TWI479345B - Method for multilingual retrieval and system using the same - Google Patents

Description

Multi-language retrieval method, computer readable storage medium and network search system

The present invention relates to a network retrieval method and system thereof, and more particularly to a multi-language network retrieval method and system thereof.

Due to the development of the Internet, the exchanges between countries in the world have become increasingly close, and the Internet has become far-reaching, enabling users to connect to other countries' websites through the World Wild Web (WWW) and instantly access the world. The latest information, at the same time, when users need to query a specific topic or website, they can also input a search query in the search engine to search the webpage related to the Internet search string through the search engine. The application of web search is not limited to the general search engine. As online shopping becomes more and more developed, such web search technology is also applied to online shopping or online auction websites such as eBay, AMAZON, Yahoo, etc. This makes it easy for users to go out and purchase the products of countries all over the world or participate in online bidding through the auction website.

However, as users' demand for online information in different countries is increasing, network information for different countries often needs to be searched in the language of the country or the search engine to search for the most complete. Internet information, if the user searches in a language other than the country, it cannot obtain the same complete network information as the search in the language of the country. Therefore, the user can obtain the network search in a language other than the country. The information is not complete enough to meet the needs of users.

In addition, users can't search for the same search string for different search engines or auction websites in different countries in the world. They must enter the search string in the language of the country to search the Internet. At the same time, the network searches. The information cannot be integrated, which is extremely inconvenient for the user and reduces the willingness to use.

In view of the above problems, the present invention provides a multi-language network retrieval method, a computer-readable storage medium, and a network search system, so as to solve the problem that the conventional Internet cannot obtain complete Internet search without using the language of the country. Problems with web information.

The present invention discloses a multi-language retrieval method for a web search system. The step of searching includes inputting a search query in a first language and identifying a language category to which the search string belongs, and respectively Transfer the search string to one of the corresponding language categories. Secondly, according to the search string, the database search is performed for different language types, and a plurality of language strings belonging to different language types and not being the first language are obtained. If the language string cannot be obtained, the translations corresponding to the first language are respectively performed. The engine translates the search string into language strings of different language types and not in the first language, and feeds back and stores the information of the search string and the corresponding language string in the vocabulary database. After the language string is obtained, the language search is performed by a plurality of search engines of the corresponding language in the language string.

The present invention further discloses a multi-language retrieval method, which is also applicable to a network search system. The step of searching includes receiving a search query in a first language input and identifying a language category to which the search string belongs. . Next, the search string is translated separately by a plurality of translation engines corresponding to the first language and the second language to generate a plurality of translation strings belonging to the second language. Thereafter, the translation string is compared, and a second language string is generated, and the second language string is used for network search in a plurality of search engines corresponding to the second language.

The step of the multi-language retrieval method disclosed in the present invention further comprises: performing a network search by using a language string in one of the search engines of the first search engine, waiting for the search information returned by the first search engine, and then respectively using the language string After the search engine generates the search information, the search engine may display the search information on different pages, or integrate the search information and present it in a single page.

The step of the multi-language retrieval method disclosed in the present invention further comprises: performing a network search on the search engine simultaneously with the language string, and after the search engine generates the search information, the search information may be separately presented on different pages, or the integrated search may be performed. Information and presented in a single page.

In the meantime, the present invention also discloses a computer readable storage medium, which stores a computer program, which is used in a network search system and is implemented to implement the two different multi-language searches described above. method.

In addition, the present invention also discloses a network search system, which includes a control unit, a vocabulary database, a plurality of translation engines, and a plurality of search engines. The control unit stores an identification software. The control unit accepts one of the first language input search strings, and identifies the language category of the search string by the recognition software and outputs the search string. The vocabulary database stores a plurality of vocabulary information of different language types and corresponding to the first language, and the vocabulary database receives the search string, and searches for the vocabulary information of different language types according to the search string to determine whether the storage is targeted. The search string belongs to a plurality of language strings of different language types, and if so, the string is obtained and transmitted to the control unit, and if not, the search string is output. The translation engine supports translation of different language types. The translation engine receives the search string, translates the search string into language strings of different language types and transmits them to the control unit. The translation engine separately searches the search string and the corresponding language word. The information composed of the strings is fed back and stored in the vocabulary database. The search engine supports the search of different language types. The search engine respectively accepts the language string transmitted by the control unit, performs network search according to the language string of the language, generates a plurality of search information and returns.

