WO2011127788A1

WO2011127788A1 - Method, device, server and system for character input by user

Info

Publication number: WO2011127788A1
Application number: PCT/CN2011/072268
Authority: WO
Inventors: 戴帅湘; 张晓禹; 瞿轶蒙
Original assignee: 百度在线网络技术（北京）有限公司
Priority date: 2010-04-16
Filing date: 2011-03-29
Publication date: 2011-10-20

Abstract

A method, a device, a server and a system for character input by a user are disclosed, the method involves: an input sequence in a user device is detected (S11Ol); the input sequence is sent to a network server (S 1103); at least one candidate entry option based on matching the input sequence is received from the network server (S1104); the candidate entry option is showed ( SI1105 ). When the character is input by the user, the quick response of a local corpus and the high precision of a large capacity network corpus could be fully integrated, and the input accuracy, the input efficiency, the input speed and the preferred word hit rate are increased.

Description

Method, device, server and system for user inputting texts The application filed on April 16, 2010, the application number is 201010148563.7, and the invention name is "a network-based method for text input by users" And the equipment", the application date is April 16, 2010, the application number is 201010148571.1, and the invention name is "method, equipment, server and system for users to input text". The application date is April 16, 2010. The application number is 201010148572.6, and the invention name is "method and equipment for users to input text and provide relevant information for search". The application number is May 31, 2010, the application number is 201010187082.7, and the invention name is "for users." The priority of the Chinese Patent Application, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.

[Technical Field]

The present invention relates to computer network technology, and more particularly to a method, device, server and system for utilizing a computer network for text input by a user.

【Background technique】

Currently popular Chinese input methods include Pinyin Plus, Google Input, and Sogou input. These input methods store the dictionary database (the vocabulary) and the lexicon-based conversion method or algorithm model implementation locally, that is, in the storage device of the user device such as a hard disk, a flash memory, or the like. The sum of the thesaurus and the algorithm model is hereinafter referred to as a corpus.

These input methods are based on a key sequence input by a user on a user device such as a desktop computer, a notebook computer, a mobile phone, a PDA, etc., and search for candidate terms in the local corpus of the user device and then displayed to the user for selection. These input methods dynamically update the local corpus and the order or priority of occurrence of each candidate term in the corpus based on the user's selection of candidate terms. As the user uses the input method for a long time and keeps running, the priority of each entry in the local corpus is The adjustment is more and more in line with the input habits of the particular user, so the text input speed will be faster and faster. However, these existing input methods also have the following disadvantages:

1. Today, with the growing development of online culture, the words of various languages such as Chinese and English are changing with each passing day. Although the Sogou input method in the above input method can update its local dictionary database regularly, the frequency of this update is difficult to keep up with the network. The development of language, which leads to the user's input can not bring the most ideal and authoritative list of candidate results, let alone those input methods that do not support the online update of the local thesaurus.

2. Local corpus backup and transfer is not convenient: Suppose a situation where user A often uses the office desktop a for text entry, so the local corpus stored on desktop a is very suitable for user A's input habits. If he temporarily needs to use his colleague B's laptop b for text entry, the laptop b stores the colleague B's local corpus bl. In order to continue to use their own corpus to improve the entry speed, User A needs to: 1) backup the corpus a from desktop a; 2) back up the colleague bl of colleague B from laptop b to avoid overwriting the laptop when importing corpus al b) corpus bl; 3) import the corpus a into the laptop b, and then start using the input method; 4) after using the laptop b, you also need to bring the corpus bl back to the laptop b. Such cumbersome operations are very troublesome even for those who are proficient in computers.

3. It is inconvenient to synchronize and update the local corpus: Some input methods can keep the user corpus of the registered user on the web server. When the user logs in to the web server, in order to use his own user corpus, the user corpus retained on the web server can be requested. Synchronize with the corpus of the local user device. However, the corpus may contain some sensitive information that the user often enters. If the user performs a synchronization operation on another person's computer or Internet cafe computer, it will cause sensitive information in the corpus to be downloaded to another person or a public computer. And the information of the original corpus on the other person or on the public computer is also synchronized to the user corpus reserved by the web server for the user. This inevitably leads to confusion and leaks in the user corpus.

4. Local corpus has limited capacity, untimely updates, and limited local device processing capabilities: The web server of these input methods can periodically collect hotspot words on the network and synchronize to the local corpus of the user equipment. However, due to the limited storage capacity and processing speed of the user equipment, the local corpus cannot be too large, and it is impossible to put all these words on the network, such as new online hot words, daily spoken words, new product brands, and latest movies. Emerging words or phrases are synchronized to the local corpus. According to statistics, if the corpus formed by collecting vocabulary or idiomatic phrases and language models appearing on the network may exceed 4G capacity, it is almost impossible to synchronize the 4G network corpus to the local device, especially for handheld This is especially true for thin clients like devices. Even if such a large corpus can be stored in a local device, searching for a matching entry in such a corpus places high demands on the processing power of the local device. We know that the larger the corpus or corpus, the more accurate the candidate terms obtained. The terms obtained by matching based on a limited local corpus will be limited and the accuracy will be lower. Due to limitations in the processing power of local devices such as hand-held phones, complex functions such as Chinese-English mixed input functions or multi-language mixed input functions cannot be provided.

5. The input method has a single function and does not provide other additional functions that are convenient for users, such as the web search function.

In order to solve the above problems, it is necessary to provide a new text input method.

[Summary of the Invention]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a character input method for solving the above problems, and an apparatus, a network server and a system using the character input method.

In order to achieve the above object, a method for inputting text by a user of the present invention includes the following steps:

51. Detect an input sequence on the user equipment;

52. Send the input sequence to a network server.

S3. Receive at least one network entry option returned from the network server that matches the input sequence. S4. Display the network term option.

Correspondingly, a user equipment for text input by a user of the present invention includes: means for detecting an input sequence;

Means for transmitting the input sequence to a web server;

</ RTI> for receiving at least one network entry option returned from the web server that matches the input sequence;

Means for presenting the network entry options.

Correspondingly, a network server for text input by a user of the present invention comprises: means for receiving an input sequence on a user equipment via a network;

Means for obtaining at least one network term option based on the input sequence performing a matching query in a web server;

The network entry option for obtaining is returned to the device of the user device.

Accordingly, a system for inputting text by a user of the present invention includes the above-described device, and the above-described network server.

The advantages of the present invention over the prior art are:

1. A cross-platform, installation-free input method is implemented. The centralized large-scale thesaurus and algorithm model maintained by the network server can bring high-accuracy and high-authority input. In addition, for user equipment with limited local storage space. In addition, it can save valuable resources;

2. Users can use their own corpus to enter on any device as long as they are connected to the Internet;

3. When users use their own corpus, they do not have to synchronize the corpus to the local device;

4. New terms such as new online hot words, slang, new product brands, latest movies, etc. will appear in the user's candidate terms in a timely manner;

5. The user can fully combine the rapid response of the local corpus and the high precision of the large-capacity network corpus in the text entry to improve the accuracy and efficiency of the entry;

6. Combine text input function with information search function on the user side, no matter The user can obtain search related information related to the input information when writing the software such as WORD, WPS, or when starting an email, or when browsing a non-search website, and by searching the relevant information according to certain rules and The display mode is placed in the lower position of the input term option bar, and the function of searching for related information is provided without affecting the text input speed of the user;

7. Achieve multi-user collaborative input by taking advantage of some commonality between different users. The same progressive input habits are equivalent to reducing the user's own training times on the input method, thereby increasing the input speed and the preferred word hit rate;

8. Define user groups based on various criteria. The same user can participate in one or more groups, so that when users share a certain type of words purposefully, the user is given the richness and flexibility of selecting words, which is more in line with the human users. Basic facts of multiple attributes;

9. Different users are given different permissions or levels according to their needs to realize hierarchical sharing of terms, which further improves the sharing efficiency of the input method.

10. Learn and train a material that a group of users may share in common to form an initial shared corpus for the group. By centrally obtaining the term resources related to the commonality of the user, the overhead of constructing the classified thesaurus is reduced, so that the efficient input method can be realized at a lower cost.

[Description of the Drawings]

1 is a flowchart of a method for inputting characters on a user equipment side of a network server communication according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart of a method for assisting a user to perform character input on a web server according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flow chart showing specific steps of performing a matching query in a network corpus in a method for assisting a user to input text on a web server according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a block diagram of a user equipment for communicating with a web server for text input by a user in the first embodiment of the present invention; Block diagram of the device;

6 is a flow chart showing a method of inputting characters on a user equipment terminal that communicates with a network server in a second embodiment of the present invention;

7 is a flowchart of a method for assisting a user to perform character input on a web server according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 8 is a block diagram of a system for assisting a user to perform character input in a second embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 10 is a schematic diagram of a group of users registered on a network server in a second embodiment of the present invention;

11 is a schematic diagram showing an attribute list of a group entry in a group corpus maintained on a network server in a second embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 12 is a schematic diagram of a computer network in a third embodiment of the present invention;

13a-13d are schematic diagrams of a human-machine interface displayed at a user equipment for setting an input method according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

14 is a flowchart of a method for a user to perform character input in a user equipment connected to a network server in a third embodiment of the present invention;

15 is a flowchart of a method for assisting a user of a user equipment to perform text input in a network server according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 16 is a screenshot of a text input implemented by a web-based browser in a third embodiment of the present invention;

17 is a block diagram of a user equipment connected to a network server for text input by a user in a third embodiment of the present invention;

18 is a block diagram of a network server for assisting a user of a user equipment to perform character input in a third embodiment of the present invention; A schematic diagram of a user equipment for inputting information related to search related information; a schematic diagram of a user equipment and a network device for inputting information related to search related information; a schematic diagram of user equipment and network equipment for inputting information related to searching related information;

22 is a flowchart of a method for simultaneously providing search related information related to input information when a user performs character input in a user equipment according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention;

23 is a flowchart of a method for providing search related information related to input information when a user performs text input in cooperation with a network device according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 24 is a user in a fourth embodiment of the present invention; A method flow diagram in which the device cooperates with the network device to provide search related information related to the input information when the user performs text input.

【detailed description】

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Now, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Specific embodiments of the invention are described below. It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specific embodiments described below, and those skilled in the art can make various modifications or changes within the scope of the appended claims.

It should be understood that the method steps shown in any one of the flowcharts of the present application are not required to be performed strictly in the order illustrated. Some steps may be performed before other steps, or incorporated into other steps, some steps may be performed concurrently, and the like.

Although in the following specific embodiments, the mouse and the keyboard are used as input devices for human-computer interaction, and the display of the user device is used as an output device for human-computer interaction, it should be understood that the present invention does not exclude the use of other input devices and In the case of an output device, for example, the user inputs through a tablet, the user device passes through a speaker as an output device, and the like.

Most of the current user terminals can connect to each other at any time via Ethernet, WIFI, 3G or 2G. Networking, so if you can take advantage of the powerful processing power of a server widely distributed on the Internet and a large corpus to assist users in text entry on the user terminal, the accuracy and efficiency of text entry can be greatly improved. Therefore, the present invention proposes a method, user equipment, network server and system for assisting text entry by using a network server.

The present invention is directed to a first embodiment of a method, apparatus, server and system for text input by a user:

As shown in FIG. 4, a user corpus 1403 is stored on the user equipment 140 of the first embodiment of the present invention. The local corpus 1403 stores a basic vocabulary set, a basic language model, and a vocabulary set generated by the user during the input method.

In addition, the local corpus 1403 can also store some auxiliary information: for example, various setting properties of the input method by the user, including but not limited to fuzzy sound, multi-body, double spell, full spell, barrel spell, etc.; And user attribute information, including but not limited to occupations, hobbies, professional fields, calendars, ages, etc. This auxiliary information helps to optimize the ordering of candidate terms.

The user device 140 also has a keyboard 1401 for inputting pinyin letters or stroke sequences of text by the user. The matching device 1402 in the user device 140 finds a matching local term option in the local corpus 1403 based on the entered pinyin letter or stroke sequence and displays it through the display device 1406 for selection by the user. The keyboard can be a pure numeric keyboard or a full alphanumeric keyboard (QWERTY keyboard), or it can be a physical keyboard or a virtual keyboard.

In order to obtain assistance from the web server 150 via the Internet during the input process, the network communication device 1404 and the aggregation device 1405 are added to the user device 140 of the present invention. The network communication device 1404 communicates with the web server 150 via the Internet or a local area network, and transmits the pinyin letters and stroke sequences input through the keyboard 1401 to the web server 150. Web server 150 leverages a vast network corpus and powerful processing power to find suitable term options. The network term option obtained by the web server 150 is returned to the network communication device 1404, and the received network term option is transmitted by the network communication device 1404 to the summary device 1405. The summary device 1405 receives local entry options from the matching device 1402 and from the network communication device 1404 The network entry options are summarized and displayed on the display device 1406 for selection by the user. The web server 150 may be a plurality of web servers 1501 ... 150n distributed over the Internet. These network servers 1501...150n work together to form a server cloud that provides services to a large number of users. The web server 150 can also be one or more servers located on the corporate local area network.

1 is a flow chart showing a method of inputting text at a user equipment terminal that communicates with a web server according to a first embodiment of the present invention. As shown, in step S1101, the key input sequence of the user on the keyboard 1401 of the user device is detected. The key sequence can be one or more phrases or even a sentence of spelling or full spelling. For example, the user has to input "I like to use Baidu search engine", and can input each word initials "wxhybdssyq", and can input each The word "woxihuanyongbaidusousuoyinqing" can also be input into the mixed input "woxhuanybaidssyinq". In general, if all inputs are spelled together, the candidate words are more precise, reducing the number of page-turning searches, but more input is required. If all the input spells are spelled, the weight is more, which leads to longer page search time and less efficiency. Therefore, it is usually more effective to mix and match the input. In particular, if the user enters a new entry, the local corpus 1403 will synchronously add the new entry to the local corpus 1403 according to the user's choice, and the next time the user enters the entry again, the entry can be quickly entered by simply using the spell.

Next, in step S1102, after obtaining the user's key input sequence, the input sequence is performed in the local corpus 1403 of the user equipment 140 to perform a matching query to obtain one or more matching local entry options.

In step S1103, the key input sequence is transmitted to the web server 150.

The above steps S1102 and S1103 may be performed sequentially or simultaneously.

