KR101551465B1 - Apparatus of providing searching service, and method of providing searching service - Google Patents

Abstract

One embodiment of the present invention provides a method comprising: recognizing input of a search term including a bus route from a user terminal; Obtaining location information of the user terminal; Obtaining peripheral stop information corresponding to the position information; And providing the search result including the peripheral stop information and the arrival time information at which the bus corresponding to the bus route arrives at the peripheral stop.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a search service providing apparatus and a search service providing method,

Embodiments of the present invention relate to a search service providing apparatus and a search service providing method.

There is an active use of a search service that helps users find desired information among a large amount of data scattered on the Internet. The user selects and inputs a search word, and the service providing entity provides a search result corresponding to the search word.

2. Description of the Related Art [0002] In recent years, as a public transit has a location transceiver and a communication means, a server for providing public transit information in real time has been provided. Accordingly, a service using real-time traffic information of public transportation has been actively developed and provided.

As the use of mobile terminals increases, there is an increasing demand for searching for the arrival time of public transport, especially buses, in real time.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a search service providing apparatus and a search service providing method. In particular, embodiments of the present invention provide a search service providing apparatus and a search service providing method that provide arrival information of public transportation.

One embodiment of the present invention provides a method comprising: recognizing input of a search term including a bus route from a user terminal; Obtaining location information of the user terminal; Obtaining peripheral stop information corresponding to the position information; And an automatic completion providing step of providing the simplified search result including the peripheral stop information and the arrival time information of the bus corresponding to the bus route to the peripheral stop in real time with respect to the input of the search word, A service providing method is disclosed.

In the present embodiment, the automatic completion providing step may further include providing an autocomplete search term corresponding to the recognized bus line, and when the automatic completion term or the simple term search result is selected, And providing a search result corresponding to the search result.

In the present embodiment, the automatic completion query may be provided in real time corresponding to the input of the bus route.

In the present embodiment, the simplified search result may include at least one representative stop among the peripheral stops, and arrival time information at which the bus arrives at the representative stop.

In the present embodiment, the search result may further include a map showing the peripheral stop.

In the present embodiment, the arrival time information may include at least one of the remaining time until the bus arrives and the number of remaining stations.

In the present embodiment, the search result may further include bus information corresponding to the bus line.

Another embodiment of the present invention is an information processing apparatus comprising: an input recognizing unit for recognizing an input of a search word including a bus route from a user terminal; A location information obtaining unit for obtaining location information of the user terminal; A stop information obtaining unit for obtaining peripheral stop information corresponding to the position information; And automatic completion providing means for providing the simplified search result including the peripheral stop information and the arrival time information of the bus corresponding to the bus route to the peripheral stop in real time in response to the input of the search term A service providing apparatus is disclosed.

In the present embodiment, the automatic completion providing unit may further provide an autocomplete search term corresponding to the recognized bus route, and may further include an automatic term search term corresponding to the recognized autocompletion term or the simplified search term And a search result providing unit for providing search results correspondingly.

In the present embodiment, the automatic completion query may be provided in real time corresponding to the input of the bus route.

In the present embodiment, the simplified search result may include at least one representative stop among the peripheral stops, and arrival time information at which the bus arrives at the representative stop.

In the present embodiment, the search result may further include a map showing the peripheral stop.

In the present embodiment, the arrival time information may include at least one of the remaining time until the bus arrives and the number of remaining stations.

In the present embodiment, the search result may further include bus information corresponding to the bus line.

A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the search service providing method according to another embodiment of the present invention is disclosed.

The search service providing apparatus and search service providing method according to embodiments of the present invention provide real-time information of public transportation through easy search, and thus meet the needs of the user.

