KR20150085739A - System and method for contents search service - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a contents search service system and a method thereof and more specifically relates to a contents search service system and a method thereof comprising: a content DB storing the information about contents owned; a crawling DB storing the addresses information for other market devices, contents crawled from a crawling unit and the address information for the respective market devices; a crawling unit that crawls a content list provided by other market devices and saves the crawled content list in the crawling DB; and a contents search unit that searches for the contents upon receiving a search request signal containing search keywords from a terminal and determines whether the corresponding content exists and then browses through the crawling DB if not existent, and then send the search results containing the contents and the address information for the market device having the contents to the terminal if the crawling DB has the contents corresponding to the keywords.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a content search service system,

The present invention relates to a content search service system and method, and more particularly, to a content search service system and method which crawls a content list provided by another market device and stores the content list in a crawl database, To a content search service system and method for searching a crawl database as well as a content database storing information and providing address information of a corresponding content and a market device storing the content to a terminal device.

As the spread of smart phones and tablet computers becomes more active, the importance of contents including applications used in the devices is increasing. In addition, importance of contents is increasing not only in a portable terminal but also in a general PC (Personal Computer) environment.

The contents of the smartphone and the tablet computer can be installed in the device in various ways, but many users access the market in which the contents are uploaded, retrieve the contents, and download and install the retrieved contents.

In the conventional content market system, only content executable in an OS (Operating System) of a specific smartphone and a tablet computer can be downloaded. Also, there is a market that deals with the same OS content, not a single market, but a variety of markets, and the types of contents uploaded in each market are different.

Therefore, the user has to connect to various market devices in order to retrieve necessary contents, and there is an inconvenience to perform a search separately for each market device. That is, since the user can purchase the content only from the market device to which the user is connected, if the user does not have the content desired by the connected market device, the user has to reconnect to the other market device and search for and purchase the content there was.

Prior art 1: Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2013-0062407 (published on June 13, 2013)

Disclosure of Invention Technical Problem [8] Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems occurring in the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a content search service system and method for enabling a user to search for and purchase content registered in another market device while connected to a specific market device have.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a content search service system and a method for providing a search result not only to a market device connected to a terminal device but also to other market devices by extending the same.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a content browsing system including a content database storing information on held content, address information of other market devices, a crawl database storing content crawled by the crawler and address information of the corresponding market device, A crawler for crawling a content list provided by another market device and storing the crawled content list in the crawling database, and a content search requesting unit for searching the content database when a content search request signal including a search word is received from the terminal, Determining whether there is content corresponding to the search word, determining whether there is content corresponding to the search term in the crawl database if the search term exists, and if there is content corresponding to the search term in the crawl database, And a content search unit for transmitting a search result including address information of a market device storing the content and the content to the terminal device.

The crawling unit visits the other market devices registered in the crawling database, collects contents for each web page, maps the collected contents to address information of the corresponding market device, and stores the collected contents in the crawling database.

If the content corresponding to the search word exists in the content database, the content searching unit transmits a search result including the content to the terminal device.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication system including a communication unit for communicating through a communication network, an input unit for receiving a search word, a content search request signal including the search word to the market device via the communication unit, A content search processing unit for receiving the content as a search result according to whether or not the content to be stored is stored or receiving address information of the content and other market devices in which the content is stored as a search result; Or a content purchasing unit for purchasing content by accessing address information of another market device included in the search result.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a content browsing system including: a content list provided by another market device; a crawl database storing the crawled content list; Determines whether there is a content corresponding to the search term in the crawl database if the content does not exist in the crawl database, and if the content corresponding to the search term exists in the crawl database, A market device for transmitting to the terminal device a search result including the content and the address information of the market device in which the content is stored if the content corresponding to the search word exists, A phase The content search service system including a transmission device to the market, and from the terminal equipment market device for receiving the search result containing the address information of the market device content, the content is stored corresponding to the search word is provided.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for a content search service in a market apparatus, the method comprising: searching, when a content search request signal including a search word is received from a terminal apparatus, Determining whether or not there is content corresponding to the search word; if the search result does not exist, searching the crawling database to determine whether there is content corresponding to the search word; And transmitting, to the terminal device, a search result including the content and the address information of the market device in which the content is stored, when the content corresponding to the search word exists.

When a content search request signal including a search word is received from the terminal device, a step of searching for a content database storing information about the content held by the terminal and determining whether content corresponding to the search word exists, The method may further include crawling a content list provided by the market device, and storing the crawled content list in a crawl database.

