RU105759U1 - INTERACTIVE SEARCH AND INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM - Google Patents

Abstract

 An interactive search and information display system comprising a server comprising an information receiving and processing device configured to process the received information, bring said processed information into correspondence with a record in the database, receive a search request and display search results; extracting from the database information corresponding to the search request, generating and transmitting the resultant response to the request, characterized in that said information receiving and processing device is connected to at least two databases, with an operator terminal, with a network, with an exchange device information with the user through appropriate interfaces and is configured to receive information from the network and / or from the operator’s terminal, process at least a portion of the received information in such a way that match the indicated part of the information with the record in the corresponding database, make the specified record, receive the search query from the user exchange device, analyze the search query, select information from at least one database in accordance with the results of the search analysis request, generate a resultant response to the search query and transmit the generated resultant response to the search request to the information exchange device with the user, when this system also contains at least one user terminal connected by a communication line with the device for exchanging information with the user, while the user terminal is configured to

Description

Technical field

This utility model relates to the field of computer networks, and more specifically to search engines that allow searches in global and / or local networks.

State of the art

Currently, information retrieval and display systems such as Google (www.google.com) or Yandex (www.yandex.ru) are widely known, which provide the user with the ability to receive information on request. Such systems are based on the principles of using server-side specialized software (the so-called search robots), which, at certain intervals, download web pages from the network (for example, from the Internet), index (analyze) downloaded pages and put indexed pages in own server-side database. After that, upon receipt of a request from the client’s terminal, the system extracts the search results from the database and issues them to the client for displaying as links to the pages of sites.

These systems have the following disadvantages: search robots download and analyze all found pages from the network, so the relevance of the search in such systems is low. Since one of the stages of indexing is the analysis of the text content of the page, unscrupulous individuals can post on the pages text information that will be indexed by the search system and a link to such a page will be provided to the user according to the search results. Moreover, the page itself may not have any relation (not contain useful information) to what the user had to find. Such dishonest placement of “empty” information on pages is widely used for website promotion (promotion of a link to a site in the search results to the top positions) and leads to an increase in the search time for useful information.

In addition, these systems provide search results in such a way that to click on the link you must either open the page associated with it in a new window (Fig. 1) or completely load the page, replacing the page with the search results, which is not convenient for the user and also increases the search time for useful information.

In addition, often the user needs to clarify the request made by him, because, for example, the number of search results presented to him by the system is too large or the search results contain links to pages whose content is close in text but different in semantic content with the content of the request (for example, when the query "crab" the user can be returned results related to both the general description of the crab - a living creature, and to the services of selling its meat, etc.) (figure 2).

Now, if the user initially wanted to get acquainted with the crab in the sense of its biological description, he will have to clarify the above request, for example, in the form of “Kamchatka crab family”. In this case, the page with the previous search results is replaced by the results page for the refined query. And in case the refined request was not successful (for example, no relevant page was found), the user has to return to the page with the previous request (for example, by pressing the backspace key), which increases the search time for useful information. Moreover, if the browser cache is disabled in the user's browser, then such a return leads to a complete reload of the previous page, which takes a certain time and increases the search time.

In addition, these systems do not offer the user technical capabilities with which it is possible to conduct simultaneous searches on topics related to the topics of the search query. When a user searches for information regarding, for example, real estate, he is also interested in information about loans or mortgages, insurance of future housing, orders for design projects, construction and repair, completing with building materials, ordering furniture and interior items, in a word, the whole chain of everyday life.

Monitoring statistics of user requests for the Internet showed that if a user searches for “buy an apartment”, then after that he searches for “mortgage and credit”, “interior design”, “apartment repair, construction companies, crews”, up to and including relocation services selection of domestic staff. From this it follows that the user is looking for all the information in the areas of everyday life, selecting keywords and spending a lot of time searching and filtering a huge amount of information. Surveys of people have shown that Internet users need to save time searching for the necessary and complete information necessary to meet their needs, i.e. services that companies provide within walking distance, which serves as the efficiency of the provision of a service. Thus, the prior art has the task of how to provide the user of the Internet or another network at once with all the information of interest to the user, on one page and according to different search criteria with the ability to refine and obtain the necessary information, which will significantly save time and money.