The invention also discloses a network search system, which comprises a control unit, a plurality of translation engines and a plurality of search engines. The control unit stores an identification software. The control unit accepts a search string in a first language input to identify a language category to which the software identification search string belongs and output a search string. The translation engine supports translation of different language types. The search engine receives the search string, translates the search string into a plurality of strings of different language types and transmits them to the control unit. The search engine supports the search of different language types. The search engine respectively accepts a plurality of language strings of different language types generated by the control unit by comparing the translated strings, and performs a network search by using the language string to generate a plurality of search information and return pass.

The utility model has the advantages that the multi-language network searching method, the computer readable storage medium and the network searching system disclosed by the invention can input the search string automatically in the national language, and the system can automatically search the search string. Translate into a language string of different languages and use the search engine for the language to search the web and obtain different search results, which can provide users with complete network information.

In addition, the multi-language network retrieval method and system thereof disclosed in the present invention are capable of integrating network information generated by different search engines into a single page, facilitating browsing and clicking by users, and improving the simplicity and operation in use. The convenience allows users to have more convenient Internet services.

The features, implementations, and utilities of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

The multi-language retrieval method, the computer-readable storage medium, and the network search system thereof are respectively included in the first embodiment and the second embodiment. The two system embodiments disclose that the network search system also includes settings of different devices. And the link relationship.

Please refer to FIG. 1 for a schematic diagram of a network search system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The invention discloses a network search system 200, which comprises a control unit 210, a vocabulary database 220, a plurality of translation engines 2301, 2302, ... and a plurality of translation engines 2401, 2402, ... and the like. The control unit 210 is connected to the vocabulary database 220 and the search engines 2401, 2402, etc. through, but not limited to, the Internet, an intranet, or other electrical connection. At the same time, the vocabulary database 220 and the translation engines 2301 and 2302 are also connected by the above various electrical connection methods.

It is worth noting that the translation engine referred to herein includes, but is not limited to, translation engine A 2301 and translation engine B 2302. In addition, the search engine is not limited to the first search engine 2401 and the second search engine 2402. Those who are familiar with the network technology can expand or increase the number of translation engines and search engines according to requirements, but the following description methods are provided. In the embodiment, for convenience of explanation and understanding, the applicant only takes the translation engine A 2301, the translation engine B 2302, and the two sets of search engines 2401 and 2402 as an example, but is not limited thereto. The client computer 100 is connected to the control unit 210 of the system 200 via the Internet.

In other embodiments, the apparatus and device of the system 200 are also different. Please refer to the schematic diagram of the network search system of the second embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 2. The present invention further discloses a network search system 200, which includes a control unit 210, a plurality of translation engines 2301, 2302, 2303, 2304, ... and a plurality of translation engines 2401, 2402, ... and the like. The control unit 210 is connected to the translation engines 2301, 2302, 2303, 2304 and the search engines 2401, 2402, etc. via, but not limited to, the Internet, an intranet, or other electrical connection. It is worth noting that the translation engine mentioned here includes but is not limited to a group of translation engines A 2301, translation engine B 2302 which belong to one language category, such as English, and another group belongs to another language category, such as Japanese. Translation engine C 2303, translation engine D 2304.

In addition, the search engine is not limited to two. Those who are familiar with the network technology can expand or increase the number of translation engines and search engines according to requirements. However, as described in the previous paragraph, the following is an explanation for the corresponding method embodiments. The applicant only uses the translation engine A 2301, the translation engine B 2302, which belongs to the English translation engine, the translation engine C 2303 which belongs to the Japanese translation engine, the translation engine D 2304, and the two sets of search engines 2401 and 2402 as examples, but not This number is limited. The client computer 100 is connected to the control unit 210 of the system 200 via the Internet.

The multi-language retrieval method disclosed in the present invention also includes two embodiments. In the first method embodiment, please refer to the flowchart of the multi-language retrieval method of the first embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. And the schematic diagram of the structure of the network search system of FIG. 1 and the information transmission diagram of the multi-language retrieval method of the first embodiment disclosed in the fourth embodiment.

When the user wants to perform a network search for a search engine or an auction website in various countries in the world, the user first inputs a search query 5001 (S111) in the first language, for example, Chinese, on the client computer 100, for example, The "soccer", the search string 5001 is transmitted to the control unit 210 of the network search system 200 via the Internet, and the control unit 210 identifies the language type to which the software identification search string 5001 belongs (S112), and transmits according to the recognized language type. The search string 5001 is searched for a vocabulary database 220 of the corresponding language type (S113). The vocabulary database 220 described herein stores a vocabulary database corresponding to other language types in a specific language, for example, a Chinese language corresponding to a database of different languages such as English, Japanese, and French, and the system side builds a vocabulary database according to requirements, and Use the synonym or the latest term as an extension of the vocabulary to achieve the best translation.

