WO2019237949A1

WO2019237949A1 - Search method and device

Info

Publication number: WO2019237949A1
Application number: PCT/CN2019/089436
Authority: WO
Inventors: 王超丕
Original assignee: 钉钉控股（开曼）有限公司
Priority date: 2018-06-13
Filing date: 2019-05-31
Publication date: 2019-12-19
Also published as: CN110659353A

Abstract

A search method and device, the method comprising: acquiring a plurality of search keywords inputted by a user (202); separately implementing a search operation from at least two dimensions, the search operation of each dimension being associated with at least one search keyword (204); and generating a search result set, comprehensive search result information comprised in the search result set being collectively determined by the search operations of the at least two dimensions (206).

Description

Search method and device

This application claims priority from a Chinese patent application filed on June 13, 2018 with an application number of 201810606285.1 and an invention name of "Search Method and Device", the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

Technical field

One or more embodiments of the present specification relate to the field of search technology, and in particular, to a search method and device.

Background technique

When the amount of data is large, users can set search keywords and quickly determine the search result information that matches the search keywords based on the search technology, so there is no need to check all the data one by one.

The search keywords and search result information do not necessarily need to be exactly the same; in fact, users often cannot accurately remember all data information. Therefore, the user only needs to memorize part of the target data, and then perform the search operation using the part of the information as a search keyword, and the search result information may include data associated with the part of the information, and these data may include the above-mentioned target data , May also include other data that has some similarity to the target data.

Summary of the Invention

In view of this, one or more embodiments of the present specification provide a search method and device.

To achieve the above purpose, one or more embodiments of the present specification provide technical solutions as follows:

According to a first aspect of one or more embodiments of the present specification, a search method is provided, including:

Get multiple search keywords entered by the user;

Implement search operations from at least two dimensions, each of which is related to at least one search keyword;

A search result set is generated, and the comprehensive search result information contained in the search result set is determined by the search operations of the at least two dimensions together.

According to a second aspect of one or more embodiments of the present specification, a search apparatus is provided, including:

An obtaining unit for obtaining a plurality of search keywords input by a user;

An implementation unit, which performs a search operation from at least two dimensions, and the search operation of each dimension is related to at least one search keyword;

The generating unit generates a search result set, and the comprehensive search result information contained in the search result set is determined jointly by the search operations of the at least two dimensions.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a search system according to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a search method according to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a search interface according to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of another search interface according to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of still another search interface according to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a search result set provided by an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a device according to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a search apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.

detailed description

Exemplary embodiments will be described in detail here, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, the same numerals in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all implementations consistent with one or more embodiments of the present specification. Rather, they are merely examples of devices and methods consistent with some aspects of one or more embodiments of the specification, as detailed in the appended claims.

It should be noted that, in other embodiments, the steps of the corresponding method are not necessarily performed in the order shown and described in this specification. In some other embodiments, the method may include more or fewer steps than described in this specification. In addition, a single step described in this specification may be divided into multiple steps for description in other embodiments; and multiple steps described in this specification may be combined into a single step for other embodiments. description.

In one embodiment, the search solution of this specification may be applied to electronic devices. For example, the electronic devices may include mobile phones, tablet devices, notebook computers, PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), wearable devices (such as smart glasses, Smart watches, etc.), this manual does not limit this. During operation, the electronic device can obtain the search keywords entered by the user through human-computer interaction with the user, and implement corresponding search operations based on the search keywords, and provide the obtained search result set and other information to the user. Show.

In another embodiment, FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a search system according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the system may include a server 11, a network 12, and several electronic devices, such as a mobile phone 13, a mobile phone 14, and a mobile phone 15.

The server 11 may be a physical server including an independent host, or the server 11 may be a virtual server carried by a host cluster. In the running process, the server 11 may run a server-side program of an application to be implemented as a server of the application.

Mobile phones 13-15 are just one type of electronic device that users can use. In fact, it is obvious that users can also use electronic devices such as the following types: tablet devices, notebook computers, PDAs, wearable devices (such as smart glasses, smart watches, etc.), etc., which are not addressed in one or more embodiments of this specification. Limitation. During the running process, the electronic device can run a client-side program of an application to be implemented as a client of the application. It should be noted that the client application of the above application can be pre-installed on the electronic device, so that the client can be started and run on the electronic device; of course, when using an online "client" such as HTML5 technology , You can get and run the client without installing the corresponding application on the electronic device.

The network 12 for interaction between the mobile phones 13-15 and the server 11 may include various types of wired or wireless networks. In an embodiment, the network 12 may include a public switched telephone network (Public Switched Telephone Network, PSTN) and the Internet.

