KR20200007474A - Method and Apparaturs for Information Retrieval using Non-hierarchical Database Structure - Google Patents

Abstract

According to the present invention, disclosed are a method for more quickly and effectively retrieving information by writing information related to various services to be used by users in database with a non-hierarchical structure through wired or wireless Internet and to a device thereof. The device comprises a service information generation module, a data scrapping module, a data generation module, a storage DB, a service verification module, a web application server, and a reporting module.

Description

Method and Apparatus for Information Retrieval using Non-hierarchical Database Structure

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for retrieving information more quickly and efficiently by creating a non-hierarchical database of information about various services that users want to use via wired or wireless Internet.

The present invention also relates to an information retrieval method and apparatus that provides a user with convenience in using a service by collecting various services included in the database for each situation or purpose and providing the service package.

The present invention also relates to an information retrieval method and apparatus that can enhance the convenience of a user using a service by allowing an individual user who uses the service to create a customized service package suitable for the user.

The advent of the information society has made it possible for users to quickly and easily obtain large amounts of information from around the world via wired or wireless networks. In addition, information providers who provide various information to general users through their own homepages such as governments, corporations, organizations, organizations, and small business owners combine individual information or data and provide them in the form of a user's convenient service. Here, the term "service" is defined as providing a user with a plurality of information, data or functions combined with a predetermined relevance in order to benefit the user. For example, a road guidance service in which map information and route information are combined, It refers to ARS connection service that combines telephone number information and answering machine.

Due to the development of technology, these services are provided through various means such as website, telephone, email, messenger, social network service (SNS), automatic response service (ARS) / interactive voice response (IVR), and mobile apps. Also, it is distributed in various forms such as text, image, and video. Due to the flood of various types of information and services, users may find it inconvenient to obtain relevant information by searching for a desired service.

1 is a conceptual diagram of a method for using an individual service according to the prior art.

The individual services 10 available to users are, for example, Internet search service, text messaging service, video chat service, call center service, ARS connection service, IVR connection service, SNS service, traffic information service, weather service, mobile app. Service, website providing service, and the like, and if it is available through a wired / wireless network or a wired / wireless network, the form or type thereof is not limited.

These individual services 10 are provided by different service providers and distributed over a wired or wireless network. For example, Internet portal service providers such as Google and Naver provide map services, weather services, news services, and calendar services in addition to Internet search services. Service providers such as highway management agencies provide highway route guidance services and highway traffic information. Provided service, highway rest area guidance service, resort or theme park service provider provides a road guide service, video chat service, call center service, ARS connection service, SNS service, website providing service for visiting customers. In addition, service providers such as government, corporations, organizations, organizations, and small and commercial companies combine individual information to create various services for use by users, and provide them as a dedicated mobile app service that can be used on a mobile terminal.

In such an environment, a user must access one or more individual services distributed in a distributed manner to obtain information desired by the user or information necessary to achieve a search purpose. For example, a user who wants to visit a theme park first accesses a weather information providing site through an internet search (11), searches for a visitor's weather (12), and checks the usage time and fee service on the theme park website (13). ), You can check the route through the route guidance service (14), and access the highway traffic information service provided by the highway management agency on the day of the visit and check the real-time traffic situation through the video (15) to proceed to the theme park visit. . However, this process allows a user to access a plurality of websites individually, such as, for example, an Internet search website, a weather information website, a theme park website, and a highway management agency website, at least once to retrieve necessary information. It requires the hassle of doing.

In addition, in order to access desired information even within a website, there is a need to sequentially access a plurality of hierarchically formed categories. For example, consider a case where a user who wants to use the expressway to stay in a townhouse of a particular resort wants to check the real-time highway CCTV along with the information of the townhouse. The user should at least access the resort homepage and the Korea Expressway Corporation homepage to find the necessary information.

2 exemplarily shows a resort homepage site map and a Korea Highway Corporation homepage site map. In FIG. 2, in order to obtain information about the townhouse that the user intends to use or to reserve the accommodation, the user must sequentially access four-step information such as 'resort homepage-accommodation-golf village-townhouse'. In order to see the real-time traffic situation of the expressway, it is necessary to access the five-stage information sequentially, such as 'Korea Highway Corporation Homepage-Smart Traffic Center-Traffic Map-CCTV-CCTV3'. In other words, in addition to having to visit various websites for comprehensive information acquisition, users need to access information sequentially according to the structure of a given hierarchical database within each website to obtain desired information.