In order to quickly display the obtained entry options, after obtaining the local entry option in step S1102, it is immediately possible to proceed to step S1105, and the obtained local entry options are summarized and displayed to the user for selection. At the same time, web server 150 receives the key input sequence from user device 140 and looks for a matching network term option in the network corpus. At step S1104, the user equipment 140 receives the network entry option from the web server 150 and sends it to the summary device 1405. Then, proceeding to step S1105, the local entry option from the matching device 1402 and the network entry option from the web server 150 are summarized in the summary device 1405 and provided to the display device 1406 for display, which is selected by the user. The term option after summarizing with the network entry option is more precise.

Since the input process is a dynamic continuous process, the entry option is also constantly changed as the user inputs the key, so step S1105 is followed by a step S1101 to detect the key input of the user equipment.

The order between the above steps is interchangeable without affecting the implementation of the present invention. For example, to obtain the network entry option more quickly, the order of steps S1102 and S1103 can be reversed, and the detected key input sequence is first sent to the network server.

How to summarize and display after the summary device 1405 receives the local entry option and the network entry option is a problem to be solved by the present invention.

Due to the lag of network transmission and server processing, the summary device 1405 will generally receive the local entry option before receiving the network entry option. When the network server has not returned the network entry option, the local entry can be immediately The options are provided to display device 1406 for user selection without having to be displayed with the network entry option.

According to the first example in the first embodiment of the present invention, in order to quickly display the candidate term, the summary device 1405, after obtaining the local term option, obtains the obtained network term option before receiving the network term option The local entry options are displayed to the user in the entry bar according to their priority order, wherein the higher the priority, the higher the input term option is displayed. Specifically, the matching device 1402 can determine the priority level according to the selection frequency of each term option in the user input history and the semantic relevance between each term in each term option. The matching device 1402 can also determine the priority level based on the input preference selection set by the user.

After the summary device 1405 receives the network entry option, the user may have selected a partial entry in the previously displayed local entry option, or has turned the page through a partial local entry. Item. At this time, some of the entries in the network term option received may be the same as the previously obtained local term option. It is therefore necessary to remove these entries that have been selected and/or repeated from the network entry options. Next, the remaining network entry options are inserted into the current and subsequent displayed local entry options according to the priority of the entry without changing the order of the local candidate entries. The advantage of this processing is that when joining a network candidate term, the position of the term on the term option bar currently browsed by the user does not change much.

Assume that you want to use the "wxhybdssyq" input "I like to use Baidu search engine" to retrieve the "no signal, miniaturization, infinitely good, joke, ..." and other local entry options from the local corpus. Combine "wxh" and then receive the network entry option corresponding to "wxh" "No signal, miniaturization, I like, infinitely good, joke...". The online entry option has one more "I like it" than the local entry option. If the user has not selected the entry for the letter combination "wxh" at this time, the remaining words "I like" after the repeated entry in the network entry option are inserted into the currently displayed option do not change. The order in which local candidate terms are arranged. If the sort priority of the entry "I like" is lower than the currently displayed local entry option, the entry "I like" is inserted into the appropriate position of the subsequent displayed entry option according to its priority. When the user flips the page backwards on the entry options bar, the network entry option "I like" that has been inserted in the local entry option is displayed.

If there is also the option "I like" in the local entry option, and the user has selected "I like" in the local entry option when receiving the "wxh" network entry option, then the combination with the letter "wxh" If the corresponding entry is determined, all network entry options corresponding to "wxh" are removed.

Since the network corpus is very large, the matching result will be more accurate. For example, the term "I like to use Baidu search engine" may be directly returned, instead of turning the page selection words one by one, so even if the network feedback is slightly delayed, it will still be greatly Speed up the input.

In the above example, due to the network lag, some local entry options have been displayed. The network entry option is a supplement to the local entry option. It only needs to select the network entry option that is not in the local entry option to be inserted in a certain order. It can be in the currently displayed entry. This does not change the order in which the local entry options are displayed, just add the network that is not in the local entry options. Entry options.

The second example of the first embodiment of the present invention is similar to the first example. In order to quickly display the candidate term, the summary device 1405, after obtaining the local term option, before receiving the network term option, is also The obtained local entry options are first displayed to the user in the entry bar according to their priority order.

The difference from the first example is that after receiving the network term option, the network term option remaining after the already displayed term is removed from the network term option is currently displayed and not yet displayed. The local entry options are rearranged according to the priority of these terms and displayed for the user to select. The already displayed term described here refers to the term option that has been viewed before the currently displayed entry is excluded from page turning.

For example, suppose you want to use the "wxhybdssyq" input "I like to use Baidu search engine" to retrieve "no signal, miniaturization, infinitely good, joke, ..., I like" from the local corpus. The entry option corresponds to the letter combination "wxh", where the correct entry "I like it, the priority is lower, it takes a few more pages to find. Then I receive the network entry option corresponding to "wxh"" Like, no signal, miniaturization, infinitely good, joke...", due to the high matching accuracy, the priority of "I like" in the network entry option is higher. At this time, the user is browsing the local term option. The first few terms are "no signal, miniaturization, infinitely good, jokes, and so on." Since the displayed item has not been selected by the user, the previously displayed item is first removed from the received network entry option, and the remaining network entry options are displayed with the current display and the local display that has not yet been displayed. The term options are rearranged according to the priority of these terms. Since the correct term "I like" has a higher priority in the network entry option, it is rearranged and adjusted to the currently displayed term option. An advantage of this embodiment is the ability to quickly adjust the correct term to the top or top of the term option. Since the same term may have different priorities in the local term option and the network term option, the new order may be determined according to the weighted average of the two priorities of the term when rearranging.

In the second example, the network entry options received later are rearranged according to certain rules with the currently displayed and undisplayed local entry options. At this time, the local entry option will be changed first. Post-order.

The third example of the first embodiment of the present invention is similar to the second example. The only difference is that the rearrangement is performed in accordance with the priority of the network entry option, and details are not described herein again.

In the third example, the local entry option is no longer displayed after the received network entry option, but the network entry option is not displayed previously.

The fourth example of the first embodiment of the present invention is different from the first to third examples, and after obtaining the local entry option, the obtained local entry option is not immediately displayed to the user according to its priority for its Selecting, but waiting to receive the network entry option, after being arranged according to the priority of these terms, is displayed to the user for selection. The term option displayed in this embodiment is relatively accurate, especially for the case where the entire sentence is continuously input and then the term selection is more advantageous, because the continuous input time of the whole sentence is relatively long, and the delay of the network response does not cause too much Impact, and the matching of the whole sentence requires the support of a larger corpus, language matching model, and processing power, so waiting to receive the network entry option is displayed to the user selection will provide more accurate results.

In the fourth example, waiting for the network term option to be received, the local term and the network term option are sorted together (the need to eliminate the repeat option), in the case where the network response is very fast and the entire sentence is continuously input. More favorable.

The matching device 1402 may be based on whether the entry was previously selected, the chronological order in which the entry was previously selected, the number of times the entry was previously selected, the user-preset input preference option, and/or the number of times the term was searched on the network. To determine the priority of local entry options.

The network corpus on the web server 150 can include a user network corpus 1501 and a public network corpus 1504, respectively, corresponding to each user.

The user network corpus 1501 is a local corpus 1403 of each registered user backed up on the web server 150. The user equipment 140 further includes a local synchronization device (not shown) for uploading the local corpus 1403 on the user device to the network server 150 or retaining the user on the network according to the user's selection after the registered user logs in to the network server 150. The user network corpus 1501 on the server 150 is synchronized with the local corpus 1403. User equipment 140 also includes A local update device (not shown) is provided for updating the local corpus 1403 based on user selection of the terms and transmitting the selection to the web server 150 to update the user network corpus 1501. Since some words will be repeatedly input in the context, it is necessary to update the local thesaurus 1403 and the user network corpus 1501 in time to increase the priority of the recently entered entry to speed up the input.

Like the local corpus 1403, the user network corpus 1501 also stores a basic vocabulary set, a basic language model, and a vocabulary set generated by the user during the input method. It is also possible to store some auxiliary information: for example, various setting properties of the input method by the user, including but not limited to fuzzy sounds, cascading, double spelling, full spelling, barrel spelling, etc.; and user attribute information, including but not Limited to occupations, hobbies, areas of expertise, calendars, ages, etc.

Since the user network corpus is stored on the web server 150, regardless of which terminal device the user uses, as long as it can connect to the web server 150, it can be quickly entered by synchronizing the local corpus 1403 after login or using the user network corpus 1501 online.

The public network corpus 1504 is formed based on analysis and statistics on public documents, publications, input from a large number of users, retrieval vocabulary of a large number of users on a web search engine, index keywords of a large number of web pages, and/or keyword advertisement information, which reflects users. The commonality or hotspot of the group.

The structure of the web server 150 and its operational flow will be described below with reference to Figs. 2, 3 and 5. As shown in FIG. 5, the network server 150 of the first embodiment of the present invention includes a user network corpus 1501, a matching device 1502, a network communication device 1503, a public network corpus 1504, a corpus update device 1505, a keyword advertisement library 1506, and a synchronization device 1507. .

As described above, the user network corpus 1501 and the public network corpus 1504 are collectively referred to as a network corpus. The network communication device 1503 is connected to one or more user devices 140 via a network for receiving a key input sequence of the user on the user device via the network, and feeding back the network entry option obtained based on the key input sequence back to the user Equipment, for users to choose.

The matching device 1502 is connected to the user network corpus 1501, the public network corpus 1504, and the matching device 1502, for performing matching queries in the user network corpus 1501 and the public network corpus 1504 based on the key input sequence to obtain one or more matching network words. Bar options. The The matching device 1502 further includes priority determining means (not shown) for selecting whether the term has been previously selected, the time series in which the term was previously selected, the number of times the term was previously selected, the user-preset input preference option. And/or the number of times the term is searched on the network to determine the priority of each of the matching term options.

The synchronization device 1507 is connected to the user network corpus 1501 and the network communication device 1503, for when the user logs in to the network server 150 through the user device 140, after receiving the corpus synchronization instruction from the user device, the user of the user The web corpus 1501 is synchronized with the local corpus 1403 in the user device.

The corpus update device 1505 is coupled to the user network corpus 1501 and the public network corpus 1504 for updating the user network corpus 1501 according to user input and word selection, and based on input to a large number of users, a large number of users searching words on a web search engine. The index keywords and/or keyword advertisement information of a plurality of web pages are analyzed and updated to update the public network corpus 1504.

The keyword advertisement library 1506 is for providing an advertisement link related to a keyword. Some manufacturers can buy a number of keywords or letter combinations, for example, Baidu can buy "Baidu", "search engine," such keywords, you can also buy "bd", "baidu", "ssyq", etc. Such a combination of letters, when the matching device 1502 matches a term such as "Baidu" or "Search Engine" in the network corpus based on the key sequence from the user device 140, or receives "bd", "baidu", "ssyq" In such a combination, the corresponding keyword advertisement information "Baidu.com" and its link are found from the keyword advertisement library 1506. The keyword advertisement information is returned to the user device 140 through the network communication device 1503 and displayed in the entry option. The user selects the advertisement information to jump to the corresponding website link. The "selection" here includes a mouse click, and also includes selecting a corresponding digital selection button directly through the keyboard. The priority determining device in the matching device 1502 can be a keyword The advertisement information is assigned a higher priority to ensure that the advertisement information is arranged in the first round of entry options displayed to the user or currently displayed. Display options.

The keyword advertisement library 1506 can be incorporated into the public network corpus 1504 as needed. Or merged into the user network corpus 1501. When the keyword advertisement information needs to be updated, the new keyword advertisement information only needs to be added to the user network corpus 1501 in the web server 150, and downloaded to the local device device 140 in a synchronized manner. Corpus 1403. Thus, the local corpus 1403 includes a keyword advertisement library. When the keyword advertisement information is found in the local corpus, the keyword advertisement information is displayed as a local entry option, and the keyword advertisement information has a link, when the user selects the location. You can jump to the relevant link when displaying the ad information. Even if the user device 140 is not connected to the Internet, the entry option of the advertisement information may appear when the text is input, thereby increasing the exposure rate of the advertisement.

2 is a flow chart of a method for assisting a user to perform text input on a web server in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, in step S1201, the network communication device 1503 of the web server 150 receives a key input sequence of the user on the user device 140 via the network;

In step S1202, performing a matching query in the network corpus based on the key input sequence to obtain one or more matching network term options;

In step S1203, the obtained network term option is fed back to the user equipment 140 for user selection.

As described above, the user can register as a registered user on the web server 150. The registered user can log in to the web server 150 and retain the user web corpus 1501 on the web server 150. In the case of a login, the user can also choose whether to synchronize the user network corpus 1501 with the user device's local corpus 1403. Depending on whether the user is logged in and whether the corpus synchronization is performed, the matching device 1502 can perform different matching operations to provide accurate network entry options. Figure 3 shows the processing steps in these cases.

3 is a flow chart showing the specific steps of performing a matching query in a network corpus in a method for assisting a user to perform text input on a web server according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, after step S1201, step S1301 is performed to determine whether the user logs in to the network server 150. If not, the network server 150 cannot determine the user's body. If the user does not use the user network corpus 1501 retained by the user on the network server 150 to perform a matching query, the process proceeds to step S1503, and only in the public network corpus when receiving the key input sequence of the user on the user device. Retrieve matching network term options. There are various ways to log in, such as logging in with a username and password, automatically logging in with the MAC address of the user device, automatically logging in using the fixed IP address of the user device, and so on.

If the user has logged in, it proceeds to step S1302 to determine whether the user's user network corpus 1501 is synchronized with the local corpus 1403 of the user device. If the user is using another person's or public computer, he does not want to synchronize his user's web corpus 1501 to the local device, nor does it want to synchronize the other people's thesaurus on the local device to his user's web corpus 1501, so the user can Choose not to sync. However, users still want to be supported by their user web corpus 1501. Therefore, when it is determined in step S1302 that there is no synchronization, the matching network term option is retrieved in the public network corpus 1504 and the user's user network corpus 1501 upon receiving the user's key input sequence on the user device. If it is determined in step S1302 that no user network corpus has been synchronized with the local corpus of the user equipment, since the user equipment will first find the matching term option in the local corpus, the web server 150 does not have to be repeated in the same user network corpus 1501. The matching term option is found, so that only the matching network term option is retrieved in the public network corpus 1504 upon receiving the user's key input sequence on the user device.