During operation, the mobile phone 13-15 can be used to implement human-computer interaction with the user to obtain search keywords entered by the user based on the mobile phone 13-15. The mobile phone 13-15 can exchange data with the server 11 through the network 12. Thus, on the one hand, the mobile phone 13-15 can inform the server 11 of the search keywords and trigger the server 11 to perform corresponding search operations; on the other hand, the mobile phone 13-15 can Information such as the search result set returned by the server 11 is acquired and provided to the user.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a search method according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the method is applied to an electronic device (such as the mobile phones 13 to 15 shown in FIG. 1), and may include the following steps:

Step 202: Acquire multiple search keywords input by a user.

In an embodiment, the electronic device may interact with the user in any manner to determine the search keywords the user wishes to enter, which is not limited in this specification. For example, an electronic device can provide an input box to a user so that the user can fill in search keywords into the input box; for another example, the electronic device can collect the voice input by the user and parse the search keywords contained in the voice; for example, electronic The device may provide the user with alternative search keywords, and use the selected alternative search keywords as the search keywords entered by the user, where the alternative search keywords may include search keywords entered in the user ’s history, The most popular search keywords (such as the number of input times, the frequency of inputting the most, etc.) obtained by statistically searching all search keywords entered by users within a period of time.

In an embodiment, the plurality of search keywords may be input by the user without distinction in the same search interface. For example, the electronic device may show a search interface to the user, and the user may enter multiple search keywords through the search box in the search interface without having to enter multiple search keywords in multiple search interfaces, In particular, there is no need to actively calibrate the dimensions corresponding to each search keyword when entering search keywords, thereby greatly simplifying user operations. Therefore, when the user does not know or is not sure about the dimensions corresponding to each search keyword, the user can be prevented from spending a lot of time to determine the dimension corresponding to the search keyword, and it can also prevent the user from setting wrong dimensions and causing the search results to be inconsistent. The actual needs of the user.

In an embodiment, a search box may be included in the same search interface, and the multiple search keywords may be input by the user without distinction in the search box; wherein a plurality of search keywords may be separated by spaces. , Semicolons, etc., to distinguish them from each other.

In an embodiment, the same search interface may include multiple search boxes, and a user may enter one or more search keywords in each search box, and perform a search operation based on the present specification through all the entered search keywords. .

Step 204: Implement a search operation from at least two dimensions, and the search operation of each dimension is related to at least one search keyword.

In an embodiment, by implementing a search operation from at least two dimensions, a search result that a user may be interested in can be more accurately searched without requiring the user to browse and find from a large number of search results, which helps simplify user operations, Improve search efficiency.

In an embodiment, a side-by-side search operation can be implemented from the at least two dimensions, that is, a corresponding search operation is implemented from each dimension, for example, these search operations can be started at the same time, which helps reduce the time spent for the search operation ; Then, matching the search results obtained by each search operation implemented in parallel to obtain the comprehensive search result.

In an embodiment, a serial search operation may be implemented from the at least two dimensions, and a search object of the subsequent search operation is a search result obtained by the previous search operation. For example, when a search operation is implemented from three dimensions, First perform the first search operation of the first dimension (the search object at this time is all data), and apply the search results obtained by the first search operation to the second search operation of the second dimension (the search object at this time is the first search Operation search results), apply the search results obtained by the second search operation to the third search operation in the third dimension (the search object at this time is the search results of the second search operation); then, the last search operation performed The search results are used as the comprehensive search results, so that the matching process of the search results of multiple search operations can be omitted.

In an embodiment, the search object of the search operation may include name information, content information, associated users, type tags, and the like. For example, when the search object is contact information, the name information may be the contact name, the content information may be other contact information such as the email address and phone number other than the contact name, and the associated user is the owner of the contact information. , The type tag can be "contact information"; for another example, when the search object is a file, the name information can be the file name, the content information can be the file content, the associated user can be the uploader of the file, and the type tag can be " file". Among them, the name information, content information, associated users, etc. can automatically read the search object; and the "type tag" can automatically analyze and determine the search object, or can be actively added by the user.

In an embodiment, when the search object includes name information, content information, and a type tag, the search keywords of the first type may be used to match the type tags of the search object, and the search key of the second type may be used. The word is used to match at least one of name information, content information, and associated users of the search object, so as to realize a search operation in two dimensions, so as to achieve a precise search for the corresponding search object.

In step 206, a search result set is generated, and the comprehensive search result information contained in the search result set is determined by the search operations of the at least two dimensions together.