FIG. 3 illustrates an example hierarchical database structure that may be included in the website of FIG. 2. In FIG. 3, the user sequentially accesses four-step information such as 'resort homepage-accommodation-golf village-townhouse' in FIG. 6, at least seven times each information link sequentially forming the hierarchical database in FIG. 6. In order to see the real-time traffic situation of the highway to go to the townhouse in Fig. 5, the user clicks on the five-step information in order such as 'Korea Highway Corporation Homepage-Smart Traffic Center-Traffic Map-CCTV-CCTV3'. Accessing means in FIG. 6 that the user clicks at least eight times in sequence for each information link forming a hierarchical database. As a result, users have to take considerable trial and error and time to access the information they need.

Furthermore, in such a situation, the procedure and time taken to obtain information of equal quality may vary greatly depending on the user's skill or taste, and even a user who is not familiar with Internet search may not obtain necessary information.

In order to solve this inconvenience, some users can use the bookmark function to simplify the search process by storing multiple websites in one bookmark folder. There is still a problem that linked information or contents may be deleted or become inaccessible if the information is not properly updated over time.

On the other hand, in terms of service providers, both large service providers, such as theme parks, and small information providers, such as local restaurants, use their own websites, mobile apps, SNS, etc. It provides various services such as guidance, route guidance, phone number guidance, and event guidance. However, in addition to these information, the user often wants to simultaneously obtain weather information of a date he wants to visit the theme park, real-time road traffic situation CCTV information, restaurants around the route, attractions around the theme park, and the like. In such a case, it is almost impossible for a local restaurant, a small information provider, to provide such additional information on its own due to technical and economic problems, and even in the case of a theme park, a large information provider, providing and updating this additional information. Doing so can be a significant burden.

Domestic Patent No. 10-1682168 (announced on Dec. 2, 2016)

An object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for retrieving information more quickly and effectively by creating a non-hierarchical database of information about various services that users want to use via wired or wireless Internet.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an information retrieval method and apparatus that provides a user with convenience in using a service by collecting various services included in the database according to a situation or purpose and providing them as a service package.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an information retrieval method and apparatus that can enhance a user's convenience in using a service by allowing an individual user who uses a service to create a customized service package suitable for the user.

In addition, an object of the present invention is that the service provider can selectively combine the detailed services included in at least one of the plurality of service packages without having to prepare all the detailed services directly to form a unique service package.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to enable a service user to combine two or more service packages to form a new service package and share it.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to enable a service user to search for a plurality of verified individual services above a certain level and combine them to configure and share a customized service package.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to maintain the consistency of service package related information shared between all service providers and service users by mirroring service package related data between service providers and service users through the service networking platform.

An information retrieval apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, the service information generation module for receiving data on the service information and the package information packaged individual service information and a plurality of individual service information; A data scraping module for automatically collecting external service related data registered in the individual service information through an API interworking; A data generation module for generating service data by combining data input from the service information generation module and the data scraping module with additional information data with high usage frequency when generating a service package; A storage DB for storing the service data; A service verification module for validating and updating data stored in the storage DB in conjunction with the data scraping module, reporting a verification result, removing invalid data, and storing validly updated data in the storage DB. ; A web application server receiving data from the storage DB and providing verified individual service information and service package information to a user through an API interworking with a mobile terminal or an external service; And a reporting module for receiving operation status information including data error information from the service verification module and / or the web application server, wherein the service data of the storage DB is stored to have a non-hierarchical structure.

In addition, the service data is stored with the service name and the action data as essential components, and the service data may further include a service ID, a service registrant, and a service type as components.

According to the present invention, service providers such as government, corporations, organizations, organizations, small businesses, individuals, etc. collect various services according to the intention of the service provider and provide them as service packages in order to maximize the convenience of user experience. can do.

In addition, according to the present invention, service providers who want to provide useful services to users can provide a combination of a plurality of individual services in one or more packages, so that the service provider always provides a certain level or more of services. It can be created more conveniently and effectively delivered to the user.

In addition, according to the present invention, a service provider may construct a unique service package by selectively combining detailed services included in at least one of a plurality of service packages without directly preparing all detailed services.

In addition, according to the present invention, a service user can combine two or more service packages to form a new service package and share it.

In addition, according to the present invention, a service user may search for a plurality of verified individual services of a predetermined level or more, and combine them to configure and share a user-customized service package.

In addition, according to the present invention, a plurality of searchable individual services are provided as a set of information having a non-hierarchical structure, so that a service provider and a service user can quickly and directly search for individual detailed services desired by the user to configure a package.

In addition, the present invention may maintain the consistency of service package related information shared between all service providers and service users by mirroring service package related data between service providers and service users through the service networking platform.