In addition, the matching device 1402 and the matching device 1502 described above are at the word level according to the user input sequence. The summary device 1405 displays the plurality of matched input term options provided by the matching device 1402 and the matching device 1502 in the item column to the user in priority order, wherein the higher the priority, the higher the input term option is. display. Specifically, the matching device 1402 and the matching device 1502 can determine the priority level according to the selection frequency of each term option in the user history record and the semantic relevance between each term in each term option. The matching device 1402 and the matching device 1502 can also determine the priority according to the input preference selection set by the user, for example, when the user sets The input preferences are: 1) Priority: Computer vocabulary > Electronic vocabulary > General vocabulary; 2) Priority level: Chinese > English, the input sequence "woshiyongwindows" can be judged "I use Windows software" has the highest priority, "I Use the window "Second, "I use windows" again. In addition, the matching device 1402 and the matching device 1502 can also determine the region in which the user equipment is located according to the IP address of the current user equipment, so that the priority of the vocabulary related to the region in the input sequence can be determined, for example, but the user input sequence is "Woxihuanbund" , the translation of "bund" has "1 Embankment 2 Terminal 3 Alliance 4 (Shanghai) Bund", but the network communication device 1503 is known based on the IP address of the user equipment and is currently located in Shanghai, China, so that the "bund" corresponding translation can be determined. "Shanghai Bund" or "Bund" has the highest priority, so the following entry options are available: 1 I like to go to the Bund; 2 I like the Bund; 3 I like the pier; 4 I like the embankment; 5 I like the league.

A first embodiment of the present invention further provides a system for a user to input characters, including a user equipment for inputting characters according to the first embodiment of the present invention and an auxiliary user equipment according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Enter the text server.

The present invention is directed to a second embodiment of a method, apparatus, server and system for a user to input text,

The second embodiment is based on the first embodiment, and the concept of "group corpus" is added to better improve the hit rate of the input method preferences and improve the input efficiency:

Multi-users of intranets or local area networks, such as enterprise customers, Internet cafes, and translation services, usually have obvious commonalities. This commonality may be the same or similar work content, the same or similar hobbies, the same or similar age stages, the same or similar geographic areas, and the like. A convergence or similarity. For example, the same type of sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh sh Shenzhou"; for the aerospace industry practitioners, the most preferred term for the highest hit rate is likely to be "Shenzhou (N)"; for ordinary users who do not have the same commonality, the highest preferred hit rate The item may be "Shenzhou (the earth)". Despite most of the input now The method provides a word frequency adjustment function, which adjusts the display order of the alternative words according to the latest history of the input selection. However, the adjustment must be learned or trained. When the target is a word that is not commonly used or even relatively uncommon, this kind of The tediousness is self-evident. And this existing word frequency adjustment is also unstable. For example, when the user changes another computer, it will need to re-learn and train. Therefore, if the previous input of other users having greater commonality can be utilized through the network, the auxiliary user can perform text entry on the user terminal, which will undoubtedly greatly improve the accuracy and efficiency of the text entry.

In the present embodiment, the user equipment for communicating with the web server for text input by the user is the same as that disclosed in the first embodiment. Here, reference may be made to the first embodiment in conjunction with the explanation of FIG. 4, and no longer Narration.

6 is a flow chart of a method of inputting text at a user equipment terminal in communication with a web server in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, in step S2101, the key input sequence of the user on the keyboard 1401 of the user device is detected. This step is similar to the step S1101 in the first embodiment of the present invention. For the specific application example, reference may be made to the content described in step S1101 of the first embodiment of the present invention, and details are not described herein again. However, with the text input method according to the present embodiment, the user can further input the input, and even if only the first letter of each word is used, the desired result can be quickly obtained because the available group The term is already trained by other users who have something in common with it.

Next, in step S2102, after obtaining the key input sequence of the user, the input sequence is performed in the local corpus 1403 of the user equipment 140 to perform a matching query to obtain one or more matching local entry options.

In step S2103, the key input sequence is sent to a web server.

The above steps S2102 and S2103 may be performed sequentially or simultaneously.

In order to quickly display the obtained term option, after obtaining the local term option in step S2102, it is immediately possible to proceed to step S2105, and the obtained local term options are summarized and displayed to the user for selection. At the same time, the web server receives the keystroke from the user device 140. Enter the sequence and find the matching group entry option in the group corpus associated with the group to which it belongs.

At step S2104, the user equipment 140 receives the group entry option from the web server and sends it to the summary device 1405. Then, proceeding to step S2105, the local entry option from the matching device 1402 and the group entry option from the web server are summarized in the summary device 1405 and provided to the display device 1406 for display, which is selected by the user. Due to the lag of network transmission and server processing, the summary device 1405 will generally receive the local entry option before receiving the group entry option. When the network server has not returned the group entry option, it can immediately localize. The entry options are provided to display device 1406 for user selection without having to be displayed with the group entry option. Of course, the term option after summarizing with the group entry option is more precise.

Since the input process is a dynamic continuous process, the entry option is also constantly changed as the user inputs the key, so step S2105 is followed by a step S2101 to detect the key input of the user equipment.

The order between the above steps is interchangeable without affecting the implementation of the present invention. For example, to obtain the group entry option more quickly, the order of steps S2102 and S2103 can be reversed, and the detected key input sequence is first sent to the web server.

In the first example of the present embodiment, the above method may further include a registration step S2106 on the user equipment side, that is, the user may be registered to one or more of the network servers by the network communication device 1404 before the text input is performed. a user group, the user group being associated with the group corpus. Such a registration process may employ, for example, a group registration function as is known in the art. However, it may not be necessary to associate a user with a group without such a registration step. For example, since a user belongs to a business unit, when a group for that business unit is created (for example, by a department head), the department member including the user is automatically added to the group. In this way, when the user inputs text, the web server can immediately determine that it belongs to the business department group based on its identity, and searches for the relevant group entry from the corresponding group corpus. Step S2107 of user identity information, so that the network server determines the group of users associated with it, and thereby determines the group corpus associated with it. However, this step is also not an essential step for the web server to determine the user group. For example, when the web server itself is an intranet server that is only applicable to one or some groups of users, the user can be considered to be able to utilize the group corpus on the web server without any authentication procedures.

In this implementation manner, the foregoing method may further include the following step S2108: the user sends the selected item to the network server, so that the network server is updated to be associated with the user group to which the user belongs. Group corpus. According to this function, each member of the user group can provide its own contribution to the group corpus, such as new terms, self-entrancing input habits, etc. These resources can be collected in the appropriate language in the group corpus. In the bar or term attribute, for other members of the group to refer to or directly use. Preferably, a greater weight is assigned to contributions of members with higher authority or dominance in the user group. For example, new terms provided by department heads have higher priority in feedback.

In Fig. 6, the above optional steps S2106-S2108 are indicated by dashed boxes and dashed connecting lines.

The structure of the network server and the operation flow thereof in the present embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. 7 and 9. block diagram.

As shown in FIG. 9, web server 250 includes one or more group corpora 2501 (only one of which is shown for the collapsed view), matching device 2502, network communication device 2503, group management device 2504, and group Corpus management and update device 2505.

As shown in FIG. 9, the network communication device 2503 is connected to one or more user devices 140 via a network for receiving a key input sequence of the user on the user device via the network, and the group obtained based on the key input sequence. The term option is fed back to the user device for selection by the user. As described above, the network communication device 2503 further includes identity information receiving means for receiving optional user identity information and forwarding it to the group management device 2504 for determining the management thereof. Household group. The network communication device 2503 further includes a term receiving means for receiving the term finally selected by the user upon input, for forwarding it to the group corpus management and updating means 2505 for updating the terms with the terms. A group corpus associated with the user group to which the user belongs. Preferably, the term receiving device is further configured to receive material related to the user group to forward it to the group corpus management and update device 2505 to use the materials to initially construct the user group to which the user belongs. Associated group corpus.

The matching device 2502 is coupled to the user group corpus 2501, the matching device 2502, and the group management device 2504, for performing a matching query in the user group corpus 2501 based on the key input sequence to obtain one or more matching group entries. The option then sends the group entry option to the network communication device 2503 for return to the user device 140. The matching device 2502 selects one or more group corpora corresponding to the input user from the plurality of group corpora 2501 according to the user group information determined by the group management device 2503 to perform a matching query. In addition, the matching device 2502 further includes priority determining means (not shown) for prioritizing the user according to the entry source, whether the entry was previously selected, the time sequence in which the entry was previously selected, and the entry being previously The number of selections, the user-preset input preference options, and/or the number of times the term is searched on the network determines the priority of each of the matching term options.

The group management device 2504 is connected to the matching device 2502, the network communication device 2503, and the group corpus management and update device 2505. The group management device 2504 is responsible for managing user groups, including receiving user registration information from the network communication device 2503, and registering the user with one or more user groups; maintaining user group information, such as group name, group member ID The group corpus number corresponding to the group, etc.; determining the group to which the group belongs according to the identity of the user, and transmitting the determination result to the matching device 2502 to help it select the group corpus 2501 for performing the matching query. In addition, the group management apparatus also assists the group corpus management and update apparatus 2505 in managing and updating the thesaurus, for example, transmitting priority information of a certain user in the user group to the group corpus management and update apparatus 2505, the latter according to This information adjusts the priority attributes of related terms and the like.

The group corpus management and update device 2505 is connected to the network communication device 2503 for receiving The term sent by the user is updated to the term of the group corpus 2501 or its attribute. Preferably, the group corpus management and update device 2505 can also receive material related to the user group from the network communication device 2503, and initialize or update the group corpus 2501 by learning or training it. This feature is very useful for further downsizing user input and reducing the overhead of building a categorical lexicon. For example, for a group working on translation of patent documents in the semiconductor field, users can upload a file containing common semiconductor field terms such as "etching", "vapor deposition", "coating", and the like. The group corpus management and update device 505 uses the material to initialize a group corpus 2501 for the group, thereby eliminating the need for training labor for members to enter the relevant terms for the first time.

The group corpus 2501 is an important concept introduced by the present invention, which directly corresponds to a user group, and typically each user group corresponds to a group corpus. The group corpus 2501 contains the most commonly used terms of the group members in the corresponding user group, and sharing the corpus in the group members can save these member users a lot of time-consuming and laborious input method training steps, in other The input of the member directly obtains the input result that you want. The composition of the group corpus 2501 and the attributes of the group entry will be described in detail below with reference to FIG.

Fig. 7 is a flow chart showing a method of assisting a user to perform character input on a web server according to the present embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 7, in step S2201, the network communication device 2503 of the web server 250 receives a key input sequence of the user on the user device 140 via the network;

In step S2202, a matching query is performed in the corresponding group corpus based on the key input sequence and the group joined by the user to obtain one or more matching group entry options;

In step S2203, the obtained group term option is fed back to the user equipment 140 for selection by the user.

In this embodiment, the foregoing method may further include a registration step S2204 on the network server side, that is, before the text input, the registration information of the user may be received by the network communication device 2503, and the user is registered to one or more user groups. The user group is related to the group corpus Union. Such a registration process may employ, for example, a group registration function as is known in the art. Preferably, user groups can be established according to various criteria, ie, any commonality that the user has, such as engaging in related work, completing the same task, having similar hobbies, or living in the same city. An example of a user group is detailed below in conjunction with FIG.

However, it may not be necessary to associate a user with a group without such a registration step. For example, since a user belongs to a business unit and a group for that business unit is created (for example, by a department head), the department member including the user is automatically added to the group. Thus, when the user is typing text, the web server can immediately determine that it belongs to the business department group based on its identity, and searches for the relevant group entry from the corresponding group corpus.

In this embodiment, the method may further include the step S2205 of receiving user identity information sent by the user, to determine a group of users associated with the user group, and thereby determining a group corpus associated with the group. However, this step is also not an essential step for the web server 250 to determine the user group. For example, when the web server 250 itself is an intranet server that is only applicable to one or some groups of users, the user can be considered to utilize the group corpus 2501 on the web server 250 without any authentication procedures.

In this embodiment, the method may further include the step S2206 of receiving the user returning the entry to update the group corpus 2501. According to this function, each member of the user group can provide its own contribution to the group corpus, such as new terms, self-entrancing input habits, etc. These resources can be collected in the appropriate language in the group corpus. In the bar or term attribute, for other members of the group to refer to or directly use. Preferably, a greater weight is assigned to contributions of members with higher authority or dominance in the user group. For example, new terms provided by department heads have higher priority in feedback.

In Fig. 7, the above optional steps S2204-S2206 are indicated by dashed boxes and dashed connecting lines.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a system 230 for assisting a user to perform text input in accordance with the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 8, system 230 includes a web server 250 and user equipment 140, a network server. 250 and user equipment 140 are connected through a network. The network represents a worldwide network and set of gateways that communicate with each other using, for example, the TCP/IP suite of protocols, which may be the Internet centered on the backbone of high-speed data communication lines between the primary nodes or host computers, which are made up of thousands Tens of thousands of businesses, governments, education, and other computer systems that route data and messages. The network can also be implemented as a number of different types of networks, such as, for example, an intranet, a local area network (LAN), or a wide area network (WAN). FIG. 8 is intended as an example and is not a structural limitation of the various exemplary embodiments.

FIG. 10 shows a schematic diagram of a group of users registered on a network server according to the present embodiment. The figure shows four user groups, namely "Basketball League" group 2601, "Zhenghua Garden Community" group 2602, "Semiconductor Domain Translation" group 2603, and "Expo Tour" group 2604. These groups represent user groups that are divided according to the user's common interests, living areas, work, and short-term concerns. In fact, there are more grouping criteria, such as players in the same online game, students in the same university, and so on. In real life, users may be inextricably linked, resulting in some commonality among multiple users. Any commonality can be used as the basis for classifying user groups in the input method of the present invention. It is the effect of the classification on the efficiency of the input method of the group members. For groups that share a lot of resources that are not known to people outside the group, sharing between such groups is most effective. For example, in the above example, the more professional semiconductor group and the group of players playing the online game, the common language between the group members in these groups is often a relatively uncommon entry for the general input method. Such as "no noodle resin" (semiconductor terminology), "Zerg, Protoss" (online game language).

