WO2011102430A1

WO2011102430A1 - Control program

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Publication number: WO2011102430A1
Application number: PCT/JP2011/053415
Authority: WO
Inventors: 智裕武内
Original assignee: エフルート・モバイル・テクノロジー株式会社
Priority date: 2010-02-17
Filing date: 2011-02-17
Publication date: 2011-08-25
Also published as: JP2013084020A

Abstract

Disclosed is a control program for managing search information that has been input into a search engine from a plurality of terminal devices via a communication network. The control program of a server (10) for managing search information that has been input into a search engine from a plurality of terminal devices (11-1 to 11-4) via a communication network causes a computer to execute processing, in a series, for collecting search keywords that have been input into the search engine from each of the terminal devices (11-1 to 11-4) via the communication network, creating a list of the keywords and storing thereof into a database; receiving a request for acquiring data from any of the terminal devices; upon receiving the request, extracting search keywords corresponding to a pre-defined rule from the database; and transmitting the extracted search keywords to the requesting terminal device.

Description

Control program

The present invention relates to managing search information input to a search engine from a plurality of terminal devices via a communication network and to a terminal device.

Conventionally, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2009-244922 has proposed a search method that allows a search keyword that has been successfully used by another person to be used in another search, to assist a searcher. . In this search method, a first search is performed in response to a search request using a search keyword by a first user. When the first user presents that the search result is satisfactory, in response to this, the search keyword is registered in association with the search result. Further, after the first search, a second search is performed in response to a search request from the second user. When the same search result as described above is obtained by the second search, a part or all of the search keywords are presented to the second user in response to a request from the second user.

JP 2009-244922 A

On the communication network, a large number of search keywords are input and searched by many users. Regardless of whether each search is successful or not, it is considered that by grasping what search keywords are used, it is possible to grasp social trends and trends in each industry. And, by grasping the usage tendency of such search keywords, it is considered that it can be used when determining the marketing strategy of the company, the direction of advertisement, and the like.

However, since the conventional technique has a problem as to whether or not the search is successful, it is impossible to grasp what search keywords are used by an unspecified number of users.

In recent years, a social network king service (hereinafter simply referred to as “SNS”) that creates social connections on the Internet has become widespread, but in SNS, search keywords and other update information are also available. If it becomes possible to grasp the usage tendency, it will be possible to provide a more convenient SNS.

This invention is made in view of such a situation, and it aims at providing the control program which can manage the search information input into the search engine from the several terminal device via the communication network. To do.

(1) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has taken the following measures. That is, a control program of the present invention is a control program for a search information management device that manages search information input from a plurality of terminal devices to a search engine via a communication network. When collecting the search keywords input to the search engine through the process, collecting the list and storing it in a database, receiving a request to obtain data from any terminal device, and receiving the request, Causing a computer to execute a series of processes of extracting a search keyword corresponding to a predetermined rule from the database and transmitting the extracted search keyword to a terminal device that has issued the request. It is characterized by.

As described above, when a search keyword input from each terminal device to the search engine via the communication network is collected, stored in a list, and received from one of the terminal devices, a predetermined keyword is determined. Because the search keyword corresponding to the specified rule is extracted from the database and transmitted to the terminal device that issued the request, the terminal device can grasp the search keywords used by other terminal devices and the number of the search keywords. Become.

(2) Further, the control program of the present invention includes a process of collecting search keywords input to the search engine within a predetermined period in the database and listing the search keywords in descending order of the input numbers. It is characterized by that.

In this way, the search keywords input to the search engine within a certain period are collected and the search keywords are listed in descending order of the number of input, so that the search keywords used can be grasped in descending order. . As a result, it is possible to grasp social trends and trends in each industry.

(3) Further, the control program of the present invention is characterized in that the database includes a process of listing the search keywords with information indicating the characteristics of the search keywords in the database.

Thus, since the search keywords are listed with information indicating the characteristics of the search keywords, grouping according to the characteristics can be performed. For example, by adding a feature indicating palatability, keywords indicating similar palatability can be grouped and listed, so that the utility value can be increased.

(4) Further, the control program of the present invention performs a process for grouping search keywords stored in the database based on information indicating characteristics of the search keyword, and in response to a request from any terminal device. And a process of transmitting a search keyword to the terminal device for each group.

As described above, based on the information indicating the characteristics of the search keyword, the search keywords stored in the database are grouped, and the search keyword is transmitted to the terminal device for each group in response to a request from one of the terminal devices. Therefore, it is possible to provide information with high utility value in the terminal device.

