KR20010084093A - Method for searching an information in internet and apparatus for performing the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method and apparatus for searching information on the Internet is provided to selectively offer information by accurately discriminating request information of a user according to query information initially stored. CONSTITUTION: Various information provided from a plurality of information providers is searched through a plurality of search engines and divided. After that, the information is stored in a database(S500). Detailed query information is stored in a query generation unit according to the stored information(S502). The query generation unit performs a query and a response of a correspondence item according to request information of an information searcher(S504). All sorts of information on the Internet are selectively provided to the information searcher according to the query and the response(S506).

Description

METHOD FOR SEARCHING AN INFORMATION IN INTERNET AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME}

The present invention relates to an Internet information retrieval method, and more particularly, to an Internet information retrieval method and apparatus for providing information to be quickly retrieved by a user by a question and a response with the user.

The rapid spread of the Internet has made it possible to access various information from around the world through the Internet. In general, it is difficult to find the necessary information on the Internet, which has a large and large amount of information such as the sea, as the Internet is called 'the sea of information'. Various search engines are provided to make it easier for a user to find desired information on the Internet where such a large amount of information exists. For example, Yahoo, Simmani, Naver, and AltaVista are provided.

In the case of searching for information using the above-described search engine, when a user first inputs a keyword of information to be searched, a summary of all information including the keyword input by the user is first searched. The user can actually find the desired information by checking the details by a secondary process in which the user clicks on the retrieved summary information.

A conventional electronic commerce method for selling and purchasing goods through the Internet using the information retrieval method will be described below.

Electronic commerce refers to a transaction in which all or part of a transaction of goods or services is processed by an electronic method such as electronic document exchange, and has a form similar to that in the real world.

In the form of e-commerce, a virtual store (hereinafter referred to as a shopping mall) that provides goods or services, a consumer who purchases goods or services in a shopping mall, and a shopping agent that connects the shopping mall to the consumers are used in the e-commerce. Become the subject of the transaction.

The electronic commerce having the above-described configuration can be classified into a case in which a consumer directly accesses a shopping mall and purchases a desired product and a case of purchasing a product through a shopping agent.

First, when a consumer directly purchases a product through a shopping mall, the consumer accesses a shopping mall site, inputs schedule information about a product to be purchased, and the shopping mall informs the consumer of the result of the input product information. As he retrieves the result, he purchases a product.

In addition, when a consumer purchases a product through a shopping agent, the consumer first connects to a shopping agent registered as a member. Subsequently, the consumer inputs information about items of the item to be purchased in the shopping agent, and the shopping agent searches for the product that the consumer wants to purchase from various shopping malls based on the information input by the consumer, and then informs the consumer of the retrieved information.

Then, the consumer searches the information provided from the shopping agent again, selects a product to purchase, and provides the shopping agent with detailed information about the determined product. When the shopping agent wants to purchase according to the detailed information provided by the consumer, the shopping agent connects to a shopping mall equipped with the goods desired by the consumer, so that the consumer purchases the goods through the connected shopping mall, thereby completing the electronic commerce.

As described above, for example, when a consumer directly purchases a TV through a shopping mall or a TV through a shopping agent, the consumer connects to a shopping mall or a shopping agent, and among the various items handled by the shopping mall or a shopping agent. After selecting a home appliance or the like, the information about the item to be purchased is input by selecting a TV again.

The shopping mall or shopping agent provides the consumer with various information about the searched TV according to the consumer's input information. Subsequently, the consumer clicks on the information about the provided TV, checks it, and then selects, for example, an Internet TV having a flat CRT that is actually purchased.

Therefore, according to the related art, the Internet information retrieval method inputs a keyword of information to be searched for, and accordingly various information including a keyword is searched for, thus searching for unnecessary information other than the information to be actually searched for. There is a problem that requires multiple clicks for a large amount of information retrieval.

In addition, when the user inputs a desired item, the user selects various kinds of items corresponding to the desired item during e-commerce by the conventional Internet information retrieval. Since it is necessary to search one by one, it is not only troublesome but also requires a lot of time to search for unnecessary information.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an internet information retrieval method and apparatus for accurately determining a user's request information based on initially stored query information and selectively providing the information accordingly. There is this.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a two-way Internet search method for determining information on a product by querying and answering a user to purchase in an e-commerce, and promptly providing accurate information on a product to be purchased accordingly. .