1 is a block diagram of a system for providing a search service according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a search service providing apparatus 200 provided in the server 20 of FIG.
3 is a diagram illustrating a data transmission / reception process of a search service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating a data transmission / reception process of a search service system according to another embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a screen provided by a search service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention is displayed on a user terminal.
6 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a screen provided by a search service providing system according to another embodiment of the present invention is displayed on a user terminal.
FIG. 7 illustrates an example in which a screen provided by a search service providing system according to another embodiment of the present invention is displayed on a user terminal.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The present invention is capable of various modifications and various embodiments, and specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the detailed description. The effects and features of the present invention and methods of achieving them will be apparent with reference to the embodiments described in detail below with reference to the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described below, but may be implemented in various forms.

In the following embodiments, the terms first, second, and the like are used for the purpose of distinguishing one element from another element, not the limitative meaning.

In the following examples, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

In the following embodiments, terms such as inclusive or possessive are intended to mean that a feature, or element, described in the specification is present, and does not preclude the possibility that one or more other features or elements may be added.

In the drawings, components may be exaggerated or reduced in size for convenience of explanation. For example, the size and thickness of each component shown in the drawings are arbitrarily shown for convenience of explanation, and thus the present invention is not necessarily limited to those shown in the drawings.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to like or corresponding components throughout the drawings, and a duplicate description thereof will be omitted .

1 is a block diagram of a system for providing a search service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a search service providing system provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes at least one user terminal 10, a service providing server 20 for providing a search service, and a communication network 40. The search service providing system according to an embodiment further includes a traffic information providing server 30. 1 will be described below.

Referring to FIG. 1, the user terminal 10 refers to a communication terminal that can use a web service in a wired / wireless communication environment. Although the user terminal 10 is shown as a smart phone in FIG. 1, it is only an example of the user terminal 10. However, the idea of the present invention is not limited to this, and an application capable of web browsing The mounted terminal can be borrowed without limitation. For example, the user terminal 10 may include a user's personal computer, a laptop, a tablet PC, and the like.

The user terminal 10 includes a display unit for displaying a screen and an input device for receiving data from a user. The input device may include, but is not limited to, a keyboard, a mouse, a trackball, a microphone, a button, a touch panel, and the like. Although a single user terminal 10 is shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of user terminals may be included in a search service providing system provided according to an embodiment.

The service providing server 20 is a server that communicates with the user terminal 10 and provides a search result corresponding to the search query term transmitted from the user terminal 10 to the user terminal 10. [ According to an exemplary embodiment, the service providing server 20 may generate a search result by referring to the traffic information received from the traffic information providing server 30. Although not shown in the figure, the service providing server 20 according to an embodiment may include a memory, an input unit, an output unit, a program storage unit, a control unit, and the like. Hereinafter, in describing embodiments of the present invention, although the service providing server 20 is not mentioned separately in acquiring real-time traffic information, the service providing server 20 may receive the traffic information from the traffic information providing server 30 .

The traffic information providing server 30 may be a server for storing location information of the public transportation transmitted from a data transceiver installed in public transit and the like and managing the information. The traffic information providing server 30 can provide traffic information including the route number, the identification number, the current location, and the internal congestion of the public transportation through the communication network 40.

In FIG. 1, the service providing server 20 and the traffic information providing server 30 are physically separate servers. However, the present invention is not limited to this, The function of the traffic information providing server 20 and the function of the traffic information providing server 30 may be provided.

The communication network 40 connects the user terminal 10, the service providing server 20, and the traffic information providing server 30. For example, the communication network 40 provides a connection path so that the user terminal 10, the service providing server 20, and the traffic information providing server 30 can connect and receive packet data.

Meanwhile, the search service providing system shown in FIG. 1 shows the components related to the present embodiment in order to prevent the features of the present embodiment from being blurred. Therefore, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that other general-purpose components other than the components shown in FIG. 1 may be further included.

2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a search service providing apparatus 200 provided in the server 20 of FIG.

The search service provision apparatus 200 according to an embodiment may correspond to at least one processor or may include at least one processor. Accordingly, the search service provision apparatus 200 according to an embodiment may be included in another hardware apparatus such as a microprocessor or a general-purpose computer system, and may be installed in the service provision server 20. [

2, the search service providing apparatus 200 includes an input recognizing unit 210, a location information obtaining unit 220, a stop information obtaining unit 230, and a search result providing unit 240. . The apparatus 200 for providing a search service according to an embodiment further includes an automatic completion providing unit 250.

