WO2001077883A1 - Systeme et procede permettant de creer et de rechercher des sites web - Google Patents

Systeme et procede permettant de creer et de rechercher des sites web Download PDF

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WO2001077883A1
WO2001077883A1 PCT/AU2001/000393 AU0100393W WO0177883A1 WO 2001077883 A1 WO2001077883 A1 WO 2001077883A1 AU 0100393 W AU0100393 W AU 0100393W WO 0177883 A1 WO0177883 A1 WO 0177883A1
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  • the present invention relates to web sites, databases and seaich engines, and, in particulai , relates to a combined web site and database which is searchable using an improved search engine More particularly, the present invention relates to a method of creating vertical portals or search infrastructures, and integrating them into existing web sites
  • seaich engines act as individual entities so finding information becomes a combination of a consumei or business going to various typically non-independent sites, and hopefully coming across what they are looking for
  • the present invention centres around the process of creating search engine infrastructure tor third parties
  • the present invention is an improvement over the prior art because its hierarchical architecture allows for third party/independent, sub-portals (search engines) to be created that contain specific information These search engines might contain restaurant information, accounting information, or health information
  • the data within these sub-portals can be maintained through a maintenance interface New content can be added, activated, deactivated or changed via a user name and password
  • a third party vertical portal structure can be implemented ready for update by the client within hours
  • the architecture of the present invention is open, so that programming is not required Users need only choose the web site structure they like and fill in the details in the information entry interface b i
  • the seai ch engine (SQL sei ver side ) aspect of the pi esent invention contains all the business rules foi the way the invention opei ates and functions It a change is l equii ed it can be implemented in the back end which will effectively replicate the functionality change to all vertical portal sites )
  • the present invention s back end architecture has been implemented to maximise the performance of interactions between the interface and the database content
  • the pi esent invention is capable of creating at least the following st ctures
  • a web page including displayed information wherein at least some of the displayed information corresponds with stored information which is stored in fields in tables in a web page database wherein the displayed information includes a plurality of displayed information units the stored information includes a plurality of stored information units and each displayed information unit is displayed in a displaying region on the web page and wherein the web page database includes a primary web page table including a p ⁇ mai v web page field which contains a primary web page database identifiei which uniquely identifies the web page database
  • each displaying region co ⁇ esponds to a field in the web page database such that the displayed information unit (DIU) displayed in that region corresponds with the stored information unit (SIU) stored in its corresponding field in the database
  • DIU displayed information unit
  • SIU stored information unit
  • the position size coloui and/or orientation of the display regions on the page are defined by a page layout
  • the fields store SIUs chosen from a group including a) characters b ) numbers c) pictures d ) links and e) dates
  • the SIUs mav be chosen from a group including a) names b) addresses c) phone numbers. ) tax numbers, e) email addresses f ) industry categories. product names h) product descriptions
  • the display regions display DIUs are chosen from the group including a) charactei b) numbers c) pictures, d) links
  • the display regions may be chosen from a group including a) name regions, b) address regions, c) phone number regions, d) fax number regions, e) email address regions, t) industry category regions g product name regions, h) product description regions i) service name regions, j) service description regions, k) announcement regions
  • the primary web page table is linked to at least one subsidiary web page table by a foreign key.