1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of an Internet information retrieval apparatus according to the present invention.

2 is a diagram illustrating a table for expanding an input search word.

3A illustrates a table of information for selecting a corresponding item of a search term.

3B is a diagram showing a table of query information according to detailed information of a selected item.

4 is a diagram illustrating an information table output according to detailed information.

5 is a flow chart for performing the operation of FIG.

6 is a flowchart for generating a bidirectional interface screen of the Internet information retrieval method according to the present invention.

7 is a flowchart for performing electronic commerce according to the Internet information retrieval method according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a state of a bidirectional interface screen with a user according to execution of the electronic commerce of FIG.

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1st to nth search engines: 110-1,110-2, ..., 110-n

120: database 140: query generator

150: web interface

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention inputs a request signal for retrieving a variety of information stored in advance to be provided through the Internet, and according to the request signal to the interactive interface screen according to the item-specific query information according to the pre-stored various information The present invention provides a method of retrieving Internet information which is generated and selectively outputs various types of information stored by a query and a response through the generated screen.

Another feature of the present invention provides an Internet information retrieval method for selectively performing a query and a response according to item-specific query information.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a query table includes a keyword table for forming an internal ID of a request signal, an item table for searching for an item corresponding to the ID, a detail table for searching for detailed information corresponding to the searched item, and detailed information. An Internet information retrieval method comprising a search result table for outputting a search result by a search is provided.

Another feature of the present invention is a query generator for pre-store and output the query information for each item of information provided through the Internet, the search for outputting an optional information request signal by the query information for each item when the information search request on the Internet Between the information storage unit, the query generation unit, the search command generation unit, and the information storage unit which retrieves various types of information on the Internet by the command generation unit and the search engine, and selectively outputs them by the search command generation unit among the classified and stored information. An internet information retrieval apparatus including an interface for transmitting a signal is provided.

In addition, another aspect of the present invention is an information retrieval apparatus via the Internet, comprising a storage means, a processor connected to the storage means and a program for controlling the processor, the processor is a variety of pre-stored to be provided via the Internet by the program Input a request signal for retrieving information, generate a bidirectional interface screen according to the item-specific query information according to the pre-stored various information according to the request signal, and according to the item-specific query information corresponding to the request signal through the bidirectional interface screen An internet information retrieval apparatus configured to perform a query and a response and to selectively output various information stored by the query and a response.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, a feature of the present invention is to input a product purchase request signal based on various product information of a shopping mall connected to the Internet, and according to the pre-stored item-specific query information of the product corresponding to the input request signal Internet information configured to generate a bidirectional interface screen, perform a query and response by the bidirectional interface screen, determine detailed information of a product purchase request based on the query and response, and selectively output various product information according to the determined detailed information Provide a search method.

Hereinafter, a bidirectional Internet search method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, it is not limited or limited by the following Example.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of an apparatus for retrieving an Internet information according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a table for expanding an input search word. 3A illustrates a table of information for selecting a corresponding item of a search word, FIG. 3B illustrates a table of query information according to detailed information of a selected item, and FIG. 4 illustrates an information table output according to detailed information. The figure shown.

As shown in FIG. 1, the Internet information retrieval apparatus according to the present invention retrieves various information provided on the Internet by the first to nth information providers 100-1,100-2, ..., 100-n. To n-th search engines 110-1, 110-2,..., 110-n, and first to n-th search engines 110-1, 110-2,. Selectively generated pre-stored queries according to the information retrieval request signal of the database 120 and the first to nth users 130-1,130-2, ..., 130-n storing information classified through Web interface for transmitting signals from the query generator 140 and the first to n-th user (130-1, 130-2, ..., 130-n), the query generator 140 and the database 120 ( 150).

In this case, the query information stored in the query generator 140 may include a term table, a item information table bi_item_info, an item-specific detail information table bi_info, and a table form having fields as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4. It consists of a search result table (bi_item).

