KR20040099109A - A method of providing website searching service and a system thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method and a system for offering a web site search service are provided to maximize user's convenience by offering a wider search range to the user. CONSTITUTION: A site index database(501) classifies/stores a web site ID matched with each web site and a web page ID included to web pages by each field. A keyword index database(502) classifies/stores a keyword and the web page ID of the web pages including the keyword by each field. A web page information database(503) classifies/stores the web site ID and the web page ID included to the web site by each field. A DBMS(DataBase Management System)(520) manages the databases. A search request receiver(530) extracts the inputted keyword or a search request type by analyzing the keyword or search request information inputted through a user's web browser(560). A search result provider(540) generates/provides search result data to the user by extracting the web page ID from the database and operating the extracted web page ID.

Description

A method of providing a website search service and its system {A METHOD OF PROVIDING WEBSITE SEARCHING SERVICE AND A SYSTEM THEREOF}

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing a search service for providing information on a predetermined website on the Internet on which various kinds of information are located. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and system for providing a website search service which makes it possible to search for information on a predetermined website more conveniently.

Conventional search service providing systems such as Daum (http://www.daum.net), Yahoo (http://www.yahoo.com), etc., generally classify, store and manage website information according to predetermined criteria. Database, a search robot implemented as software for mechanically collecting new website information while continuously circulating on the web, and search engine software that allows users who use the search engine to search the database by collecting collected data. It is configured to process the predetermined information collected through this and provide it to the user.

According to the conventional method for providing a web page search, a user receives a predetermined search word and provides a plurality of website information corresponding thereto, but does not support a search function for the website itself. There is a problem.

For example, if you type "Patent Office" into the search box, only a brief description of the Office is provided, and only the information about the Office's universal resource locator (www.kipo.go.kr) is provided. In order to search for a predetermined document included therein, it is inconvenient to move to the JPO website and use a predetermined search box configured separately in the JPO website.

Fig. 1 shows an example of a search screen in a predetermined website according to this conventional method. The screen shown in FIG. 1 is an example of a screen provided to a user when accessing the JPO webpage according to a predetermined general resource locator provided to the user when the search engine inputs "Patent Office" into the search box. Referring to FIG. 1, a separate search term input unit 110 for searching the JPO webpage itself is shown in the JPO webpage.

Due to the above-mentioned problems, many website operators have a burden of providing a search tool for searching separately in their own website as the number of web pages included in the website increases and the amount of information included in the web pages increases. Can be.

Therefore, if a search service providing method capable of searching web pages included in a predetermined website as described above can be implemented, the convenience of a user using the search service can be maximized and the utilization of the search service will be greatly improved. Could be.

The method and system for providing a website search service according to the present invention are to provide a search service that can maximize the user's convenience by providing a wider search range to a search service user.

In addition, the method and system for providing a website search service according to the present invention enables the search of one or more web pages included in a predetermined website, thereby facilitating the convenience of a search service user and a predetermined website operator. For that purpose.

In addition, the method for providing a website search service according to the present invention and a system thereof enable a search for one or more web pages included in a predetermined website, thereby providing a search function built on an individual website. The purpose of the present invention is to enable the search service provider to broaden the search service provision range.

1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a search screen in a predetermined website according to a conventional method.

2A to 2C are diagrams illustrating a method of providing a website search service and a database structure of the system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a method for providing a keyword search service in a site in the method for providing a website search service.

4A to 4C are diagrams illustrating an example of a search screen according to a method for providing a keyword search service in a site in the method for providing a website search service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG.

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

6 is an internal block diagram of a general purpose computer system that may be employed in a method and system for providing a website search service according to the present invention.

