagram showing a method for a user terminal to provide a search service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Details of the above-described objects and technical configurations of the present invention, as well as operational effects thereof, will be more clearly understood by the following detailed description based on the accompanying drawings in the specification of the present invention.

1 is a diagram showing a system for providing a search word service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a system for providing a search word service includes a user terminal 100 and a search service device 200.

When at least one consonant or first letter is input as a search word in the search window of the search interface, the user terminal 100 transmits an auto-complete search word request signal including the search word to the search service device 200, and the search service device ( 200) to receive and display an auto-complete search word list. In this case, the auto-complete search word list may be in a form in which at least one keyword associated with the search word and a category of each keyword are paired. Here, the consonant may include ㄱ, ㄴ, ㄷ, etc. in the case of Hangul, and may include b, c, d, etc. in the case of English. The first letter can mean the first letter of a word.

The user terminal 100 as described above may be applied to any user device including a communication function. For example, a navigation device, a notebook computer, a mobile communication terminal, a smart phone, a portable media player (PMP), a personal digital assistant (PDA), a tablet PC, a set-top box, It can be a variety of devices, such as a smart TV.

For a detailed description of the user terminal 100, refer to FIG. 2.

When an auto-complete search word request signal including at least one consonant or first letter is received from the user terminal 100, the search service device 200 selects keywords related to at least one consonant or first letter, and a category of each keyword. Acquire. The search service apparatus 200 sorts the acquired keyword and category pairs based on a predefined search service policy, and transmits an auto-complete search word list consisting of the sorted keyword and category pairs to the user terminal 100. Here, the search service policy may include the number of searches, the number of clicks, and the user's preference.

The search service apparatus 200 provides an environment in which a search service can be used by transmitting a search interface to the user terminal 100. Then, the user inputs a search word into the search box of the search interface, and the input search word is completed through an automatic completion function. Here, the auto-completion function is, when a part of a word (e.g., consonant, first letter, etc.) is entered in the search box, a list of keywords including the entered word is presented to the user in the form of an open menu, and This is a function that supports the user to select the desired keyword.

A detailed description of the search service device 200 will be made with reference to FIG. 3.

2 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the user terminal 100 includes a communication unit 110, an input unit 120, an output unit 130, a storage unit 140, and a search processing unit 150.

The communication unit 110 is a communication means for interconnecting the user terminal 100 and the search service device through a communication network. For example, wireless communication modules such as mobile communication and satellite communication, wired communication modules such as the Internet, and short-range Wi-Fi It may include a wireless communication module and the like.

The input unit 120 is a means for receiving a user request for controlling the operation of the user terminal 100, and converts the user's request into an electric signal according to the user's manipulation. The input unit 120 is an input means for receiving letters, numbers, text, voice, movement, tactile sense, time, etc. from a user. For example, the input means is a keyboard, a keypad, a touch screen, a visual sensing means, a tactile sensing means, a motion sensing means. , Voice input means, etc. may be implemented in various forms. The user may input at least one consonant or first letter as a search word through the input unit 120.

The output unit 130 may be preferably implemented as a display means for displaying screen information according to driving an application, for example, a small flat panel display device such as a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) or Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLED). The output unit 130 displays an auto-complete search word list in a certain area of the search window.

The storage unit 140 stores a program required for controlling the operation of the user terminal 100 and data generated during execution of the program.

The search processing unit 150 executes a search application and displays a search interface on the output unit 130. Here, the search application may be an application that provides a search service, such as T-Store, Naver, Daum, and Google. Basically, in the search interface, there are a search window in which a user can input a search word and a search button through which a search can be executed. Accordingly, the user can obtain a search result by entering a search word in the search box and then pressing the search button.

When at least one consonant or first letter is input as a search word through the input unit 120, the search processing unit 150 transmits an auto-complete search word request signal including the input search word to the search service device through the communication unit 100. .