In an embodiment, the search object of the search operation may include at least one of the following types: historical communication messages, contact information, group information, files, group management events, etc., which are not limited in this specification; actual Above, any type of data can be searched in this manual.

In one embodiment, the electronic device can run a client of the instant messaging application, that is, the electronic device is configured as a client device of the instant messaging application. By improving the function of the instant messaging application, the client device of the instant messaging application can implement the search scheme shown in FIG. 2.

In order to facilitate understanding, the technical solution of one or more embodiments of this specification is described by taking information search in a communication application as an example. Assume that a client with a communication application is running on the mobile phone used by the user. The client can obtain the search keywords entered by the user, and the client triggers a search operation based on the search keywords. Among them, the client can directly implement The search operation of the search keywords, or the client provides the search keywords to a server running on the server, and the server performs a search operation based on the search keywords.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a search interface according to an exemplary embodiment. The client of the communication application may present the search interface 300 shown in FIG. 3 to the user. The search interface 300 may include an input box 302 for the user to input search keywords in the input box 302, such as the input box in FIG. 3. 302 includes 2 search keywords "Xiao Zhi" and "File". Of course, in addition to the input box 302, the user can also input search keywords in other ways, such as voice input, which is not limited in this specification.

The client of the communication application may trigger a search operation based on the search keywords in the input box 302 to obtain corresponding search results; wherein, when the input box 302 contains two search keywords of "small blog" and "file" , The client can trigger a multi-dimensional search operation based on the two search keywords "Xiaozhi" and "File", and display the obtained search results in the search interface 300.

In one embodiment, the search keyword "Xiaozhi" is used to trigger a search operation in the "character" dimension. For example, when the search object contains the character "Xiaozhi", it can be confirmed that it matches the search keyword "Xiaozhi". The search keyword "file" is used to trigger a search operation of the "type" dimension, and is used to search for a search object whose type is "file". Among them, for the search keyword "Xiaozhi", characters such as "Xiaozhi" and its related "xiaozhi" ("Hanzhi") can be directly searched with the name, content, and related information of the search object. Match to use to determine which search object to match. For the search keyword "file", each search object can be marked with a tag of its type in advance, for example, the search object "meeting minutes.doc" can be marked with a "WORD file" tag, and the search object "example.jpg" can be marked "Image" tags, etc., and "File" can be used to match the tags of individual search objects to determine matching search objects.

In one case, you can implement a search operation based on the search keyword "Xiaozhi" and the search keyword "File", and then by comprehensively processing the search results obtained by the two search operations, you can get simultaneous matching Comprehensive search result information for these two search keywords. In another case, a search operation based on the search keyword "Xiaozhi" and a search keyword "File" may be implemented in sequence. For example, a search operation based on the search keyword "Xiaozhi" may be implemented first to obtain corresponding search results. Then, a search operation based on the search keyword "file" is performed on the search result, and comprehensive search result information matching both search keywords can be obtained.

In an embodiment, it is assumed that the comprehensive search result information matching the search keyword “Xiaozhi” and the search keyword “file” is determined through the above search operation, and includes the comprehensive search result information 310 and the comprehensive search as shown in FIG. 3. The result information 320 is a WORD file "Meeting minutes.doc" from the user "Xiaozhi", a PPT file "X Project.ppt" from the user "Zhu Xiaozhi", and so on.

In one embodiment, the characters matching the search keywords in the comprehensive search result information 310-320 are highlighted in FIG. 3 to indicate to the user; of course, in other embodiments, it is also possible to use Other than the underline, this specification does not limit this.

In addition to the "file" type, the embodiments of the present specification can also be applied to perform a multi-dimensional precise search on other types of search objects, and the description does not limit the types of search objects.

For example, FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of another search interface provided by an exemplary embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, it is assumed that the search keywords entered by the user in the input box 302 are "Xiaozhi", "XX", and "Address Book", which can be triggered based on the search keywords "Xiaozhi" and the search keywords "XX "And the search keyword" Address Book ", for example, the search keywords" Xiazhi "and" XX "are used to trigger the search operation of the" Character "dimension, and the search keyword" Address Book "is used to trigger" Contact Information Search operation for the dimension. In an embodiment, it is assumed that the comprehensive search result information 410 and the comprehensive search result information 420 that match the search keywords "Xiazhi", "XX", and "Address Book" are finally obtained, where the comprehensive search result information 410 belongs to " The contact information of the user "Xiaozhi" of the "colleague-XX business department-product ...", and the comprehensive search result information 420 is the contact information of the user "Zhu Xiaozhi" belonging to the "external contact-XX project group".