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501: Site Index Database

502: keyword index database

503: Webpage Information Database

520: Database Management System

530: search request receiving unit 540: search result provider

550: interface unit 560: user web browser

In order to achieve the above object, a method for providing a website search service according to an aspect of the present invention, the one or more web page identifiers corresponding to one or more web pages included in a predetermined website and corresponding to the web page identifier Maintaining a web page information database in which web page information is recorded; Maintaining a site index database in which predetermined website information, a site identifier corresponding to the website information, and a first webpage identifier of a webpage included in the website are recorded; Maintaining a keyword index database in which a predetermined keyword and a first web page identifier of a predetermined web page including the keyword are recorded; Receiving a search request for a predetermined keyword or a predetermined website from a user; Extracting the first web page identifier corresponding to the website by referring to the site index database; Extracting the second webpage identifier corresponding to the keyword by referring to the keyword index database; Obtaining a third web page identifier by calculating the first web page identifier and the second web page identifier; Extracting the webpage information corresponding to the third webpage identifier among the website identifiers by referring to the webpage information database; And providing the extracted web page information to the user.

In addition, the website search service providing system according to an aspect of the present invention, a search engine; An interface unit for receiving a predetermined search input from a user and transmitting predetermined search result data to the user; A web page information database in which a web page identifier included in a predetermined website and web page information corresponding to the web page identifier are recorded; A keyword index database in which predetermined keywords and web page identifiers of predetermined web pages corresponding to the keywords are recorded; A database manager for managing the database; And a search result providing unit for searching the database to extract the web page identifier and calculating the extracted web page identifier to generate the search result data.

Hereinafter, a method and system for providing a website search service according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

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In the method and system for providing a website search service according to the present invention, a database means for classifying and storing various data collected by a search robot according to various fields is used.

2A to 2C are diagrams illustrating a method of providing a website search service and a database structure of the system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2A illustrates a structure of a database in which predetermined data stored in a webpage database in a website according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is classified for each field. Referring to FIG. 2A, a webpage database in a website includes a "site identifier", "site universal resource locator (URL)", "site title", "site description", and a site to which the site belongs. "Category identifier (ID)", "webpage identifier (ID)" of one or more webpages contained in the site, "webpage universal resource locator (URL)", and "hypertext markup contained in said webpage" Language (HTML) data "field.

The site identifier (ID) and the web page identifier (ID) shown in FIG. 2A may be arbitrarily assigned by the system for providing a website search service according to the present invention. The site identifier (ID) may be one of a plurality of sites. Any form of code may be used as long as it satisfies the condition that the site is the only identifier that can identify the site.

The web page database in the website shown in FIG. 2A is assigned "sIDxxxxxx" as the site identifier, the universal resource locator of the site is "www.naver.com", the site title is "naver", and the description of the site. Is "search site", and the category identifier is "cIDyyyyyy". In addition, the site may include one or more web pages, each of which is assigned a web page identifier as a unique identifier. In FIG. 2A, "pIDzzzzzz_1" is an example of a webpage identifier, www.naver.com/xxx is a webpage universal resource locator corresponding to the webpage identifier, and hypertext markup language data included in the webpage is " <title = "naver"> …… "are recorded respectively.

The webpage database in the website shown in FIG. 2A may be constructed by classifying data collected mechanically by the search robot while traversing each website for each website. First, all the information of the webpage included in the website is collected for a specific website, the site identifier is given to the website, and recorded in the webpage database in the website, and the universal resource locator of the website , Title, description, and category identifier for each category to which the website belongs. In addition, a predetermined webpage identifier is assigned to each webpage included in the website, and various kinds of information about the webpage identified by the webpage identifier are recorded in the webpage database in the website. It is possible to build a web page database.

2B illustrates a structure of a database in which predetermined data stored in a keyword index database according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is classified for each field. Referring to FIG. 2B, a keyword index database according to the present invention may be classified into a predetermined "keyword" field and a "web page identifier" field of a web page including the keyword.

In the keyword index database shown in Fig. 2B, webpage identifiers (pIDxxxxxx_3, pIDxxxxxx_7, etc.) of web pages in which " patents " and keywords " patents "

The keyword index database shown in FIG. 2B selects a predetermined keyword and records the keyword in a keyword field, and analyzes HTML sources of a plurality of web pages collected by a search robot to determine a web page identifier of the web page including the keyword. Field in the "page HTML" field by referring to a webpage database in the website, extracting a webpage identifier containing a specific keyword, and selecting the webpage identifier in the keyword index database. It may be constructed by writing to the page identifier field. In addition, as another example of a keyword index database construction method, HTML data of a web page collected by a search robot is analyzed to perform morphological analysis, and a predetermined keyword (eg, noun or proper noun, etc.) is extracted. The extracted keyword is recorded in the keyword index database, and the web page ID of the web page including the keyword is recorded in the keyword database. In the case of the method, it is also possible to implement to record the keyword in the keyword index database every time a keyword is extracted, or to record the keyword in the keyword index database when the keyword is extracted more than a predetermined number of times. It is also possible to implement using a keyword index database that is already built in existing search engines.