The search processing unit 150 receives an auto-complete search word list from a search service device and displays the received auto-complete search word list through the output unit 130. Here, in the auto-complete search word list, at least one keyword related to the search word and a category including each keyword are paired, and may be displayed in a certain area (eg, an area under the search window) of the search window. The user can check the keywords in the auto-complete search word list and the categories of the keywords, and select a desired keyword. Then, the search processing unit 150 may output a search result of the selected keyword.

For example, when a user enters a consonant of'ㅅ ㄱ'as a search word in the search box of the search interface, the search processing unit 150 displays'category 1 (eg, figure)-rectangle','category 2 (eg, food). -Salt','Category 3 (e.g., other) -Incineration', and the keywords including'ㅅ a'and each keyword category are paired to display an auto-complete search word list.

In addition, when the user inputs only the first letter of'company' in the search window of the search interface as a search word, the search processing unit 150 may be configured as'category 1-person','category 2-apple','category 3-square', etc. A list of auto-complete search words in which keywords with'company' as the first letter and categories of each keyword are paired is displayed.

In addition, when the user enters'a' as a search word in the search box of the search interface, the search processing unit 150 displays'a' such as'category 1-apple','category 2-adobe','category 3-april', etc. Displays a list of auto-complete search words in which keywords with the first letter and categories of each keyword are paired.

Even if the search word is not completely entered, the keyword including the search word is presented together with the category, so that the user can search for a keyword of a desired category. In addition, when there is a synonym of the search word, the user may search for a keyword of a desired category through the category.

3 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a search service apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the search service apparatus 200 includes a communication unit 210, a search word information database 220, a user information database 230, an auto-complete search word acquisition unit 240, and a list providing unit 250. .

The communication unit 210 may be a communication means for interconnecting the search service apparatus 200 and a user terminal through a communication network.

The keyword information database 220 stores at least one or more categories, keywords included in each category, and consonants of each keyword. Keywords stored in the search word information database 220 may be stored in alphabetical order or alphabetical order.

The search word information database 220 stores the number of searches and the number of clicks for each keyword, and may sort and store keywords in the order of the number of searches or the number of clicks.

The user information database 230 stores user identification information (eg, terminal identification information, ID, IP address, etc.), search word usage information, search word preference, and the like.

When at least one consonant or first letter is received as a search word through the communication unit 210, the auto-complete search word acquisition unit 240 searches the search word information database 220 to obtain keywords related to the search word and a category of each keyword. do. That is, when an auto-complete search word request signal including at least one consonant or first letter is received from the user terminal, the auto-complete search word acquisition unit 240 searches the search word information database 220 to obtain at least one consonant or first letter. Acquire keywords related to. Then, the auto-complete search word acquisition unit 240 extracts a category of each acquired keyword together.

For example, when an auto-complete search word request signal including'ㅅ a'is received, the auto-complete search word acquisition unit 240 searches the search word information database 220, and a'square' with'ㅅ a'as the initial voice, Keywords such as'salt' and'incineration' and categories of those keywords, that is,'category 1-square','category 2-salt', and'category 3-incineration' are acquired. In addition, when a signal for requesting an auto-complete search word including'company' is received, the auto-complete search word acquisition unit 240 searches the search word information database 220 to obtain'person' and'apple' with'sa' as the first letter. And keywords such as'square' and categories of those keywords, that is,'category 1-person','category 2-apple', and'category 3-square'.

The list providing unit 250 sorts the keyword and category pairs obtained from the auto-complete search word acquisition unit 240 based on a predefined search service policy, and provides an auto-complete search word list consisting of the sorted keyword and category pairs. 210) to the user terminal. Here, the search service policy may include the number of searches, the number of clicks, and user preference. That is, since keywords for each category are stored in the search word information database 220 together with the search frequency or the number of clicks, the list providing unit 250 searches the category-keyword pair obtained from the auto-complete search word acquisition unit 240 at the search frequency or It is possible to sort in the order of the number of clicks, and generate an auto-complete search word list in the sorted order and provide it to the user terminal.