It should be noted that the search string 5001 described in this embodiment is not limited to a general single word, a statement, a specific proper noun or abbreviation, an abbreviation, and any single-word and logical operation symbols, and conforms to the network search rule and syntax. Strings are fine.

According to the description of the preceding paragraph, when it is determined that the search string 5001 "soccer" is Chinese, the control unit 210 transmits the search string 5001 "soccer" to the applicable Chinese corpus database 220, and the vocabulary database 220 receives the search string 5001 "soccer". Then, referring to the database search diagram of the multi-language retrieval method according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the database search is performed for different language types according to the search string 5001 (S114).

For example, the database is searched for the English database 2201, the Japanese database 2202, and the French database 2203. If the vocabulary data of the corresponding search string 5001 can be queried in the database, the language types are not the first. The plurality of language strings 5002 in English, Japanese, and French are transmitted to the control unit 210 (S115). If the vocabulary data of the corresponding search string 5001 cannot be queried, the search string 5001 is output to the corresponding first language. The translation engine 2301, 2302, and the like of the plurality of different languages, the translation engines 2301, 2032, etc. described herein include, but are not limited to, translation websites provided by other network service providers or their application programming interfaces (APIs).

As described above, the translation engine of different languages, for example, the translation engine A2301 supporting Chinese-English translation and the translation engine B 2302 supporting Chinese-Japanese translation receive the search string 5001, please refer to the invention as shown in FIG. The multi-language retrieval method of an embodiment translates the search string 5001 into a different language string 5002 of Japanese or English and transmits it to the control unit 210 (S116), and searches for the search string. The information 5003 composed of 5001 and the corresponding language string 5002 is fed back and stored in the vocabulary database 220 (S117), and the vocabulary database 220 adds the feedback information 5003 to the vocabulary database and merges it into the corresponding database for expansion. In order to facilitate the retrieval of future translations.

After receiving the language string 5002, the control unit 210 performs a network search according to the language types of the language string 5002 in a plurality of search engines 2401 and 2402 of the corresponding language types (S118), for example, in the English language string 5002. The search engine 2401 supporting the English search is searched by the Japanese language search string 2402 in the Japanese language search string 2402, and the search engines 2401 and 2042 respectively generate a plurality of search information and return them.

The steps of the network search in this embodiment are further divided into different implementation manners. In an implementation manner, the control unit 210 performs network search by the search engines 2401 and 2402 at the same time (S119), and the search engines 2401 and 2402 respectively The search information is transmitted back to the control unit 210, and the control unit 220 transmits the search information to the client computer 100 through the Internet according to the sequence of the return, so that the user can obtain the complete network information at one time; In another embodiment, the control unit 210 first performs a network search by using a first search engine 2401 (S120), and waits for the search information returned by the first search engine 2401, and then searches for the rest in the language string 5002. The engine performs a network search (S121). The network search is performed for the first search engine 2401. The first search engine 2401 can transmit the search information to the control unit 210 in the shortest time. The control unit 210 can When the rest of the search engine performs a network search, the search information of the first search engine is transmitted to the client computer 100 through the Internet, so that the user can obtain the fastest information.

In addition, when the control unit 220 presents the returned search information (S122), there are different implementations. In an implementation manner, refer to the multi-language search of the first embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. The retrieval information presentation method of the method, wherein the control unit 220 presents the retrieval information returned by the different search engines 2401 and 2402 in different paging manners and transmits the retrieval information to the client computer 100 (S123), and the user transmits the information on the client computer 100. The web browser sees the display pages for different search results, the individual hyperlinks, and the number of search results, such as 11 strokes, 21 strokes, and 31 strokes. Users can see the search results of different search engines separately; however, In another embodiment, please refer to another schematic diagram of the retrieval information of the multi-language retrieval method of the first embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 8, wherein the control unit 220 integrates different search engines 2401, 2402. The search information is integrated into a single page and transmitted to the client computer 100 (S124), and the user sees a different page on the client computer 100 through the web browser. The search results of the engine, including the display page, individual hyperlinks and the number of search results are all the sum of different search engines, such as 11+21+31=63. The implementation of the network search can be implemented with the page. In the spirit of the present invention, those skilled in the art can set and plan themselves to meet the needs of users.

In the second method embodiment, please refer to the step flow chart of the multi-language retrieval method of the second embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 9 and the structure diagram of the network search system of FIG. 2, and cooperate with FIG. 10 A schematic diagram of information transfer of the multi-language retrieval method of the second embodiment of the present invention is shown.