2C illustrates a structure of a database in which predetermined data stored in a site index database according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is classified for each field. Referring to FIG. 2C, a site index database according to the present invention may be classified into a predetermined "site identifier" field and a "page identifier" field for a web page included in the site.

In the site index database shown in Fig. 2C, " sIDxxxxxx " as a site identifier and " pIDxxxxxx_1 ", " pIDxxxxxx_2 "

The site index database shown in FIG. 2C selects a predetermined site, gives a site identifier for identifying the site, records it in the database, and searches a web page included in the site to search for the web page. It may be constructed by assigning a page identifier and recording it in a database. The site identifier and the webpage identifier of the webpage belonging to the site identifier may be extracted by referring to the webpage database in the website shown in FIG. It can also be built by writing to a database.

The web page database, keyword index database, and site index database in the website shown in FIGS. 2A to 2C may be constructed through the above-described method, and the database constructed as described above may be described below. The system may be employed as it is.

<Method and system for providing website search service>

3 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a method for providing a web document search service in a site in the method for providing a website search service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the method for providing a website search service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes the following steps.

Maintain a webpage information database (step 301). The webpage information database may be a webpage database in the website shown in FIG. 2A described above, or may be a database in which only a predetermined field is extracted and recorded separately from the fields of the webpage database in the website. The webpage information database records a webpage identifier of a webpage included in a predetermined website, and hypertext markup language data included in the webpage.

Maintain a keyword index database (step 302). The keyword index database may be the same as the keyword index database shown in FIG. 2B. That is, a predetermined keyword and a web page identifier of a predetermined web page containing the keyword are recorded in the keyword index database.

Maintain a site index database (step 303). The site index database may be a web page database in the website shown in FIG. 2A described above, or may be a database in which only a predetermined field is extracted and recorded separately from the fields of the web page database in the website. In the webpage information database, a website identifier corresponding to a predetermined website and a webpage identifier of a webpage included in the website may be recorded. An example of such a site index database is as described above in FIG. 2C.

In the above-described steps 302 and 303, the keyword index database and the site index database are databases derived from the web page database in the website described in FIG. 2A, and according to another embodiment of the present invention, the keyword index database and the site index are The database is not separately maintained by means of a separate database, and may be configured by temporarily extracting a corresponding field when a user's search request is made using the webpage database in the above-described website.

A website search request is received from a user (step 304), and a predetermined keyword is input from the user (step 305). Steps 304 and 305 may be performed at predetermined time intervals or may simultaneously receive a website search request and a predetermined keyword in one input window and simultaneously receive corresponding information. The webpage identifier (first webpage identifier) of the webpage included in the web site is extracted for the site specified in the search request (step 306). In addition, according to the input keyword, it is determined whether the same keyword as the input keyword exists in the keyword field of the keyword index database by referring to the keyword index database, and a web page identifier (second web page identifier) corresponding to the same keyword. ) Is extracted (step 307). The extracted first and second web page identifiers may have some of the same and some of them may be different. The webpage identified by the common webpage identifier among the extracted first and second webpage identifiers is not only a webpage included in the website requested by the user, but also a webpage including a keyword input by the user. Can be determined to be a web page to be searched. In order to obtain the same webpage identifier among the first webpage identifier and the second webpage identifier, the first webpage identifier and the second webpage identifier are calculated (step 308). According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the operation is to AND the first web page identifier and the second web page identifier. That is, when ANDing the first webpage identifier and the second webpage identifier with each combination, a webpage identifier (third webpage identifier) that is common among the first webpage identifier and the second webpage identifier. ) Can be extracted. There may be various implementation methods for such an AND operation. For example, the AND operation may be implemented by converting the webpage identifier into binary data and ANDing both binary data.