As shown, the user groups 2601 ~ 2604 each include their group members, and the group members can register with the group using their real names or network IDs and the like. Members included in different groups may have repetitions or intersections. For example, the "Semiconductor Domain Translation" group 2603 and the "Expo Tour" group 2604 each include a member "Li Meng", and all members of the "Basketball League" group 2601 are members of the "Zhenghua Garden" group 2602 because The basketball league is an organization between the owners of the community. As described above, members of each user group that are highlighted (indicated by a bold font in the figure) (e.g., Zhang Xiaoliang in group 2601) have a higher priority, and other members have a lower priority. You can also set a more granular priority level if needed. This priority distinction is primarily used to help group members prioritize the contribution of terms when contributing to the group corpus. When the web server receives the entry or contribution of the group member, the priority of the term will be assigned or updated according to the priority of the source user, the current priority of the entry, the most recently selected time or number of times. The term priority is an important item in the term attribute and is used to determine the order in which the group terms provided to the user appear in the candidate box. For example, the captain of the "Basketball League" group recently proposed to promote the flag football game to the group members to improve the physical fitness of the members. The term "yq-waist flag" provided by the source user will be given more than a member. The entry "yq-延庆" has a higher priority.

In the lower part of Fig. 10, some of the terms contained in the group corpus for these user groups are also given to supplement the significance of this user grouping for the input method. For example, the group corpus corresponding to the "Zhenghua Garden" group contains the words "xfxch - Shuangfu car wash line", "syj - Sanyouju hotel", "lj - Lijia baby" The name, as well as the "psy - Pan Shanyu (property manager name)", "rjq - Ren Jianqiang (business director)" such community owners familiar with commonly used terms.

A schematic diagram of an attribute list 2700 of group entries in a group corpus maintained on a web server in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. Multiple entries for the group corpus of a basketball league group are listed in this list 2700. The first column 2701 is the content of the entry, such as "zb - walking (basketball technical terminology)", "lb - rebounding (basketball technical terminology)", "bkl - Barkley (basketball star name)" and "huren - Lakers (American NBA basketball team name). In addition to these commonly used basketball related vocabulary, the group corpus also includes "zhhb - Zhenghua Cup (community event name)", "yq - waist flag (group member activity)" Specific group terms.

The second to seventh columns 2702 - 2707 of list 2700 list the various attributes of the entry, which are group identification, priority level, number of times selected, time of most recent selection, source user, and/or target user. Among them, the key points are: priority level, source user and/or target user. Attributes. The priority level determines the order in which the user is provided with the entry after the multiple entries are matched, the higher priority entry is placed in the front position, and optionally the group entry can be set. Better than the priority of local terms. As mentioned earlier, the source user is a member user who provides the entry to the corpus management and update device, and this attribute will affect the priority setting of the entry. As for the target user, it refers to the range of users who can provide the term to it. For example, it can be set that only "xincheng-Xincheng Square" is provided to the basketball team members who participate in the activity every week, while peripheral members who also like basketball can not share the term to avoid unnecessarily disturbing these users. For another example, for a group formed on the basis of work content, the target user of some terms may be all members, and the target users of other terms may be only a part of the staff, and the association with the entry is excluded. Ordinary staff for the choice of the term. For example, in the group corpus for the "Baidu" company group, the target users of the terms "bdtb - Baidu Post Bar", "ssyq - search engine" can be all members, and the terms "zx - compose", "qq" The target user of _infringement can be limited to only members of the company's intellectual property management function to further improve the accuracy of group term feedback and user input efficiency.

As mentioned earlier, the term priority attribute can be dynamically adjusted according to the selected time, number of times, source user, etc., so that the order of the returned terms is more in line with the input habits of the group members, and the most accurate terms will be The option is returned to the user. As we all know, many input methods assign the most convenient space key to the first-order alternative words, and the following alternative words need to be selected by numeric keys, " + " and " - " or other shortcut keys. In the case of a lot of re-codes, the later words even need to use the page-turning key. If you can put the most accurate terms in the front position or even the first place, it will undoubtedly save the user's labor and improve the user's input efficiency.

A second embodiment of the present invention further provides a system for a user to input characters, including a user equipment for inputting characters and a second embodiment of the present invention for assisting user equipment according to the second embodiment of the present invention. Enter the text server.

The third embodiment of the method, device, server and system for the user to input text is provided by the present invention: 12 is a schematic diagram of a typical computer network implementing the present embodiment and the present invention. The various network elements shown include user equipments 311 and 312, Internet 321, 331 and network servers 341-343. Hereinafter, the user device 311 is also referred to as a computer 311, and the user device 312 is also referred to as a mobile phone 312. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the number of various network elements shown in FIG. 12 for the sake of clarity may be less than the number in a real network, but this omission is undoubtedly clear and sufficient to the present invention. The disclosure is premised. Those skilled in the art will also appreciate that some other types of network elements are also omitted from the figure, such as a modem, an access device (e.g., a DSLAM), etc., typically located between the user equipment and the Internet.

In Fig. 12, although three network servers 341 to 343 are shown as being routed by the same router 331, the respective network servers 341 to 343 belong to different routers depending on the geographical area, and serve differently. User equipment in the area. Typically, one such server can be provided for a city, a province, or even a country. Of course, considering the heterogeneity of the distribution of end users, the distribution of servers can be subject to the distribution of end users. In summary, any changes in the network layout are within the scope and spirit of the invention. Schematic diagram of the human-machine interface set by the line.

As previously stated, the present invention provides a solution for providing text input to a user, and in fact provides a new input method that can be selected by the only type of input used by computer 311. Referring to Fig. 13a, each object indicated by the reference numeral may be a plurality of buttons provided in the Windows operating system, wherein the button is pressed by 3⁄4 3201, which can be seen in conjunction with Figs. 13a to 13c, when the user controls the mouse. After 3205 is moved to press 3⁄4 3201, click the left button to change the display state of 3⁄4 3201 and change the state of the input method. In order to clearly indicate the change to the user, the representation shown in Figure 13c is activated. The color according to 3⁄4 3201 is distinguished from the 3⁄4 3201 which is not activated in Figure 13a. Hereinafter, the user equipment based on the present embodiment and The interactive input method of the web server becomes the input method for easy representation.

In Figure 13a, it is also shown that by 3⁄4 3202, a mouse click can be used to switch between Chinese and English input. Those skilled in the art will understand from the reading of the context that the present invention is not limited to the input of Chinese and/or English (e.g., according to 3⁄4 3202'), and to the characters of almost any language that can be input through the user equipment, those skilled in the art. It can also be understood by reading the context that when the input method is used to input Chinese, it is not limited to pinyin input, but also other Chinese input methods such as strokes, five strokes, and the input methods formed by them.

Typically, the Chinese and English input switching of this input method can also be controlled by a specific button on the keyboard. For example, when CapsLock (CapsLK) on the keyboard is in a lowercase state, this input method will provide the user with a selection list of Chinese characters or words. The user adds the input result to the corresponding input box through further selection of the keyboard and the mouse; correspondingly, when CapsLK is in uppercase state, the input method will not provide a selection list including Chinese characters, without loss of generality, directly Add the English alphabet sequence corresponding to the user's key sequence to the corresponding input box.

In Fig. 13a, it is also shown that by 3⁄4 3203, the mouse can be switched between the full angle and the half angle. Without loss of generality, the crescent shape of the 3⁄4 3203 in Fig. 13a represents the half angle, Fig. 13b The circle in 3⁄4 3203' indicates the full angle.

In Fig. 13a, a button 3204 is also shown, which can be switched between Chinese punctuation marks and English punctuation marks by a mouse click. Typically, the Chinese punctuation marks are represented by 3⁄4 3204 in Fig. 13a, and the pressing in Fig. 13b is shown in Fig. 13b. 3⁄4 3204, indicating English punctuation.

Shown in any of Figures 13a-13c is a control bar that defaults to the lower right corner of the user device screen and is preferably draggable by the mouse.

Figure 13d shows another human-computer interaction interface for the user to configure the on/off of the input method, which is specifically a part of a web-based browser, in which "Whether you want to use Baidu online input method (This input method) After the item, two options for opening and closing are provided. By clicking, you can manually control whether this input method is activated.

Those skilled in the art understand that when the user passes the above manner or its equivalent replacement The entry method is activated, even if the computer 311 has other input methods pre-installed, this input method becomes the current default input method. Correspondingly, when the input method enters the off state, in order to ensure that there is an input method available on the computer 311, the computer 311 preferably automatically activates other pre-installed input methods such as Google input. Of course, the activation of other input methods can also be manually controlled by the user to select other input methods that he wishes to switch to. Typically, referring to Figure 13a, when the right mouse button clicks 3⁄4 3201, a popup menu appears, which lists Other available input methods are available for the user to select. When the user selects one of them, a flag indicating the newly selected other input method will appear at the position of 3⁄4 3201. This is not a problem. As an alternative, the input method can also be the only input method available to the computer 311.

According to the present embodiment, the input method can be activated under other conditions, for example, when the user turns on the online input method in the personality setting of FIG. 13d, each time the user accesses a predetermined network address set using the browser. This input method is activated at any address.

Referring to FIG. 14 and FIG. 12, a method for providing text input to a user in a user equipment exemplified by the computer 311 is introduced. Although the computer 311 is taken as an example, those skilled in the art understand that the same process can also be performed. Implemented in mobile phone 312. The following description will cover some of the contents of the web server, which are also detailed below.

Figure 14 is a flow chart showing a method for a user to input text in a user equipment connected to a network server according to the present embodiment. In the present embodiment, the user, for example, Zhang San has activated the input method. To introduce this process more visually, reference is also made to Figure 16. It should be understood that the manner of connection between the user equipment and the network server is not limited to a high speed, stable wired connection, but also includes a wireless connection or a wired and wireless hybrid.

First, in step S3301, the computer 311 obtains input information provided by the user. Specifically, Zhang San opens the IE browser, and the home page www.baidu.com is automatically opened, so that the content as shown in FIG. 16 is presented. Of course, the search bar 3501 should be empty and the map is located below the search bar. The content should be ignored. Zhang San moves the cursor to a position near or in the search bar 3501, clicks the mouse, and can then input in the search bar 3501. Without loss of generality, suppose Zhang San Tap the following buttons on the keyboard in turn, each of which has a tap count of 1 and the press time is below a threshold: C, A, 0, M, E, I, W, A, N, G.

According to the first example of the present embodiment, the information provided by each of the above-mentioned taps of Zhang San is regarded as one input information, that is, when the three presses the C key, one input information indicating that the C key is pressed is Computer 311 is obtained. Hereinafter, the input information is identified by a key or a combination of keys indicated by the input information, and is in the form of input information "XX", and the double quoted part indicates the corresponding key or key combination. For example, the input information indicating that the button C is pressed is referred to as input information "C", and the input information of the buttons C, A, 0, M, E, and I is sequentially pressed, and is referred to as input information "CAOMEI".

Specifically, the implementation of step S3301 may be performed in such a manner that the browser retrieves input information provided by the user through a script or function therein. That is, the functional modules of the input method distributed on the computer 311 for obtaining input information are implemented by a web-based browser. Therefore, if Zhang San uses the corresponding browser that provides this input method, then when downloading and installing the browser, he downloads and installs the function module that implements the input method on the client, and can start based on the input method. Enter text.

The specific script or function of the above browser may be replaced. For example, the computer 311 may install a browser-independent application, which is similar to the client software of the input method. According to the embodiment, the client software is mainly responsible for Subsequent operations such as acquisition of the above input information and transmission of input information which will be mentioned later.

Next, in step S3302, the computer 311 transmits the input information "C" to the web server. Referring to Figure 12, which network server the input information specifically depends on depends on the specific configuration of the network shown, as well as routing algorithms and the like. The most direct way is to specify a network server for each user equipment of the IP address segment. Therefore, when the computer 311 clears its own IP address, it can know which network server to send the input information to, or The correspondence between the IP address segment and the network server is stored in the routing device. After the IP address of the computer 311 is obtained from the IP packet from the computer 311, the corresponding relationship is queried, and the network server as the destination can be determined; One of the alternatives, input information can be sent to multiple network services And then, the network servers communicate with each other to determine a network server that performs subsequent operations; as another of the various alternatives, the network servers shown in FIG. 12 have a division of labor, when Zhang San passes through FIG. 13a. When the human-machine interface of 13c sets the input language, the input information sent by the computer 311 can carry the corresponding language, such as the Chinese identifier, and then the Chinese input server (if any) is responsible for the subsequent operations. In addition, it should be understood that the present invention does not limit the manner of selection of the network server and the manner of interaction between the user equipment and the network server. For example, such interaction may be based on the IP protocol, or may be based on other communication protocols for the Internet.

Referring to Fig. 15, the input information sent from the computer 311 is received by a network server such as the network server 341 (hereinafter referred to as the server 341) in Fig. 12 in step S3401.

In the subsequent step S3402, the server 341 performs a matching query in the dictionary database based on the input information "C" to generate an alternative set of input items. Among them, according to different input modes, the server 341 uses different algorithms to translate the input information "C", which includes general English alphabet input, Chinese pinyin, Chinese strokes and the like. Taking the English input as an example, if the association input is not considered, the server 341 will generate a set of alternative entries containing an alternate entry, the English letter C. If you consider association input, then this collection will include at least one word beginning with the letter c. If Chinese Pinyin is used, the set of alternative entries will include the Chinese characters with the initial letter C in Pinyin.

In step S3403, the server 341 sends the generated set of alternative entries back to the computer 311. Similarly, the sending process in step S3403 can be implemented based on WEB, and thus, the set of alternative input items will be encapsulated in the transmission unit under the http protocol for transmission. Alternatively, the transmission may also be sent in the form of instant messaging (IM), such as the interaction between the small i-robot and the client. In this case, let's assume that Zhang San performs Chinese input, so this collection includes "from, this, talent, place, eat, out, into, car, poor...,, etc. Chinese characters, each of which is in Chinese. Became an alternative input item or a cartridge input item. In the following, the same identification method is used for the input information and the set of alternative input items obtained by inputting the input information, so as to clarify their correspondences, so The collection is called the collection "C". Referring to Figure 14, after the alternate entry sent back by the server 341 is sent back to the computer 311, it is received by the computer 311 in step S3303.