(5) Further, the control program of the present invention acquires information updated by a social networking service and stores the information in a database, and ranks the stored information according to a predetermined criterion. A process of receiving a request to acquire data from any terminal device, a process of extracting information corresponding to the terminal device that made the request from the database when the request is received, and the extracted And a process of transmitting information to the terminal device that issued the request.

In this way, information updated by the social networking service is acquired, stored in a database, the stored information is ranked according to a predetermined criterion, and a request to acquire data from any terminal device When information is received, information corresponding to the terminal device that made the request is extracted from the database, and the extracted information is transmitted to the terminal device that issued the request, so that the utility value and convenience in the social networking service are improved. Is possible.

(6) The control program of the present invention is a control program for a terminal device that acquires data from a search information management device that manages search information input to a search engine from a plurality of terminal devices via a communication network. A process of accepting an input operation from a user, a process of reading out a user interface and displaying it on a screen, triggered by the input operation, a process of making a request to acquire data from the search information management device, A computer is caused to execute a series of processes including a process of displaying a search keyword acquired from the search information management apparatus on a display unit in response to a request to acquire data.

Thus, since the search keyword acquired from the search information management device is displayed on the display unit in response to a request to acquire data, the search keyword used in other terminal devices and the number of the search keywords can be displayed. It becomes possible.

(7) Further, the control program of the present invention includes a process of displaying an animation of the search keyword according to the number of the acquired search keywords.

Thus, since the animation of the search keyword is displayed according to the number of acquired search keywords, the statistical data can be easily displayed for the user.

(8) Further, the control program of the present invention includes a process of displaying the animation and a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) associated with the search keyword of the animation.

In this way, since the animation and the URL associated with the search keyword of the animation are displayed, the user can easily acquire a Web page related to the search keyword that is used and attracted attention by many users. Become.

(9) Further, the control program of the present invention receives the input operation, and when the URL is selected, processing for acquiring the content corresponding to the URL and displaying the acquired content on the screen. And processing.

As described above, when a URL is selected on the display unit, the content corresponding to the URL is acquired, and the display unit displays the acquired content, so that the user is guided to the Web page corresponding to the search keyword. It becomes possible.

According to the present invention, when a search keyword input from each terminal device to a search engine via a communication network is collected, stored in a list, and when a request for acquiring data from any terminal device is received, Since search keywords corresponding to a predetermined rule are extracted from the database and transmitted to the terminal device that issued the request, the terminal device can grasp the search keywords used in other terminal devices and the number thereof. It becomes possible.

It is a figure which shows schematic structure of the search keyword management system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the electric constitution of the terminal device which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement until it requests a data with respect to the server 10 from a terminal device, and desired data is displayed on a terminal device. It is a figure which shows schematic structure of the search keyword management system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment.

(First embodiment)
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a search keyword management system according to the first embodiment. The search keyword management system 100 includes a server 10 and a plurality of terminal devices 11-1 to 11-4 connected to the server 10 via a communication network. The server 10 includes a database 10a for storing in-server user statistical data and a database 10b for storing in-server search data. The terminal device 13 accesses the server 10 to acquire and display desired data. The server 10 constitutes a transmission unit. The terminal devices 11-1 to 11-4 can be configured with not only a personal computer and a mobile phone but also a smart phone, a smart book, a notebook, a slate terminal, and the like. The present invention can also be applied to electronic books, car navigation systems, healthcare modules, television terminals, tablets, and the like.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the terminal device according to the first embodiment. The control unit 20 controls input and output of data, execution of programs, and operations of the respective components (21 to 27) in the terminal device. The control unit 20 exchanges data with each component via the control bus 20a. Then, the control unit 20 stores the data received by the communication interface 21 in the memory 22. The memory 22 stores programs and data, and outputs the stored programs and data in response to a request from the control unit 20.

The communication interface 21 performs wireless communication to transmit and receive data. The input unit 23 includes an operation button, a function button, a microphone, and the like, and receives an input of a signal from the operation button or an audio signal from the microphone. The request unit 24 requests the server 10 to transmit information related to the search keyword. The audio output unit 26 includes a speaker and outputs audio data as an audible sound. The display unit 27 is configured by a liquid crystal display, for example, and displays image data and character data.

