KR20040059240A - A method for providing multi-language translation service and a system of enabling the method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method and a system for offering a multi-language search/translation service are provided to include the useful information in a translated search result and efficiently manage a display area of a web page, which is a restricted resource. CONSTITUTION: A central processing module(380) transmits a keyword represented in the first language inputted from a user to a translation server(340) and inputs the keyword translated into the second language by the translation server to the search engine(370) as a query. The central processing module discriminates the data needed for translation from the search result data expressed in the second language received from the search engine, transmits the discriminated data to the translation server, and receives the data translated into the first language from the translation server. A user interface editor(330) formats the data translated into the first language. An interface receives the keyword represented in the first language and outputs the formatted data to a web browser(310) of a user.

Description

Method for providing multilingual search translation service and system for same {A METHOD FOR PROVIDING MULTI-LANGUAGE TRANSLATION SERVICE AND A SYSTEM OF ENABLING THE METHOD}

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing a search result for a predetermined search word on the web, and more particularly, to search the search result data searched by a foreign search engine in a local language using a native language as a search word. A method and a system thereof are provided.

Since the emergence of the Internet, users' demands for a wide variety of information existing on the Internet have increased. However, in the case of information expressed in the language of the country that the user wants to search, there is a problem that it is very difficult to read such information if the user is fluent in the language or does not have some knowledge.

In order to solve this problem, some search portal sites provide a web translation service. When a user inputs a search word in a local language, the user translates the search word to a search engine that supports the language. As a result, a service for displaying to a user who is not familiar with a foreign language by providing a text, and translating the search result into a local language and outputting the search result to a user web browser is provided. However, according to the conventional service, such a translation service merely translates text based on HyperText Markup Language (HTML), and there is no translation of many banner advertisements or specific images currently displayed on a web page. It is not happening. As a result, the user may view a number of foreign language banner advertisements or foreign language images that have no value as information at all, along with the translated search results, which is a limited resource in addition to the problem of providing useful information to the user. There is a problem that can not be configured efficiently.

Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-49928 discloses an apparatus and method for operating a multilingual search engine. An apparatus for operating a multilingual search engine disclosed in the publication may include a first means for translating a query requested from a web browser, a second means for retrieving the translated query in a corresponding language, and the search result in Korean, English, And third means for processing to output in the form of a search result of a Japanese page or to output according to a user's selection.

However, the present invention disclosed in the above publication is not merely using a single foreign search engine, but relates to a method of translating the search results through a plurality of foreign search engines back to Korean and appropriately displaying them to the user. There is a problem that the problem is intact.

1 is a block diagram showing an example of a web translation search system according to the prior art. Referring to FIG. 1, the web translation search system according to the related art generally inputs a user's web browser 110, a user's search word, translates the search word, performs a search through a foreign search engine, and translates it back into Korean to the user. A translation search web server 120 for managing and controlling all procedures until outputting a search result expressed in HTML format, a translation server 130 serving to translate Korean to a foreign language or a foreign language to Korean, and The foreign search engine 140 outputs a list of foreign web documents for the translated search word.

The web translation system according to the prior art shown in FIG. 1 operates as follows.

① The user inputs a search word in Korean through the user web browser 110. The translation search web server 120 receives a search word in Korean.

② The translation search web server 120 transmits the input search word to the translation server 130 to request translation into the foreign language for the search word, and the translation search web server 120 translates the search word from the translation server 130. Receive.

3) Translation Search The web server 120 inputs the translated search term as a query to the foreign search engine 140 and requests information search for the search term. The foreign search engine 140 organizes a list of search results and a summary of the contents of the search results to be displayed on the web page.

④ The foreign search engine 140 returns the search result data to the translation search web server 120 in HTML format.

⑤ Translation search The web server 120 transmits the foreign language text from the search result data in the HTML format to the translation server 130 again to request translation of the foreign language text, and the translation server 130 translates it into Korean. .

(6) The search result data of the HTML format including the foreign language text translated into Korean is output to the user browser 110 through the translation search web server 120.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a search result screen output to a user browser through the web translation system according to the related art.

Referring to FIG. 2, when a user searches for travel-related information on a Japanese web page by inputting a search word “Travel” into a search word input box, a portion corresponding to Japanese text among search result data (HTML format) searched through a Japanese search engine Since only the translation is output to the user's browser, the translation or editing of the banner advertisement or the specific image included in the search result data in the HTML format is not performed at all. Japanese banner advertisements such as those shown at the bottom right of FIG. 2 are valuable information from the user's point of view, and thus, since a large portion of the web page is devoted to output unnecessary information in constructing the web page, many obstacles to efficient web page operation are encountered. It's happening.