The input recognition unit 210 recognizes the input of the search word from the user terminal 10. [ For example, the input recognition unit 210 recognizes the input of the search word including the bus route from the user terminal 10. [ The search term may include a bus line (e.g., " 55-1 ") and a keyword (e.g., "Arrival Time", "When do I arrive?") For requesting real time information search of the bus line. The input recognition unit 210 recognizes a search word composed of, for example, a combination of numbers or a combination of numbers and symbols, as a bus line. However, the specific method of recognizing the bus line from the search word recognition unit 210 is limited to this It does not.

Meanwhile, the input recognition unit 210 can recognize the input of the search word from the user terminal 10 in real time. For example, even if a separate search request command is not received from the user terminal 10, the input recognition unit 210 can recognize the input of the search term simply by inputting characters into the search window displayed on the user terminal 10 can do.

The location information obtaining unit 220 obtains the location information of the user terminal 10. For example, the location information obtaining unit 220 requests the user terminal 10 to transmit the location of the user terminal 10 and acquires the current location of the user terminal 10 from the user terminal 10 . The user terminal 10 can receive the current location of the user terminal 10 using the GPS receiver and transmit it to the service providing apparatus 200. [ However, in the embodiments of the present invention, the method of acquiring the current position of the user terminal 10 is not limited thereto.

The location information obtaining unit 220 can estimate the current location of the user terminal 10 by referring to the network connection information (e.g., IP address, etc.) of the user terminal 10. [ A specific method of acquiring the current location of the user terminal 10 by the location information acquisition unit 220 can be variously designed according to the type of the user terminal 10 and the access environment to the service providing server 20. [

The stop information obtaining unit 230 obtains the peripheral stop information corresponding to the position information of the user terminal 10 acquired by the position information obtaining unit 220. For example, the stop information acquiring unit 230 acquires the position of the user terminal 10 acquired by the position information acquiring unit 220 among the plurality of stops included in the bus route recognized by the input recognizing unit 210 It is possible to obtain at least one stop information in the vicinity. For example, the stop information acquiring unit 230 acquires the current position of the user terminal 10 acquired by the position information acquiring unit 220 among the plurality of stops included in the bus route recognized by the input recognizing unit 210 It is possible to obtain the information of the stop closest to the position.

The information of the bus stop included in the bus route and the position information of each bus stop may be stored in advance in the memory of the service providing server 20 or acquired from a separate storage device or server via the network. For example, stop information included in the bus route, position information of the stop, and the like can be obtained from the traffic information providing server 30.

The search result providing unit 240 provides search results including information on the nearby stop, and arrival time information of arrival of the bus on the stop. Here, the peripheral stop means a stop near the position of the user terminal 10 acquired by the stop information acquiring unit 230, and the peripheral stop information indicates information about the name of the peripheral stop, the location, .

Here, the arrival time information may be information on the time at which the bus corresponding to the bus route included in the search word recognized by the input recognition unit 210 arrives at the peripheral stop. The arrival time information may be expressed by the remaining time, and / or the number of remaining stations, of the bus on the route, until the nearest bus arrives at the nearby stop, but is not limited thereto. The search result according to an exemplary embodiment may include a plurality of arrival time information. For example, the search result provided by the search result provider 240 may include information of " stationary, 7 minutes, 14 minutes ago " It means arriving after 14 minutes each.

The search result providing unit 240 may provide a search result including a plurality of peripheral stop information and arrival time information at which the bus arrives at each stop. The search result providing unit 240 may provide a search result including the nearest stop information at the location of the user terminal 10 and the arrival time information at which the bus arrives at the stop.

The search result providing unit 240 according to an embodiment may further provide a map displaying the peripheral stop.