1 is a conceptual diagram of a method for using an individual service according to the prior art.
2 is a block diagram of a website site map according to the prior art.
3 is a conceptual diagram of an example hierarchical database that may be included in the website of FIG.
4 is an exemplary diagram of a non-hierarchical database structure in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a conceptual diagram of a service package using method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a configuration of a service package according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is an exemplary diagram showing the contents of a detailed service link included in an exemplary service package according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is an exemplary diagram showing contents of detailed service links included in an exemplary service package of a different type from FIG. 7.
9 is an exemplary diagram illustrating an exemplary user service package box registration method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
10 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a widget type service package configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.
11 is an exemplary diagram of a user interface for registering a service package according to an embodiment of the present invention.
12 is a block diagram of a super package according to an embodiment of the present invention.
13 is a system configuration diagram illustrating an operation of a service networking platform operating system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
14 shows an example of a data field for an individual service.
15 shows an example of a data field for a service package.
16 is an explanatory diagram of a synchronization process for switching the consistency of service packages.
17 is a conceptual diagram of a method for creating a customized service package according to an embodiment of the present invention.
18 is a conceptual diagram of a method of editing a customized service package according to an embodiment of the present invention.
19 is a conceptual diagram of a method of changing a customized service package according to an embodiment of the present invention.
20 and 21 are exemplary diagrams of a user terminal interface suitable for one embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings in the present specification will be described the contents of the present invention for various embodiments of the present invention.

4 is an exemplary diagram of a non-hierarchical database structure in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Each field of the database of FIG. 4 basically includes a service name (service_name) and action data (action_data). The service name means a service unit that can be searched by a user. Action data refers to data about information that a user wants to secure such as a link, a cctv video, and a phone number connected to a corresponding service.

The service ID (service_id) refers to a code assigned to identify an individual service, and a registrant means a subject who registered each service in a database. The service_type divides each service by a predetermined type, Types such as cctv and call.

Although the database of FIG. 4 may cover all kinds of data retrieved through wired or wireless Internet, rather than the type necessary for users who want to comprehensively use various information such as web pages, text, images, multimedia in a short time. It is more preferable to consist only of data.

For example, you can quickly find a family who wants to visit a theme park or resort, an angler who plans a fishing trip, a sportsman who wants to play golf, a traveler who wants to see real-time traffic and traffic to their destination, a nearby hospital or pharmacy. Instead of trying to obtain a wide range of information over time, such as patients who want to find a service, a user who wants to connect directly to a call center of a bank or insurance company, etc. It is desirable to be configured to be more suitable for users who want to acquire quickly and effectively.

Therefore, the service name and the action data are directly in a 1: 1 hierarchical structure so that the database of the present invention does not need to go through a plurality of steps in order to access necessary information. The advantage of such a non-hierarchical data structure is that it is very advantageous to provide a combination of a plurality of individual services in a package for users who mainly find or combine the services for each service.

Hereinafter, a method of registering, storing, and using individual services and combining a plurality of services into a service package by dividing the service provider providing the individual service and the service user who wants to use the service will be described. The description will be made separately into the first embodiment and the second embodiment.

The first embodiment relates to an apparatus and method for providing a service provider manageable service package in which only a service provider can create, edit, and delete a service package. In contrast, the second embodiment relates to an apparatus and method for providing a service user-customized service package that allows a service user in addition to a service provider to create, edit, and delete a service package.

First, the first embodiment of the present invention will be described.

Referring to FIG. 5, the service provider may generate only one or more service packages 100, 102, and 104 by selecting only services to be provided to users among distributed individual services 10 (step ⓐ). For example, the “A Theme Park” customer service provider creates a “A Theme Park Directions” service package 100 by combining daily weather information service, directions service, and location information service, thereby providing real-time highway traffic information. Add service to create a “A Theme Park Highway Access” service package (102), while combining location information service, tourist information service, restaurant information service, etc. “A theme park attractions, food” service package ( 104).

The generated service package may be uploaded by the service provider to the service networking platform 200 which is a service sharing platform (step ⓑ), and as a result, a plurality of different service packages generated and registered by different service providers may be used for service networking. Coexist on the platform 200.

Subsequently, the user may access the service networking platform 200 to search for the desired service package and put it in his own user service package box 300 (step ⓒ). Thereafter, the user 20 who wants to use a specific service package selects the specific service package from his or her user service package box 300 or retrieves it directly from the service networking platform 200 to display it on his user terminal 30. You can do it (step ⓓ).

