KR20110123027A - Searching method using smart toolbar system - Google Patents
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The present invention relates to a search method using a smart toolbar system, and more specifically, a specialized and personalized smart toolbar system capable of automatically performing a keyword search or login using a smart toolbar system including a link group and a link item. It relates to a search method using.
With the development of the Internet, users can access the information they need anytime, anywhere, regardless of location. In the past, information access through the Internet was mainly performed through a web browser. A web browser is software that helps a user's computer access various information from a web server by accessing the Internet. In addition, it integrates various Internet functions such as FTP, Telnet, News, Gopher, etc. and is developed for easy use with just a few mouse clicks.
There are many types of web browsers, but Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Netscape's Communicator are the most used.
Such a web browser is provided with an address bar for inputting an address of information to be accessed. The user can check the necessary information by entering a Uniform Resource Location (URL) such as a domain name or an IP address in the address bar.
However, in recent years, many users are using a search service, and in the situation where they want to easily access a site that the user mainly uses, only using a web browser has a problem of causing inconvenience in accessing information.
In other words, if a user wants to search for a specific keyword, the user enters the address of the site providing the search service in the address bar of the web browser, checks the main webpage of the site, and then selects the search box in the main webpage. There was an inconvenience of having to perform many processes for keyword search, such as inputting a keyword.
In order to provide such inconvenience, many content providers provide a toolbar service for facilitating user access to information.
The toolbar is activated in a predetermined area when the web browser is executed and includes a keyword input window and various additional function buttons. When the user inputs a keyword or the like into the toolbar, the search results from the site where the toolbar is provided can be provided to the user.
In addition to enabling search on the web, such toolbars perform additional functions, such as desktop search and pop-up blocking, and create interfaces related to these functions in the toolbar area. Although the use of many toolbars is increasing due to the convenience of the toolbar and various additional functions, there are some problems according to the related art.
First, by default, the link toolbar provided by the web browser and the "Favorites" of the web browser include only a simple link and a web page opening function, so that the link can be "opened" by the web browser.
In addition, since the toolbar provided by the service company for the toolbar is to be used based on the link of the service provider, there is a problem that only the set method and the link provided by the toolbar service provider should be used.
An object of the present invention is to provide a search method using a specialized and personalized smart toolbar system that can automatically perform keyword search or login using a smart toolbar system including a link group and a link item. will be.
The search method using the smart toolbar system according to an embodiment of the present invention for solving the technical problem, a step of displaying a plurality of link groups and link items corresponding to the sub-group of the link group on the toolbar, in a web browser Extracting a domain by reading a URL of a current page, extracting a search keyword input to the current page, determining whether a link item matching or similar to the domain of the current page is registered, the domain of the current page If a link item matching or similar to the registered item is registered, displaying a link group including the corresponding link item, and displaying a search icon on the link item for keyword search among the link items included in the link group, and the user. When the search icon is clicked, the corresponding search icon Includes a step of outputting the result page retrieved automatically with respect to the search keyword in the entry link.
Displaying a link group including a link item that matches or is similar to a domain of the current page, displaying a login icon on a link item for which a login is set among the link items included in the link group, and the user logging in When the icon is clicked, the method may further include moving to a link item corresponding to the login icon and automatically logging in to the moved link item.
The determining of whether a link item matching or similar to the domain of the current page is registered may include determining a domain that matches both the tertiary domain and the subdomain of the current page as the matching domain, and tertiary domain of the current page. If only matches, it can be determined as a similar domain.
The link groups may be displayed in a tabbar form, and the link items may be displayed in a tab page form.
According to another aspect of the present invention, a smart toolbar system includes a display management module for displaying a plurality of link groups and link items corresponding to a subgroup of the link group on a toolbar, and a URL for extracting a URL of a current page from a web browser. An extraction module, a domain and a keyword extraction module for extracting a domain from the extracted URL, and extracting a search keyword input to the current page, and determining whether a link item matching or similar to the domain of the current page is registered, If a link item matching or similar to the domain of the current page is registered, a link group including the corresponding link item is displayed, and a search icon is displayed on the link item for keyword search among the link items included in the link group. And a control module, wherein the control module is a user. Clicking the search icon and to display automatic result page retrieved with respect to the search keyword in the link entries corresponding to the search icon.