The search result providing unit 240 according to the embodiment may further provide information on the bus route recognized by the input recognizing unit 210. [ For example, the type of the bus line can be further provided. The type of the bus route may be, for example, but is not limited to, at least one of a low-floor bus, a general bus, a town bus, a wide area bus, and a direct bus.

The automatic completion providing unit 250 provides an automatic completion query in real time in response to a search word recognized in real time. For example, the automatic completion providing unit 250 provides an autocomplete search term corresponding to a bus route included in a search word recognized by the input recognizing unit 210. Basically, the automatic completion providing unit 250 predicts a finished text of a search term input by a user based on the search term inputted by the user in real time, and provides it as an autocomplete search term. The automatic completion search result provided by the automatic completion providing unit 250 may include a plurality of automatic completion search words.

For example, when the user inputs " 55 ", the automatic completion providing unit 250 can provide an automatic completion search word such as " 55-1 " The automatic completion providing unit 250 may provide an automatic completion search term for providing a general search service. For example, when the user inputs " 55-1 ", the automatic completion providing unit 250 may provide an autocomplete search term related to the search term, such as " Sonatine 55-1 1 motion. &Quot;

The automatic completion provisioning unit 250 according to an embodiment of the present invention predicts the completion of the search term including the bus route and provides it with the automatic completion search result when the bus line is inputted as the search term. For example, when the search term "55-1" is inputted, the automatic completion provisioning unit 250 according to an embodiment "when will the bus 55-1 come?", "Where is the bus 55-1 ? ", As shown in FIG.

In this embodiment, when the user selects a specific automatic completion keyword, the search result providing unit 240 according to an exemplary embodiment may provide a search result corresponding to the selected keyword. For example, when the user selects the auto-complete query word "When bus 55-1 comes?", The search result providing unit 240 searches for the peripheral stop information of the user terminal 10, The arrival time information of 55-1 to the stop, the map showing the stop, and the like.

Accordingly, even if the user inputs only the bus route number without inputting all of the keywords for the real-time information search request of the bus route and the bus route, the user selects the automatic completion keyword provided by the automatic completion providing unit 250, And a search result corresponding to a search term including all of the keywords.

The automatic completion providing unit 250 according to another embodiment of the present invention can provide a simplified search result corresponding to a search word together with an autocomplete search result when a bus line is input as a search word. Here, the simplified search result may include information about the nearby stop of the user terminal 10 and information on arrival time at which the bus of the route arrives at the nearby stop.

For example, when the search term of " 55-1 " is inputted, the automatic completion providing unit 250 according to an embodiment searches for "Quot;, " 13 minutes ", and the like. The automatic completion providing unit 250 may obtain the simplified search result from the search result providing unit 240 and provide the same.

Meanwhile, the automatic completion providing unit 250 according to another embodiment of the present invention may provide both the automatic completion search word corresponding to the search term and the simplified search result corresponding to the search term as an automatic completion search result. For example, in the present embodiment, the automatic completion providing unit 250 can provide a simplified search result corresponding to a search word together with an automatic completion search word when a bus line is input as a search word. The simplified search result may include one representative stop of the peripheral stops of the user terminal 10 and the arrival time information at which the bus of the corresponding route arrives at the representative stop, as described above.

For example, when the search term of " 55-1 " is inputted, the automatic completion providing unit 250 according to an embodiment searches for " 13 minutes "and" When will bus 55-1 come? ".

In this embodiment, when the user selects a specific automatic completion query or a simplified search result, the search result providing unit 240 may provide a search result corresponding to the selected automatic completion query or the simplified search result. For example, if the user selects the phrase "When is bus 55-1 coming?" 13 minutes ", the search result providing unit 240 transmits the information about the nearby stop of the user terminal 10, the arrival time information of 55-1 to the nearby stop, a map showing the nearby stop, and the like The search result may be included.

In describing the above-described embodiments, practical examples of a search word, an autocomplete search word, and a simplified search result have been specifically described, but these are only examples for convenience of description, and thus the embodiments of the present invention are not limited thereto . Examples of screens provided by the above-described embodiments will be described later with reference to Figs. 5 and 7. Fig.