At this time, each table in the query generator 140 is created by a script of the form [command] # [constant]. For example, when displaying the caption of the window and the name of the message site when the web grabber is running, the script is composed of a script of 'Caption # evergreen home shopping'. In this case, 'evergreen home shopping' is the name of the message site. In addition, when the agent outputs a file in the process of running the agent, a script of 'FilePre # SangLok' type is used to designate the front part of the file.

The query information in the query generator 140 as described above has about 20,000 item-specific details of information stored in the database 120, which is relational data representing data in a simple table (relationship) rather than a hierarchical structure. Base (Relation data base) structure.

The operation of the bidirectional Internet search apparatus according to the present invention having the above-described configuration will be described below.

The first to nth search engines 110-1,110-2, ..., 110-n are provided by the first to nth information providers 100-1,100-2, ..., 100-n on the Internet. The searched and sorted information is classified into a predetermined form, and the classified information is stored in the database 120. Here, the information stored in the database 120 can be continuously updated through the first through n-th information providers 100-1, 100-2,..., 100-n.

When the first to n-th user 130-1, 130-2,..., 130-n input an information search request signal by a predetermined key word, the information search request signal is transmitted through the web interface 150. It is applied to the query generator 140.

The query generator 140 may search the scheduler, such as a web grabber, according to an information search request signal applied to the web interface 150 for query information for detecting detailed information for each item according to a search word of a predetermined schedule. Through the screen of the first to n-th user (130-1,130-2, ..., 130-n), and according to the output query information, the first to n-th user (130-1,130-2). 130-n) forms a bidirectional interface screen for inputting a response signal.

The first to n-th user 130-1, 130-2,..., 130-n perform a response to the information output through the bidirectional interface screen, input the information through the web interface 150, and input the response information. According to the information stored in the database 120 is selectively output according to the first to n-th user (130-1, 130-2, ..., 130-n).

The operation of the query generator 140 will be described in more detail as follows.

The query generator 140 expands a keyword, such as a typo, an English or a synonym, by searching the t_id of the keyword table of FIG. Here, the search term expansion is to form an ID used in the interactive Internet information retrieval apparatus, for example, the first to n-th user (130-1,130-2, ..., 130-n) is a baseball player, baseball rule If a keyword is entered as a baseball field guide, a base bowl, or the like, an ID of baseball is formed to execute a search for all information including baseball.

An item of information corresponding to the extended search term is searched for an i_id (here, i_id1 to i_id10) of the corresponding t_id in the item information table of FIG. 3A.

Detailed information related to the corresponding item retrieved by the item information table is retrieved by the detailed item table of FIG. 3B, and a bidirectional interface screen is generated accordingly. That is, the searched detailed information is, for example, when the first to n-th user 130-1, 130-2, ..., 130-n inputs a certain keyword including baseball, the game time, the opponent match team, and the like. Information about the game score, etc., which is output through the web interface 150 through the screens of the first to n-th users 130-1, 130-2,..., 130-n.

The operation of the Internet information retrieval apparatus according to the present invention configured as described above will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.

5 is a flow chart for performing the operation of FIG.

First, a plurality of search engines 110-1, 110-2,..., 110-n provide a variety of information provided on the Internet by a plurality of information providers 100-1, 100-2,. Search through and classify in a predetermined form, such as by item and store in the database 120 (S500).

Subsequently, detailed query information according to the information stored in the above step (S500) is stored in the query generator 140 (S502).

When the first to n-th users 130-1, 130-2,..., 130-n input an information search request signal by a predetermined search word to search for information through the Internet, the information search request signal is transmitted through a web interface ( It is applied to the query generator 140 through 150.

The query generator 140 searches for items corresponding to the keyword of the search request signal among the previously stored query information searched by the web grabber, and provides detailed information corresponding to the searched items through the web interface 150 through the first to the first. n to form a bidirectional screen interface for outputting through the screens of the users 130-1,130-2, ..., 130-n, and the first to n-th users 130-1,130-2, ..., 130-n ) Performs a response to the query output through the screen (S404).

For example, the first user 130-1 inputs a keyword of an information search request signal of 'baseball game' through the web interface 150 to obtain information about 'baseball'.