Wherein the step of determining whether or not the content corresponding to the search word exists by searching the crawling database if the crawl database does not exist as a result of the determination, comprises the steps of: determining whether or not a crawl database exists; The search unit searches the crawl database to determine whether or not the content for the search word exists, and if the crawl database does not exist, crawls the content list provided by another market device, And judging whether or not there is any content to be transmitted.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a content search apparatus for searching a content database storing information on content held by a terminal device, when the content search request signal including a search word is received, Determining whether or not the content corresponding to the search word exists, if the content does not exist as a result of the determination, determining whether the content corresponding to the search word exists by searching the crawling database; And transmitting, to the terminal apparatus, a search result including the content and the address information of the market apparatus in which the content is stored, when the content exists, Is provided.

According to the present invention, since users can search for and purchase content registered in other market devices while connected to a specific market device, user convenience for content search is increased.

Also, by crawling and storing the contents list of the other market devices, the user can directly search among the crawled catalogs and directly connect to the corresponding market devices when searching for contents.

1 illustrates a content search service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of a market device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of a terminal apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 illustrates a content search service method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 illustrates a content search service method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

The foregoing and other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: FIG.

The content described below may be a concept including all applications, multimedia contents, products, and the like.

1 is a diagram illustrating a content search service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a content search service system includes a plurality of market devices 100 and a terminal device 200.

The market device 100 is a server for selling content, and may be a server operating an 'App Store'. Here, the content is content produced or processed in a digital format, and includes applications that implement various functions.

Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, the market apparatus 1 (100A) will be referred to as a master market apparatus and the other market apparatuses 100B will be referred to as a slave market apparatus.

The master market apparatus 100A may be a market apparatus connected to and used by the terminal apparatus 200, and the slave market apparatus 100B may be another market apparatus.

The master market apparatus 100A crawls the contents list provided by the slave market apparatus 100B and stores the crawled contents list in the crawling database. Here, the crawling refers to a technique of collecting a content list distributed and stored in the slave market device 100B and including the collected content list as an index of a search target.

When receiving the content search request signal including the search word from the terminal device 200, the master market device 100A searches the content database to determine whether or not the content corresponding to the search word exists, And transmits the search result including the search result to the terminal device 200.

If the content corresponding to the search word does not exist in the content database, the master market device 100A searches the crawl database to determine whether or not the content corresponding to the search word exists, and if the content corresponding to the search word is found in the crawl database If it exists, the terminal device 200 transmits a search result including address information for connection to the corresponding market device.

A detailed description of this market device 100 will be given with reference to FIG.

The terminal device 200 transmits a content search request signal including a search word inputted by the user to the master market device 100A and receives the search result from the master market device 100A. At this time, the search result may include only the content corresponding to the search word when the content is searched in the content database, and may include the address information for accessing the corresponding searched market device when the content is searched in the crawling database have.

The terminal device 200 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

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

2, the market apparatus 100 includes a content database 110, a crawling database 120, a crawling unit 130, a content searching unit 140, and a controller 150.

In the content database 110, information about the content held by the content database 110 is stored. That is, the content database 100 stores a content list, detailed information on each content, and the like.

The crawl database 120 stores address information of other market devices, contents crawled by the crawler 130, and address information of each content. Here, the crawled content may be in the form of a web page, and the address information of the content may be a web address.

The crawling unit 130 crawls the contents list provided by the other market apparatus and stores the crawled contents list in the crawling database 120. That is, the crawling unit 130 visits other market devices and collects contents for each web page. Here, crawling is a technique of collecting documents stored in a large number of computers and storing them in the index of the search target. It is a factor that decides the priority of what kind of technology to be included in the search target, Of the world's population. Web crawling is a commonly used term for information search engines, where a web crawler locates a new or updated web page and downloads it to an information search engine, (Prioritizing) each web page according to the access probability (importance) of each web page of the URLs (URLs) and preferentially downloading and designating a web page having a higher access priority order to the information search engine .