Next, the operation of the search keyword management system according to the first embodiment configured as described above will be described. First, as shown in FIG. 1, the server 10 acquires and manages the search keywords used by the plurality of terminal devices 11-1 to 11-4 connected to the communication network for the search by the search engine. To do. In FIG. 1, only four terminal devices are displayed for the sake of space, but in reality there are a huge number of terminal devices. The search keywords used in the terminal devices 11-1 to 11-4 are acquired and managed by the server 10. Here, the search keyword input from the terminal devices 11-1 to 11-4 is described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, it is possible to use a keyword specified in the server 10 as the service provider side or a search keyword specified and stored in the past.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation from when a data request is made from the terminal device to the server 10 until desired data is displayed on the terminal device. First, starting from a hardware key, a pre-in icon, or a widget, triggered by a user operation. When started, the UI information is read from the memory (step S1). Next, a request is made to the server 10 to read information (step S2). Here, search keywords, statistical data, and recommendation data are read out. Next, the terminal device displays the search keyword and recommendation information based on the information from the server 10 (step S3).

These information can be animated and displayed as a video. Depending on the number of search keywords acquired from the server 10, the animation of search keywords may be displayed from the larger number. As shown in screen display example A, this animation may be expressed by an image using bubbles as a model. In the first embodiment, as shown in screen display example A in FIG. 1, bubbles and search keywords are displayed. When the user touches any bubble, as shown in screen display example B, a URL associated with the search keyword is displayed.

In FIG. 3, when the user performs an animation (icon) selection operation (step S4), the content or page corresponding to the URL is acquired based on the URL associated with the animation (step S5). Then, the acquired content or page is displayed on the display unit 27 (step S6). This is shown in a screen display example B in FIG. Finally, it is determined whether or not the operation is continued (step S7). If the operation is continued, the process proceeds to step S1. On the other hand, if the operation is not continued in step S7, the process ends.

Note that when an animation is selected, it is possible to display a barometer indicating emotion. For example, words such as “cool”, “cute”, “great”, “singing good”, and colors. Thereby, it is possible to show characteristics that each user feels with respect to the search keyword. It should be noted that the type of emotion barometer list can be changed according to the characteristics of the target person, the setting of the management site, and the like.

In the above embodiments, the search keywords used by an unspecified number of users are displayed in the order in which they are displayed on any one of the terminal devices. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the present invention can be applied to a search within a terminal device.

It is also possible to group other people's search keywords collected via the communication network using information indicating their characteristics, such as tags. A community with another person using the same keyword may be formed in the server 10 to display what search keyword is used by another person included in the community.

It is also possible for the terminal device 13 to download a list composed of the above search keywords from the server 10 and apply the present invention to a search only within the terminal device 13. For example, it is also possible to display animations in the order of search keywords used in the past based on a list stored in the terminal device 13 without performing communication with the communication network, that is, offline. Here, by selecting (clicking) the search keyword displayed in animation, it is possible to connect to the outside, that is, to the communication network and acquire the corresponding content or web page based on the URL embedded therein. Is possible.

Also, based on a search keyword often used in the terminal device 13, a recommendation function may be exhibited. Thereby, it is possible to provide a search keyword that is easy for the user to feel interested. As a result, it is possible to increase the probability of guiding the user to the content or the Web page according to the user's preference tendency.

It is also possible to form a community composed of a plurality of users with similar preferences on the communication network based on the above grouping function. In this case, any terminal device may exhibit the function as the search information management device without using the search information management device. The terminal device in this case can also group a plurality of users based on various kinds of information inside the terminal device such as e-mail, location information of the terminal device, telephone directory, schedule information, and the like. Each user as a member of the community can obtain information such as the frequency of use of search keywords of other users. Thus, each user can easily acquire information of interest to him / her.

Also, in the terminal device, a history of making a call and a history of sending an e-mail are accumulated, but they can be rearranged and displayed in time series. Further, in the search inside the terminal device or the search on the communication network, it is possible to search not only using text as a search keyword but also using a still image, a moving image, or music (voice data). For example, when a face photo of a person is taken with a camera mounted on a mobile phone as a terminal device, a search is performed using the photo data, and information on a person corresponding to the face photo exists in the mobile phone. The information is displayed as a search result. This function can be realized, for example, by performing pattern matching on a photograph taken by a camera and image information of a person in a mobile phone. Further, in the search using voice data, the voice data of a person is stored in advance in the mobile phone. When you talk to a person, record the voice pattern during the call, check the voice pattern against the voice pattern of the person in the mobile phone, and display information about that person if they match. To do. Thereby, search means can be diversified, and user convenience can be improved.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, the search keywords input from the terminal devices 11-1 to 11-4 to the search engine via the communication network are collected, stored in a list, and the terminal When a request for acquiring data is received from the device 13, a search keyword corresponding to a predetermined rule is extracted from the database and transmitted to the terminal device 13 that issued the request. It is possible to grasp the search keywords used in the devices 11-1 to 11-4 and the number thereof.