In the subsequent step S3304, the computer 311 notifies the set to the set. This step can employ any known technical means for the computer to provide human readable information, such as screen display, speaker playback, and the like. Without loss of generality, this example uses a screen display as an example.

Since the collection "C" contains more Chinese characters, it may be difficult to display them completely in a prompt bar (as indicated by reference numeral 3505 in Figure 16). Therefore, 5 alternative inputs can be displayed in each line in the prompt bar. Item, and give the sequence number mark before, so that the user can select by pressing the number keys on the keyboard. In addition, the prompt bar will also include a 3⁄4, which is convenient for the user to click on the mouse to display the next line of alternative entries. Preferably, the user can also command to display an alternate entry for the next line by pressing a designated key on the keyboard, such as a pagedown key.

After that, Zhang San will select one of these alternative inputs by mouse and keyboard operation, and confirm by pressing the left mouse button or the corresponding numeric key, thereby giving the computer 311 an indication information, for example, when the mouse is hovering When the left button is clicked on the Chinese character "From", the computer 311 is given an instruction indicating that "From" is the selected entry.

Then, in step S3305, the computer 311 receives the indication information provided by Zhang San, and accordingly, in step S3306, the Chinese character "from" is used as the input result of the input, and is displayed when the user inputs the designation. The location, for example, in the search bar of the browser.

In step S3307, the computer 311 also transmits this information to the web server 341. According to a specific embodiment of the present invention, referring to FIG. 15, the web server 341 saves itself according to the information selected by Zhang San from the alternative input item set "C" (hereinafter referred to as the set "C"). The dictionary database is trained and updated. Therefore, when the input method has a considerable user group, the user's choice can be learned, and the vocabulary can be dynamically updated, for example, a new word with more than a predetermined number of users input for a period of time, such as "sharp brother". In the thesaurus.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, Zhang San does not make a selection from the set "C", but instead presses the A key on the keyboard, as is known to those skilled in the art, the alternative entry at this time Collection will Will converge. Specifically: as one of the alternatives:

The computer 311 performs step S3301 again to obtain input information "A";

Proceeding to step S3302, the computer 311 also transmits the input information "A" to the web server 341; thereafter, step S3402 is performed, wherein the web server 341 integrates the previous input information "C" with the new input information "A" to obtain The result "CA" of the integration result "CA", or a new input information alternative entry, is returned to the computer 311. The process thereafter is similar to the above, and it is not awkward here.

As one of the alternative ways, the computer 311 caches the set "C" when the step S3303 is first executed. Preferably, when the third provides the indication information in step S3305, the cached set "C" is Clear. Conversely, computer 311 will rely on the set "C" in the cache to respond to further input. This kind of cache-dependent scene, for example: Zhang San enters "C", "A", "0" in turn and then selects an input item such as "grass,,, or Zhang" to input "C", "A", "I". ", then enter the backspace, enter "0", and so on. In this way, the interaction between the client and the server on the communication link under the input method can be appropriately reduced to reduce the occupation of network resources.

In the above example, the user's operation each time a key triggers the acquisition and transmission of an input message corresponding to a single key. A variation of this example is described below.

Specifically, the computer 311 will take the sequence that has been previously input as the input information when the user prompts it to intercept the input information, and sends it to the server 341. For example, the user inputs C, A, 0, M, E, I, W, A, N, G in sequence, and finally presses a space. This operation of pressing a space triggers the computer 311 to "C, A, 0, M. , E, I, W, A, N, G" are collectively transmitted as input information to the server 341. In this embodiment, after performing step S3304, the screen display on the computer 311 is not lost in general as shown in FIG. 16, wherein the search bar 3501 is the position where the user moves the cursor, and input here, and can be seen. The "caomeiwang" in the input information bar 3502 is also displayed on the screen along with the set of alternative entries returned by the server 341, and is also used between the syllable and the syllable. The mark "," is separated to give the user a clearer experience. The various alternative entries in the prompt bar 3505, such as 3503 and 3504, are identified by sequential numbers, respectively. If the user selects "Strawberry Net", the three Chinese characters "Strawberry Net" will eventually appear in the search bar 3501. Preferably, the cursor will be located after the "Net" word.

According to the present embodiment, the operation of the input method can also be associated with the identity information of the user, which will be described below with reference to Figs. 14 and 15.

Preferably, the input method or the application associated with the input method provides the user with a human-machine interface indicating the identity information thereof. For example, when the user wishes to activate the input method, step S3308 is performed to provide a login interface, and the user passes Entering the user name and password to authenticate to the web server 341, and after obtaining the identity information of the user, sending it to the web server 341 in step S3309, if the authentication is passed, the web server 341 will respond to the text input operation of the user thereafter, and this A process also considers the identity information of the user. This will be detailed below. Of course, the manner in which the web server 341 obtains the identity information of the user is not limited thereto. For example, the computer 311 can access user identity information in the operating system or other applications, and if such access can be allowed, the identity of the user can be obtained therefrom. The information is reported to the server 341, which is more suitable for the case where the computer 311 is used for home or other private use.

The identity information of Zhang San is received by the server 341 in step S3406. According to this identity information, the input history record of Zhang San can be retrieved in step S3407, which is all the characters input by the server 341 in the past period of time, and the input of the input method by the input method, including the three input times from the alternate input. Those inputs selected in the item collection.

The input history record retrieved in step S3407 may be applied to the generation process of the candidate input item set in step S3402. Specifically, in step S3402, the computer 311 first performs a matching query in the dictionary database based on the input information such as "C". , get the preliminary query result, the content is the same as the alternative input item set "C" in the above example. Next, the computer 311 processes the preliminary query result according to the input history of Zhang San to generate the alternative input item set "C" in the present example. Typically, computer 311 compares the input history with the preliminary query results, The contents (input items) also included in the input history in the preliminary query result are arranged in a position in preference to other contents (input items), and the alternative input item set "c" in this example. Optionally, the input history records may correspond to the input information at the time, and thus, when the preliminary query result is compared with the input history record, only the input history records corresponding to the current input information may be used to arrange each of the input history records. The location of the input item in turn generates a set of alternative input items.

Another exemplary function of the user's identity information is that the help server 341 updates the input history of the user according to the indication information received in step S3404, for example, adding the input indicated by the indication information to the input history. Recording, or, adding the input information to the input history in association with the input indicated by the indication information.

FIG. 17 is a block diagram of a user equipment connected to a network server for text input by a user according to the embodiment. The user equipment 311 shown in FIG. 12 is taken as an example, and includes:

Obtaining device 3111, configured to obtain input information provided by a user;

a first sending device 3112, configured to send the input information to the network server, where the network server provides feedback information to the user equipment based on the input information;

The first receiving device 3113 is configured to receive feedback information sent back by the network server, and the notification device 3114 is configured to notify the user of the feedback information for further human-computer interaction.

Further, the user equipment 311 further includes:

An identity obtaining device 3115, configured to acquire identity information of the user;

The first sending device 3112 is further configured to send the identity information of the user to the network server.

Further, the user equipment 311 further includes:

a second receiving device 3116, configured to receive indication information provided by the user, used to represent an input item selected by the user in the set of candidate input items, and use the input item as the user input Input result;

The first sending device 3112 is further configured to send the indication information to the network server. The user equipment 311 is used by the user to perform text input in the WEB-based application. The user equipment 311 is used by the user to perform text input in the WEB-based browser program. 18 is a block diagram of a network server for assisting a user of a user equipment to perform text input, such as the server 341 shown in FIG. 12, according to the present embodiment, including:

a third receiving device 3411, configured to receive input information provided by the user equipment and sent by the user;

a generating device 3412, configured to perform a matching query in the dictionary database based on the input information to generate an alternative input item set;

The second sending device 3413 is configured to send the set of candidate input items to the user equipment. The third receiving device 3411 is further configured to:

Receiving new input information sent by the user equipment;

The generating device 3412 is further configured to: integrate the new input information with previously received input information to obtain an integration result; perform a matching query in the dictionary database based on the integration result to generate a new preparation Select a set of input items;

The second transmitting device 3413 is further configured to send the new set of candidate input items to the user equipment.

Further, the third receiving device 3411 is further configured to: receive identity information of the user sent by the user equipment;

The server 341 further includes: a retrieval device 3414, configured to retrieve an input history record of the user according to the identity information of the user;

The generating device 3412 further includes: a querying device 34121, configured to perform a matching query in the dictionary database based on the input information to obtain a preliminary query result; and the processing device 34122 is configured to: according to the input history record of the user, The preliminary query results are processed to generate the set of candidate inputs.

The processing device 34122 is further configured to: compare the input history record with the preliminary query result, and include the first query result in the input history record. The content is arranged in a position that is prioritized over other content to generate the set of alternative entries.

The third receiving device 3411 is further configured to receive indication information from the user equipment, where is used to indicate an input item selected by the user in the set of candidate input items;

The server 341 further includes an updating means 3415 for performing at least one of the following items according to the input item indicated by the indication information: - updating the input history of the user; - storing the network server The dictionary database is trained and updated.

A third embodiment of the present invention further provides a system for a user to input characters, including a user equipment for inputting characters and a third embodiment of the present invention for assisting user equipment according to the third embodiment of the present invention. Enter the text server.

The fourth embodiment of the method, device, server and system for the user to input text is provided by the present invention:

Fig. 19 shows a user device 41 for simultaneously providing search related information related to input information when a user performs character input, according to an aspect of the present embodiment. That is, when the user performs text input on the user device 41, the user device 41 provides a corresponding input term option according to the user input sequence, and also searches for related search related information, such as advertisement information and webpage information, according to the input sequence of the user device. , travel information or map information. The following is an example of the advertisement information: wherein the user equipment 41 can be any electronic product that can interact with the user through a keyboard, a remote controller, a touch panel, or a voice control device, such as a computer, a smart phone, a PDA, Game consoles, or IPTV, etc.

The user equipment 41 includes a first obtaining means 411, a querying means 412, a providing means 413, a storage means 414 for storing the local thesaurus (for the sake of clarity, the following dictionary is referred to as the thesaurus 414), and the user saves the keyword advertisement library. The storage device 414, (for the sake of clarity, the following is referred to as a local advertisement library 414, or referred to as a search information base 414,). Those skilled in the art will appreciate that storage devices 414 and 414 may be separate or identical, or may be implemented by a set of memory arrays, respectively.

Specifically, the first obtaining device 411 acquires an input sequence that the user is input in real time through any interactive device that can perform human-computer interaction with the user. The interactive device can be a keyboard, Remote control, touchpad or voice control device. Taking the keyboard as an example, when the user taps the key in the keyboard to input, the first obtaining device 411 acquires the key sequence of the user's tap in real time (for the sake of clarity, the input sequence is still referred to below).

The querying device 412 matches the user input sequence provided by the first obtaining device 411 with the thesaurus 414 to obtain one or more matching input term options. The following takes Chinese as an example for description. The present invention allows the user to input Chinese in the manner of full spelling, double spelling, and five strokes. At the same time, the querying device 412 also searches in the keyword advertisement library 414 based on the user input sequence to obtain the relevant one or more advertisement information options. For example, when the user taps the button to input "woaiwaitan", the query device 412 queries in the thesaurus 414 to obtain a combination of terms such as "1 I love the Bund; 2 I love", and in the advertisement library 414, the query is obtained with "The Bund". "The relevant advertising information includes landmarks such as "Bund No. 3" and "Bund 18", so the advertisement information option "3 Bund No. 3; 4 Bund No. 18" is provided. Those skilled in the art should understand that the process of querying the advertisement information (or searching for related information) related to the input sequence may employ various intelligent or fuzzy search algorithms that are currently known, and will not be described herein. Those skilled in the art should understand that the process of querying the advertisement information (or searching for related information) related to the input sequence may employ various intelligent or fuzzy search algorithms that are currently known, and will not be described herein.

The providing means 413 then provides the user with one or more matching input term options obtained in the order in which they are selected for specific input. For example, by displaying to the user in an input window bar of the display, multiple entry options can be displayed in the input sequence, and multiple entry options can be included in the next column for the user to select. Preferably, only one line item option may be displayed in the term column, and the number of the line item option may be default or user-settable, and the previous line or the next line item option is displayed by the user pressing a specific function key. , the specific function keys can be, for example, "+" and "-".

Preferably, for the convenience of the user, the advertisement information option may adopt different display manners in the entry bar, such as different colors or gray scales. Moreover, a web page IP address or a uniform resource identifier (URL) related to the advertisement information is built in the advertisement information option. The user can press the corresponding number of the option Select the ad information option by either the word key or by hovering the mouse to the option to hover or click. When the user selects the advertisement information option, the URL targeting device (not shown) in the user device 41 can be directed to its corresponding webpage URL through the network, for example, in a browser open situation, and connected to the web server corresponding to the webpage via the network. And display its web page to the user in the browser.

In the first embodiment of the present embodiment, the first obtaining means 411 and the inquiring means 412 and the providing means 413 are continuously operated. Specifically, the first obtaining means 411 acquires the input sequence of the user in real time and continuously supplies it to the querying means 412, for example "w", "wo" ... "wo" ... "woai" ... "woaiwaitan The query device 412 also performs a matching query on the user input sequence continuously provided by the first obtaining device 411 in real time to continuously acquire the term options corresponding to the above input sequences, for example, "w" corresponds to "1 me, 2喔, 3 grips, 4 nests;; "woai" corresponds to "1 I love, 2喔, 3 grips, 4 nests"; "woaiwaitan" corresponds to "1 I love the Bund, 2 Bund 3, 3 Bund 18, Here, those skilled in the art should understand that "continuation" refers to the action that is performed until the user finally selects an entry option. For example, the user may pause for a while after tapping the key sequence "woai", such as 0.5 second. Continue to tap the subsequent buttons.

In another example, the querying device 412 also obtains its respective priority when performing a matching query in the thesaurus 414 and the advertising library 414 based on the user input sequence to obtain a plurality of input term options and advertising information options. The providing device 413 displays the plurality of matched input term options and advertisement information options provided by the querying device 412 in the item column to the user in a priority order, wherein the higher the priority, the input term option or the advertisement information The more the option is displayed. Preferably, in order to facilitate the user to input text, the preferred input item option of priority is generally placed at the foremost position, so that the user can select by pressing "ENTER" or the space bar, and the advertisement information option is usually placed in each position. The position of the option at the end of the line.