For another example, FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of still another search interface according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in FIG. 5, it is assumed that the search keywords entered by the user in the input box 302 are “group”, “xiaozhi” and “xiaobai”, and the search keywords “group” and search keyword “ Search operations for "Xizhi" and the search keyword "Xiaobai", such as the search keyword "group" to trigger a search operation of the "session type" dimension, to search for communication sessions belonging to the "group" type, The search keywords "Xiaozhi" and "Xiaobai" are used to trigger a search operation in the "character" dimension, and are used to search for search objects containing "Xiaozhi" and "Xiaobai". In an embodiment, it is assumed that the comprehensive search result information 510 and the comprehensive search result information 520 that match the search keywords “group”, “Xizhi” and “Xiaobai” are finally obtained, where the comprehensive search result information 510 is a group The group "IM All Groups" including "Xiaozhi" and "Xiaobai" in the members, and the comprehensive search result information 520 is a group "Search Team" including "Xiaozhi" and "Xiaobai" in the chat history.

In one embodiment, in addition to the comprehensive search result information obtained based on a multi-dimensional search operation, the search result set may further include search result information obtained by a single-dimensional search operation that matches all search keywords. For example, FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of displaying a search result set according to an exemplary embodiment. On the basis of the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, in addition to displaying the comprehensive search result information 310-320, the embodiment shown in FIG. 6 may further include search result information 610 to 630, and the search result information 610 to 630. It is obtained through a search operation based on the "character" dimension for the search keywords "Xiazhi" and "File". The search result information 610 is a single-chat communication session corresponding to the user "Xiaozhi" and the historical communication message contains the character "file", and the search result information 620 is a group chat communication session and group corresponding to the group "IM All Members Group" The historical communication message sent by the group member "Xizhi" contains the character "file", and the search result information 630 is a task event initiated by the user "Xizhi", and the subject of the task event contains the character "file".

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a device according to an exemplary embodiment. Please refer to FIG. 7. At the hardware level, the device includes a processor 702, an internal bus 704, a network interface 706, a memory 708, and a non-volatile memory 710. Of course, it may also include hardware required by other services. The processor 702 reads the corresponding computer program from the non-volatile memory 710 into the memory 708 and then runs it to form a search device on a logical level. Of course, in addition to the software implementation, one or more embodiments of this specification do not exclude other implementations, such as a logic device or a combination of software and hardware, etc., which means that the execution body of the following processing flow is not limited to each A logic unit can also be a hardware or logic device.

Please refer to FIG. 8. In a software implementation, the search device may include:

An obtaining unit 801, obtaining a plurality of search keywords input by a user;

The implementation unit 802 performs search operations from at least two dimensions, and the search operation of each dimension is related to at least one search keyword.

The generating unit 803 generates a search result set, and the comprehensive search result information included in the search result set is determined by the search operations of the at least two dimensions together.

Optionally, the multiple search keywords are input by the user without distinction in the same search interface.

Optionally, the implementation unit 802 is specifically configured to:

Performing a side-by-side search operation from the at least two dimensions;

The search results obtained by the search operations performed in parallel are matched to obtain the comprehensive search results.

Optionally, the implementation unit 802 is specifically configured to:

Implementing a serial search operation from the at least two dimensions, wherein a search object of the subsequent search operation is a search result obtained by the previous search operation;

The search result of the search operation performed last time is taken as the comprehensive search result.

Optionally, the search object of the search operation includes at least one of the following types:

Historical communication messages, contact information, group information, files, group management events.

Optionally, the search object of the search operation includes name information, content information, associated users, and type tags; the implementation unit 802 is specifically configured to:

Using a search keyword of the first type for matching with a type tag of the search object, and using a search keyword of the second type for at least one of name information, content information, and an associated user of the search object Make a match.

The system, device, module, or unit described in the foregoing embodiments may be specifically implemented by a computer chip or entity, or a product with a certain function. A typical implementation device is a computer, and the specific form of the computer may be a personal computer, a laptop computer, a cellular phone, a camera phone, a smart phone, a personal digital assistant, a media player, a navigation device, an email sending and receiving device, and a game control Desk, tablet computer, wearable device, or a combination of any of these devices.

In a typical configuration, a computer includes one or more processors (CPUs), input / output interfaces, network interfaces, and memory.

Memory may include non-persistent memory, random access memory (RAM), and / or non-volatile memory in computer-readable media, such as read-only memory (ROM) or flash memory (flash RAM). Memory is an example of a computer-readable medium.

