KR20020004041A - File search service system and method through the internet - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An Internet-based file retrieval service is provided to remove repeated processing and save time consumption by retrieving an information database in response to retrieval conditions inputted by a user. CONSTITUTION: A subscriber database(50) stores information about subscribers. An information database(60) stores file information existing in the Internet. A web server(72) provides a home page(80) to a user connected via the Internet. A file retrieval robot(74) retrieves all sites on the Internet to process file information retrieved from the sites into the information database(60). A file compensating robot(71) accesses information in the information database(60) established by the file retrieval robot(74) to cancel information having access errors over allowable numbers from the information database(60). A file retrieval engine(73) retrieves the information database(60) in response to retrieval conditions inputted by a user, and provides the user with a result of retrieval.

Description

File search service system and method through the internet}

The present invention relates to a file search service system and method through the Internet, and more particularly, to a multi-search service system and method through the Internet in which a user accesses the Internet and searches by file.

In general, the Internet is increasing in popularity not only in Korea but also in the world, and provides various information.

In order to search for a company or other information that provides a variety of information through the Internet, users are using a search service provided by search companies.

Searchers provided by conventional search companies mostly search for documents, and sometimes provide too many search results for a single search word. We also had to repeat the search operation several times.

In this case, the user has to check all the results, which is a loss in time.

Also, in order to download a file, the user had to go to the specific site that provided the file and download the file.

Therefore, in order for a general user to download several files through the Internet, there is an inconvenience of having to download files by accessing the corresponding site.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to improve the above disadvantages, and to provide a system and method for a file search service through the Internet that allows ordinary users to freely search files in units of the Internet.

1 is a block diagram of a file retrieval service system through the Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is an operation flowchart of a file retrieval service method through the Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating a search condition input by a user.

4 is an operation flowchart for building an information database of a file search robot.

5 is a diagram illustrating a screen for selecting a search option and a search method for controlling a file search robot.

6 is a diagram illustrating a target file to be searched by the file search robot.

7 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a homepage internal site is searched.

8 is an operation flowchart of an information database correction method of a file correction robot.

9 is a diagram showing a screen for setting the scheduling of the file correction robot 71. As shown in FIG.

10 is a view showing an example of deleting the retrieved file data.

11 is a flowchart illustrating a method of searching for a natural language.

File retrieval service system through the Internet according to one feature of the present invention for solving this problem,

An information database storing data on the Internet by file;

A file search robot that searches for sites existing on the Internet, extracts file data, classifies the extracted file data, and stores the extracted file data in the information database;

When a user connects via the Internet and inputs a search condition for a desired file, the search system includes a search system that searches the information database according to the search condition and provides a search result.

Search service method through the Internet according to another feature of the present invention for solving this problem,

Inputting a search condition for a desired file by a user connecting through a network;

Searching the information database on a file basis according to the search condition and providing a search result.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a file retrieval service system through the Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in Figure 1, the file search service system through the Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention,

User's computer 10;

A subscriber database 60 that stores information about the subscriber;

An information database 60 that stores file information existing on the Internet;

A web server 72 providing a homepage 80 when the user connects via the Internet;

A file search robot 74 which searches all sites on the web and databases each file information;

A file correction robot (71) for accessing each information in the information database (60) searched and constructed by the file search robot (74) and deleting the corresponding information when a connection error occurs more than the allowed number of times;

When a user connects via the Internet and inputs a condition of a file to be searched, it includes a file search engine 73 for searching the information database 60 according to the selected search condition and providing the result.

The user computer 10 described above,

Hard disk drive (HDD, 19) with built-in web browser and multiple access programs,

The central processing unit 12 that reads and executes the web browser and the multiple access program of the hard disk drive (HDD) 19 into the memory 9 and controls the simultaneous access and sharing of information with other external computers when accessing the Internet. ,

Modem 14 for demodulating the transmission and reception data of the central processing unit 12,

It includes a display controller 13, a display 11, a system bus 15, a keyboard 18, and a mouse 17.

The computer 10 is connected to the Internet network through the private communication network 20 and the web support server 40, in addition to the Internet network 30 may be connected to its own server.

Next, the operation of the multi-search system via the Internet having such a configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 11.

2 is an operation flowchart of a search service method through the Internet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the subscriber boots up the computer 10 and loads a web browser program.

In this state, the user of the computer 10 connects to the business operator using the mouse 17 or the keyboard 18 (S201).

Then, the central processing unit 12 is connected to the operator's web server 71 through the modem 14 and the Internet network 30 to the corresponding IP address.

Then, the web server 71 provides the homepage 80, and the homepage 80 of the corresponding operator is displayed on the display 11 of the user's computer 10 (S21).

When a user enters a personal ID and password on the home page, the web server 71 searches and checks the subscriber database 50 to see if the ID and password entered by the user match. Since the process of data communication between the user and the web server 72 is well known in the art, a detailed description thereof will be avoided.