Specifically, the querying device 412 can query in the thesaurus 414 and the advertisement library 414 according to the user characteristics to obtain matching input term options and advertisement information options. After obtaining matching multiple input term options and advertising information options, the priority level can also be determined based on user characteristics. User characteristics include user's input history, user-set personal preferences, users Attributes, user addresses, etc. User attributes include information about the user's occupation, gender, international, place of birth, age, etc. that reflect personal characteristics. The querying device 412 can also determine the priority level according to the frequency of selection of the vocabulary in each term option or the term option in the user input history, and the semantic relevance between each vocabulary in each term option. The querying device 412 can also determine the priority according to the personal preference selected by the user. For example, when the user sets the input preference as: Priority: Shopping > Diet > Travel, after the user input sequence "woaiwaitan" is obtained, the query In the advertisement library 14, the device obtains a plurality of landmark buildings or tourist attractions located on the Bund corresponding to "waitan", such as China Merchants Headquarters, HSBC Building, Citibank, Bund No. 3, Bund 18, etc., and then according to users. The set personal preference can be judged as the highest priority of "Bund No. 3" and "Bund 18," such as shopping and catering. The query device 412 can also judge according to the IP address of the current user equipment. The region in which it is located, thereby determining the priority of the vocabulary associated with the region in the input sequence, for example, but the user input sequence is "woxihuanbund", where the translation of "bund" has "1 Embankment 2 Dock 3 Alliance 4 (Shanghai "Bund", when the query device 412 is known based on the IP address of the user equipment, currently located in Shanghai, China, and thus can determine the "bund" corresponding translation in "Shanghai "Or "The Bund" has the highest priority, so the following entry options are available: 1 I like to go to the Bund; 2 I like the Bund; 3 I like the pier; 4 I like the embankment; 5 I like the league.) For the sake of the tube, We may refer to user input history, user set personal preferences, computer IP address (or user address), etc. as user features, and those skilled in the art will appreciate that user features include, but are not limited to, the above.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the user device 41 can store the user input history, user set input preferences, and various associations between vocabulary in the local memory. Preferably, the user equipment 41 may also update information such as saved user input history, input preferences, and inter-vocabulary relevance. As shown in FIG. 20, the user equipment 41 further includes a second obtaining means 415 and an updating means 416. The second obtaining means 415 obtains the selection of the plurality of input term options provided by the providing device 413 by the user through further interaction with the user. The update device 416 updates the thesaurus and the user input history, vocabulary according to the user selection provided by the second obtaining device 415. Relevance, etc., for example, the new term option and the priority of the existing term option can be added to the thesaurus 414, user characteristics. More preferably, if the user equipment can access the Internet, the second obtaining means 415 can also search for a new combination of terms on the Internet and update the thesaurus 414 and the like.

In a preferred embodiment, the ad library 414 in the user device 41 can be actively updated at any time and periodically, e.g., the user device 41 is connected to and synchronized with one or more network devices via a network.

In another preferred example, the advertisement library 414 may be located outside the user equipment 41, for example, at a network device or distributed among multiple network devices, and the user equipment 41 may be connected to the network device via the network, so as to query and The user enters a sequence of related advertising information options.

20 illustrates a user device 41 and a network device 42 for simultaneously providing search related information related to input information when a user performs character input according to another aspect of the present embodiment, wherein the user device 41 is associated with the network device 42 via a network. Connection, the network can be the Internet, intranet, etc. That is, when the user performs text input on the user equipment 41, the user equipment 41 sends a query request to the network device 42 via the network, requesting the network device 42 to search for relevant search related information, such as advertisement information, webpage information, according to the user input sequence. The travel information or the map information is then provided to the user along with the search related information fed back by the network device together with the input term option obtained by the network device query. The following is an example of advertising information:

In one example, the user equipment 41 includes a first obtaining device 411, a first transmitting device 417, a first receiving device 418, and a providing device 413. The network device 42 includes a second receiving device 421, a querying device 422, a second transmitting device 423, a storage device 424 for saving the network lexicon (for the sake of clarity, the following is called a network vocabulary 424) and for storing keywords The storage device 424 of the advertisement library, (for the sake of clarity, the following is called the network advertisement library 424).

Specifically, the first obtaining device 411 acquires an input sequence that the user is input in real time through any interactive device that can perform human-computer interaction with the user. The interactive device can be a keyboard, a remote control, a touch pad or a voice control device, and the like. Take the keyboard as an example, but the user presses the button on the keyboard. When inputting, the first obtaining means 411 acquires the key sequence of the user's tap in real time (for the sake of clarity, the input sequence is still referred to below).

The first transmitting device 417 in the user device 41 transmits the user input sequence provided by the first obtaining device 411 to the network device 42 in real time and continuously. The second receiving device 421 in the network device 42 receives the input sequence and provides it to the querying device 422. The querying device 422 performs a matching query on the user input sequence with the thesaurus 424 to obtain one or more matching input term options. The following is a description of the Chinese language. The present invention allows the user to input Chinese in the manner of full spelling, double spelling, and five strokes. At the same time, the querying device 422 also searches in the keyword advertisement library 424 according to the user input sequence to obtain related one or more advertisement information options. For example, when the user taps the button to input "woaiwaitan", the query device 422 queries the vocabulary 424 to obtain a combination of terms such as "1 I love the Bund; 2 I love", and in the advertisement library 424, the query is obtained with the "Bund". Relevant advertising information includes landmarks such as "Bund No. 3" and "Bund 18", so the advertisement information option "3 Bund No. 3; 4 Bund No. 18" is provided. Those skilled in the art should understand that the process of querying the advertisement information (or searching for related information) related to the input sequence may employ various intelligent or fuzzy search algorithms that are currently known, and will not be described herein.

The second transmitting device 423 in the network device 42 also transmits the input term options provided by the querying device 422 to the user device 41 in real time and continuously. The first receiving device 419 in the user device 41 receives the input term option and provides it to the providing device 413 in real time and continuously, and the providing device 413 then sequentially obtains one or more matching input term options in a certain order. The format is provided to the user for selection to make specific input. For example, by displaying to the user in an input window bar of the display, multiple entry options can be displayed in the input sequence, and multiple entry options can be included in the next column for the user to select. Preferably, only one line item option may be displayed in the term column, and the number of the line item option may be default or user-settable, and the previous line or the next line item option is displayed by the user pressing a specific function key. , the specific function keys, for example, can be "+" and "-".

Preferably, for the user's attention, the advertisement information option can be displayed differently in the entry bar. Ways, such as different colors or grayscale. Moreover, a web page IP address or a uniform resource identifier (URL) related to the advertisement information is built in the advertisement information option. The user can select the ad information option by pressing the corresponding number key for the option or by hovering the mouse to hover or click on the option. When the user selects the advertisement information option, the user equipment 1 can be directed to its corresponding webpage URL through the network, for example, in the browser open situation, connected to the web server corresponding to the webpage via the network, and display the webpage to the user in the browser. .

Preferably, the first obtaining means 411, the first transmitting means 417, the first receiving means, and the second receiving means 421, the inquiring means 412 and the second transmitting means 423 of the network device 42 are continuously in between Constantly cooperate with the work. Specifically, the first obtaining device 411 is

"wo" ... "wo" ... "woai" ... "woaiwaitan", the first transmitting device 417 also transmits various input sequences to the network device 42 in real time and continuously. The second receiving device in the network device 42 sends the query device 422, and the query device 422 then performs a matching query on the user input sequence continuously provided by the first receiving device 421 in real time to continuously acquire the words corresponding to the above input sequences. For example, "w" corresponds to "1 me, 2喔, 3 grips, 4 nests"; "woai" corresponds to "1 I love, 2喔, 3 grips, 4 nests"; "woaiwaitan" corresponds to "1 I love the Bund" 2, Bund 3, 3 Bund 18,. Here, those skilled in the art should understand that "continued, refers to the action that is always performed before the user finally selects an entry option, such as the user tapping the key sequence. After "woai", you may pause for a while, such as 0.5 seconds, and then continue to tap the subsequent buttons.

In a preferred embodiment of the present embodiment, the querying device 422 also obtains its respective priority when performing a matching query in the network vocabulary 424 and the network advertisement library 424 according to the user input sequence to obtain a plurality of input term options and advertisement information options. . The providing device 413 in the user equipment 41 displays a plurality of matching input term options and advertisement information options provided by the network device 42 in the item column to the user in a priority order, wherein the higher the priority, the input word The top option or ad information option is displayed. Preferably, in order to facilitate the user to input text, the priority is the best The entry options are generally placed in the front position so that the user can select by pressing ''ENTER' or the space bar, and the ad information option is usually placed in the last option position in each line.

Preferably, when the user logs in to the network device through the user device 41, the querying device 422 of the network device 42 can acquire the user feature according to the ID of the user login. For example, user input history, user-specific user vocabulary, user-set personal preferences, user attribute information, and the like. The user features may be stored in the network device 42 or in other network devices to which the network device 42 is connected.

Subsequently, the querying device 422 can query the network vocabulary 424 and the network advertisement library 424 according to the user characteristics to obtain matching input term options and advertisement information options. Specifically, the querying device 422 can determine the priority level according to the frequency of selection of the vocabulary in each term option or the term option in the user input history, and the semantic relevance between each vocabulary in each term option. The querying device 422 can also determine the priority according to the personal preference selected by the user. For example, when the user sets the input preference to: Priority: Shopping > Diet > Travel, after the user input sequence "woaiwaitan" is obtained, the query The device queries the network advertisement library 424 to obtain a plurality of landmark buildings or tourist attractions located on the Bund corresponding to "waitan", such as China Merchants Headquarters, HSBC Building, Citibank, Bund No. 3, Bund 18, etc., and then according to users. The set personal preference can be judged as the highest priority for shopping, dining and other architectural attractions such as "The Bund No. 3" and "The Bund 18". In addition, the querying device 422 can also determine the region in which the user is located according to the IP address of the current user equipment, so that the priority of the vocabulary related to the region in the input sequence can be determined, for example, but the user input sequence is "woxihuanbund", where The translation of "bund" has "1 Embankment 2 Terminal 3 Alliance 4 (Shanghai) Bund", when the inquiry device 412 is known based on the IP address of the user equipment, currently located in Shanghai, China, so that the "bund" corresponding translation in the "Shanghai Bund" or "The Bund" has the highest priority, so the following entry options are available: "I like to go to the Bund; 2 I like the Bund; 3 I like the pier; 4 I like the embankment; 5 I like the league." For the sake of clarity, we may refer to user input history, user setting personal preferences, computer IP address (or user address), etc. as user features, and those skilled in the art will appreciate that user features include, but are not limited to, the above. . Preferably, the network device 42 may also update information such as saved user input history, input preferences, and inter-vocabulary associations. As shown in FIG. 21, the user equipment 41 further includes a second obtaining device 415 and a third transmitting device 418. The network device 42 further includes a second receiving device 425 and an updating device 426. The second obtaining means 415 of the user equipment 41 acquires the selection of the plurality of input term options provided by the providing device 413 by the user through further interaction with the user, and is transmitted by the third transmitting device 418 to the network device. The update device 426 updates the thesaurus and the user input history, the association between the vocabularies, and the like according to the user selection received by the second receiving device 425. For example, a new term option and an existing term option may be added to the network thesaurus 424. Priority, user characteristics. More preferably, the network device 42 may further include a third obtaining means (not shown), which may also search for a new combination of terms on the Internet and update the network vocabulary 424 and the like.

In another preferred embodiment of the present embodiment, the advertisement library 414 may be located outside the network device 42, for example at another network device or distributed among other network devices, and the network device 42 may be connected to the other network via the network. The devices are connected to query the advertising information options associated with the user input sequence.

Fig. 21 shows another preferred example according to the present embodiment, wherein the user device 41 itself also includes a query means 412 and a memory 414 (hereinafter referred to as a local thesaurus 414) for storing a local thesaurus, a local thesaurus 414 and The user-specific user vocabulary in the network vocabulary of the network device 42 is synchronized at any time or periodically.

As shown in FIG. 21, after acquiring the user input sequence, the first obtaining device 411 may first provide the user input sequence to the query device 412 of the user equipment 41 for matching query. The specific query process is as described above with reference to FIGS. 19-20. The content of the description is not described herein; the first obtaining device 411 can also send the user input sequence to the network device 42 through the third sending device 418, and the query device 422 performs a matching query to obtain one or more The input term option and the advertisement information option related to the user input sequence are specifically referred to as described above with reference to FIG. 20, and the content reference is not described herein. The user device 41 also includes a merging device 420 that will enter one or more input term options from the query device 412 itself and from the network. One or more input term options provided by the querying device 422 of the device 42 are merged, the repeating options therein are deleted, and a plurality of terminology options resulting from the final merge and the feedback and input from the network device 42 are determined according to certain rules. The prioritized order of the sequence-related advertising information options is then provided to the providing means 413, which provides them to the user in a corresponding priority order. In general, the input term option provided by the network device 42 should be more accurate, so the priority is higher than the local query to obtain the input term option, and similarly, the ad information option is usually placed on each line so as not to affect the user's text input. The option position at the end of the middle.

Fig. 22 is a flowchart showing a method of simultaneously providing search related information related to input information when a user performs character input in a user equipment according to an aspect of the embodiment. That is, when the user performs text input on the user device 41, the user device 41 provides a corresponding input term option according to the user input sequence, and also searches for related search related information, such as advertisement information and webpage information, according to the input sequence of the user device. , travel information or map information. The following is an example of advertising information:

In step S41, the user device 41 acquires the input sequence that the user is input in real time through any interactive device that can perform human-computer interaction with the user. The interactive device can be a keyboard, a remote control, a touch pad or a voice control device, and the like. Taking the keyboard as an example, when the user taps a key in the keyboard to input, the user device 41 acquires the key sequence of the user's tap in real time (for the sake of clarity, the input sequence is still referred to below). The lexicon (hereinafter referred to as the local lexicon) performs a matching query to obtain one or more matching input terms. The following takes Chinese as an example for description. This embodiment allows the user to input Chinese in the manner of full spelling, double spelling, and five strokes. At the same time, the user equipment also searches in the locally stored keyword advertisement library (hereinafter referred to as a local advertisement library) according to the user input sequence, and obtains one or more related advertisement information options. For example, when the user taps the button to input "woaiwaitan", the user device 41 queries the local vocabulary to obtain a combination of terms such as "1 I love the Bund; 2 I love", and in the advertisement library 414, the query is obtained with "The Bund". "The relevant advertising information includes "Bund No. 3" and "Bund 18". The landmark building, therefore offers the advertising information option "3 Bund 3; 4 Bund 18". Those skilled in the art should understand that the process of querying the advertisement information (or searching for related information) related to the input sequence may adopt various intelligent or fuzzy search algorithms that are currently known, and will not be described herein.