If the third webpage identifier is obtained in step 308, the webpage identifier is searched for the same webpage identifier as the third webpage identifier among the webpage identifiers recorded in the webpage identifier field of the webpage information database by referring to the webpage information database. In operation 309, webpage information corresponding to the webpage identifier is extracted. The user interface screen is reconfigured using the webpage information (HTML data included in the webpage) extracted in step 309 and provided to the user (step 310).

4A to 4C are diagrams illustrating an example of a search screen according to a method for providing a keyword search service in a site in the method for providing a website search service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG.

FIG. 4A illustrates an example of a search screen according to a method for providing a web document search service in a site in the method for providing a website search service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 3. An example of the search screen shown in FIG. 4A is a search result data providing screen searched through a category search method serviced at http://www.naver.com.

Referring to FIG. 4A, among predetermined search result data, a website title ("Road to Japan" 411) and website information on the website are provided to the user, and on the side, a separate "Web document search" is provided. A button 412 is provided.

FIG. 4B illustrates an example of a search screen according to a method for providing a web document search service in a site in the method for providing a website search service according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 3. One example of the search screen shown in FIG. 4B is a case of a search including a normal web document search and the like.

Referring to FIG. 4B, among predetermined search result data, a website title ("Road to Japan" 421) and website information on the website are provided to the user, and on the side, a separate "Web document search" is provided. Button 422 may be disposed.

The web document search buttons 412 and 422 shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B may be used when a web page including a predetermined keyword is searched among web pages included in the corresponding website. When clicking the "search web document" buttons 412 and 422 shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, a pop-up window shown in FIG. 4C may be provided to the user.

FIG. 4C illustrates an example of a pop-up window provided when the "Web document search" button 412 or 422 is clicked in the method for providing a website search service according to an embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 4C, a pop-up window tells the user that a web page included in a website URL (www.tojapan.co.kr) 430 of a predetermined website ("Route to Japan") will be searched. It may include a guide phrase for informing and a search term input window for specifying which keyword to search for a web page including a keyword among web pages included in the corresponding website.

5 is a block diagram illustrating a system for providing a web page search service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Web page search service providing system according to the present invention is the interface unit 550, search request receiving unit 530, search result provider 540, site index database 501, keyword index database 502, web page information database 503, and a database management system (DBMS) 520. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the interface unit 550 and the database management system 520 may be physically implemented in one server means.

The site index database 501 is responsible for classifying and storing a site identifier corresponding to a predetermined website and a webpage identifier of a webpage included in the website for each field.

The keyword index database 502 is responsible for classifying and storing a predetermined keyword and a web page identifier of the web page including the keyword for each field.

The webpage information database 503 is responsible for classifying and storing a site identifier corresponding to a predetermined website and webpage identifiers of one or more webpages included in the website for each field.

The site index database 501 and the web page information database 503 described above may be integrated into the web page database in the website described above in FIG. 2A. That is, since the web page database in the website includes all of the fields included in the site index database 501 and the web page information database 503, the web page database in one website is determined according to a predetermined field in the web page database. By sorting the data, it may be responsible for the functions performed by the databases 501 and 503. In addition, as will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, the above-described databases 501 to 503 are merely classified from a logical or functional point of view, and it is obvious that the databases 501 to 503 may be physically implemented in one database server. Do.

The database management system 520 is responsible for managing the databases 501 to 503. The database management system 520 of the system for providing a website search service according to the present invention is a relational database management system (RDBMS) such as Oracle, Infomix, Sybase, DB2, or Orion. Object-oriented database management system (OODBMS) such as O2, etc. can be implemented according to the purpose of the present invention.

The search request receiving unit 530 is responsible for analyzing the keyword or search request information input through the user web browser 560 and extracting the input keyword or search request type.

The search result providing unit 540 searches the database to extract a web page identifier, calculates the extracted web page identifier to generate predetermined search result data, and configures a user interface screen in a predetermined manner to a user. In charge of providing functions.