The present invention is to solve the above-described problems of the prior art, the method and system for providing a multi-language search translation service according to the present invention is to go beyond the conventional multi-language search translation service focused on foreign-language text translation to the translated search result data Its purpose is to provide a multilingual search translation service that can include useful information to a user.

In addition, the method and system for providing a multilingual search translation service according to the present invention solve the problem that a web page, which is a problem of the conventional multilingual search translation service, cannot be efficiently constructed, thereby further improving the display area of the web page, which is a limited resource. Its purpose is to enable efficient management.

In addition, the method and system for providing a multilingual search translation service according to the present invention can not only manage a display area of a web page more effectively, but also output a multilingual search result under the management of a multilingual search translation service provider. The aim is to create a new revenue model through the insertion of banner advertisements or the insertion of specific images that service providers wish to provide.

1 is a block diagram showing an example of a web translation search system according to the prior art.

2 is a diagram illustrating a search result screen output to a user browser through a web translation system according to the prior art.

3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a system for providing a multilingual search translation service according to the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a method for providing a multilingual search translation service according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a search result output screen output to a user browser according to a multilingual search translation service providing method according to the present invention.

In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing a multilingual search translation service. Receiving a search word expressed in a first language, translating the input search word into a second language, and supporting the translated search word in a second language. Inputting a query to a predetermined search engine as a query, receiving search result data for the translated search word from the predetermined search engine, analyzing the received search result data to determine data requiring translation; Translating the determined data into a first language, and formatting and outputting the translated data.

In addition, the multi-language search translation service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention transmits a search word expressed in a first language input from a user to a translation server, and transmits a search word translated in a second language by the translation server. Inputs a query to a search engine as a query, receives search result data expressed in a second language from the search engine, determines which data needs translation, and transmits the determined data to the translation server; A central processing module for receiving the data translated into one language, a user interface editing unit for formatting the data translated into the first language, a search word expressed in the first language, and receiving the formatted data from the user It characterized in that it comprises an interface unit for outputting to the web browser.

Hereinafter, a method and system for providing a multilingual search translation service according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a system for providing a multilingual search translation service according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3, a multilingual search translation service providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention generally includes a translation search web server 320 and a translation server 340 including a user web browser 310 and a user interface editing unit 330. ), A database 350, a second language search interface server 360, and a second language search engine 370.

The user web browser 310 is responsible for the interface between the user and the search system. The user inputs a search word related to information to be searched through the web browser 310 in the first language, and the search result is output to the user web browser 310 in the first language.

The translation search web server 320 receives a user's search term, translates it, performs a second language web search, and manages functions of translating the search result data back to the first language and delivering the search result data to the user web browser 310. It is in charge of controlling. More specifically, the translation retrieval web server 320 is an interface unit (not shown) that largely interfaces with the user web browser 310, and centrally controls and manages the overall operation of the multilingual translation retrieval service according to the present invention. And a processing unit 380 and a user interface editing unit 330 for reconfiguring the user interface of the web page on which the search result data translated into the first language is output according to a predetermined criterion. According to an embodiment, the predetermined criterion may be a search word expressed in the first language or a search word translated into the second language, and the user interface editing unit may include an advertisement in the web page according to the predetermined criterion. It can work.

The translation server 340 translates the search word input in the first language from the user into the second language using the dictionary data stored in the database 350 and translates the search result data in the second language back into the first language. Play a role. The translation server 340 may be located at the system side of the multilingual translation search service provider, and may be located at the system side of a third party to operate only to perform a translation function.

The second language search interface server 360 provides a search service for the second language as an interface server, and provides search results in XML (eXtended Markup Language) format to provide a translation search function. The second language search engine 370 is a search engine that searches for a search word in a second language.

The multilingual search translation service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 3 operates as follows.

① The user inputs a search word expressed in the first language through the user web browser 310. The translation search web server 320 receives a search word expressed in a first language.

② Translation Search The web server 320 transmits the input search word to the translation server 330 to request translation into the second language, and receives the translated search word from the translation server 330.

3) The translation search web server 320 transmits the searched word translated into the second language to the second language search interface server 360.