If a content search request signal including a search word is received from the terminal, the content searching unit 140 searches the content database 110 to determine whether or not there is a content corresponding to the search term. If the content corresponding to the search word exists in the content database 110 as a result of the determination, the content searching unit 140 transmits the search result including the content to the terminal. If the content corresponding to the search word does not exist in the content database 110, the content searching unit 140 searches the crawling database 120 to determine whether the content corresponding to the search word exists, 120 transmits the search result including the address information for connection to the market device to the terminal device. That is, if there is a content corresponding to a search word in the crawl database 120, the content searching unit 140 transmits a search result including web address information of a corresponding market device in which the content exists, to the terminal device .

The control unit 150 controls operations of the content database 110, the crawling database 120, the crawling unit 130, and the content searching unit 140.

3 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3, the terminal 200 includes a communication unit 210, an input unit 220, an output unit 230, a storage unit 240, a content search processing unit 250, a content purchasing unit 260, ).

The communication unit 210 is a communication unit that interconnects the terminal device 200 and the market device through a communication network. The communication unit 210 may be a wireless communication module such as mobile communication or satellite communication, a wired communication module such as the Internet, A communication module, and the like.

The input unit 220 is a means for receiving a user request for controlling the operation of the terminal device 200, and converts the user's request into an electric signal in response to a user's operation. The input unit may be a keyboard, a keypad, a touch screen, a visual sensing unit, a tactile sensing unit, a motion sensing unit, a voice input unit, And may be implemented in various forms.

The output unit 230 may be implemented as a display device for displaying screen information according to application driving, for example, a small flat display device such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diodes).

The storage unit 240 stores a program necessary for controlling the operation of the terminal device 200 and data generated during the execution of the program.

The content search processing unit 250 transmits a content search request signal including the search word input through the input unit 220 to the market device through the communication unit 210 and receives the search result from the market device. At this time, the search result may include only the content corresponding to the search word when the content is searched in the content database, and may include address information of the market device in which the content is searched when the content is searched in the crawling database.

The content purchasing unit 260 accesses the address of the market device included in the search result and purchases the content. The method of purchasing the contents is the same as the general purchasing method, so a description thereof will be omitted.

4 is a diagram illustrating a content search service method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the market device stores a content list of contents held by the market device in a content database (S402), crawls a content list provided by another market device, and stores the list in a crawl database (S404).

Thereafter, the terminal device accesses the market device (S406), and receives a search word for the content desired to be searched from the user (S408).

Then, the terminal device transmits a content search request signal including the search word to the market device (S410), and the market device searches the content database to determine whether there is content corresponding to the search word (S412, S414).

If it is determined in step S414 that the content corresponding to the search word exists in the content database, the market device transmits a search result including the content corresponding to the search term to the terminal device (S416).

If the content corresponding to the search word does not exist in the content database as a result of the determination in step S414, the market device searches the crawl database to determine whether the content corresponding to the search word exists (S418).

If it is determined in step S418 that the content corresponding to the search word exists in the crawling database, the market device transmits a search result including address information of the corresponding market device to the terminal device (S420).

If it is determined in step S418 that there is no content corresponding to the search word in the crawling database, the market device transmits a content non-existent message indicating that the content does not exist to the terminal device (S422).

5 is a diagram illustrating a content search service method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

5, when the terminal device is connected (S502), the market device receives a content search request signal including a search word (S504), searches the content database (S506) and determines whether there is content corresponding to the search word (S508).

If it is determined in step S508 that the content corresponding to the search word exists in the content database, the market device transmits the search result including the content corresponding to the search word to the terminal device (S510).

If the content corresponding to the search word does not exist in the content database as a result of the determination in step S508, the market device crawls the content list provided by the other market device (S512). If the content corresponding to the search word exists in the crawled content list (S514).

If it is determined in step S514 that the content corresponding to the search word exists in the crawled content list, the market device transmits a search result including address information of the market device in which the content is stored (S516).

If it is determined in step S514 that there is no content corresponding to the search term in the crawling database, the market device transmits a content non-existent message indicating that the search result does not exist to the terminal device (S518).

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for searching a content database for storing content information about content stored in a content database, when the content search request signal including a search word is received from a terminal device, Determining whether or not the corresponding content exists; if the determination result does not exist, searching the crawling database to determine whether or not the content corresponding to the search word exists; And transmitting, to the terminal apparatus, a search result including the content and the address information of the market apparatus where the content is stored, when the content is recorded in the program, A medium is provided.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of searching for a content, the method comprising: receiving a search word for content desired to be searched by a user when executed by a terminal device; transmitting a content search request signal including the search word to a market device; Receiving a content corresponding to the search term of the device as a search result according to whether the content is stored or receiving address information of the content and other market devices storing the content as search results, There is provided a recording medium which is recorded by a program and is readable by an electronic apparatus.