  • the at least one subsidiary web page table conveniently being linked to further subsidiary tables by further foreign keys
  • each web page references, or is referenced by, at least one other web page via a link
  • the invention extends to a web site including a plurality of web pages, wherein each web page includes displayed information where at least some of the displayed information corresponds with stored information which is stored in fields in tables in a web page database, wherein the displayed information includes a plurality of displayed information units, the stored information includes a plurality of stored information units, and each displayed information unit is displayed in a displaying region on the web page, and, wherein the web site has a unique web site identifier which corresponds to a unique primary web site database identifier such that the displayed information on a particular web site is stored in its corresponding web site database, and wherein each web page references, or is referenced by. at least one other web page via a link
  • the displaying regions on the web pages are arranged according to a plurality of page layouts
  • the types ot page layouts may include a) home page layouts, b) menu page layouts c) newsletter page layouts, d) announcement page layouts e) product page layouts f) service page layouts, g) link page layouts, h ) general information page layouts and
  • the web site has at least one relational identifier with the relational identifier of a particular web site being stored in its corresponding web site database
  • the at least one relational identifier is chosen from the group including a) an affiliate identifier b) a parent identifier c) a child identifier d) a vertical portal identifier or ej a horizontal portal identifier
  • the invention extends further to a set of affiliate web sites including a plurality of web sites of the type described above wherein each web site as the same affiliate identifier
  • the invention further provides an hierarchical set of affiliate web sites including a plurality of affiliate web sites of the type described above wherein a parent web site includes at least one child identifier and a child web site includes a parent identifier such that the child identifier of the parent web site corresponds to the parent identifier of the child web site
  • a computer implemented method of forming the web page described above by a) defining a database including at least one table including at least one field and b) associating at least one of the fields with at least one display region on the web page
  • the computer implemented method extends to the formation of a plurality ot web pages ot a type described above by a) creating a template web page including a plurality ot display regions whose size orientation and/or layout is defined by a template page layout, b) creating a template database including at least one table including a plurality of fields containing default field information and being associated with one or more display regions on the template web page c) copying the template database to create a new database having substantially the same table attributes field attributes and default field information as the template database d) creating a new primary database identifier and storing it in a primary field of a primary table of the new database e) copying the template web page to create a new web page having a unique web site identifier which corresponds with the new primary database identifier and having a plurality of display regions whose size, orientation and/or layout matches the template page layout; f) associating the fields of the new database with the display regions on the new web page; and g) repeating steps b
  • the step of creating a template web page includes the step of accepting layout specifications from a user and applying those specifications to the web page.
  • the invention further provides a computer implemented method of forming a web site of the type described above by forming a first web page in accordance with the method defined above, forming a second web page in accordance with the method defined above, adding a link, which references the second web page to the first web page, and preferably adding a link which references the first web page to the second web page.
  • the invention still further provides a computer implemented method of creating and adding a new web page to an web site, wherein the existing web site is a web site as defined above, by forming a new web page in accordance with the method described above, adding a first new link, which references the new web page to a first existing web page in the existing web site, and preferably adding a second new link, which references a new web page to a second existing web page.
  • the method may extend to include the additional step of adding a third new link, which references an existing web page to the new web page.
  • a computer implemented method of forming an hierarchical set of affiliate web sites of the type described above by forming a set of affiliate web sites using the method defined above, assigning a child identifier to the parent web site, and assigning a matching parent identifier to the child web site.
  • the invention extends to a data entry interface for updating displaying information on a web page of the type described above including a plurality of information entry fields, each of which corresponds to a field in a table in the database.
  • the interface preferably includes an uploader for uploading entered information from the information entry fields into the stored information fields in the database and may also include a downloader for downloading stored information from the stored information fields in the database into the information entry fields.
  • the interface may further include a downloader for downloading stored information from the stored information fields in the database into the information entry fields.
  • the entered information may include a plurality of entered information units (EIUs).
  • EIUs entered information units
  • the plurality ot information entry fields may be displayed on a plurality ot information entry pages which may be internet web pages, with at least some of the information entry pages preferably being linked to one another
  • the information entry pages may include a) personal information entry pages. b) product information entry pages, c) service information entry pages, d) announcement information entry pages, e) catalogue information entry pages. f) menu information entry pages, g) general information entry pages, h) additional links information entry pages, and/or
  • the information entry pages may further include action choice buttons which may in the form of links or pictures which behave like buttons
  • the action choice buttons may be chosen from the group including a) edit buttons, b) add buttons, c) save buttons, and d) activate pick lists
  • Pressing the add button on an information entry page typically causes the downloader to download the SIUs from the database fields into the corresponding information entry fields in the information page in read only format, so that the user can only add entered information to empty information entry fields
  • Pressing the save button on an information entry page typically causes the uploader to upload the entered information units (EIUs) entered by user into the corresponding database fields as SIUs
  • selection ot the activate option in the activate pickhst on an information entry page causes the uploader to change an active indicator in a field in the database to an active state
  • a computer implemented method ot generating a search string for use in searching a database having a plurality of database tables each of which has a database table name, wherein each table contains a plurality of database fields each ot which has a database field name and contains stored information wherein said search string is based upon at least one search parameter each search parameter having a corresponding database field and wherein said method includes the steps of a) generating a database field selection statement b) generating a database table selection statement cj generating a condition statement d ) concatenating said database field selection statement said database table selection statement and said condition statement to form a search string