The searched word translated into the second language is input to the second language search engine 370 as a query, and the second language search engine 370 performs a search for the search word to search the search result data in the second language. Return to the search interface server 360.

⑤ The second language search interface server 360 expresses the search result data received from the second language search engine 370 in an XML format and transmits the search result data to the translation search web server 320.

⑥ The translation search web server 120 determines a portion of the search result data in the XML format that needs to be translated, and transmits it to the translation server 340 to request translation into the first language. According to an embodiment of the present invention, in determining a portion of the search result data in the XML format that requires translation, a method of extracting a translation field separated by a tag in XML may be used. The translation server 340 translates it into the first language and returns it to the translation search web server 320.

⑦ The search result data translated into the first language is formatted in a predetermined format by the user interface editing unit 330, and is reprocessed into HTML format and transmitted to the user web browser 310.

In the multilingual translation search service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention, the first language may be Korean, and the second language may be English, Japanese, or Chinese.

According to the operating procedure of the multi-language translation search service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention described above, before the HTML output to the user web browser 310 is written, translation into a first language and editing of the user interface are performed. Therefore, it is possible to remove unnecessary banner advertisements and the like from the search result data and insert predetermined information (specific banner advertisements or useful information, etc.) to be provided by the multilingual translation search service provider. The predetermined information to be provided by the multilingual translation search service provider is a banner advertisement related to a search word expressed in a first language, for example, a banner of a travel agency in Korea related to travel when a Japanese web search is performed using the search term travel. Advertisements or banner ads of insurers selling travel insurance products in Korea related to travel can be inserted. In inserting a banner advertisement related to the search word, it is also possible to insert a sponsored advertisement currently being serviced by a plurality of search engines, that is, an advertisement that pays an expensive advertisement fee and makes its advertisement appear larger on a web page. In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the banner advertisement may be a banner advertisement of a travel-related company in Japan searched using a search word translated into Japanese. In the above embodiment, the multi-language translation search service provider aggregates the number of clicks on banner advertisements of travel-related companies in Japan displayed on a web browser by a user who performs a Japanese web search using the term travel in Korea, and then displays the number of clicks. It is possible to provide predetermined feedback reports to Japanese advertisers who have requested advertisement insertion.

Although the system for providing a multilingual translation search service according to an embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 3 is composed of a plurality of server means, the server means is merely a classification for functional example, and the actual physical of the server means is provided. It is independent of location.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a method for providing a multilingual search translation service according to the present invention.

In the method for providing a multilingual search translation service according to the present invention shown in FIG. 4, a predetermined search word expressed in a first language is input from a user (step 410), and the translation search web server is expressed in a first language input from the user. It receives a search word and transmits it to a translation server to request translation of the search word expressed in the first language. The translation server translates the search word into the second language (step 420) and returns it to the translation search web server. The searched word translated into the second language is input (step 430) to the second language search engine from the translation search web server via the second language search interface server. The second language search engine performs a search on the search term (step 440), and the search result data searched by the second language search engine is expressed in an XML format by the second language search interface server and transmitted to the translation search web server ( Step 450). Next, the search result data expressed in the XML format is analyzed to determine the data determined to be translated into the first language (step 460). According to an embodiment of the present invention, the determining may include This may be performed by extracting fields marked as tags in the source code. That is, a field to be translated may be classified into a predetermined tag in an XML code. In a search translation web server, a field to be translated may be detected by detecting a field classified into a tag. Among the transmitted search result data, the text expressed in the second language determined to be translated is transmitted to the translation server and translated into the first language (step 470), and the search result data translated into the first language is translated translation web server. Formatted by the user interface editor of the output to the user's web browser (step 480), the multilingual search translation service is terminated (step 490).

In the multilingual translation search service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention, the first language may be Korean, and the second language may be English, Japanese, or Chinese.

In step 480, it is possible to newly edit the configuration of the web page including the text translated into the first language. For example, the banner advertisement or the specific image except for the text determined to be necessary for translation is removed from the search result data transmitted. In addition, it is also possible to insert a banner advertisement or a specific image desired by a search service provider to form a web page in a new HTML format. In addition, it is also possible to insert useful information about a predetermined search word that the user wants to search in the second language search engine.