The query generator 140 expands the keyword of the information search request signal input through the web interface 150 to 'baseball', selects an item corresponding to the expanded search term, for example, a baseball game result, The detailed information corresponding to the item is output to the first user 130-1 through the web interface 150. In other words, when was the game played to understand the details of the baseball game? What are the names of the two teams playing the game? Detailed information such as the information is output through the screen of the first user 130-1.

As the first user 130-1 continuously repeats the response according to the above-described detailed information, information that the first user 130-1 wants to find last, that is, the baseball game between LG and Haitai played on February 10 Results ", and according to the information stored in the database 120, the first user to finally obtain information about the 'results of LG and Haitai baseball game played on February 10' In step S506, the first user 130-1 is provided through the web interface 150.

In this case, the query and response by the query information by the query generator 140 may select the first to n-th user 130-1, 130-2,..., 130-n when the information request command is input. Users who do not want the query process can skip this process.

By repeatedly performing such a process, a user who wants to search for information on the Internet can quickly search for all information that he or she wants to find.

Herein, the bidirectional interface screen generation by the query generator 140 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 6.

6 is a flowchart for generating a bidirectional interface screen of the Internet information retrieval method according to the present invention.

First, the first to n-th users 130-1, 130-2,..., 130-n input a search request signal based on a predetermined search word (S600), and use the input search word inside the Internet information retrieval apparatus. The search is expanded to a predetermined search term (S602).

When the information corresponding to the extended search word is stored in the database 120 (S604), the first to n-th user 130 may be searched by searching for an item corresponding to the extended search word and searching for detailed information about the searched item. -1,130-2, ..., 130-n) to generate a bidirectional interface screen to output through the screen (S606).

On the other hand, if the information corresponding to the extended search word is not stored in the database 120, a search for a directory of the extended search word, that is, information of a wider area (S608).

If there is information corresponding to the expanded search word directory (S610), the detailed information on the search word is searched and output through the screens of the first to n th users 130-1,130-2, ..., 130-n. An interface screen is generated (S606).

If there is no information corresponding to the expanded search word directory, a basic bidirectional interface screen is generated (S612). That is, all information corresponding to the input search word is output, and a screen for finally outputting information desired by the user is generated as the user selects the search word by clicking on the output information.

Another embodiment of the above-described Internet information retrieval apparatus and method according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for performing electronic commerce according to the Internet information retrieval method according to the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a state of a two-way interface screen with a user according to the execution of the electronic commerce of FIG.

1 and 7, in a plurality of shopping malls for selling goods or services through the Internet, that is, the first to nth information providers 100-1, 100-2,..., 100-n of FIG. 1. After searching for information on various products provided through a plurality of search engines, the information is classified by item of each product and stored in the database 120 (S700). Here, the data stored in the database 120 is updated by the continuous search of the first to n-th information providers (110-1, 110-2, ..., 110-n).

Query information for each item of the product information stored in the database 120, that is, query information having a form as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4 is stored in the query generator 140 (S702). At this time, the query generating unit 140 stores query information about about 20,000 items of goods.

Subsequently, a product purchase request signal is input to purchase a product by a predetermined user (S304), and it is determined whether to perform a query and a response based on the query information stored in the query generator 140 (S706).

When the user requests to perform a query and a response, the query information according to the corresponding item of the input product purchase request signal is output from the query generator 140 and transmitted to the user through the web interface 150. It is performed (S708).

That is, when a user inputs a search term of flat CRT TV to purchase a flat CRT TV of 1 million won in a shopping mall via the Internet, the query generator 140 expands a search term including a flat CRT TV and expands the search term. An item corresponding to the search word is searched for, and query information by searching for detailed information corresponding to the searched item is output to the user through the web interface 150. For example, a query such as 'inch of TV', 'type of CRT', 'price of TV' and 'voice multi-function' is output to the user. The user's response to such a query can detect information that the user wants to purchase a TV of 1 million won in a 30-inch flat CRT with voice multi-function.

That is, as shown in FIG. 8, a screen for performing a response by the user selecting the corresponding detailed information, for example, TV inch, price range, voice multiplex, and CRT type, according to the user's input of a search word, is output. By the user's selection according to the user finally detects the type of TV desired.

At this time, in addition to the response by the user's selection according to the corresponding detailed information shown in FIG. 8, for example, 'How many inches is the TV desired?', 'How much is the desired price? ? "," Would you like voice multi-function? " Or 'Want a flat CRT?' It is obvious that a user can input a response according to a configuration by outputting a bidirectional interface screen including a question.