In addition, the list providing unit 250 sorts the category-keywords obtained from the auto-complete search word acquisition unit 240 based on the user's search word preference, and generates and provides an auto-complete search word list in the sorted order. have. That is, if the search word preference is stored in the user information database 230, the list providing unit 250 sorts the obtained keyword and category pairs according to the user's search word preference, and automatically completes the search word consisting of the sorted keyword and category pairs. The list may be provided to the user terminal through the communication unit 210.

If the search word preference is not stored in the user information database 230, the list providing unit 250 calculates the search word preference based on the search word usage information stored in the user information database 230, and automatically based on the calculated search word preference. Create a list of completed search terms. That is, the list providing unit 250 sorts search words in the order that the user searches most based on the search word usage information, and calculates the search word preference based on the sorted search words. Then, the list providing unit 250 sorts the category-keyword pairs obtained by the auto-complete search word acquisition unit 240 according to the calculated search word preference, and generates an auto-complete search word list consisting of the sorted category-keyword pairs. Can be provided as As described above, the list providing unit 230 generates an auto-complete search word list based on the search word preference considering the user's tendency.

For example, when the user inputs "O" in the search box and the user's search term preference is a cooking category, the list providing unit 230 may indicate "Cooking Category-Orange, Cooking Category-Oyat, Cooking Category-Oriental Dressing. It is possible to provide an auto-complete search word list in which keywords of a cooking category such as ".." are arranged at the top.

The list providing unit 230 may include a shortcut link associated with each keyword included in the auto-complete search word list in the auto-complete search word list. Here, the shortcut link is for directly moving to a preset web page in association with the selected keyword without moving to a search result page when a desired keyword is selected (clicked) from among keywords included in the auto-complete search word list.

Although not shown in the drawing, the search service apparatus 200 may further include a search result providing unit that provides a search result for a keyword selected by a user from an auto-complete search word list.

4 is a view showing a method for providing a search service according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 5 is a view showing a search interface screen when a consonant search word is input according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is an implementation of the present invention. A diagram showing a search interface screen when only the first letter according to an example is input as a search word.

Referring to FIG. 4, when at least one consonant or first letter is input as a search word through the search window of the search interface (S402), the user terminal transmits an auto-complete search word request signal including the input search word to the search service device. (S404).

The search service apparatus searches the provided keyword information database to obtain keywords related to the search word and a category of each keyword (S406), and generates an auto-complete search word list consisting of the acquired keywords and each keyword category (S408). . In this case, the search service apparatus sorts the acquired keyword and category pairs based on at least one of the number of search, the number of clicks, and the search word preference, and generates an auto-complete search word list including the sorted category-keyword list.

The search service device transmits the generated auto-complete search word list to the user terminal (S410), and the user terminal displays the auto-complete search word list in a certain area of the search window (S412). The user may select a keyword of a desired category from the displayed auto-complete search word list, and receive and check a search result for the selected keyword from the search service device.

A case in which the user inputs Korean consonants as a search word in the search box of the search interface will be described with reference to FIG. 5.

Referring to FIG. 5, as shown in (a), when the user inputs the consonant of'ㅅ a'as a search word in the search window 510 of the search interface 500, the user terminal displays the search window 510 as shown in (b). An auto-complete search word list 520 such as'category 1-square','category 2-salt', and'category 3-incineration' is displayed in the lower area of.

A case where the user enters the first letter in the search box of the search interface will be described with reference to FIG. 6.

Referring to FIG. 6, as shown in (a), when the user inputs only the first letter of'company' as a search word in the search window 610 of the search interface 600, the user terminal is'Category 1-People' and'Category 2'. -An auto-complete search word list 620 such as'apple' and'category 3-square' is displayed in the lower area of the search window 610.

Here, only the case where Korean is entered as a search word has been described as an example, but the same can be applied to all languages such as English, Japanese, and Spanish.