  • the method preferably includes the additional step of generating a result order statement and concatenating said result Older statement to said search string
  • the step ot generating a database field selection statement is achieved by a) declaring a database field selection string variable, b) initialising said string variable, c) adding a database field selection command to the start of said string, d) adding at least one database field name to said string, followed by a separator, e) repeating step d) until the field selection string variable includes all the required database field names, and f) removing the final separator in the database field selection string
  • the database field selection command may be the SQL selection command "SELECT , and the separatoi may be a comma
  • the step ot generating a database table selection statement is achieved by a) declaring a database table selection string variable, b) initialising said string variable, c) adding a database table selection command to the start of said string d) adding at least one database table name to said string, followed by a separator, e) repeating step d) until the table selection string variable includes all the required database table names, and f) removing the final separator in said database table selection string
  • the database field selection command is the SQL selection command "FROM"
  • the step ot generating a condition statement is achieved by a) declaring a condition string variable, b) initialising said string variable c) adding a condition command to the start of said string d) adding at least equation to said string followed by a separator e) repeating step d) until the condition string variable includes all the required equations, and f) removing the final separator from the string
  • the condition command may be the SQL selection command WHERE
  • the step of generating a result order statement is achieved by a) declaring a result order string variable b) initialising said string variable c) adding a result order command to the start of said string d) adding at least one database field name to said string followed by a separator e) repeating step d ) until the result order string variable includes all the required database field names and f) removing the final separator from the string
  • the result order command may be the SQL result order command ORDER BY
  • the invention still further provides a seaich string generated by the computer implemented method described above
  • the invention also extends to a computer implemented search string generator which generates search strings in accordance with the method described above
  • a web page database including stored information wherein at least some of the stored information corresponds with displayed information which is displayed in displaying regions on a web page, wherein the web page is a web page as defined in any one of the paragraphs above
  • a web site database including plurality of web page databases of the type described above
  • the web site database may include a plurality ot web sites of the type described in any of the relevant paragraphs above
  • At least some of the stored information in the web site database corresponds with displayed information displayed on the web site of the type described above
  • the invention further extends to a super database including a plurality of web site databases ot the type described above with each of the web site databases including an affiliate field which contains an affiliate identifier, wherein web sites which are affiliated with one another preferably have the same affiliate identifier
  • each web site database further includes a visibility field containing a visibility variable which has a positive status and a negative status, indicating whether or not the web site database is visible in the super database
  • an internet searching system including a search interface including at least one search field tor receiving user supplied search parameters, a super database ot a type described above, a search engine a search results displaying interface tor displaying a plurality ot search result units, wherein said search interface receives said user supplied search parameters and communicates them to said search engine.
  • said search engine receives said search parameters, generates a query based thereon, searches said super database using said query, produces said plurality of search result units and communicates same to said search results displaying interface, and wherein said search results displaying interface receives and displays said search result units
  • the search interface has a plurality of search interface types, and each ot said search interface types has an associated search interface identifier
  • said search interface communicates its search interface identifier to said search engine along with said user supplied search parameters
  • the search engine typically generates an amended query based upon both said search parameters and said search interface identifier
  • the search engine searches said super database using said amended query, producing a plurality of filtered search result units
  • said filtered search result units include stored information which is relevant to said search interface type
  • said search interface type is a super search interface having a supei search interface identifier
  • the amended query may include a condition that the only web site databases which are searched are those having visibility variables with a positive status
  • the search interface may be an affiliate seaich interface having an affiliate search interface identifier
  • the amended query may include a condition that the only web site databases which are searched are those having an affiliate identifier which corresponds with said affiliate search interface identifier
  • the search results displaying interface may have a plurality ot interface types, with each ot the displaying interface types having an associated displaying interface layout
  • the displaying interface layout typically determines the presentation, colour and arrangement of said search result units on said displaying interface
  • Advantageouslv. the search result units are displayed in a search results table having column headings on said displaying interface and wherein said displaying interface layout determines the presentation coloui and arrangement ot said results table
  • the displaying interface layout conveniently deteimine the information displayed in the column headings of the results table
  • the displaying interface layout may further determine the colour, size, orientation and appearance ot logos and advertising banners on said displaying interface
  • the displaying interface type may be determined bv the search interface type used, and the search interface type may be a super search interface and the displaying interface type may be a super search results displaying interface
  • the search interface type may be an affiliate search interface and the displaying interface type may be an affiliate search results displaying interface
  • the invention further provides an internet searching system of the type described above wherein the query is a search string of the type described above
  • the invention extends to a computer program product comprising a computer readable medium having thereon computer program code means, when said program is loaded, to make the computer execute procedure to provide a data entry interface ot the type described above
  • the invention still further provides a server hosting a web page database of a type described above, as well as a server hosting web site database of the type described above and a super database of the type described above
  • Figure 1 shows a schematic high level diagram of a web portal creation system of the invention
  • Figure 2 shows a flowchart illustrating the various steps involved in creating a portal
  • Figures 3A and 3B show a typical template page layouts tor enabling the capture of portal creation information
  • Figure 4 shows a typical page layout for creating a product web page.