When the query and the response according to the above-described operation is completed (S710), the detailed information of the product desired to be purchased by the user detected by the query and the response is determined (S712), and corresponding information from the database 120 is determined accordingly. Optionally outputting the information to the user through the web interface 150 (S714).

On the other hand, when a user inputs a purchase request signal of a product and does not want to perform a question and answer accordingly, the database 120 provides all information corresponding to a purchase request signal, for example, a search word of TV, to the user. (S716).

As described above, the apparatus and method for retrieving information on the Internet according to the present invention detects accurate information desired by a user through a query and response process with the user by using information prepared in advance for information that the user wants to find on the Internet and obtains the information accordingly. Optionally provide.

Internet information retrieval method and apparatus according to the present invention stores the query information for each item of information provided via the Internet in advance, and when the user enters a comprehensive search query, the query and response according to the query information corresponding to the user and the query item Since the user can detect the detailed contents of the information to be searched, the user can not only reduce the time required for unnecessary information search by simply inputting a search word, but can also efficiently search for accurate information.

In addition, there is an effect that it is possible to quickly provide information on the exact specification of the product to be purchased by the user at the time of e-commerce, thereby improving the user's confidence in the e-commerce by the purchase.

Although the above has been described with reference to preferred embodiments of the present invention, those skilled in the art will be able to vary the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the claims below. It will be appreciated that modifications and variations can be made.

Claims (12)

Inputting a request signal for retrieving various kinds of information previously stored to be provided through the Internet; Generating a bidirectional interface screen in accordance with the request signal with item-specific query information according to the previously stored various information; Selectively outputting the stored various information by a query and a response through the generated bi-directional interface screen; Internet information retrieval method characterized in that it comprises a. The method of claim 1, The stored various information and query information is an Internet information retrieval method characterized in that the update is made. The method of claim 1, The query information includes a keyword table for forming an internal ID of the request signal; An item table for searching for an item corresponding to the ID, A detailed information table for searching detailed information corresponding to the searched items; A search result table for outputting a search result by searching the detailed information Internet information retrieval method comprising a. The method of claim 3, And the keyword table, item table, detail information table, and search result table have a relational database structure. The method of claim 1, The method of claim 1, wherein the query and response are performed to be selectively performed. The method of claim 1, Generating the bidirectional interface screen Confirming whether information corresponding to the extended search word exists after the input request signal is expanded; Generating a bidirectional interface screen according to detailed information of the search word by the presence of the information; Confirming whether directory information of the search word exists due to the presence of the information; Generating a bidirectional interface screen according to detailed information of the directory information by the presence of the directory information; And Generating a bidirectional interface screen by the input request signal due to the presence of the directory information; Internet information retrieval method comprising more. In the information retrieval apparatus through the Internet, Storage means; A processor coupled to the storage means; And A program for controlling the processor; The processor by the program Input a request signal for retrieving a variety of information stored in advance to be provided through the Internet, Generating a bidirectional interface screen based on item-specific query information according to the various information stored in advance according to the request signal; Perform a query and response according to the query information for each item according to the bidirectional interface screen, And an Internet information retrieval apparatus configured to selectively output the stored various kinds of information by the query and response. A query generator for storing and outputting query information for each item of various information provided through the Internet in advance; A search command generation unit for outputting an optional information request signal based on the item-specific query information when the information search request of the Internet is made; An information storage unit for selectively outputting the stored various information by the search command generation unit; And an interface for transmitting a signal between the query generator, the search command generator, and the information storage unit. The method of claim 8, The information storage unit further comprises a plurality of search engines for searching and sorting the various information of the Internet in a predetermined form. The method of claim 8 And the information of the query generator and the information storage unit is configured to be updated. Inputting a product purchase request according to various product information stored in advance in a shopping mall connected to the Internet; Generating a bidirectional interface screen based on previously stored query information for each item according to the product purchase request; Determining detailed information of the product purchase request based on a query and a response by the interactive interface screen; And selectively outputting the various product information according to the determined detailed information. The method of claim 11, And performing the query and response selectively.