7 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a user terminal for providing a search service according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, a user terminal 700 for providing a search service includes a communication unit 710, an input unit 720, an output unit 730, a storage unit 740, and a search agent 750.

Since the communication unit 710, the input unit 720, the output unit 730, and the storage unit 740 are the same as those described in FIG. 2, descriptions thereof will be omitted.

When the search application stored in the storage unit 740 is executed and at least one consonant or the first letter is input as a search word in the search window of the search interface, the search agent 750 includes keywords related to the input search word and each keyword. A category is acquired, the acquired keyword and category pairs are sorted based on a predefined search service policy, and an auto-complete search word list consisting of the sorted keyword and category pairs is displayed through the output unit 730. Here, the search service policy may include the number of searches, the number of clicks, and the user's preference.

The search agent 730 includes a search word recognition unit 752, an auto-complete search word processing unit 754, and a search word information storage unit 756.

The keyword information storage unit 756 stores at least one or more categories, keywords included in each category, consonants of each keyword, and the like. In addition, the search word information storage unit 756 stores the number of searches and the number of clicks for each keyword, and may sort and store keywords in the order of the number of searches and the number of clicks.

The search word recognition unit 752 recognizes at least one consonant or first letter input through the search window of the search interface as a search word.

When a search word is recognized by the search word recognition unit 752, the auto-complete search word processing unit 754 searches the search word information storage unit 756 to obtain keywords related to the search word and a category of each keyword, and An auto-complete search word list consisting of keyword category pairs is displayed in a certain area of the search window. At this time, the auto-complete search word processing unit 754 may sort the obtained category-keyword pairs in the order of the search frequency or the number of clicks, and generate an auto-complete search word list in the sorted order and display them in a certain area of the search window. . In addition, the auto-complete search word processing unit 754 may sort the obtained category-keyword pairs based on the user's search word preference, generate an auto-complete search word list in the sorted order, and display it in a certain area of the search window.

The user may select a desired keyword from the displayed auto-complete search word list and obtain a search result of the selected keyword.

8 is a diagram showing a method for a user terminal to provide a search service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, when a user inputs at least one consonant or first letter as a search word in a search window while the search application is running (S802), the user terminal displays keywords related to the search word and each keyword. The category is acquired (S806).

The user terminal generates an auto-complete search word list including the acquired keyword and category pairs (S808), and displays the generated auto-complete search word list in a certain area of the search window (S810). At this time, the user terminal sorts the acquired keyword and category pairs based on a predefined search service policy, and displays an auto-complete search word list consisting of the sorted keyword and category pairs in a certain area of the search window.

On the other hand, according to another aspect of the present invention, when executed by the user terminal, when at least one consonant or first letter is input in the search window of the search interface, the input at least one consonant or first letter is recognized as a search word. Step, obtaining keywords related to the recognized search word and a category of each keyword, sorting the obtained keyword and category pairs based on a predefined search service policy, and automatically consisting of the sorted keywords and category pairs A method for providing a search service including displaying a complete search word list in a predetermined area of the search window is recorded as a program and a recording medium readable by an electronic device is provided.

According to another aspect of the present invention, when executed by a search service device, when an auto-complete search word request signal including at least one consonant or first letter is received from a user terminal, the provided search word information database is searched and the at least one Acquiring keywords related to the consonant or the first letter and a category of each keyword, sorting the acquired keyword and category pairs based on a predefined search service policy, automatic consisting of the sorted keywords and category pairs A method for providing a search service including transmitting a complete search word list to the user terminal is recorded as a program and a recording medium readable by an electronic device is provided.

Such a search service providing method can be written in a program, and codes and code segments constituting the program can be easily inferred by a programmer in the art. In addition, a program relating to a method for providing a search service is stored in an information storage medium that can be read by an electronic device, and can be read and executed by the electronic device.