The service package according to the embodiment of the present invention is different from the conventional bookmark (or bookmark) in addition to the simple website link information, direct telephone number, email, messenger service, real-time chat, ARS connection, IVR connection, for service provision Not only are there no restrictions on the type of objects such as mobile apps and widgets for providing services, but they are also characterized by being impossible to edit by a user after being created by a service provider.

The service package created and provided by the service provider is configured by the service provider to strategically consider the convenience, marketing effect, and system load of the customer, and manages the package configuration on a regular basis to maintain the quality of service provision and maintain user preferences. Since it is essential to update and update as necessary, it needs to be managed so that the service package's identity and homeostasis is not compromised by the editing or intervention of individual users. However, since a normal bookmark is only a URL (Uniform Resource Locater) registration preservation function of the web browser, even if the information or content linked to the URL is deleted or the URL link is disconnected after registering the bookmark, the bookmark is registered. You will not be able to access previously connected information or content.

On the other hand, each user can store one or more service packages in their user service package box 300 and can be easily used as a bookmark of a web browser. In this case, the user can use individual service packages stored in the service package box 300. You cannot edit it. In other words, the individual service packages 100, 102, and 104 included in the user service package box 300 maintain the same identity as they exist in the service networking platform 200, thereby allowing the service provider to provide the same. As described in the service package, each user can be trusted to use the service package.

 Due to this characteristic, when a service provider modifies or updates the contents of a specific service package, the contents of the corresponding service package on the service networking platform 200 are not only modified or updated, but also stored in the service package box 300 of each user. The contents of the service package also have data synchronization characteristics or data consistency that are modified or updated in the same manner.

On the other hand, some of the service providers of some service providers inadequately manage their own service package may cause errors such as deletion of the content related to the service package or the link is broken, for this purpose, the service networking platform ( 200) Providers must maintain data integrity by eliminating or correcting errors in each service package periodically or in real time. A detailed process thereof will be described later with reference to FIGS. 12 to 16.

6, an exemplary service package configuration will be described.

6 is a step-by-step view of the service networking platform access screen displayed on the user terminal. For example, accessing a service networking platform called PanLine ^™ provides a search box for searching common search information and service packages simultaneously, as well as icons for common functions such as bookmarks (or favorites) and recent searches. In addition, a user service package box 410 icon is provided that each user can access to register and manage their own service packages.

When the user service package box 410 is selected, a list 420 of individual service packages stored by the user is displayed. All registered service packages are provided with a “delete service package” link 422 to select and delete the service package if necessary.

When one of the individual service packages 420 is selected, detailed service links 430 are displayed that can access one or more detailed services included in the service package 420. Here, the regional weather widget 440 displayed at the top may be included in the service package by the corresponding service provider as one of the detailed service links, or may be provided separately from the detailed service link by the service networking platform provider. have. In order to maintain the quality of the service package and manage its consistency, the user's one-sided editing is not allowed.However, in order to improve the quality of the service package in accordance with the properties of the service package or to improve the user convenience, the provider of the service networking platform may change the properties of the service package. Accordingly, it is possible to provide the appropriate additional service link or additional service widget 440 by default or optionally for the service provider to apply.

7 illustrates the contents of a detailed service link included in an exemplary service package.

The service package of FIG. 7 is packaged by the resort service provider by collecting information that users can effectively use when going to the resort by using a specific road. For example, the “direction map” 432 and “national traffic situation map” (434), “Individual Highway Traffic Situation” (436) and “Highway Traffic Situation Video” (438).

At the top right of each detailed service link display window, the provider providing the service link is displayed. In this case, the map 432 is produced by the resort service provider and provided by the resort service provider, but the national traffic information map 434 is provided by the National Traffic Information Center. The services provided by the individual highway traffic situation (436) and the highway traffic situation image (438) is a service provided by Korea Expressway Corporation.

As such, the service provider may easily configure a service package by combining individual services distributed in the network into a set of detailed services without directly preparing all the detailed services, and preferably, the services of the present invention. By combining only the detailed services included in the service package registered with the networking platform 300 or verified by the service networking platform provider, the service package may be configured to easily achieve the purpose of maintaining the quality of the service package.

8 illustrates the contents of detailed service links included in another type of exemplary service package.

The detailed service link 430 of FIG. 8 is for an emergency insurance ARS auto-connect service package of an insurance company, and detailed services such as "battery charging", "towing", "unlocking", etc., which are usually requested by motorists for emergency dispatch, are provided. It is collected and packaged by insurance companies. Since the service package 420 and the detailed service link 430 of FIG. 8 are provided by an insurance service provider whose business attributes are different from those of the resort service provider of FIG. 7, the contents of the detailed service are very different from those of FIG. 7. In this way, there is no restriction on the kind of service package or detailed service link that can be provided according to the business attribute of the service provider.