Such a content search service method can be created by a program, and the codes and code segments constituting the program can be easily deduced by a programmer in the field. Also, the program related to the content search service method may be stored in an information storage medium (Readable Media) readable by the electronic device, and read and executed by the electronic device.

The content search service method described so far can be produced, used and transferred according to the form of a computer-readable recording medium containing a program for executing the content search service method. In addition, when the program is transferred by a method of transmitting and receiving the program on-line, it goes without saying that the scope of the right and the device for transmission and reception and the transmission and reception of the program are also extended.

Thus, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. It is therefore to be understood that the embodiments described above are to be considered in all respects only as illustrative and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the detailed description and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents are to be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention do.

The present invention provides a contents search service system and method, which enables a user to search for and purchase contents registered in another market device while connected to a specific market device, thereby enhancing user convenience for contents search.

100: Market device 110: Content database
120: Crawl database (120) 130: Crawl part
140: Contents searching unit 150, 270:
200: terminal device 210:
220: input unit 230: output unit
240: storage unit 250: content search processing unit
260: Content purchasing department

Claims (9)

A content database storing information on the held content;
A crawl database storing address information of other market devices, content crawled by the crawler and address information of the corresponding market device;
A crawling unit for crawling a content list provided by another market device and storing the crawled content list in the crawling database; And
When a content search request signal including a search word is received from a terminal device, the content database is searched to determine whether there is a content corresponding to the search term, and if not, whether a content corresponding to the search term exists in the crawl database A content search unit for searching the crawl database for a search result including the content and the address information of the market device where the content is stored, if the content corresponding to the search word exists in the crawling database;
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The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the crawling unit visits other market devices registered in the crawling database, collects contents for each web page, maps the collected contents to address information of the corresponding market device, and stores the collected contents in the crawling database Device.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the content searching unit transmits a search result including the content to the terminal when the content corresponding to the search word exists in the content database.
A communication unit for communicating through a communication network;
An input unit for inputting a search word;
The content search request signal including the search word is transmitted to the market device through the communication unit, the corresponding content is received as a search result according to whether the content corresponding to the search word of the market device is stored, A content search processing unit for receiving address information of other stored market devices as search results; And
A content purchaser for processing the purchase of the content through the market device or accessing address information of another market device included in the search result to process purchase of the content;
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When a content search request signal including a search word is received from a terminal device, a content search request signal including information about a content stored therein is stored in the crawl database, Determines whether there is content corresponding to the search term, and if there is no content corresponding to the search term in the crawl database, A market device for transmitting a search result including the content and address information of a market device in which the content is stored to the terminal device; And
A search unit for transmitting a content search request signal including a search word input by a user to the market device, receiving a search result including address information of the content corresponding to the search word from the market device, Device;
And the content search service system.
A method for a content search service of a market device,
When a content search request signal including a search word is received from a terminal device, searching for a content database storing information on the content held by the terminal, and determining whether or not the content corresponding to the search word exists;
If the search result does not exist, searching the crawl database to determine whether there is content corresponding to the search term; And
Transmitting, to the terminal device, a search result including the content and the address information of the market device in which the content is stored, when the content corresponding to the search word exists in the crawling database;
The content search service method comprising:
The method according to claim 6,
When a content search request signal including a search word is received from the terminal, searching for a content database storing information on the content held by the terminal, and determining whether content corresponding to the search word exists,
Further comprising: crawling a content list provided by another market device, and storing the crawled content list in a crawl database.
The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the step of searching for a crawl database and determining whether or not the content corresponding to the search word exists,
Determining whether a crawl database exists; And
If the crawl database exists, the content searching unit searches the crawl database to determine whether or not the content for the search word exists, and if the crawl database does not exist, crawls the content list provided by another market device, And determining whether content corresponding to a search word exists in the crawled content list.
When executed by a market device,
When a content search request signal including a search word is received from a terminal device, searching for a content database storing information on the content held by the terminal, and determining whether or not the content corresponding to the search word exists;
If the search result does not exist, searching the crawl database to determine whether there is content corresponding to the search term; And
And transmitting, to the terminal device, a search result including address information of the corresponding content and the market device in which the content is stored, when the content corresponding to the search word exists in the crawling database, And is readable in an electronic device.

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