As such, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains will be able to understand that the present invention can be implemented in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features. Therefore, the embodiments described above are illustrative in all respects and should be understood as non-limiting. The scope of the present invention is indicated by the claims to be described later rather than the detailed description, and all changes or modified forms derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalent concepts should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

The present invention provides keywords related to at least one consonant or first letter, and a category of each keyword, even if the user does not enter all of the search word in the search box of the search interface and only inputs at least one consonant or first letter, The user can be applied to a search service providing system and method that enables the user to select an exact keyword of a desired category through category-keyword pairs presented in a certain area of the search window.

100, 700: user terminal 110, 210, 710: communication unit
120, 720: input unit 130, 730: output unit
140, 740: storage unit 150: search processing unit
200: search service device 220: search word information DB
230: User information DB 240: Auto-complete search word acquisition unit
250: list providing unit 750: search agent

Claims (10)

A communication unit for communicating through a communication network;
An output unit that displays a search interface; And
When the first letter is input in the search window of the search interface, the inputted first letter is recognized as a search word, keywords including the recognized search word as a first letter and a category of each keyword are obtained, and the obtained keyword and A search agent that sorts category pairs based on a predefined search service policy, and displays an auto-complete search word list consisting of the sorted keyword and category pairs;
Including,
The search service policy includes the number of searches, the number of clicks, and the user's search term preference,
The search agent is the auto-complete search word list so that the category corresponding to the keyword for each keyword of the auto-complete search word list and the keyword are presented together so that a user can check the category corresponding to the keyword for each keyword included in the auto-complete search word list. A user terminal, characterized in that to display. delete delete A communication unit for communicating through a communication network;
A search word information database in which at least one or more categories, keywords included in each category, and consonants of each keyword are stored;
An auto-complete search word acquisition unit for acquiring keywords including the search word as a first letter and categories of each keyword by searching the search word information database when the first letter is received as a search word from the user terminal through the communication unit; And
A list providing unit that arranges the keyword and category pairs obtained by the auto-complete search word acquisition unit based on a predefined search service policy, and transmits an auto-complete search word list consisting of the sorted keyword and category pairs to the user terminal;
Including,
The search service policy includes the number of searches, the number of clicks, and the user's search term preference,
When the auto-complete search word list is displayed in the user terminal, the list providing unit is presented with a category corresponding to a keyword and a keyword for each keyword included in the auto-complete search word list, so that the category corresponding to the keyword for each keyword The search service device, characterized in that for generating and transmitting the auto-complete search word list that can be checked. delete In a method for a user terminal to provide a search service,
Recognizing the inputted first letter as a search word when the first letter is input in the search window of the search interface;
Obtaining keywords including the recognized search word as a first letter and a category of each keyword; And
Sorting the acquired keyword and category pairs based on a predefined search service policy, and displaying an auto-complete search word list consisting of the sorted keyword and category pairs in a predetermined area of the search window;
Including,
The search service policy includes the number of searches, the number of clicks, and the user's search term preference,
In the displaying of the auto-complete search word list, the auto-complete search word so that the category and the keyword corresponding to the keyword of the auto-complete search word list are presented together so that the user can check the category corresponding to the keyword for each keyword. A method for providing a search service, comprising displaying a list. delete delete In a method for a search service device to provide a search service,
When an auto-complete search word request signal having a first letter as a search word is received from a user terminal, searching a search word information database and obtaining keywords including the search word as a first letter and a category of each keyword;
Sorting the obtained keyword and category pairs based on a predefined search service policy including the number of searches, the number of clicks, and a user's search word preference; And
Transmitting an auto-complete search word list consisting of the sorted keyword and category pairs to the user terminal;
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In the transmitting step, when the auto-complete search word list is displayed in the user terminal, a category corresponding to a keyword and a keyword are presented together for each keyword included in the auto-complete search word list, so that the category corresponding to the keyword for each keyword is displayed to the user. The method for providing a search service, characterized in that for generating and transmitting the list of auto-complete search words that can be checked. delete

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