The closest analogue of this utility model is a computer network information retrieval system (RU 8819 U1, 12.16.1998, G06F 17/30), comprising a server (300) comprising an information receiving and processing device (310) configured to process at least one part of the received information, bringing into correspondence the specified part of the processed information with a record in memory (for example, a database) (320), receiving a request from at least one user terminal (330, 331), having the possibility of forming search queries and Search results extracting from the database information corresponding to the search request, generating and transmitting to the user terminal a response to the request for displaying it on the user terminal (Fig. 3).

The specified system has all of the above disadvantages, which increase the search time for useful information and, accordingly, reduce the usability of search systems.

Utility Model Disclosure

To overcome these shortcomings, the applicant proposes a system of interactive search and display of information, which allows to reduce the search time for useful information and, accordingly, increase the usability of the search system. These technical results are in obvious causation.

A utility model is a system for searching information in a computer network, the system comprising a server comprising an information receiving and processing device that is connected to at least one database. The system also includes at least one user terminal, which allows the user to generate a search query (in dictionary form or through an interactive menu) and send a request to the server. The server also contains an information exchange device with the user, which is configured to provide an interactive interface that provides user access to the server and control the system through an interactive menu, receive a search query from the user, exchange information with the device for receiving and processing information, and send the generated user response in the form of search results. The database is connected to and configured to receive information from a device for receiving and processing information. In addition, the database is configured to directly record information, that is, it can be manually populated by means of the corresponding terminal of the operator through the device for receiving and processing information or directly. Such filling the database allows you to filter unwanted content and, accordingly, reduce the search time for useful information and improve usability.

In addition, to reduce the search time for useful information and increase the usability, the device for exchanging information with the user is configured to control the interactive interface so that the search results are presented to the user on the same page on which the search request was made.

In addition, to reduce the search time for useful information and improve usability, the search system may additionally include databases containing information on related topics related to the search query. Such databases are connected to a device for receiving and processing information and can be filled with information similarly to the database discussed above. At the same time, the device for exchanging information with the user provides the user with an interactive menu the ability to select additional search areas that correspond to certain topics. Moreover, the search topics are aligned with the specified databases. Thus, choosing certain topics, the user activates the search in the relevant databases with the output on the same page where the search query was made.

In addition, to reduce the search time for useful information and improve usability, a caching device is introduced into the server-side search system, which allows displaying search results from different search queries on the same page without having to open the pages in a new window and / or reload the page.

For a more complete understanding of the technical nature of the claimed utility model, the following is a detailed description of the functioning and interaction of all the components of an interactive search and information display system.

Detailed description of the entity

Figure 4 presents a generalized structural diagram of the claimed utility model.

The specialist in the art should understand that the following signs should not limit the scope of protection of the claimed utility model in their literal reading. For example, it is obvious that these communication lines (for example, between a user terminal and a server) can have different physical entities. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that they can be wired, fiber optic, or wireless. Thus, the entire indicated set of features is subject to protection within the framework of the proposed utility model formula. The same fully applies to other signs. In particular, the user terminal may be a desktop computer, laptop, netbook, mobile phone, tablet computer, and the like, configured to provide transmission and reception of network data and display them to the user.

In the main embodiment, the utility model is an interactive information retrieval and display system including a server (400) comprising an information receiving and processing device (410), wherein said information receiving and processing device is connected to at least two bases data (421, 422), with an operator terminal (430), with a network (e.g., the Internet) (440), with a device for exchanging information with a user (450) via appropriate interfaces and is configured to receive operas from a network and / or from a terminal information, process at least a part of the information received in such a way as to bring the specified part of the information into correspondence with the record in the corresponding database, make the specified record, receive the search query from the information exchange device with the user, analyze the search query, select information from at least one database in accordance with the results of the analysis of the search query, generate a resultant response to the search query and transmit the generator the resulting resulting response to the search query to the device for exchanging information with the user, the system also comprising at least one user terminal (460) connected by a communication line (470) to the device for exchanging information with the user, while the user terminal is configured to generate and send a search request to the information exchange device with the user through the interface provided by the information exchange device with the user (451) and the browser of the user terminal, and the ability to receive from the device for exchanging information with the user the generated result response to the search query and display the result response on the screen of the user terminal, while the interface provided by the device for exchanging information with the user is configured to select the main and at least one additional search criterion, moreover, the choice of an additional search criterion leads to an indication by the device for the exchange of information with the user to the device for receiving and processing information and make an additional selection in the database corresponding to the selected additional search criterion and include it in the generated result response to the search query, while the interface provided by the user information exchange device is configured to provide the generated result response to the search query for display on the user terminal so as to display information related to the primary and at least one additional search criteria and the same page in the browser, wherein the information exchange with the user device further comprises a caching unit (452) configured to cache at least one result generated response to a search query.