  • Figure 5 shows a schematic diagram illustrating a web site and portal updating process of the invention
  • Figure 6 shows a typical page layout providing a user with a business updating interface
  • Figure 7 shows a typical homepage constructed using the updated information present in the page layout ot Figure 6
  • Figure 8 shows a schematic diagram illustrating a searching pi ocedure for searching portals created by the portal creation process of the invention.
  • Figure 9 shows a page layout ot a search result
  • Figure 10 shows an entity relationship diagram illustrating the architecture ot the portal database Detailed description of the preferred embodiments
  • a web site portal creation system 10 of the invention has at its heart a portal database 12 residing in a web servei 14 and including a database or portal query engine 15
  • a remote subscriber terminal 16 is linked via the internet to the server web site and is provided with a web browser 18 for enabling portal set up requirements to be captured from the subscribe!
  • a series of data entry template pages 20 are used to capture the portal set up parameters from the subscriber, who provides information such as the number of web sites contained in a particular portal or search infrastructure and the number and type ot pages contained within each web site
  • the information entered into the data entry data pages 20 is transmitted via the internet 22 to the web server 14 in the form of active server pages (ASPs) 24
  • the portal database 12 includes a series of portals A, B Z which are created by a series of SQL stored procedures that populate corresponding tables within the portal database 12
  • the ASPs are used in the creation of web sites containing various pages, including a web site homepage, a general content page, announcement pages, catalogue pages, cuisine or menu pages, special deal pages and external links
  • Each web site homepage has a keyword field associated with it for use during location functions, and is created visually via portal creation parameters 26 which are transmitted via the portal engine to the database, which contains within its tables content and visual information
  • the database engine 15 also has a number of different enquiry and display functions These include the acceptance of search parameters and the performance of a search against such parameters Catalogue parameters are accepted, and catalogue tables are searched, as are announcement parameters and searching of the corresponding announcement table The same is applicable in respect of menu parameters and product and service keyword parameters
  • Further functions include the display ot one or more web sites within an individual portal through a URL call
  • the database engine requests and accepts a user name and password tor update access
  • a browser interface is presented tor enabling on-line changes
  • a request portal function ot the database engine captures portal requirement requests, and includes a series of tables recording captured lequest information which remains in the tables until processed by a request processoi procedure This is run periodically, and creates portal web sites based on the information in the tables in the manner described further on in the specification
  • a series ot administration update procedures update the portal records, from information passed from the browser-based user maintenance pages These records correspond with the web site pages
  • a picklist populator function populates portal-specific pickhsts when performing updates to the system, and a page process function runs periodically either to activate or deactivate announcement pages
  • a tax/email process is run periodically by the database engine so as to fax or email messages contained within the tax or email table
  • a subscriber 01 portal creator 34 would belong to an umbrella organisation such as a club or institute a local chamber of commerce, a shopping centie or exhibition or conference organisation
  • the usei accesses the portal database via a URL, and the browser 17 displays in sequence a number of ASP pages, including a main page template 24 1 a content page template 24 2, an announcement page template 24 3, a catalogue page template 24 4. a menu page template 24 5 and a deal page template 24 6
  • the number of required web sites are entered on the main page template 24 1 , and the number ot pages required in respect of the content, announcement catalogue, menu and deal pages are similarly entered on the corresponding page templates
  • a portal creation confirmation page appears containing the following text
  • portal link creation procedures 40 include the initialisation of portal request tables within the database, and the allocation of a unique identification code for the particular portal, as shown at 40 1
  • the request tables within the portal database are subsequently populated with portal requirement data including the number of web sites and the number of pages within each web site as is shown at 40 2
  • the portal web site creation procedure is illustrated in more detail at 42
  • each web site is then individually constructed by creating a main page and thereafter the requisite number of content, announce, catalogue, cuisine or menu and deal pages, as shown at 42 1 to 42 6 respectively