The special feature of the detailed service link 430 of FIG. 8 is that the user often uses the service in an urgent or embarrassing situation due to the nature of the emergency call service, so that instead of adopting a general call center ARS phone service for the convenience of the user, It provides an automatic connection function that directly connects to individual detailed services in one click so that users can directly access specific detailed services such as “battery charging” and “towing”. This automatic connection function is configured to involve a telephone number automatic dialing function corresponding to an individual detailed service.

Although not shown, in addition to the automatic connection function, additional icons or links corresponding to the marketing functions related to profit generation, such as “shopping mall”, ““ event ”,“ SNS friends ”, etc., are additionally provided in the detailed service display window, or It is also possible to provide detailed services that target functions.

9 illustrates a user service package box registration method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The user service package box 410 icon is provided on the service networking platform connection initial screen displayed on the user terminal 30 on the left side. Of course, the user service package box access function may be provided in a different interface at a different location.

Searching for example, “Oak Valley Directions” in the search box provided in the connection initial screen, as shown in the central user terminal 32, one or more individual service links and service packages related to the corresponding resort directions are displayed. Searched and displayed at the same time. In the search result screen, the service package displays a service package logo in one area (eg, upper left) of the display window, thereby facilitating the distinction from general individual service links. According to an exemplary embodiment, an individual service link search and a service package search function may be provided separately, or a service package search result may be divided into a recommended service package and a general service package.

If the user wants to register or upload a specific service package among the searched service packages to his or her user service package box, the user may use the “add service package” button provided in one area (eg, bottom left) of the corresponding service package display window. .

In the user terminal 34 on the right, an example in which a service package logo of a color (or shape) different from a normal service package logo is assigned to a service package previously registered in a user service package box is shown. In other words, if a service package that a user has already included in his or her service package box is searched on the search result screen using a predetermined search word, the user may display it using a separate logo to prevent user confusion. Alternatively, a separate logo may be used to indicate a service package having a common specific function provided by a service network platform, such as the “ARS automatic connection” function mentioned in FIG. 8. Alternatively, an alternative logo or additional logo may be applied to indicate other detailed service attributes not mentioned here.

10 illustrates a widget type service package configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the service package shown in FIG. 10, detailed services are arranged in the order of “weather”, “direction”, “national traffic status map”, and “highway traffic status (CCTV)” under the topmost service package name. Here, the other detailed services except for the “direction” detailed service prepared by the service provider are standardized to a predetermined standard within the scope of the present invention, such as a weather information template widget, a traffic information template widget, and a CCTV template widget. Provided as a widget in the template, service providers can simply configure the service package by simply selecting the appropriate widgets for their service package configuration from the widget pool provided by the service networking platform provider and placing them appropriately within the service package. have.

The widget pool is provided by the service networking platform provider of the present invention, such as the weather information template widget, by processing the content directly according to a predetermined form and provided by the third party, such as the traffic information template widget, CCTV template widgets Widgets provided by the service networking platform provider of the present invention by converting into a predetermined widget template, and widgets provided by a third party in accordance with the predetermined widget template standard so as to conform to the service package format of the present invention. It can be configured to include.

11 illustrates a user interface for registering a service package according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In order for a service provider to register its service package, a company (organization) name, a (representative) phone number, a package name, a list of service IDs for identifying a service package, an operation time or a service providing time, a homepage information, an address, a location One or more pieces of information (latitude, longitude), a search tag for facilitating a service package search, and a detailed description of the services included in the service package should be provided and provided to the service networking platform. Of course, other types of information may be required in addition to the above information, and this registration procedure may be performed similarly to a known user registration procedure. However, a characteristic of the service package registration procedure of FIG. 11 is that a service is registered in units of service IDs described in FIG. 4, and in most cases, location information necessary for providing location-based services is adopted as a component.

12 illustrates a super package configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

A super package means a collection of a plurality of service packages and a single package. The consistency of the service package, which is a feature of the present invention, remains the same in the case of a super package, which will be described with reference to FIG. 12.

Service Packages # 1, # 2,… , #n may be configured by combining a plurality of distributed individual services, and may be combined into components of one super package again by sharing common attributes with each other. For example, various service packages provided by resort service providers may include "Resort Directions", "Events of the Month", "Guides and Fees", and the plurality of service packages may be referred to as "XY Resort Guide." To “XY” into one super package.