The control module may display a link group including a link item that matches or is similar to a domain of the current page, and display a login icon on a link item that is set to log in among link items included in the link group. When a user clicks on the login icon, the user can move to a link item corresponding to the login icon and automatically log in to the moved link item.
A link registration module that registers and stores link items included in the plurality of link groups and the plurality of link groups, respectively, and a link having a search function among the registered link items by recognizing a search keyword input in the current page. A keyword search setting module for setting an item, a login setting module for setting a link item with a login function among the registered link items, and a link information DB for storing the link item information and the user's login information with the search function; It may further include.
Thus, according to the present invention, using a smart toolbar system including a link group and a link item, it is possible to automatically obtain a search result from another link URL through the keyword once entered by the user, so that the keyword can be conveniently searched. Do. In addition, it is possible to obtain search results from various portal sites in a short time, thereby reducing search time and obtaining more specialized and detailed search results.
Likewise, when the user clicks the login icon, the user is automatically logged in at another link URL, so that the time required for login can be greatly reduced, and the user can conveniently log in.
1 is a block diagram illustrating a smart toolbar system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a basic screen of a smart toolbar system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a screen illustrating link items for each link group included in the toolbar of FIG. 2.
4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a smart toolbar system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is an exemplary screen of a smart toolbar system for explaining FIG. 4.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention.
First, a smart toolbar system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.
1 is a block diagram illustrating a smart toolbar system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a basic screen of a smart toolbar system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a screen showing link items for each link group included in the toolbar of FIG.
Referring to FIG. 1, the
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Hereinafter, an operation of the smart toolbar system will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a smart toolbar system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is an example screen of the smart toolbar system for describing FIG. 4.
As shown in FIG. 4, a program for implementing a smart toolbar system is downloaded through the Internet, installed in a user's client, and the installed
The
Then, when a new page is opened in a web browser, or when the address of the web page is updated in a page move or update, a new window, etc., the
Next, the domain for the link item registered in the
If there is a link item matching the current page among the link items registered in the
If there is no domain matching the current page in any link group, the
That is, the
In addition, when the
When a link item matching or similar to the current page is displayed, if the displayed link item is a search URL capable of keyword search (S470), a link icon is displayed together with the search icon (S475), and the link item is logged in. If the login information can be registered (S480), a link icon is displayed on the link item display (S485).
That is, as shown in FIG. 5, when a user connects to http://www.nate.com, a link group "portal" including http://www.nate.com is selected in the
Similarly, among the link items included in the "portal", a login icon is displayed in the "naver" and "next" link items that are set to login. That is, the
In the displayed link group and the link item, clicking the link item (S490) moves to the corresponding site (S495), and clicking the search icon of the link item (S500) shows the link item registered using the keyword extracted from the current site. The search result page is displayed (S505). In addition, when the login icon of the link item is clicked (S510), the user automatically logs in to the registered site based on the registered login information (S515).
For example, as shown in FIG. 5, when the user accesses http://www.nate.com, when the user clicks "Naver", the current page moves to the "Naver" site. Then, when a user enters the keyword “bicycle” on the http://www.nate.com page and clicks the search icon displayed in the “Naver” link item, the current page moves to the “Naver” site and “ The search results are displayed automatically with the keyword "bike" on the Naver "site.
In addition, when the user clicks on the login icon displayed in the link item "Low" in the state as shown in FIG. 5, the current page moves to the site "Low" and at the same time based on the registered login information, You are logged in automatically.
As described above, the buttons displaying the search icon and the login icon are always operated in the same way, and can be directly set by the user or converted through the conversion module of the server.
As described above, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when a web browser page is moved or updated while displaying a link group registered by a user and URL link items belonging to the link group in a tab bar and tab page format, the client's web browser is displayed. Gets the address of the current page and the Query contents of the address, and automatically searches and displays the group to which the same or similar link belongs among the registered groups in the tab bar. Therefore, for the URL link in which the search information is registered, the search icon is displayed as the icon of the tab page button item so that the user can search the registered URL link for another keyword without having to input another keyboard.