When the user wants to perform a network search for a search engine or an auction website in various countries in the world, the user searches for the search string 5001 in the first language and transmits it to the control unit 210 via the Internet (S211), and the control unit 210 The step of identifying the language type of the software identification search string 5001 (S212) is similar to the multi-language retrieval method disclosed in the first embodiment (S111, S112), and the applicant does not repeat here.

The difference is that the control unit 210 of the second embodiment of the present invention transmits the search string 5001 to the translation engines 2301, 2302, 2303, 2304, ... of different language types, and simultaneously refers to the invention shown in FIG. The multi-language retrieval method of the second embodiment is a translation engine translation diagram, and the translation engines 2301, 2302, 2303, 2304, ... respectively translate the search string 5001 (S213), and generate translation strings 5005 of different language types (S214).

For example, the translation engine A 2301 and the translation engine B 2302 are Chinese-English translation engines, the translation engine C 2303 and the translation engine D 2304 are Chinese-Japanese translation engines, and the translation engine A 2301 and the translation engine B 2302 respectively The search string 5001 is translated, each generating an English translation string 5005 and passed back to the control unit 210. Similarly, the translation engine C 2303 and the translation engine D 2304 respectively translate the search string 5001, and each generates a Japanese translation string 5005 and transmits it back to the control unit 210. The control unit 210 compares the translation strings 5005 of different language types respectively (S215), and combines the translation strings 5005 to generate a plurality of language strings 5002 that can retrieve the most extensive information (S216), which can be retrieved here. The language string 5002 to the most extensive information is usually formed by combining the translated strings 5005 in a joint manner.

Then, the control unit 210 performs network search for the plurality of search engines 2401 and 2402 of the corresponding language types by using the language string 5002 of different language types (S217), for example, the English language string 5002 is used to support the English search. The search engine 2401 performs a web search in the Japanese language search string 2402 in the Japanese language search string 2402, and the search engines 2401 and 2042 respectively generate a plurality of search information and return them. The network search step and the different implementations of the step of retrieving the information by the page and returning it to the client computer 100 (S218-S223) are similar to the content disclosed in the first embodiment (S119-S124), applying People are not going to repeat here.

In addition, the present invention further discloses a computer readable storage medium 2101. Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 simultaneously, the computer readable storage medium 2101 stores a computer program, and the computer program is used in the foregoing network search system 200, respectively. The two different network search systems 200 respectively implement the steps of the two embodiments of the foregoing multi-language search method. For detailed implementation steps, please refer to the preceding paragraph and the third figure, and the inventors will not repeat them here.

However, it should be noted that the computer readable storage medium 2101 of the present invention includes, but is not limited to, a storage medium for storing a computer program and being readable and executable by a computer, such as a compact disc, a hard disk, a portable hard disk, and the like. Those skilled in the art can use different forms of storage media according to the needs of use and advances in technology, and are not limited to the types of storage media disclosed above.

Through the multi-language retrieval method, the computer-readable storage medium and the network search system disclosed in the above, the user only needs to input the search string in the native language, and automatically translate the language into different countries through the system, and translate it. Search for search engines in different languages. You can search the search engine or auction site in countries all over the world without having to be proficient in other languages. At the same time, you can search the most in the language supported by the search engine. Complete retrieval of information does not reduce the amount of information retrieved due to language restrictions. In addition, different implementations of web search and page presentation can be adjusted according to different needs of users, improving the convenience of operation and the immediacy of web search, and fully satisfying the needs of users.

Although the embodiments of the present invention are disclosed above, it is not intended to limit the present invention, and those skilled in the art, regardless of the spirit and scope of the present invention, the shapes, structures, and features described in the scope of the present application. And the number of modifications may be made, and the scope of patent protection of the present invention shall be determined by the scope of the patent application attached to the specification.

100. . . Client computer

200. . . Web search system

210. . . control unit

2101. . . Computer readable storage medium

220. . . Vocabulary database

2301. . . Translation Engine A

2302. . . Translation Engine B

2303. . . Translation Engine C

2304. . . Translation engine D

2401. . . Search engine

2402. . . Search engine

5001. . . Search string

5002. . . Language string

5005. . . Translation string

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a network search system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a network search system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a flow chart showing the steps of the multi-language retrieval method of the first embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a diagram showing the information transfer of the multi-language retrieval method of the first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a diagram showing the database search of the multi-language retrieval method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing the translation and feedback of the translation engine by the multi-language retrieval method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a view showing a state of retrieval information presentation of the multi-language retrieval method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 8 is a diagram showing another representation of the retrieval information of the multi-language retrieval method of the first embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 9 is a flow chart showing the steps of the multi-language retrieval method of the second embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 10 is a diagram showing the information transfer of the multi-language retrieval method of the second embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 11 is a diagram showing the translation of a multi-language retrieval method according to a second embodiment of the present invention by a translation engine.