According to one embodiment, the service providing server 20 may be configured to stop at a stop near the current position of the user terminal 10, based on the bus route number input from the user and the location information of the user terminal 10 And can provide the user terminal 10 with the time information of arrival of the bus corresponding to the inputted bus route.

3 is a diagram illustrating a data transmission / reception process of a search service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, in step 301, the user terminal 10 transmits a search word to the service providing server 20. The search term may include bus route information such as " 55-1 ". According to an embodiment, the user terminal 10 may transmit the search term input to the user terminal 10 to the service providing server 20 in real time even if a separate search request is not input from the user.

In step 302, the service providing server 20 provides an autocomplete search term corresponding to the search term transmitted in step 301. The autocomplete query according to one embodiment may include the search term sent in step 301. [ For example, when the search word "55-1" is transmitted, the service providing server 20 can provide an autocomplete search word such as "Where is the bus 55-1?" At step 302.

In step 303, the user terminal 10 may select a specific autocomplete search term among the autocomplete search terms provided in step 302, and may transmit the location information of the user terminal 10. For example, in step 303, the user terminal 10 can select "Where is bus 55-1?" Among the autocomplete queries provided in step 302.

Step 303 according to an embodiment includes selecting the autocomplete query by the user terminal 10, requesting the service providing server 20 to transmit the location information of the user terminal 10, And transmitting the location information.

In step 304, the service providing server 20 may provide a search result. According to one embodiment, the search result provided in step 304 corresponds to the search term sent in step 301 or the autocomplete search term sent in step 303, and corresponds to the location information provided in step 303. [ The search result according to an exemplary embodiment may include stop information closest to the position of the user terminal 10 provided in step 303 among the stops included in the bus line transmitted in step 301. [ The search result according to an exemplary embodiment may include arrival time information at which the bus of the bus route arrives at the nearest stop.

4 is a diagram illustrating a data transmission / reception process of a search service system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, in step 401, the user terminal 10 transmits a search word to the service providing server 20. According to an exemplary embodiment, in step 401, the user terminal 10 can transmit the search term input to the user terminal 10 to the service providing server 20 in real time even if a separate search request is not input from the user. According to one embodiment, at step 401, the user terminal 10 may further provide location information.

Step 401 according to an embodiment includes a step in which the user terminal 10 transmits a search word including a bus route, a step in which the service providing server 20 recognizes a search word and requests transmission of location information to the user terminal 10 , And a step in which the user terminal 10 transmits position information.

In step 402, the service providing server 10 provides the simplified search result to the user terminal 10 using the automatic completion function. The simplified search result may include a nearby stop and an arrival time information of the bus on the route to the nearby stop. For example, when the search word "55-1" and the current location information of the user terminal 10 are transmitted in step 401, the service providing server 20 transmits " 13 minutes ". As a result of the simplified search, it is determined that 13 minutes remain before the bus 55-1 arrives at the bus stop, which is the closest stop from the current position of the user terminal 10, among the plurality of bus stops included in the route of bus 55-1 And arrival time information.

In step 403, the user terminal 10 can select a simplified search result.

In step 404, the service providing server 20 may provide a detailed search result corresponding to the selection of the simplified search result. According to one embodiment, the search result provided in step 404 corresponds to the search word and location information transmitted in step 401, or the simplified search result selected in step 403. The search result may include information on the surrounding stop of the user terminal 10, information on the arrival time of the route bus to the surrounding stop, a map showing the stop, and the like.

The search service providing method of the service providing server 20 according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 can be realized by a program executable by a computer, In a general-purpose digital computer that operates the computer. The computer-readable recording medium includes a storage medium such as a magnetic storage medium (e.g., ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, etc.), optical reading medium (e.g., CD ROM,

5 to 7 illustrate examples in which screens provided by the search service providing system according to the embodiments of the present invention are displayed on the user terminal 10, respectively. 5 to 7 show an example in which the user terminal 10 is a smartphone, the embodiments of the present invention are not limited thereto.