  • the unique web site user name and password is subsequently generated at 42 7 using the first of those letters of the portal code together with the web site unique identifier
  • the password is created using a time and date stamp seed Once all of the web sites have been generated, a fax
  • Activation of the create portal button calls the stored procedure spiInsertManual to insert a blank record into each of the SQL tblRequest tables and returns the IRequestlD. which is unique to that specific portal
  • the portal template information and data that is entered by the end user is then exported via update queries to the tblRequest records just created
  • the IRequestlD is used to reference the correct portal creation records in the event that numerous users are creating portals simultaneously
  • the spCreateRecords process inspects details of the 'Create Portal' request, (bAddMorePages lWebsitelD. iRequestQty) in the underlying tblRequest tables and creates the table records via three sub procedures These are spCreatePortal, spCreatePortalChild and spCreateOther
  • the spCreatePortal pi ocedure creates the portal 'main page' records and also calls spCreateWebsiteChild and spCreateOther This procedure accepts the IRequestlD and iChildQty parameters so that it can process the correct request record and flag each Website as individual web site or parent web site
  • the spCreateWebsiteChild procedure solely creates Website records that are flagged as children and attaches them to a parent This procedure accepts the IRequestlD and lWebsitelD parameters so that it can process the correct request record and attach it to the correct Website
  • the spCreateOther procedure will create all other Website related records (Announcement, Menu, MenuDeal, ProductService CataloguePage. and Catalogueltem) and attach them to a Website record
  • This procedure accepts the IRequestlD and lWebsitelD parameters so that it can process the correct request record and attach it to the correct Website
  • the password is generated as a string of random letters and digits in a new stored procedure called spCreatePassword
  • This procedure is called within the spCreatePortal, and spCreateWebsiteChild procedures This process loops to create the next portals web site, until the requested number of web sites are created within the portal
  • the request records that match the passed IRequestlD are then deleted from the tblRequest tables
  • This routine will loop through all the pending transactions that match the criteria and call the Record Creation procedure tor each request It the Record Creation procedure returns with a Success status, then the user is informed that the request has been processed and will email them with their UserlD and Password
  • this polling routine may be processing hundreds of records at a time
  • the fax/email process 44 retrieves all 'PENDING' items in the tblFaxEmail table
  • the process opens the result set and inspects the sCorrespondanceType field If it is 'FAX', then a tax tile is and sent to the tax server It it is 'EMAIL' , then an email is sent via the ASPMail It ASPMail detects an error in sending the email, the error message is written to the sFailReason field in the tblFaxEmail table
  • a data entry page is called up from the browser in an HTML format
  • a locally deployable version of the software such as Miciosoft Visual Basic ®
  • the number of web sites (in this case ten) is entered together with the affiliate or portal code (CHAMBER), and the business category (Automotive)
  • CHAMBER affiliate or portal code
  • Automotive The number of pages (five) in respect of each web site is also indicated
  • An ordei seed no may also be entered to detei mine the retrieval priority of the web site
  • the web sites are initially allocated the same seed no so that they have the same priority
  • individual subscribers may pay a premium for a lower number, so that their web sites have priority when the portal is searched
  • a logo path (/chamber/images/logo jpg) is generated for the entire portal based on the affiliate or portal code
  • individual web site images are created they are allocated separate directories within the path
  • Various other contact details are then entered where applicable, in place of default and prompt data
  • FIG 4 a typical screen layout of a content page 20 2 is shown, which includes the total number of desired content pages (five) as well as an order seed number Provision is made for the entry of product and service details, together with a product or service external URL Once all the other necessary data has been entered by the user in respect of the other pages, the web site user name and password are generated in the manner described above
  • the umbrella organisation has ten web sites carrying separate id s and passwords This organisation has an administration password enabling it to access and update any web site in the portal All ot the members are then notified of their passwords and ids to enable them to update their individual web sites and enter user specific information