100. . . Client computer

210. . . control unit

220. . . Vocabulary database

2301. . . Translation Engine A

2302. . . Translation Engine B

2401. . . Search engine

2402. . . Search engine

5001. . . Search string

5002. . . Language string

Claims (19)

A multi-language retrieval method, applicable to a network search system, comprising: receiving a search query in a first language input; identifying a language type to which the search string belongs; Translating the search string by a plurality of translation engines of a language and a second language respectively, generating a plurality of translation strings belonging to the second language; comparing the translation strings and combining the translation strings in a union manner And generating a second language string; and performing a network search by using the second language string in a plurality of search engines corresponding to the second language. The multi-language retrieval method of claim 1, wherein the step further comprises: translating the search string with a plurality of translation engines corresponding to different language types in the first language, respectively, to generate a plurality of different language types. Translating a string; respectively comparing the translated strings of the same language type, and generating a plurality of language strings of different language types; and respectively performing the language strings of the different language types in a plurality of engines of the corresponding language types Web search. The multi-language search method of claim 2, wherein the step of performing a network search by the search engines of the corresponding language types in the respective language strings is to search for the search engines simultaneously. The multi-language retrieval method of claim 3, wherein the step further comprises: presenting, by different pages, the plurality of retrieval information generated by the search engines. The multi-language retrieval method of claim 3, wherein the step further comprises: Integrating the search information generated by the search engines and presenting the search information in a single page. The multi-language search method of claim 2, wherein the step of performing a network search by the search engines of the corresponding language types in the respective language strings is to search for the search words in the language strings. The first search engine of the engine performs a network search, waits for the search information returned by the first search engine, and then performs a network search on the remaining search engines by using the language string. The multi-language retrieval method of claim 6, wherein the step further comprises: presenting the retrieval information generated by the search engines on different pages. The multi-language search method of claim 6, wherein the step further comprises: integrating the search information generated by the search engines, and presenting the search information in a single page. A computer readable storage medium storing a computer program for use in a web search system and implementing the method includes: receiving a search query in a first language input; identifying the search One of the language categories to which the string belongs; the translation string is translated separately by a plurality of translation engines corresponding to the first language and the second language to generate a plurality of translation strings belonging to the second language; comparing the translation strings And combining the translation strings in a union manner to generate a second language string; and performing a network search on the plurality of search engines corresponding to the second language by the second language string. The computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the computer program The step of using the network search system and implementing the method further comprises: translating the search string with a plurality of translation engines corresponding to different language types in the first language to generate a plurality of translation strings belonging to different language types; respectively comparing The translation strings of the same language type, and generating a plurality of language strings of different language types; and searching for a plurality of engines of different language types in different language types for network search. The computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the computer program is used in the network search system and implemented to perform network on the search engines of the corresponding language types The search step is to search for the search engines at the same time. The computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the computer program is used in the web search system and the step of implementing the computer program further comprises: presenting the search information generated by the search engines on different pages. The computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the step of using the computer program in the network search system comprises: integrating the search information generated by the search engines and The page presents the search information. The computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the computer program is used in the network search system and implemented to perform network on the search engines of the corresponding language types The step of searching is to perform a network search on the first search engine of the search engines by using the language string, waiting for the search information returned by the first search engine, and then respectively using the language string Search for the rest of the search engine. The computer readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the step of using the computer program in the web search system and implementing the method further comprises: presenting the search information generated by the search engines on different pages. The computer readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the step of using the computer program in the network search system comprises: integrating the search information generated by the search engines and The page presents the search information. A network search system includes: a control unit, the control unit stores an identification software, the control unit accepts a search string in a first language input, and identifies one of the search strings by the recognition software a language type and outputting the search string; a plurality of translation engines supporting translation of different language types, the search engines receiving the search string, translating the search string into a plurality of translation strings of different language types and transmitting to The control unit; and a plurality of search engines support searching for different language types, wherein the control unit compares the translated strings for different language types, and separately converts the translated words for different language types in a joint manner The strings are combined to generate a plurality of language strings of different language types, and the language strings are respectively searched by the search engine of the corresponding language type to generate a plurality of search information and returned. The network search system of claim 17, wherein the control unit receives the search information and presents the search information on different pages. The network search system of claim 17, wherein the control unit receives and integrates the search information and presents the search information in a single page.