5 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a screen provided by a search service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention is displayed on a user terminal.

Referring to FIG. 5A, a screen is displayed on the display unit of the user terminal 10. A search window 51 is displayed on the screen, and the user inputs the search word 52 into the search window 51. [ In the example of FIG. 5, the search term 52 includes a number, which may correspond to a bus line.

According to one embodiment, the user can click the search button 55 on the right side of the search window 51 to transmit a search request command to the server 20. According to an embodiment, even if the user does not click the search button 55 directly to generate a search request command, the search word 52 entered in the search window 51 can be transmitted to the server 20 in real time, The search engine 20 may provide an autocomplete search result 53 corresponding to the search term 52. [

According to one embodiment, the automatic completion providing unit 250 may provide the user terminal 10 with an autocomplete search result 53 corresponding to the search term 52. For example, the automatic completion providing unit 250 analyzes the search term 52, generates at least one autocomplete search term corresponding to the search term, and provides an autocomplete search result 53 including the at least one autocomplete term. In the example of FIG. 5, the automatic completion providing unit 250 recognizes that the search word 52 is a bus route, and may provide an autocomplete search word corresponding thereto. For example, in the example of FIG. 5, the automatic completion provisioning unit 250 generates an autocomplete search term for the bus arrival time information search request such as " When is the 55-1 bus coming? &Quot; (Hereinafter, referred to as " first automatic completion query ") 531.

FIG. 5B shows an example in which a screen provided when the first automatic completion search word 531 of FIG. 5A is selected is displayed on the user terminal 10. FIG.

Referring to FIG. 5B, the search result providing unit 240 provides a search result 54 corresponding to the first automatic completion search word 531 when the first automatic completion search word 531 is selected. The first automatic completion search word 531 includes a bus route number (hereinafter, referred to as a "first route") and a request to retrieve the arrival time information of the bus of the route. For example, in the case of the first autocomplete query 531 shown in FIG. 5 (a), the search request keyword "When is it?" To search for the first route number "55-1" and the arrival time of the bus. &Quot; and the like. Correspondingly, the search result providing unit 240 provides the search result 54 including the arrival time information of the first route bus.

Referring to FIG. 5B, the search result providing unit 240 may refer to the location information of the user terminal 10 to generate the search result 54 according to an embodiment. The location information of the user terminal 10 can be obtained by the location information obtaining unit 220 according to an embodiment.

The search results 54 provided in accordance with an embodiment include the surrounding stop information 541 of the user terminal 10, the arrival time information 542 when the bus of the first route arrives at the peripheral stop, And may include a displayed map 543. The peripheral stop may mean a stop closest to the position of the user terminal 10 among the plurality of stops included in the first route.

5, the peripheral stop information 541 may include a name of a nearby stop, an identification number of a nearby stop, and the like. Referring to FIG. 5, the arrival time information 542 may include the number of stops remaining and / or the time remaining until the bus of the route arrives at the nearby stop. Referring to FIG. 5, a plurality of arrival time information 542 may be provided. The plurality of arrival time information 542 shown in FIG. 5 indicates the arrival time information of the first arriving bus and the arrival time information of the second arriving bus among the buses of the first route arriving at the peripheral stop of the user terminal 10 . Referring to the example of FIG. 5, the arrival time information 542 indicates that the bus 55-1 arriving at the station is arriving after 13 minutes, and arriving after 14 minutes.

Referring to FIG. 5, the position of the peripheral stop 5431 may be displayed on the map 543 included in the search result 54. The peripheral stop 5431 displayed on the map 543 may be the same stop as the stop displayed on the peripheral stop information 541. [ Although not shown in the drawings, the current location of the user terminal 10 may be further displayed on the map 543 according to an embodiment.

6 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a screen provided by a search service providing system according to another embodiment of the present invention is displayed on a user terminal. Hereinafter, in the description of FIG. 6, the description overlapping with FIG. 5 will be omitted. Accordingly, the contents described with reference to Fig. 5 can also be applied to Fig.