Figure 4 also shows a case involving more than one user terminal (461) and more than two databases (423). In addition, it is obvious that the communication line of the user terminal with the server can be the Internet.

The system operates as follows. The user through his terminal connects to the server, as described above. The user terminal contains software (browser), which allows him to perform operations with the interface provided by the server. Figure 5 shows how the user selects the main search criterion (direction), taking into account the region, while he is given the opportunity to select additional search criteria that have topics related to the main criterion. In addition, the user has the opportunity to specify the search according to the main and additional criteria several levels in depth (in this case, a tree structure is used). As shown in FIG. 5, search results for the primary and secondary criteria are displayed in the same window where the selection of search criteria is made. In particular, a frame with bookmarks can be used for this, when activated, the generated response for the corresponding criterion is displayed. At the same time, due to caching of the search answer, the user does not need to reload the page to return to the previous search results, which significantly reduces the search time and, consequently, increases the usability of the search system.

Since additional search criteria are associated with the main criterion, the search time also decreases. In particular, figure 5 shows that the user searches for primary real estate located in Japan. As additional criteria, “mortgage, loan” and “organization of relocation” were selected. In this case, the user will be provided with information from the databases matching the selected criteria. When you activate the corresponding tab in the window frame, this information will be available for review. In particular, the tab “Mortgage, Credit” will provide information on the relevant organizations that provide primary mortgage services in Japan.

Filling the bath database through the operator’s terminal allows filtering unwanted content, placing verified information in the database, which eliminates the need for users to view “junk” information and reduces the search time and increases the convenience of working with the search system.

The caching device can be made in the form of an information storage device with the ability to write / read under the control of an information exchange device and connected to a device for exchanging information with a user according to the rules of attaching memory devices widely known in the art.

In addition, the information retrieval system disclosed through this description does not preclude the use of traditional information display methods. For example, in this system, the ranking of results displayed when generating the resulting response to a search query can be successfully applied. Such ranking can be based on ranking methods widely used in the prior art to further increase the relevance of the search results displayed on the user’s screen.

Claims (1)

An interactive search and information display system comprising a server comprising an information receiving and processing device configured to process the received information, bring said processed information into correspondence with a record in the database, receive a search request and display search results; extracting from the database information corresponding to the search request, generating and transmitting the resultant response to the request, characterized in that said information receiving and processing device is connected to at least two databases, with an operator terminal, with a network, with an exchange device information with the user through appropriate interfaces and is configured to receive information from the network and / or from the operator’s terminal, process at least a portion of the received information in such a way that match the indicated part of the information with the record in the corresponding database, make the specified record, receive the search query from the user exchange device, analyze the search query, select information from at least one database in accordance with the results of the search analysis request, generate a resultant response to the search query and transmit the generated resultant response to the search request to the information exchange device with the user, when this system also contains at least one user terminal connected by a communication line with the device for exchanging information with the user, while the user terminal is configured to generate and send a search request to the device for exchanging information with the user through the interface provided by the device for exchanging information with the user and the browser of the user’s terminal, and with the ability to receive the generated resulting response from the device for exchanging information with the user to the search query and display the resulting response on the screen of the user terminal, while the interface provided by the device for exchanging information with the user is configured to select the main and at least one additional search criterion, and the selection of an additional search criterion leads the device to indicate information exchange with a user device receiving and processing information to make additional sampling in the database corresponding to the selected additional search criteria , and include it in the generated result response to the search query, while the interface provided by the information exchange device with the user is configured to provide the generated result response to the search query for display on the user terminal in such a way as to display information related to the main and, at least one additional search criteria on the same page in the browser, while the device for exchanging information with the user additionally contains a caching unit is configured to cache at least one generated result response to the search query.