The above-mentioned site index database 501, keyword index database 502, and web page information database 503 are merely functionally classified according to the attributes of information stored and managed, and are physically one database (for example, It may be implemented as a web page database in a website, and then rearranged as necessary for each field. In addition, it is obvious that depending on the implementation, it is possible to store and manage the above-described web page related information in one or more databases.

Embodiments of the invention also include computer readable media containing program instructions for performing operations that may be implemented by various computers. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. The media may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the present invention, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, and magnetic disks, such as floppy disks. Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. The medium may be a transmission medium such as an optical or metal wire, a waveguide, or the like including a carrier wave for transmitting a signal specifying a program command, a data structure, or the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

6 is an internal block diagram of a general purpose computer system that may be employed in a method and system for providing a website search service according to the present invention.

The computer system includes one or more processors 640 connected to a main memory including random access memory (RAM) 660 and read only memory (ROM) 670. The processor 640 is also called a central processing unit (CPU). As is well known in the art, the ROM 670 serves to pass data and instructions to the CPU unidirectionally, and the RAM 660 typically transfers data and instructions bidirectionally. Used to. RAM 660 and ROM 670 may include any suitable form of computer readable media. Mass storage 610 is bi-directionally coupled to processor 640 to provide additional data storage capability and may be any of the computer readable recording media described above. The mass storage device 610 is used to store programs, data, and the like, and is a secondary memory device such as a hard disk which is generally slower than the main memory device. Certain mass storage devices such as CD ROM 620 may be used. The processor 640 may include one or more input / output interfaces, such as a video monitor, trackball, mouse, keyboard, microphone, touchscreen display, card reader, magnetic or paper tape reader, voice or handwriting reader, joystick, or other known computer input / output device. 630 is connected. Finally, the processor 640 may be connected to a wired or wireless communication network through the network interface 650. Through this network connection, the procedure of the method described above can be performed. The apparatus and tools described above are well known to those skilled in the computer hardware and software arts.

The hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention.

According to the method and system for providing a website search service according to the present invention, by providing a wider search range to a search service user, a technical effect of providing a search service that can maximize user convenience can be obtained. .

In addition, according to the method and system for providing a website search service according to the present invention, it is possible to search for one or more web pages included in a predetermined website, thereby facilitating the convenience of the search service user and the predetermined website operator. The technical effect of doing so can be obtained.

In addition, according to the method for providing a website search service according to the present invention and a system thereof, a search function built in an individual website can be searched by one or more web pages included in a predetermined website. By enabling integration into the providing system, it is possible to obtain a technical effect of broadening the search service provider's search service provider.

As described above, although the present invention has been described by way of limited embodiments and drawings, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, which can be variously modified and modified by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is obvious that modifications are possible. Accordingly, the spirit of the present invention should be understood only by the claims set forth below, and all equivalent or equivalent modifications thereof will belong to the scope of the present invention.

Claims (1)

A recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a method for searching a website in a search engine, comprising: Maintaining a webpage information database in which at least one webpage identifier corresponding to at least one webpage included in a predetermined website and webpage information corresponding to the webpage identifier are recorded; Maintaining a site index database in which predetermined website information, a site identifier corresponding to the website information, and a first webpage identifier of a webpage included in the website are recorded; Maintaining a keyword index database in which a predetermined keyword and a first web page identifier of a predetermined web page including the keyword are recorded; Receiving a search request for a predetermined keyword or a predetermined website from a user; And In response to receiving a search request for a predetermined keyword or a predetermined website from the user, provide a predetermined user interface screen to the user, and receive a search request for the keyword or the website through the user interface screen. Doing; Extracting the first web page identifier corresponding to the website by referring to the site index database; Extracting the second webpage identifier corresponding to the keyword by referring to the keyword index database; Obtaining a third webpage identifier by ANDing the first webpage identifier and the second webpage identifier; Extracting the webpage information corresponding to the third webpage identifier among the website identifiers by referring to the webpage information database; And Providing the extracted web page information to the user A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for implementing a method for providing a website search service, comprising: a computer.