Each of a plurality of users (A, B, ..., NM) can register a super package "XY" provided by the same service provider (P) in their user service package box, where the service provider (P) If the existing service packages # 2 to # 4 are deleted and new service packages # 5 and # 7 are inserted as the contents of the registered super package are updated, the change is not only the service networking platform but also the service package box of each user. The same is reflected in the corresponding super-packages stored within, maintaining the consistency of service packages within each service package box and service networking platform. Thus, the system configuration for maintaining consistency is demonstrated through FIG.

13 illustrates an operation of a service package platform operating system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 13, a service networking platform operator (hereinafter, referred to as a "platform operator") in a service package operating system according to an embodiment of the present invention may be connected to a service provider through a server for providing a platform connected to the operator terminal 1000. It provides a service networking platform (hereinafter, referred to as "platform") to the service user (S100). The components of the platform are service information generation / management module, data scraping module, data generation module, first and second service verification module, DB before service verification (ie development DB), DB after service verification (ie service DB), a reporting module, a web application server, and the like, and the platform is configured to interwork with a service user terminal and / or a service provider terminal.

The platform operator terminal 1000 provides a service provider interface for allowing a service provider to access a platform and register a service package. The service provider interface includes an interface unit for supporting the functions S100 and S110 for uploading a service that is self-produced by the service provider 5000 or the platform operator 1000, and is provided by an external third service provider 2000. And an interface unit for guiding and supporting the service to be included in the service provider's own service package. In step S140, the service provider 5000 directly inputs data necessary for constructing the service package to the data generation module 1200, and the data screen interoperating with an external third service provider 2000 server through an open API. Using the ping (or crawling) module 1100, the step of automatically importing data from the external third service provider 2000 (S130) and inputting the data into the data generation module 1200 may be performed.

As shown in FIG. 14, data input to the data generation module 1200 includes at least a service ID (service_id), a service provider name (company), a service name (service_name), and a service type (service_type). ), And action columns (action_data), and the like, and the services provided herein may include data links, cctv, direct calls, widgets, and the like. The service type is selectable within a predetermined range provided by the platform operator 1000, and the service ID is given by the platform operator 1000. This service ID is a value registered in the service ID list when generating a service package later. On the other hand, when the data link is open API information, the data is automatically collected through the data scraping module 1100.

14, it should be noted that there is no hierarchical distinction between individual services such as "Oak Valley Location", "Mountain Normal Real-Time CCTV", "Caravan Reservation Guide". In other words, the data input to the data generation module 1200 is formed in a non-hierarchical structure, and each service exists in the same layer and has a direct link characteristic. In addition, the validity of each service data of the data should be verified through the verification process described later.

Returning to FIG. 13, the data scraping module 1100 automatically collects an external service provided by an external third party in various forms such as web, phone, IoT, and the like through API interworking. It is equipped with web page crawling function and open API interworking function using API interlocking script. Third party external services may include any kind of services that can be provided through open API interworking, such as public data APIs, in addition to web page services. Meanwhile, even in the case of a self-produced service provided by the service provider 5000 through its own website, data scraping may be automatically performed through an open API provided by the corresponding service provider.

As described above, all data manually created by the service provider 5000 or automatically collected by the data scraping module 1100 are sent to the data generation module 1200 to provide basic information constituting the service package. Additional information necessary for operating the platform is built as a database of the form (S180).

The platform is provided with an additional information DB 1300 that stores frequently used information (eg, Address, Geocode, etc.) when providing a service to facilitate service provider generation of a service package. The information DB 1300 may store various information or data collected through the open API interworking with the external third service provider 2000 in addition to the information provided by the platform operator. The information or data stored in the additional information DB 1300 is not limited in kind, including service category, search tag, etc., except for the above, and all information or data necessary for operating the platform are stored in the additional information DB 1300 and the At least some of the data is transferred to the data generation module 1200 and stored as part of the database of the development DB 1400.

The initial database constructed as described above is referred to as a development DB 1400. This means that the data input through the data generation module 1200 does not go through a predetermined verification process and has a level of quality to be provided to the service user. Is in the state before it was determined. The service package related data of the development DB 1400 is subject to predetermined data backup and failover. As shown in FIG. 15, the service package related data stored in the development DB 1400 includes at least a service package ID (package_id), a service provider name (company), a service package name (package_name), It is configured to include a column such as a service ID list (service_id_list). The service ID includes individual service related action data as defined in FIG. 14, and one service package manages a plurality of services as service ID list items. According to the first field of FIG. 15, the service package ID of the "Oak Valley Travel Information" service package provided by "Oak Valley" is "111", and three individual services "aaa", "bbb", and "ccc" correspond. You can see that it is included in the service package.