Referring to FIG. 6A, a search window 61 is displayed on the screen, and the user inputs the search word 62 into the search window 61. In the example of FIG. 6, the search term 62 includes a number, which may correspond to a bus line.

The search word 62 entered in the search window 61 may be transmitted to the server 20 in real time and the server 20 may transmit the autocomplete search result 63 corresponding to the search word 62, Can be provided.

According to one embodiment, the automatic completion providing unit 250 may provide the user terminal 10 with an autocomplete search result 63 corresponding to the search term 62. 6, the automatic completion provider 250 searches for an autocomplete search result 63 including a simplified search result 631 such as " midday zone | about 13 minutes " corresponding to a search word including a bus route . The simplified search result 631 indicates that among the stops included in the bus line 55-1 entered in the search word 62, the peripheral stop of the user terminal 10 is the stationary station, Means arriving in minutes

In this embodiment, the simplified search result 631 may be transmitted from the search result providing unit 240 to the automatic completion providing unit 250. The automatic completion providing unit 250 analyzes the search word 52 and recognizes that the search word 52 includes the bus route number and generates a simplified search result corresponding to the recognized bus route, (240). The search result providing unit 240 refers to the recognized bus route and the location information of the user terminal 10 to obtain a simplified search result 631 including the nearby stop and the arrival time information of the bus of the route to the nearby stop And provides it to the automatic completion providing unit 250 so that the automatic completion providing unit 250 can provide a simplified search result to the user terminal 10 using the automatic completion function.

FIG. 6B shows an example in which a screen provided when the simplified search result 631 of FIG. 6A is selected is displayed on the user terminal 10. Referring to FIG. 6B, the search result providing unit 240 provides the entire search result 64 corresponding to the simplified search result 631.

The search result 64 according to the present embodiment includes peripheral stop information 641, arrival time information 642 of a bus on the route, and a map 643 showing a stop around the route. The map 643 displays a peripheral stop 6431. Meanwhile, the search result 64 shown in FIG. 6 is the same as the search result 54 shown in FIG. 5, and a detailed description will be omitted. Accordingly, the contents described in connection with the search result 54 of FIG. 5 can be similarly applied to the search result 64 of FIG.

FIG. 7 illustrates an example in which a screen provided by a search service providing system according to another embodiment of the present invention is displayed on a user terminal. 5 and FIG. 6 illustrate an example of retrieving real-time bus information in a general search service, FIG. 7 illustrates an example of retrieving real-time bus information in a traffic information search service.

Referring to FIG. 7 (a), a search window 71 is displayed on the screen, and the user inputs the search term 72 to the search window 71. According to one embodiment, the automatic completion providing unit 250 provides the user terminal 10 with an autocomplete search result 73 corresponding to the search term 72. According to one embodiment, the autocomplete offerer 250 provides a simplified search result 631, such as " stationary < RTI ID = 0.0 >

In this embodiment, the simplified search result 731 is the same as the simplified search result 631 of FIG. 6, and therefore a detailed description thereof will be omitted. Accordingly, the contents described in connection with the simplified search result 631 of FIG. 6 can be similarly applied to the simplified search result 731 of FIG.

7B shows an example in which a screen provided when the simplified search result 731 of FIG. 7A is selected is displayed on the user terminal 10. FIG. Referring to FIG. 7B, the search result providing unit 240 provides the entire search result 74 corresponding to the simplified search result 731.

The search result 74 according to the present embodiment includes peripheral stop information 741, arrival time information 742 of a bus of the route, and a map 743 showing a stop around the route. A map 743 displays a peripheral stop 7431. Meanwhile, the search result 74 shown in FIG. 7 is the same as the search result 54 shown in FIG. 5, so a detailed description will be omitted. Accordingly, the contents described in connection with the search result 54 of FIG. 5 can be similarly applied to the search result 74 of FIG.