The predetermined information to be provided by the multilingual translation search service provider is a banner advertisement related to a search word expressed in a first language, for example, a banner of a travel agency in Korea related to travel when a Japanese web search is performed using the search term travel. Advertisements or banner ads of insurers selling travel insurance products in Korea related to travel can be inserted. In inserting a banner advertisement related to the search word, it is also possible to insert a sponsored advertisement currently being serviced by a plurality of search engines, that is, an advertisement that pays an expensive advertisement fee and makes its advertisement appear larger on a web page. In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the banner advertisement may be a banner advertisement of a travel-related company in Japan searched using a search word translated into Japanese. In the above embodiment, the multi-language translation search service provider aggregates the number of clicks on banner advertisements of travel-related companies in Japan displayed on a web browser by a user who performs a Japanese web search using the term travel in Korea, and then displays the number of clicks. It is possible to provide predetermined feedback reports to Japanese advertisers who have requested advertisement insertion.

The plurality of server means mentioned in the description of the method for providing a multilingual translation search service according to an embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 4 is merely a classification for functional example, and is different from the actual physical location of the server means. Irrelevant

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a search result output screen output to a user browser according to a multilingual search translation service providing method according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, in the case of searching for travel-related information on a Japanese web page by entering a search word travel in a search word input window, a portion corresponding to Japanese text among search result data (XML format) searched through a Japanese search engine It is possible to translate and construct a new web page using the translated text. In the lower right of FIG. 5, it is shown that a predetermined banner advertisement set by a service provider is output, not a Japanese banner advertisement inserted in the search result data. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the banner advertisement output in the present embodiment may be a banner advertisement related to a search word, which is the same as the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 described above.

According to the method and system for providing a multilingual search translation service according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a multilingual search translation service that can include useful information to a user beyond the conventional multilingual search translation service focused on foreign language text translation. Technical effects can be obtained.

In addition, according to the method and system for providing a multilingual search translation service according to the present invention, by solving the problem that the web page, which is a problem of the conventional multilingual search translation service can not be efficiently configured, the display area of the web page is a limited resource The technical effect of managing the system more efficiently can be obtained.

In addition, the multilingual search translation service providing method and system therefor according to the present invention can not only manage the display area of the web page more effectively, but also output the multilingual search results under the management of the multilingual search translation service provider. As a result, a technical effect of generating a new revenue model through insertion of a banner advertisement or insertion of a specific image that a service provider wants to provide can be obtained.

As described above, although the present invention has been described by way of limited embodiments and drawings, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, which can be variously modified and modified by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is obvious that modifications are possible. Accordingly, the spirit of the present invention should be understood only by the claims set forth below, and all equivalent or equivalent modifications thereof will belong to the scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

In the method for providing a search result for a predetermined search term on the web, Receiving a search word expressed in a first language; Requesting a translation into a second language for the input search word; Inputting the translated search term as a query to a predetermined search engine supporting a second language; Receiving search result data for the translated search word from the predetermined search engine; Analyzing the received search result data to determine data requiring translation; Requesting translation of the determined data into a first language; And Formatting and outputting the translated data Search result providing method comprising a. The method of claim 1, The formatting and outputting may further include reconfiguring a user interface of a web page on which the translated data is to be output, according to a predetermined criterion. The method of claim 2, The predetermined criterion is a search word expressed in the first language or a search word translated into the second language, and the reconstructing includes providing an advertisement on the web page according to the predetermined criterion. Way. In the search result providing method according to claim 3, comprising the step of reporting to the advertiser of the advertisement including the frequency of impressions on the web page for the banner ad, the number of clicks on the banner ad, etc. To manage banner advertisers. The method of claim 1, And receiving the search result data further comprises converting the search result data into a predetermined format. The method of claim 5, And said predetermined format is eXtended Markup Language (XML). A system for providing search results for a given search term on the web, Transmits a search word expressed in a first language input from a user to a translation server, inputs a search word translated in a second language as a query to a predetermined search engine, and retrieves search result data expressed in a second language. A central processing module for receiving data from the search engine to determine which data needs translation, transmitting the determined data to the translation server, and receiving the data translated in the first language from the translation server; A user interface editing unit for formatting the data translated into the first language; And An interface unit for receiving a search word expressed in the first language and outputting the formatted data to a web browser of a user Search result providing system comprising a. The method of claim 7, wherein And the user interface editing unit is configured to reconfigure a user interface of a web page on which the data translated into the first language is to be output, according to a predetermined criterion. The method of claim 8, The predetermined criterion is a search word expressed in the first language or a search word translated into the second language, and the user interface editing unit includes an advertisement on the web page according to the predetermined criterion. system. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for executing the method of any one of claims 1 to 6.