  • the customer logs into the "Chamber ' portal web site via the web browser 17 1 by entering his or her password which is allocated by the umbrella organisation Together with the updating of business details, the user may update content pages catalogue pages, announce pages, web site details and cuisine pages From Figure 7, the various data entry fields are self-explanatory Once the user has updated the data, the save button is pressed, thereby passing the fields as parameters to the update procedures specific to each page
  • the update parameters are used to update the corresponding tables in the portal database 12 using portal update procedures 50
  • the current database information stored in the tables is then transmitted back to the user terminal 16 1 via ASPs, which determine the identical web page layouts
  • the pages are then physically viewed by the user at 52
  • a typical main web page incorporating the information of Figure 6 is shown in Figure 7 with one-to-one correspondence between fields within the database and displayed infoi mation units displayed in displaying regions on the web page
  • FIG. 8 the seaiching process is shown
  • the searches were conducted via a web browser 17 2 at a user terminal 16 2
  • the search parameters are transmitted via ASPs to a portal search engine 54 at the portal web site Searching is facilitated within a particular portal using the portal code as part of the search string
  • the portal code is preserved throughout the user session
  • the search string is constructed dynamically using the parameters specified during the search
  • search criteria not specified are not incorporated within the dynamically created search string within the portal engine
  • the searcher also has the opportunity to confine the search to a particular web page-defined category within a particular portal
  • business, catalogue, announcement and cuisine searches 54 1 to 54 4 may be conducted with the search results being conveyed via the portal result pages 56
  • An example of a search result within a particular portal is illustrated in the page layout ot Figure 9
  • FIG. 10 a detailed diagram of the architectuie ot the portal database is shown Each of the blocks in the diagram represent individual table location in the database, with the identity of each table being indicated on the diagram Each of the tables has at least one corresponding web page or part thereof associated with it, with the tables and the web pages having a one-to-one.
  • each table has a particular table identification which is also mirrored in the corresponding web page
  • the relationship between the tables is indicated by way of the broken lines in the diagram, with a black dot representing the "many" side of a one-to-many relationship
  • the map field table 58 in the database in respect of that particular portal not only determines the search results, but also the particular fields that are displayed within those results. This allows portals to be customised to the extent that only the relevant data being searched tor with respect to a particular portal category is uncovered Irrelevant information with respect to a particular portal is therefore simply not displayed in the results
  • the map field table thus determines exactly which information is displayed with respect to a particular portal
  • the portal code which is resident in the portal table is used as a primary distinguishing mechanism to distinguish one portal from another within the database
  • the portal code is preserved for the duration of each usei session so as to ensure that only information associated with that particular portal is displayed at the front end

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La présente invention concerne des sites web, des bases de données et des moteurs de recherche, et, en particulier une combinaison site web / base de données dans laquelle des recherches peuvent s'effectuer au moyen d'un moteur de recherche amélioré. La présente invention concerne plus particulièrement un procédé permettant de créer des portails verticaux ou des infrastructures de recherche, et de les intégrer à des sites web préexistants. Par conséquent, l'invention concerne une page web comprenant des informations affichées dont au moins une partie correspond à des informations enregistrées dans des champs appartenant à des tables d'une base de données de pages web, les informations affichées comprenant une pluralité d'unités d'informations affichées, les informations enregistrées comprenant une pluralité d'unités d'informations enregistrées, et chaque unité d'informations affichées étant affichée dans une zone d'affichage sur la page web. La base de données de page web comprend une table de page web primaire comprenant un champ de page web primaire qui contient un identifiant de base de données de page web primaire qui sert uniquement à identifier la base de données de page web. Cette invention concerne également un site web comprenant une pluralité de pages web, et un ensemble de sites web associés et de bases de données correspondantes comprenant une super base de données constituée d'une série de portails comprenant chacun leur propre ensemble associé de bases de données de site web.
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