If the user is not a legitimate subscriber, the user can register as a member or use the service in a limited range to a guest, and if the user is a legitimate subscriber, the user can search by using a search box displayed on the initial screen of the homepage. Of course, you can provide all the services depending on the membership.

Next, the user enters a search condition while looking at his display 11 and selects a search (S22). 3 shows a search condition to be input at this time.

As shown in FIG. 3, when a user selects a file type and inputs a desired search word, files corresponding to the search word are searched.

Then, the file search engine 73 searches for the corresponding file of the search word input by the user in the information database 60 (S23, S24), and provides the result to the user (S25).

Subsequently, when the user views the processing result and selects the desired download, that is, the file (S26), the file search engine 73 sends the file to the user (S27), and the user selects the move to the site of the file. Then, the web browser of the user computer is connected to the site (S28).

The information database 60 is created and updated by the file search robot 74, which will be described in detail as follows.

4 is an operation flowchart for building an information database of a file search robot.

As shown in FIG. 4, the file search robot 74 has a method of starting a specific site (S41) and a method of starting a starting point by searching sites extracted from a specific search engine as a group (S42, S43). The operator can choose, and if there is a site linked to any way, it is stored in the information database 60 not to be duplicated (S44).

The HTML classified as an internal document is analyzed for these sites (S45, 46), and all information determined as a file is stored in the information database (S47).

This process is repeated until there is no external site (S48).

At this time, a screen for selecting a search option and a search method for controlling the file search robot 74 is shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 5, a method of setting a designated site as a starting point and searching for external sites and files derived therefrom is a method of searching a file from a homepage list obtained by searching a search term input from a Yahoo search on Yahoo. .

6 is a diagram illustrating a target file to be searched by the file search robot.

As shown in FIG. 6, files searched by the file search robot 74 are divided into MP3 files, image files, sound files, video files, executable files, compressed files, document files, and other classifications. The purpose of the extension is specified, and the figure below is the extension of image-related files appearing when an image file group is selected, which may be variously modified or additionally deleted.

7 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a homepage internal site is searched.

As shown in Fig. 7, the state of searching the internal site of the homepage is shown, and if an external document is found during the search, it accumulates to the homepage site to be searched in the future.

8 is an operation flowchart of an information database correction method of a file correction robot.

As shown in Fig. 8, the file correction robot 71 sequentially connects the information database 60 retrieved from the file retrieval robot 74 (S81), and if the connection result S82 has an error more than the allowable number of times ( S83, S84) It is determined that this data does not exist and the file is deleted (S85).

Subsequently, the next file URL proceeds in the same manner (S86, S87) and completes after accessing all the file information.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a screen for setting the scheduling of the file correction robot 71, which can be arbitrarily set by the operator.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of deleting a searched file data. The unlink is automatically searched in the searched file data, and the number of times of the search is checked to automatically delete the number of times set by the option.

11 is a flowchart illustrating a method of searching for a natural language.

As shown in Fig. 11, when a user inputs a search word as a sentence, the file search engine 73 searches by the method of module A in the file name of the search word input by the user.

That is, the information database 60 is searched by the entire search word (S111), the information database 60 is searched by the search terms separated by words (S112), and then the information database is searched and searched by words. (60), and finally, the information database 60 is searched as a synonym / synonym of the search word and the ending of the search word by word.

Next, a search is performed by the method of Module A in the file description (S120), and then a search is performed by the method of Module A in the full text (S130).

Embodiments of the present invention of the above process can be various modifications, it is possible to modify the search conditions in various ways, and to allow the user to change the conditions as needed.

The components including the web server 71, the search engine 73, the file search robot 74, and the like may be implemented in hardware or software.

As described above, in the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide a file retrieval service system and method through the Internet that allows general users to freely search by file unit over the Internet.

Claims (6)

An information database for dividing and storing data on the Internet by file; And a search system for searching the information database according to the search condition and providing a search result when a user connects through the Internet and inputs a search condition for a desired file. The method of claim 1, The search system described above, A web server providing a homepage when the user connects through the Internet; A file search robot that searches for sites existing on the Internet, extracts file data, classifies the extracted file data, and stores the extracted file data in the information database; A file correction robot that accesses each information in the information database searched and constructed by the file search robot and deletes the information when a connection error occurs more than the allowed number of times; And a file search engine for searching the information database according to the selected search condition and providing a result when a user inputs a condition of a file to be searched through the Internet. The method of claim 1, Search service system through the Internet further comprising a dictionary database for determining the synonyms / similar words of the search word. Inputting a search condition for a desired file by a user connecting through a network; Searching the information database in units of files according to the search condition, and providing a search result. The method of claim 4, wherein The file search robot analyzes the links included in the html source and divides them into internal documents and external link URLs. The file information of the internal documents is stored in the database, and the external link URL is designated as the next search target. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of building the information database. The method of claim 4, wherein The search condition is a file search service method through the Internet, characterized in that the sentence format consisting of natural language.