(Second Embodiment)
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a search keyword management system according to the second embodiment. The search keyword management system 200 manages search keywords acquired from the social networking service (SNS) 40. Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment. The server 10 acquires update information data in the SNS 40. For example, when the SNS 40 is “Facebook (registered trademark)” or “Twitter (registered trademark)”, update information of the user's Friend is acquired. Further, the server 10 makes an API (Application Programming Interface) request to the SNS 40.

The server 10 performs ranking and filtering of acquired update information such as URLs, keywords, videos, and images. For example, when a certain keyword is included in the update information of a plurality of friends, the ranking is ranked high. In this case, the “predetermined criterion” is “high usage frequency”, and the keywords are ranked in descending order of usage frequency. Further, when a keyword to be NG is included in the update information, filtering is performed so that the keyword is not displayed. In this way, the data is customized according to the user.

The terminal device 13 is equipped with an application for using the SNS 40. When the user operates the terminal device 13 to make a “recommendation data request” for requesting recommendation data to the server 10, the server 10 transmits the recommendation data to the terminal device 13 in response thereto. This recommendation data is customized for the user of the terminal device 13. As a result, the search keyword management system 200 according to the second embodiment can be linked with Facebook (registered trademark) or Twitter (registered trademark).

It is also possible to animate the recommendation data in the terminal device 13 and display it as a moving image. Depending on the update information of the SNS 40 acquired from the server 10, for example, the number of search keywords, this animation may display, for example, ten search keyword animations from the larger number. This animation may be represented by an image using a bubble as a model, as shown in screen display example A-2 in FIG. As shown in screen display example A-2, a plurality of bubble animations are displayed, and when the user touches any of them, the URL associated with the search keyword as shown in screen display example B-2 May be displayed.

As described above, according to the second embodiment, the update information in the SNS 40 is recorded in the server 10 and managed, so that when a user uses the SNS 40, a keyword or a URL that is frequently used. Can be recommended from the server 10. This makes it possible to increase the utility value and convenience of SNS.

10 server 10a database 10b database 11-1 to 11-4 terminal device 13 terminal device 20 control unit 20a control bus 21 communication interface 22 memory 23 input unit 24 request unit 26 audio output unit 27 display unit 40 SNS
100 Search Keyword Management System 200 Search Keyword Management System

Claims

A search information management device control program for managing search information input from a plurality of terminal devices to a search engine via a communication network,
Collecting search keywords input to the search engine from the terminal devices via the communication network, listing them, and storing them in a database;
A process of receiving a request to acquire data from any of the terminal devices;
When receiving the request, a process for extracting a search keyword corresponding to a predetermined rule from the database;
A control program that causes a computer to execute a series of processes of transmitting the extracted search keyword to a terminal device that issued the request.
2. The control program according to claim 1, further comprising a process of collecting search keywords input to the search engine within a predetermined period in the database and listing the search keywords in descending order of the input numbers. .
The control program according to claim 1, further comprising a process of listing the search keywords with information indicating characteristics of the search keywords in the database.
A process of grouping search keywords stored in the database based on information indicating characteristics of the search keywords;
The control program according to claim 3, further comprising a process of transmitting a search keyword to the terminal device for each group in response to a request from any one of the terminal devices.
The process of obtaining updated information in a social networking service and storing it in a database;
A process of ranking the stored information according to a predetermined criterion;
A process of receiving a request to acquire data from any of the terminal devices;
When receiving the request, a process of extracting information corresponding to the terminal device that made the request from the database;
The control program according to claim 1, further comprising: a process of transmitting the extracted information to the terminal device that issued the request.
A control program for a terminal device that acquires data from a search information management device that manages search information input from a plurality of terminal devices to a search engine via a communication network,
A process of accepting an input operation from the user;
Triggered by the input operation, a process of reading a user interface and displaying it on the screen;
Processing for making a request to acquire data to the search information management device;
A control program for causing a computer to execute a series of processes of displaying a search keyword acquired from the search information management apparatus on a display unit in response to a request to acquire the data.
The control program according to claim 6, further comprising a process of displaying an animation of the search keyword according to the number of the acquired search keywords.
The control program according to claim 7, further comprising a process of displaying the animation and a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) associated with the search keyword of the animation.
When the input operation is accepted and the URL is selected, a process for acquiring content corresponding to the URL;
The control program according to claim 8, further comprising: processing for displaying the acquired content on the screen.