In step S43, the user device 41 provides the obtained one or more matching input term options to the user in a certain order and format for selection. For example, by displaying to the user in an input window column in the display of the user device 41, multiple entry options and the input sequence can be displayed in columns, and multiple entry options can be included in the next column for the user to select. . Preferably, only one line item option may be displayed in the term column, and the number of the line item option may be default or user-settable, and the previous line or the next line item option is displayed by the user pressing a specific function key. , the specific function keys can be, for example, "+" and "-".

Preferably, for the user's attention, the advertisement information option may use different display modes in the entry bar, such as different colors or gray scales. Also, the advertisement information option has a web page IP address or a uniform resource identifier (URL) associated with the advertisement information.

In step S44, the user and user device 41 can make further human-computer interaction according to the provided input term options. The user can select the advertisement information option by pressing the corresponding numeric key of the option on the keyboard of the user device 41 or by moving the cursor of the user device 41 to hover or click at the option. When the user selects the advertisement information option, the user equipment 41 can be directed to its corresponding webpage URL through the network, for example, in a browser open situation, connected to the web server corresponding to the webpage via the network, and the webpage is displayed in the browser. user.

Preferably, the steps S41 to S43 are continuously cycled. Specifically, the query is performed locally in the step. For example, the user continuously inputs "w", "wo" ... "wo" ... "woai" ... "woaiwaitan", and in step S42, the user device 41 also Matching queries based on the continuously acquired user input sequence in real time to continuously obtain the entry options corresponding to the above input sequences, for example, "w" corresponds to "1 me, 2喔, 3 grips, 4 nests";"woai"Correspondence" 1 I love, 2喔, 3 grips, 4 nests;; "woaiwaitan" corresponds to "1 I love the Bund, 2 Bund three No. 3, No. 18 on the Bund,. Here, those skilled in the art should understand that "continuous" refers to the action that is performed until the user finally selects an entry option. For example, the user may pause for a while after tapping the key sequence "woai", such as 0.5 second. Continue to tap the subsequent buttons.

Preferably, in step S42, the user equipment 41 also obtains its own priority when performing a matching query in the thesaurus and the advertisement library according to the user input sequence to obtain a plurality of input term options and advertisement information options. In step S43, the user equipment 41 displays the plurality of matched input term options and advertisement information options obtained by the query in the item column to the user in priority order, wherein the higher the priority, the input term option Or the higher the ad information option is displayed. Preferably, in order to facilitate the user to input text, the preferred input item option of priority is generally placed at the foremost position, so that the user can select by pressing "ENTER" or the space bar, and the advertisement information option is usually placed in each position. The position of the option at the end of the line.

Preferably, in step S42, the user equipment 41 may further perform a query in the thesaurus and the advertisement library according to the user characteristics, and obtain matching input term options and advertisement information options. After obtaining matching multiple input term options and advertising information options, the priority level can also be determined based on user characteristics. User characteristics include the user's input history, user-set personal preference selection, user attributes, user address, etc. User attributes include the user's occupation, gender, international, place of birth, age, etc., reflecting personal characteristics. Specifically, the user equipment 1 may determine the priority level according to the frequency of selection of the vocabulary in each term option or the term option in the user input history, and the semantic relevance between each vocabulary in each term option. The user equipment 41 can also determine the priority level according to the personal preference selection set by the user. For example, when the user sets the input preference as: Priority level: Shopping > Diet > Travel, after the user input sequence "woaiwaitan" is obtained, the user The device 41 queries the advertisement library to obtain a plurality of landmark buildings or tourist attractions located on the Bund corresponding to "waitan", such as China Merchants Headquarters, HSBC Building, Citibank, Bund No. 3, and Bund 18, etc. The personal preference may determine that the "Bund No. 3", "The Bund 18," and other architectural attractions that are mainly shopping and catering have the highest priority. In addition, in step S42, the user equipment 41 may also be based on the current user equipment. IP address to determine the region in which it is located, so that the input sequence can be determined The priority of the vocabulary associated with the territory in the column, for example, but the user input sequence is

"woxihuanbund", where "bund," has "1 embankment 2 dock 3 alliance 4 (Shanghai) Xibtan", when user equipment 41 is known based on the user equipment IP address is currently located in Shanghai, China, thus determining "bund" Corresponding translations in "Shanghai Bund," or "The Bund," have the highest priority, so the following entry options are available: "I like to go to the Bund; 2 I like the Bund; 3 I like the pier; 4 I like the embankment; 5 I like it. Alliance." For the sake of clarity, we can refer to user input history, user setting personal preferences, computer IP address (or user address), etc. as user features, and those skilled in the art should understand that user features include but not Limited to the above.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the user device 41 can store the user input history, user set input preferences, and various associations between vocabulary in the local memory. Preferably, the user device 41 may also update information such as saved user input history, input preferences, and inter-vocabulary relevance. In step S45 (not shown), the user device 41 also obtains the user's selection of the provided plurality of input term options by further interaction with the user, and then updates the thesaurus and user input according to the acquired user selection. Historical records, vocabulary associations, etc., for example, can add new entry options and prioritization of existing term options in the thesaurus, user characteristics. More preferably, if the user equipment can access the Internet, in step S45, the user equipment 41 can also search for a new combination of terms on the Internet and use it to update the thesaurus and the like.

In a preferred embodiment, the advertisement library in the user device 41 can be actively updated at any time and periodically, for example, the user device 41 is connected to one or more network devices via a network, and in another preferred example, the advertisement library It may be located outside the user equipment 41, for example at a network device or distributed among a plurality of network devices. In step S42, the user device 41 may be connected to the network device via the network to query an advertisement related to the user input sequence. Information option.

23 is a flowchart of a method in which a user equipment cooperates with a network device to provide search related information related to input information when a user performs character input according to another aspect of the embodiment. The user equipment 41 is connected to the network device 42 via a network, and the network may be the Internet, an intranet, or the like. That is, when the user performs text input on the user equipment 41, the user equipment 41 sends a query request to the network device 42 via the network, requesting the network device 42 to search for relevant search related information, such as advertisement information, webpage information, according to the user input sequence. The travel information or the map information is then provided to the user along with the search related information fed back by the network device together with the input term option obtained by the network device query. The following is an example of advertising information:

In one example, network device 42 maintains a network vocabulary and a keyword advertisement library (for the sake of clarity, the following is referred to as a network advertisement library or a search related information library).

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 23, in step S41, the user equipment 41 may be a keyboard, a remote controller, a touch pad or a voice control device or the like by any one of the interactive devices. Taking the keyboard as an example, when the user taps a key on the keyboard to input, the user device 1 acquires the key sequence of the user's tap in real time (for the sake of clarity, the input sequence is still referred to below).

In step S42, the user equipment 41 transmits the acquired user input sequence to the network device 42 in real time and continuously.

In step S43, the network device 42 performs a matching query in the network lexicon according to the received user input sequence to obtain one or more matching input term options. The following takes Chinese as an example for description. The present invention allows the user to input Chinese in the manner of full spelling, double spelling, and five strokes. At the same time, web or multiple ad information options. For example, when the user taps the button to input "woaiwaitan", the network device 42 queries the network vocabulary to obtain a combination of terms such as "1 I love the Bund; 2 I love", and inquires in the online advertisement library to obtain the "Bund". Relevant advertising information includes landmarks such as "Bund No. 3" and "Bund 18", so the advertisement information option "3 Bund No. 3; 4 Bund No. 18" is provided. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the process of querying the advertisement information (or searching for related information) associated with the input sequence may employ various currently known intelligent or fuzzy search algorithms and will not be described herein.

In step S45, the network device 42 also inputs the queried entry in real time and continuously. The option is sent to the user device 41. In step S47, the user equipment 41 receives the input term option from the network device 42 in real time and continuously and provides it to the user, and the user device 41 can press the obtained one or more matching input term options to be determined. The order and format are provided to the user for selection or specific interaction. For example, by displaying to the user in an input window column of the display, multiple entry options can be displayed in the input sequence column, and multiple entry options can be included in the next column for the user to select. Preferably, only one line item option may be displayed in the term column, and the number of the line item option may be default or user-settable, and the previous line or the next line item option is displayed by the user pressing a specific function key. , the specific function keys can be, for example, "+,, and "-".

In step S48, the user and user device 41 can perform further human-computer interaction according to the provided input term options. The user can select this ad information option by pressing the corresponding number key for that option or by hovering the mouse to hover or click on the option. However, when the user selects the advertisement information option, the user device 41 can be directed to its corresponding webpage URL through the network, for example, in a browser open situation, connected to the web server corresponding to the webpage via the network, and displaying the webpage in the browser. To the user.

Preferably, the steps S41 to S47 are continuously cycled. Specifically, at step

Network device 42, such as "w", "wo" ... "wo" ... "woai" ... "woaiwaitan", network device 42 also performs matching queries in real time and continuously according to the user input sequence, and The sequence of the entered input vocabulary is continuously sent back to the user device 41, for example, "w" corresponds to "1 me, 2 喔, 3 grips, 4 nests";"woai" corresponds to "1 I love, 2 喔, 3 grips, 4 nests; "woaiwaitan" corresponds to "1 I love the Bund, 2 Bund 3, 3 Bund 18". Here, those skilled in the art should understand that "continuation" refers to a manner of action that is always performed before the user finally selects an entry option, such as a user tapping. After the button sequence "woai", it may pause for a while, such as 0.5 seconds, and then continue to tap the subsequent buttons.

Preferably, in step S43, the network device 42 also obtains its respective priority when performing a matching query in the network thesaurus and the network advertisement library according to the user input sequence to obtain a plurality of input term options and advertisement information options. In step S47, the user equipment 41 displays the plurality of matched input term options and advertisement information options provided by the network device 42 in the entry column to the user in a priority order, wherein the higher the priority, the input word The top option or ad information option is displayed. Preferably, in order to facilitate the user to input text, the preferred input entry option is generally placed at the foremost position, so that the user can select by pressing ' 'ENTER' or the space bar, and the advertisement information option is usually placed. The last option position in each line.

Preferably, when the user logs in to the network device through the user equipment 41, in step S43, the network device 42 can also acquire the user feature according to the ID of the user login. For example, the user inputs a history record, a user-specific user vocabulary, a user-set personal preference, user attribute information, and the like. The user features may be stored in the network device 42 or in other network devices to which the network device 42 is connected.

Subsequently, in step S43, the network device 42 may perform a query in the network thesaurus and the network advertisement library according to the user characteristics to obtain matching input term options and advertisement information options. Specifically, in step S43, the network device 42 may determine, according to the frequency of selection of the vocabulary in each term option or the term option in the user input history record, and the semantic relevance between each vocabulary in each term option. Its priority is high. The network device 42 can also determine the priority according to the personal preference selected by the user. For example, when the user sets the input preference to: Priority: Shopping > Diet > Travel, after obtaining the user input sequence "woaiwaitan", the network The device 42 queries the network advertisement library to obtain a plurality of landmark buildings or tourist attractions located on the Bund corresponding to "waitan", such as China Merchants Headquarters, HSBC Building, Citibank, Bund No. 3, Bund 18, etc., and then according to users. The set personal preference can judge that the "Bund No. 3", "The Bund 18," and other architectural attractions that are mainly shopping and dining have the highest priority. In addition, in step S43, the network device 42 can also be based on the current user equipment. IP address to determine the region in which it is located, so that it can be determined that the input sequence is related to the region The priority of the closed vocabulary, for example, but the user input sequence is "woxihuanbund", where the translation of "bund" has "1 embankment 2 dock 3 alliance 4 (Shanghai) Bund", in step S43, when the network device 42 is based on the user The IP address of the device is currently located in Shanghai, China, so that it can be determined that the "Bund" corresponds to the highest level of "Shanghai Bund" or "The Bund". Therefore, the following entry options are available: "I like to go to the Bund; 2 I like the Bund." 3 I like the pier; 4 I like the embankment; 5 I like the league." For the sake of clarity, we may refer to user input history, user setting personal preferences, computer IP address (or user address), etc. as user features, and those skilled in the art will appreciate that user features include, but are not limited to, the above. .

Preferably, network device 42 may also update information such as saved user input history, input preferences, and inter-vocabulary associations. In step S49 (not shown), the user device 41 acquires the user's selection of the provided plurality of input term options by further interaction with the user and transmits to the network device; in step S410 (not shown) The network device 42 updates the thesaurus and the user input history, the association between the vocabularies, and the like according to the received user selection. For example, the new term option and the existing term option may be added to the network thesaurus. feature. More preferably, the network device 42 can also search for new combinations of terms on the Internet and update the network vocabulary and the like.

Preferably, the network advertisement library may be located outside the network device 42, for example at another network device or distributed at other multiple network devices, and the network device 42 may be connected to the other network device via the network, thereby querying and querying the user. Enter the ad information options associated with the sequence.

Fig. 24 shows another preferred example according to the present embodiment, in which the user equipment 41 itself also holds a local vocabulary, and can synchronize with the user-specific user vocabulary in the network vocabulary of the network device 42 at any time or periodically. .

As shown in FIG. 24, in step S44, the user equipment 41 performs a matching query in the local vocabulary according to the user input sequence. The specific query process is as described in the foregoing step S42 described with reference to FIG. 44, and the content is referenced here. Do not repeat them. Steps S41 to S43 are the contents of steps S41 to S43 described above with reference to FIG. 23, and the content references are not described herein. Technical person It should be understood that steps S41 to S43 and step S44 may be performed synchronously, the completion time of which mainly depends on the processing speed of the user equipment 41 and the network device 42 and the network transmission delay between the user equipment 41 and the network equipment 42. In step S46, the user equipment 41 merges one or more input term options that are locally queried with one or more input term options from the network device 42, deletes the repeating options therein, and according to certain rules. Determining a priority order of the plurality of term options obtained by the final merge and the advertisement information options related to the input sequence fed back from the network device 42, and then, in step S48, pressing the input term option and the advertisement information option accordingly The priority order is provided to the user for selection or further human interaction. In general, the input term option provided by the network device 42 should be more accurate, so the priority is higher than the local query to obtain the input term option, and similarly, the ad information option is usually placed on each line so as not to affect the user's text input. The option position at the end of the middle.