That is, according to an embodiment of the present invention, using a smart toolbar system including a link group and a link item, a search result can be automatically obtained from another link URL through a keyword that a user inputs once. Search is possible. In addition, it is possible to obtain search results from various portal sites in a short time, thereby reducing search time and obtaining more specialized and detailed search results. That is, since the algorithm for performing keyword search for each portal site is different, various and specialized search results can be obtained from various portal sites.
Likewise, when the user clicks the login icon, the user is automatically logged in at another link URL, so that the time required for login can be greatly reduced, and the user can conveniently log in.
Embodiments of the invention include a computer readable recording medium containing program instructions for performing various computer-implemented operations. This recording medium records a program for executing the retrieval method using the smart toolbar system described so far. The media may include, alone or in combination with the program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like. Examples of such media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape, optical recording media such as CDs and DVDs, floppy disks and program commands such as magnetic-optical media, ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Hardware devices configured to store and perform such operations. Alternatively, the medium may be a transmission medium such as an optical or metal wire, a waveguide, or the like including a carrier wave for transmitting a signal specifying a program command, a data structure, and the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.
While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, Of the right.
100: smart toolbar system, 110: display management module,
120: link group, 130: link item,
140: link registration module, 150: keyword extraction rule setting module,
160: keyword search setting module, 170: login setting module,
120: link group, 130: link item,
140: link registration module, 150: keyword extraction rule setting module,
160: keyword search setting module, 170: login setting module,
180: URL extraction module, 190: keyword and domain extraction module,
200: associated site control module, 210: control module,
220: link group DB, 230: URL link information DB,
240: keyword extraction rule DB, 250: related site DB
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Extracting a domain by reading the URL of the current page in a web browser, and extracting a search keyword entered in the current page;
Determining whether a link item matching or similar to the domain of the current page is registered;
If a link item matching or similar to the domain of the current page is registered, a link group including a corresponding link item is displayed, and a search icon is displayed on a link item for keyword search among the link items included in the link group. To do, and
And when the user clicks the search icon, outputting a result page automatically searched for the search keyword in a link item corresponding to the search icon.
Displaying a link group including a link item that matches or is similar to a domain of the current page, and displaying a login icon on a link item that is set to log in among link items included in the link group, and
When the user clicks on the login icon, the method further comprises moving to a link item corresponding to the login icon and automatically logging in to the moved link item.
The step of determining whether a link item matching or similar to the domain of the current page is registered,
And a domain matching both the tertiary domain and the sub domain of the current page as a matching domain, and if only the tertiary domain of the current page is matched, determining to be a similar domain.
The link groups are displayed in a tabbar form, and the link items are listed and displayed in a tab page form.
A URL extraction module that extracts the URL of the current page in a web browser,
A domain and keyword extraction module for extracting a domain from the extracted URL and extracting a search keyword entered in the current page;
It is determined whether a link item matching or similar to the domain of the current page is registered. If a link item matching or similar to the domain of the current page is registered, a link group including the corresponding link item is displayed. Among the link items included in the group, a control module for displaying a search icon in a link item that enables keyword search,
The control module,
When the user clicks the search icon, a smart toolbar system for displaying a result page automatically searched for the search keyword in the link item corresponding to the search icon.
The control module,
Display a link group including a link item matching or similar to the domain of the current page, and display a login icon on a link item that is set to log in among the link items included in the link group,
When a user clicks on the login icon, the user moves to a link item corresponding to the login icon and automatically logs in the moved link item.
A link registration module for registering and storing link items included in the plurality of link groups and the plurality of link groups, respectively;
A keyword search setting module for recognizing a search keyword input to the current page and setting a link item having a search function among the registered link items;
A login setting module for setting a link item having a login function among the registered link items, and
The smart toolbar system further comprises a link information DB for storing the link item information and the user's login information with the search function.
The control module,
And determining a domain that matches both the tertiary domain and the sub domain of the current page as a matching domain, and when only the tertiary domain of the current page is matched, determines a similar domain.
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