The method of providing a search service according to an embodiment of the present invention may be provided in a general search service providing system as illustrated in FIGS. 5 to 6, and as shown in FIG. 7, a method of providing a search service limited to search for traffic information It is possible.

The search service providing method and the search service providing apparatus according to the embodiments of the present invention described above acquire the current location information of the user terminal 10 when the user inputs the route number of the public transportation as a search word, And the real-time arrival time information of the bus of the inputted route. The search service providing method and the search service providing apparatus according to embodiments of the present invention can provide a simplified search result by using an automatic completion search function or can predict a finished search word of a desired search word by using an automatic completion search function Thus, the user can more conveniently use the search service in accordance with the needs of the user.

In the meantime, although an example of a bus has been described in the embodiments of the present invention, the object of the real-time search service provided by the search service providing method and the search service providing apparatus according to the embodiment is not limited to the bus, The present invention can be applied to various transportation means provided with real-time traffic information from a traffic information providing server 30 such as a train, an airplane, and the like.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the exemplary embodiments, and that various changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical idea of the appended claims.

10: User terminal
20: Service providing server
30: Traffic information providing server
40: Network
200: Search service providing apparatus
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220: Position information obtaining unit
230: Stop information acquiring unit
240: Search result providing service
250: Automatic completion service

Claims (15)

A method for providing a search service,
Recognizing an input of a search word including a public transportation route number from a user terminal;
Obtaining location information of the user terminal;
Obtaining peripheral stop information corresponding to the position information; And
And an automatic completion providing step of providing, in real time, the simple search result including the surrounding stop information and the arrival time information when the public transportation corresponding to the public transportation route number arrives at the peripheral stop, in response to the input of the search term and,
The automatic completion providing step may include providing an automatic completion search term corresponding to the public transportation route number included in the search term and an automatic completion search result including the simplified search result in real time with respect to the input of the search term,
Wherein the simplified search result includes information on arrival time at which the public transportation arrives at a representative stop of the nearby stop and the representative stop,
The method comprises:
And providing a search result corresponding to the selected automatic completion query or the simplified search result when the automatic completion query or the simplified search result is selected
A method of providing a search service.
delete The method according to claim 1,
The auto-complete query
In response to the input of the public transportation route number
A method of providing a search service.
delete The method according to claim 1,
The search result
Further comprising a map displaying the peripheral stop
A method of providing a search service. The method according to claim 1,
The arrival time information
The time remaining until the public transport arrives and the number of remaining stations
A method of providing a search service. The method according to claim 1,
The search result further includes public transportation information corresponding to the public transportation route number
A method of providing a search service. A search service providing apparatus comprising:
An input recognizing unit for recognizing an input of a search word including a public transportation route number from a user terminal;
A location information obtaining unit for obtaining location information of the user terminal;
A stop information obtaining unit for obtaining peripheral stop information corresponding to the position information; And
And an automatic completion providing unit for providing a simple search result including information on the vicinity stop and arrival time information of arrival of the public transportation corresponding to the public transportation route number to the peripheral stop in real time in response to the input of the search term and,
Wherein the automatic completion providing unit provides an automatic completion search word corresponding to the public transportation route number included in the search word and an automatic completion search result including the simplified search result in real time to the input of the search word,
The simplified search result
And information on arrival times at which the public transportation arrives at the representative stop and the representative stop of the nearby stop,
The apparatus comprises:
And a search result providing unit for providing a search result corresponding to the selected automatic completion query or the simplified search result when the automatic completion query or the simplified search result is selected
A search service providing device. delete 9. The method of claim 8,
The auto-complete query
In response to the input of the public transportation route number
A search service providing device. delete 9. The method of claim 8,
The search result
Further comprising a map displaying the peripheral stop
A search service providing device. 9. The method of claim 8,
The arrival time information
The time remaining until the public transport arrives and the number of remaining stations
A search service providing device. 9. The method of claim 8,
The search result further includes public transportation information corresponding to the public transportation route number
A search service providing device. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the method according to any one of claims 1, 3, and 5 to 7.

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