Again, back to FIG. 13, the service package related data of the development DB 1400 is transferred to the first service verification module 1500 for verification for ensuring service quality (S190), and the first service verification module 1500 Validate whether there is an error in the registered service package by using the verification manager page or automatic verification script. Through the verification process, the service package data portion including an error such as a broken link or contents is deleted is identified, removed, or supplemented.

After the verification process, the service package data is transferred to the service DB 1600 (S200), and the service package data of the service DB 1600 constitutes a service package that can be actually provided to a user. The service package related data of the service DB 1600 is transmitted to the web application server (WAP) 1900 and used by the user through an API interworking with the mobile app 3000 for providing a service package mounted on the mobile terminal of the service package user. It is provided for (S220) or to a user accessing an external service through an API interworking with an external service (eg, an internet portal, an IoT device, an AI application device, etc.) 4000 (S230).

On the other hand, the data of the service DB 1600 is not only a target of a predetermined data backup and failover at a predetermined period, but also update and data validity of service data through interworking with the second service verification module 1700 at any time or periodically. Subject to verification (S250).

The second service verification module 1700 verifies the API interlocking script and the web page crawler by accessing the data scraping module 1100 at regular or periodic intervals in order to check whether the registered service package data is updated and the data validity. S260). Through such a process, if an update occurs or an error occurs in a service provided by an external third party service provider 2000 that provides each individual service included in the service package, an action such as removing or supplementing the service is performed. Accordingly, the data for the user service of the service DB 1600 may always ensure a certain level of quality and consistency of the service package in real time or at least periodically.

In FIG. 13, the second service verification module 1700 is illustrated as a different component from the first service verification module 1500. However, since both functions are the same, the second service verification module 1700 may be implemented as one integrated service verification module. .

If the individual service is a website link, the service verification module 1500, 1700 periodically connects to the website using a data collection bot to download the web document and checks whether there is an update to the repository DB 1400, 1600. Save and check the HTML for changes, and if there is a change, change the parsing script to generate the data. If there is no problem with the parsing script, update the data and if there is a problem, report it to the reporting module 1800.

If the individual service is an open API, the service verification module 1500 and 1700 periodically call the API using a data collection bot to download the data and store it in the storage DB 1400 and 1600 to check for an update. After checking the downloaded document, if there is a change, the parsing script for generating data is changed, and if there is no problem with the parsing script, the data is updated and if there is a problem, the reporting module 1800 is reported.

A synchronization process for maintaining consistency of a service package will be described with reference to FIG. 16. When the service user views the "Oak Valley Travel Information" service package through the mobile terminal, the mobile app requests information about the corresponding service package (id: 111) to the service networking platform (S300), and the platform requests service package data information and The individual service data information is inquired and provided as a corresponding service package information response (S310). If, by the service provider, the individual service "Oak Valley Nolbudaejjigae" is created with the service ID "eee", and the corresponding individual service is updated to be included in the service package "111", then the service user can access the mobile terminal. When the “Oak Valley Travel Information” service package is inquired, the mobile app requests information about the corresponding service package (id: 111) to the service networking platform (S300), and the platform inquires the service package data information and the individual service data information. The service package information of the updated contents is provided in response to the corresponding service package update information (S320).

Since the validation and update of the individual services and service packages described above are performed by the service verification modules 1500 and 1700, consistency of service package related information shared between the service provider and the service user is maintained.

Referring back to FIG. 13, an operation situation including an operation error report generated by the mobile app 3000 or the external service 4000 while using the service package is collected by the web application server 1900 and provided to the reporting module 1800. It becomes (S240). The reporting module 1800 also receives verification error information in real time or periodically from the second service verification module 1700 (S270). In addition to the error information, the reporting module 1800 receives and manages a service package update status, and an item requiring notification to the platform operator or service provider may be notified to them in the form of an e-mail or a text message (S280). Meanwhile, the platform operator may access the administrator page provided by the reporting module 1800 through his terminal 1000 and search and manage all information stored and managed in the reporting module.

Now, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.

Regarding the description of the second embodiment, the same or similar matters or drawings as those of the first embodiment will be omitted for the sake of clarity, and the differences will be mainly described. Accordingly, it should be noted that the basic configuration described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 16 remains the same with respect to the second embodiment.