It should be understood by those skilled in the art that in the embodiments described above with reference to FIGS. 20, 21, 23 and 24, when the user logs in to the network device 42 via the user device 41, the network vocabulary in the network device 42 may also be the user. A specific user vocabulary.

The embodiments of the present invention are described above by taking Chinese as an example, and those skilled in the art should understand that the present invention is also applicable to the case where another text is input, such as Korean, Japanese, French, German, or Italian, etc. The only changes and adjustments are to replace the Chinese input rules with the input rules of the other text, and to replace the corresponding thesaurus and user-set input preferences.

It is obvious to those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the details of the above-described exemplary embodiments, and the present invention can be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the invention. Therefore, the present embodiments are to be considered as illustrative and not restrictive, and the scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims All changes in the meaning and scope of equivalent elements are included in the present invention. Any reference signs in the claims should not be construed as limiting the claim. In addition, it is obvious that the word "comprising" does not exclude other elements or steps, and the singular does not exclude the plural. The plurality of units or devices recited in the system claims may also be by a unit or device via software or Hardware to achieve. The first, second, etc. words are used to denote names, and do not denote any particular order.

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A method for a user to input text, characterized in that it comprises the following steps:

51. Detect an input sequence on the user equipment;

52. Send the input sequence to a network server.

S3. Receive at least one network entry option returned from the network server that matches the input sequence.

S4. Display the network term option.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein before or after step S2, the method further comprises the steps of:

The input sequence is matched into the local corpus of the user device to obtain one or more matching local term options.

The method according to claim 2, wherein, after obtaining the local term option, the obtained local term option is prioritized before receiving the network term option Displayed to the user for their choice;

After receiving the network term option, the network term option is excluded from the selected term and/or the term that is repeated with the local term option, and then the remaining network term options are followed. The priority of the entry is inserted into the local entry options for the current and subsequent displays.

After receiving the network term option, in the current and subsequent entry display, according to the priority of the network term option

Other network entry options other than the entry option.

The method according to claim 2, wherein the network server comprises: a user network corpus corresponding to each user respectively; Public network corpus.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the local corpus is updated based on a user selection of a local term or a network term, and the user network corpus is updated based on the local corpus.

The method according to claim 5, wherein when the user logs in to the network server through the user equipment, after receiving the corpus synchronization instruction from the user equipment, the user network corpus is The local corpus is synchronized.

8. The method according to claim 5, wherein if the user does not log in to the network server, only the matching in the public network corpus is retrieved when receiving the input sequence of the user on the user equipment Network entry option;

If the user has logged into the web server and the user's web corpus of the user has been synchronized with the local corpus on the user device, then only the matching in the public network corpus is retrieved when the user's input sequence on the user device is received Network term option; and if the user has logged into the web server, but the user's web corpus of the user is not synchronized with the local corpus on the user device, then upon receiving the input sequence of the user on the user device A matching network term option is retrieved from the public network corpus and the user's user network corpus.

The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the feedback to the user equipment network term option is based on whether the network term has been previously selected or previously selected. The number of times previously selected, the user-preset input preference options, and/or the number of times the term is searched on the network determines the priority of each of the network term options in the matched network entry.

The method according to claim 1, wherein the step S3 is specifically: receiving, by the network server, a matching query obtained by performing a matching query in a group corpus corresponding to a user based on the input sequence At least one web entry option.

The method according to claim 10, wherein the method further comprises the steps of: The user is registered to one or more user groups prior to text entry, the user group being associated with the group corpus.

The method according to claim 10, wherein the method further comprises the step of: the user sending user identity information to the network server, so that the network server determines a user group associated with the network server, and further Determine the group corpus associated with it.

13. The method according to claim 10, wherein the user sends the selected item to the network server, so that the network server is updated to be associated with the user group to which the user belongs. Group corpus.

The method according to claim 10, wherein the group term in the group corpus has one or more attributes, the attribute includes a group identifier, a priority level, a selected number of times, and a recent Select time, source user, and/or target user.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the range and order of network term options obtained by the user are based on attributes of the group entry.

The method according to claim 14, wherein the user has different priorities in the user group, and the network server according to a network entry source user priority, the network entry current The priority, the most recently selected time, and/or the selected number of times assign different priorities to the network term or update the priority of the network term.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the group corpus is initialized by learning or training materials related to the user.

18. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method is for the user to perform text input in a WEB-based application.

19. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method is for the user to perform text input in a web-based browser program.

The method according to claim 1, wherein before the step S3, the method further comprises:

Receiving identity information of the user sent by the user equipment; Determining an input history record of the user according to the identity information of the user; the step S3 further includes:

531. Perform a matching query in the network server based on the input sequence, and obtain a preliminary query result;

532. Comparing the input history record with the preliminary query result, and arranging the content also included in the input history record in the preliminary query result in a position prior to other content to generate the network. Entry options.

The method according to claim 1, wherein after the step S4, the method further comprises:

55. Receive indication information from the user equipment, which is used to indicate an input item selected by the user in the network entry option;

56. Perform at least one of the following operations according to the input indicated by the indication information:

Updating the input history of the user;

Training and updating the dictionary database stored by the web server.

22. The method of claim 1, wherein the network term option comprises at least one search related information option.

The method according to claim 1, wherein the step S3 comprises: acquiring user characteristic information of the user;

Determining, according to the user characteristic information, the user-specific vocabulary in the network server; performing matching query and in the user-specific vocabulary based on the input sequence information according to the user characteristic information; The search information base of the web server performs a matching query to obtain one or more network term options matching the input sequence, the network term option including at least one search related information option.

24. The method according to claim 23, wherein the user characteristic information comprises at least one of the following: User's history input record;

User-set personal preferences;

User attribute information;

User's address information.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the method further comprises: receiving, by the user of the user equipment, selection of the one or more network entry options;

The user-specific vocabulary of the network server and/or the search-related information base and/or the user's historical input record are updated based on the user's selection of the one or more network entry options.

26. A user equipment for text input by a user, wherein the user equipment comprises:

Means for detecting an input sequence;

Means for transmitting the input sequence to a web server;

Means for receiving at least one network term option returned from the web server that matches the input sequence;

Means for presenting the network entry options.

The user equipment according to claim 26, wherein the user equipment further comprises:

a device for storing a local corpus;

Means for performing a matching query in the local corpus of the user device to obtain one or more matching local term options.

28. The user equipment of claim 27, wherein the "means for presenting the network term option" is further operable to present the local term.

The user equipment according to claim 28, wherein the user equipment further comprises: Means for displaying, after receiving the local entry option, the obtained local entry option to the user for selection according to its priority before receiving the network entry option; for receiving After the network term option, the network term option is excluded from the selected term and/or the term that is repeated with the local term option, and then the remaining network term options are followed by the term. A device whose priority is inserted into the current and subsequent displayed local entry options

The user equipment according to claim 28, wherein the user equipment further comprises:

Means for displaying, after receiving the local entry option, the obtained local entry option to the user for selection according to its priority before receiving the network entry option; for receiving After the network term option, in the subsequent entry display, the device is selected according to other network term options other than the selected option.

The user equipment according to claim 26, wherein the network server comprises:

a user network corpus corresponding to each user;

Public network corpus.

The user equipment according to claim 31, wherein the user equipment further comprises: a corpus, and updating the user network corpus according to the local corpus.

The user equipment according to claim 31, wherein the user equipment further comprises:

The local synchronization device is configured to synchronize the user network corpus with the local corpus after receiving the corpus synchronization instruction from the user equipment when the user equipment connects and logs in to the network server.

The user equipment according to any one of claims 26 to 33, characterized in that The user equipment also includes a time sequence for depending on whether the entry was previously selected, a time when the entry was previously selected, a number of times the entry was previously selected, a user-preset input preference option, and/or a term on the network. The number of times the number of searches is to determine the priority of each of the matching term options.

The user equipment according to claim 26, wherein the network term is a network group entry obtained by performing a matching query in a group corpus corresponding to the user based on the input sequence.

The user equipment according to claim 35, wherein the user equipment further comprises:

User registration means for registering the user to one or more user groups prior to text entry, the user group being associated with the group corpus.

The identity information sending device is configured to send user identity information to the network server, for determining, by the network server, a group of users associated with the network server, and further determining a group corpus associated with the network corpus.

The term sending means is configured to send the selected item of the user to the network server, so that the network server updates to a group corpus associated with the user group to which the user belongs.

39. The user equipment according to claim 35, wherein the group term in the group corpus has one or more attributes, the attribute includes a group identifier, a priority level, a selected number of times, and a most recent The time, source user, and/or target user are selected.

40. The user equipment according to claim 39, wherein the range and order of terms obtained by the user are based on attributes of the group entry.

The user equipment according to claim 39, wherein the user is in the The user group has different priorities, and the network server assigns different priorities to the term according to the priority of the user of a certain entry, the current priority of the entry, the most recently selected time, and/or the selected number of times. Level or update the priority of the term.

The user equipment according to claim 26, wherein the user equipment is provided by the user for text input in a WEB-based application.

43. The user equipment according to claim 26, wherein the user equipment is provided by the user for text input in a web-based browser program.

44. The user equipment of claim 26, wherein the network entry option comprises at least one search related information option.

a feature acquiring device, configured to acquire user feature information of the user;

Matching query means, configured to perform a matching query in the user-specific vocabulary based on the input sequence information, and perform a matching query in the search information base of the web server according to the user characteristic information to obtain one or A plurality of network term options that match the input sequence, the network term options including at least one search related information option.

46. The user equipment according to claim 45, wherein the user characteristic information comprises at least one of the following:

User's history input record;

User-set personal preferences;

User attribute information;

User's address information.

The network device according to claim 46, wherein the user equipment further comprises:

An update device, configured to update the user-specific vocabulary and/or the search-related information base of the network server according to the user's selection of the one or more network entry options / or the user's history input record.

48. A network server for text input by a user, wherein the network server comprises:

Means for receiving an input sequence on a user equipment via a network;

49. The network server according to claim 48, wherein the network server comprises:

a user network corpus corresponding to each user;

Public network corpus.

The network server according to claim 49, wherein the network server further comprises network synchronization means, configured to receive a corpus synchronization instruction from the user equipment when the user logs in to the network server through the user equipment. Thereafter, the user network corpus is synchronized with a local corpus in the user device.

51. The network server according to claim 50, wherein if the user does not log in to the network server, only the matching network words are retrieved in the public network corpus upon receiving the key input sequence of the user on the user equipment. Device of options;

If the user has logged into the web server and the user's web corpus of the user has been synchronized with the local corpus on the user device, only the public network corpus is retrieved upon receiving the key input sequence of the user on the user device Matching network term options; and

If the user has logged into the web server, but the user's web corpus of the user is not synchronized with the local corpus on the user device, then the public network corpus and the user are received upon receiving the key input sequence of the user on the user device Retrieve matching network entry options in the user's web corpus.

The network server according to any one of claims 48 to 51, wherein the network server further comprises priority determining means for determining whether the entry was previously selected according to whether the entry was previously selected. The chronological order, the number of times the term was previously selected, the user-preset input preference options, and/or the number of times the term was searched on the network determines the priority of each of the matching term options.

53. The network server according to claim 48, wherein the network term is a network group entry obtained by performing a matching query in a group corpus corresponding to the user based on the input sequence.

The network server according to claim 53, wherein the network server further comprises server side registration means for registering the user to one or more user groups, the user group and the The group corpus is associated.

The network server according to claim 53, wherein the network server further comprises identity information receiving means, configured to receive user identity information of the user, to determine a user group associated with the user group, and further determine The group corpus associated with it.

The network server according to claim 53, wherein the network server further comprises a term receiving device, configured to receive a term finally selected by the user when inputting, so as to update and belong to the user. The group corpus associated with the user group.

57. The network server according to claim 53, wherein the group term in the group corpus has one or more attributes, the attribute includes a group identifier, a priority level, a selected number of times, and a most recent The time, source user, and/or target user are selected.

58. The network server according to claim 57, wherein the group entry is provided to a user who is making an input according to an attribute of the group entry.

59. The network server according to claim 57, wherein: the user is given different priorities in the user group, so that the priority of the user according to a certain entry, the entry The current priority, the most recently selected time, and/or the number of times selected to assign a different priority to the term or to update the priority of the term.

60. The network server according to claim 53, wherein the network service corpus performs initialization.

The network server according to claim 48, wherein the network server further comprises:

Means for receiving identity information of the user sent by the user equipment;

Means for retrieving an input history record of the user according to the identity information of the user; means for performing a matching query in the dictionary database based on the input information to obtain a preliminary query result;

And processing, according to the input history record of the user, processing the preliminary query result to generate the candidate input item set, comparing the input history record with the preliminary query result, and performing the preliminary query The content of the result that is also included in the input history is arranged in a position that is prioritized over other content to generate the set of candidate input items.

The network server according to claim 48 or claim 61, wherein the network server further comprises:

And an updating device, configured to perform at least one of the following according to the input item indicated by the user's instruction information:

Updating the input history of the user;

Training and updating the dictionary database stored by the web server.

63. The network server of claim 48, wherein the network term option comprises at least one search related information option.

64. The network server according to claim 63, wherein the network server further comprises:

Determining means, configured to determine, according to the user characteristic information, the user-specific vocabulary in the network device; a matching query device, configured to perform a matching query in the user-specific lexicon and perform a matching query in the search information base of the network device according to the input sequence information, to obtain one or more The input term option matched thereto includes at least one search related information related to the input sequence information and the user feature information.

65. The network server according to claim 64, wherein the user characteristic information comprises at least one of the following:

User's history input record;

User-set personal preferences;

User identity information;

User's address information.

An update device, configured to update the user-specific vocabulary of the network device and/or the search-related information base and/or the user according to the user's selection of the one or more input term options History input record.

67. A system for a text input by a user, the system comprising the user equipment of any one of claims 26 to 47, and the method of any one of claims 48 to 66 Network Server.