Computer-readable media includes permanent and non-persistent, removable and non-removable media. Information storage can be accomplished by any method or technology. Information may be computer-readable instructions, data structures, modules of a program, or other data. Examples of computer storage media include, but are not limited to, phase change memory (PRAM), static random access memory (SRAM), dynamic random access memory (DRAM), other types of random access memory (RAM), and read-only memory (ROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), flash memory or other memory technologies, read-only disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), digital versatile disc (DVD) or other optical storage, Magnetic tape cartridges, magnetic disk storage, quantum memory, graphene-based storage media, or other magnetic storage devices or any other non-transmission media can be used to store information that can be accessed by computing devices. As defined herein, computer-readable media does not include temporary computer-readable media, such as modulated data signals and carrier waves.

It should also be noted that the terms "including", "comprising" or any other variants thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, product, or device that includes a series of elements includes not only those elements, but also Other elements not explicitly listed, or those that are inherent to such a process, method, product, or device. Without more restrictions, the elements defined by the sentence "including a ..." do not exclude the existence of other identical elements in the process, method, product or equipment including the elements.

The specific embodiments of the present specification have been described above. Other embodiments are within the scope of the following claims. In some cases, the actions or steps recited in the claims may be performed in a different order than in the embodiments and the desired result may still be achieved. In addition, the processes depicted in the figures do not necessarily require the particular order shown or sequential order to achieve the desired results. In some embodiments, multitasking and parallel processing are also possible or may be advantageous.

The terminology used in one or more embodiments of this specification is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only, and is not intended to limit one or more embodiments of this specification. The singular forms "a," "the," and "the" as used in one or more embodiments of this specification and the appended claims are also intended to include the plural forms unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the term "and / or" as used herein refers to and includes any or all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

It should be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used to describe various information in one or more embodiments of the present specification, the information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish the same type of information from each other. For example, without departing from the scope of one or more embodiments of the present specification, the first information may also be referred to as second information, and similarly, the second information may also be referred to as first information. Depending on the context, the word "if" as used herein can be interpreted as "at" or "when" or "in response to determination".

The above descriptions are merely preferred embodiments of one or more embodiments of the present specification, and are not intended to limit one or more embodiments of the present specification. Wherever within the spirit and principle of one or more embodiments of the present specification, Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. should be included in the protection scope of one or more embodiments of the present specification.

Claims

A search method, comprising:

Get multiple search keywords entered by the user;

Implement search operations from at least two dimensions, each of which is related to at least one search keyword;

A search result set is generated, and the comprehensive search result information contained in the search result set is determined by the search operations of the at least two dimensions together.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of search keywords are input by the user without distinction in the same search interface.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the performing a search operation from at least two dimensions comprises:

Performing a side-by-side search operation from the at least two dimensions;

The search results obtained by the search operations performed in parallel are matched to obtain the comprehensive search results.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the performing a search operation from at least two dimensions comprises:

Implementing a serial search operation from the at least two dimensions, wherein a search object of the subsequent search operation is a search result obtained by the previous search operation;

The search result of the search operation performed last time is taken as the comprehensive search result.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the search object of the search operation includes at least one of the following types:

Historical communication messages, contact information, group information, files, group management events.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the search object of the search operation includes name information, content information, associated users, and type tags; and implementing the search operation from at least two dimensions, respectively:

Using a search keyword of the first type for matching with a type tag of the search object, and using a search keyword of the second type for at least one of name information, content information, and an associated user of the search object Make a match.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the method is applied to a client device of an instant messaging application.
A search device, comprising:

An obtaining unit for obtaining a plurality of search keywords input by a user;

An implementation unit, which performs a search operation from at least two dimensions, and the search operation of each dimension is related to at least one search keyword;

The generating unit generates a search result set, and the comprehensive search result information contained in the search result set is determined by the search operations of the at least two dimensions together.
The device according to claim 8, wherein the plurality of search keywords are input by the user without distinction in the same search interface.
The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the implementation unit is specifically configured to:

Performing a side-by-side search operation from the at least two dimensions;

The search results obtained by the search operations performed in parallel are matched to obtain the comprehensive search results.
The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the implementation unit is specifically configured to:

Implementing a serial search operation from the at least two dimensions, wherein a search object of the subsequent search operation is a search result obtained by the previous search operation;

The search result of the search operation performed last time is taken as the comprehensive search result.
The device according to claim 8, wherein the search object of the search operation includes at least one of the following types:

Historical communication messages, contact information, group information, files, group management events.
The device according to claim 8, wherein the search object of the search operation includes name information, content information, associated users, and type tags; and the implementation unit is specifically configured to:

Using a search keyword of the first type for matching with a type tag of the search object, and using a search keyword of the second type for at least one of name information, content information, and an associated user of the search object Make a match.
The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the apparatus is applied to a client device of an instant messaging application.