17 is a conceptual diagram of a method for creating a customized service package according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The service networking platform 200 coexists with a service package and an individual service registered through a predetermined verification process. For convenience, a service package area and an individual service area may be separately displayed on the interface of the user terminal or the service provider terminal.

User A who wants to create his or her own customized service package selects the desired individual services among the individual services registered in the service networking platform 200 and creates a customized service package a (step ⓔ), and the generated customized service package a It may be stored in its user terminal (Step ⓕ).

On the other hand, the customized service package a created by user A can be uploaded to the service networking platform according to user A's choice (or in some embodiments irrespective of user A's selection) (step ⓖ), The service package a uploaded to the service networking platform may be shared with other users or service providers in a manner that another user is retrieved (step AKE) and stored (step ⓘ) by B.

Unlike in the first embodiment, the general user's package creation is restricted in order to maintain the quality of the service package, in the second embodiment, the custom package generation of the general users is allowed, and all the service packages registered in the service networking platform are shown in FIG. 13. The quality is maintained through the data verification function described in.

18 is a conceptual diagram of a method of editing a customized service package according to an embodiment of the present invention.

There may be times when you need to edit or modify a registered service package for a variety of purposes, including correcting errors, correcting content, or updating service packages. User A who has created his or her own customized service package a and registered in the service networking platform 200 can perform an edit to change some of the configuration in the registered service package a, whereby the contents of the previously registered service package are The contents of the service package which is modified (step IX) and stored in the user terminal are also similarly modified (step ⓚ). Although the name of the service package is the same, its contents have been modified. Therefore, for the purpose of explanation, this is called the service package a '. Editing of such service packages is only allowed to service package registrants (including service users or service providers).

On the other hand, if the service package a registered in the service networking platform 200 is modified to the service package a ', based on the matching characteristics of the service package providing apparatus, other users, for example, the user terminal of the user B that stores the service package The service package is modified to service package a '(step ⓛ).

19 is a conceptual diagram of a method of changing a customized service package according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In addition to creating a service package by selecting a plurality of individual services, a new service package can be created by making some changes to an existing service package. It is similar to the service package editing process in FIG. 18 in that the contents of the service package are modified or changed, but it may be more appropriate to regard it as one of the service package generation methods in that a service package with a new name is created.

In FIG. 19, user B who wants to create a new service package c selects and edits a service package b similar to the customized service package c he wants among the existing service packages (step ⓜ), and a new name for the resulting service package. You can create and save a customized service package c by granting (). Of course, the service package c generated as described above is also uploaded to the service networking platform 200 to be shared (Step ⓞ).

20 and 21 illustrate exemplary user terminal interfaces suitable for the second embodiment. In FIG. 20, in addition to the user service package box 410 icon, my individual service icon 412 for searching for an individual service stored by the user in his or her account is provided. In FIG. 21, the user service package box 410 is included in the search result through the search box. A service package add icon 414 is provided for incorporating individual services into a customized service package. Although not shown, a separate service storage icon (not shown) may be separately provided for storing individual services included in a search result through a search box.

For reference, in the second embodiment, since the service user performs a function of generating and providing a service package, the service user may infer and apply the contents related to the service provider of FIGS. 1 to 16. The same service provider may also edit and change the service package generated by the user through the steps of FIG. 19.

Although the contents of the present invention have been described above through one embodiment of the present invention, the rights given by the disclosure of the present invention should not be limited to the disclosure of the above embodiments, and should be determined by the claims appended hereto. . In addition, those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications or variations can be made based on the present invention without departing from the scope of the claims. It should be interpreted as falling within the scope of the right.

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A service information generation module for receiving data regarding service package information in which individual service information and a plurality of individual service information are packaged;
A data scraping module for automatically collecting external service related data registered in the individual service information through an API interworking;
A data generation module for generating service data by combining the data input from the service information generation module and the data scraping module with additional information data with high usage frequency when generating a service package;
A storage DB for storing the service data;
A service verification module for verifying validity and update of data stored in the storage DB in conjunction with the data scraping module, reporting a verification result, removing invalid data, and storing validly updated data in the storage DB. ;
A web application server receiving data from the storage DB and providing verified individual service information and service package information to a user through an API interworking with a mobile terminal or an external service; And
And a reporting module for receiving operation status information including data error information from the service verification module and / or the web application server.
Service data of the storage DB is stored to have a non-hierarchical structure,
Information retrieval device. The method according to claim 1,
The service data is stored using the service name and the action data as essential components.
Information retrieval device. The method according to claim 3,
The service data further includes a service ID, a service registrant, and a service type as components.
Information retrieval device.

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