JP3535449B2 - Needs measurement system - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is a device for measuring needs when searching a home page based on a keyword .
Measurement system .

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2. Description of the Related Art For example, a search engine typified by Yahoo (registered trademark) or the like performs a search by typing a keyword in a predetermined field and pressing a search execution key. In this case, when a keyword is input in the input field and a search is performed, a plurality of search candidates are displayed as a list. Then, from the hyperlinked list obtained as a result of the search, it is possible to access the target company by clicking the company name that seems to be applicable.

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By the way, in the above-mentioned search engine, a plurality of search results are obtained corresponding to the keyword. Then, the user attempts to access the hyperlink that he or she has determined to be applicable. However, with such search engines,
Since many links are displayed at one time, the user has to click and search each of the obtained lists until he / she accesses the corresponding home page.

In addition, each home page may be provided with an access number counter for counting the number of accesses to the home page. However, not all websites have access counters, so it is not possible to compare how much needs there are compared to other websites. In particular, when a company name was entered and a search was conducted, but there was no corresponding home page (link), it was difficult to find out how much potential needs there were for the company.

The present invention has been made based on the above circumstances. The purpose of the present invention is to display search results in a one-to-one correspondence with keywords and to show the number of accesses to links from these search results. Needs measurement system that counts the needs for the homepage
It is intended to provide

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the knee of the present application
The measurement system is a needs measurement system that measures a user's needs by searching a URL from a predetermined keyword and displaying or distributing the URL or information placed at the URL to the user via a network. <br/> and keywords and information corresponding to these keywords
Collation database that stores the URL, URL and the UR
URL database that stores the keyword corresponding to L
And the keyword stored in the collation database is searched, and the keyword is collated in the collation database.
To display a retrieval means for retrieving the URL, the search results that by the search means, regardless of whether the URL corresponding to the keyword exists in the database, a link format that is displayed when the U RL is present a display means for, as well as equipped with an access number counting means for counting the clicks when the user clicks the View link format that is displayed by the display means, when the URL is present, the table
The link format is displayed by the display means.
The URL to be linked to the displayed screen is not displayed .

Therefore, when the database is searched for a keyword, the U corresponding to the keyword is searched.
The keyword information is displayed by the display means regardless of whether or not the RL exists in the database. Then, when the keyword information is displayed by this display means, when the display in the link format is clicked, this click is counted by the access number counting means, so the corresponding URL
Even if is not in the database, it is possible to count the needs for the URL.

That is, for example, by counting the number of accesses to a company or the like that has not yet created a home page, it is possible to estimate how much there is a need. Also, the user did not see the URL
Will have to click on the link and access it
The number of times accessed is counted by counting with a number counting means.
You can count the numbers reliably. In addition, each database
The amount of data in the scan does not become very large. Thereby,
You can reduce the search time to search each database.
And are possible. So if you have a lot of access
It is possible to shorten the waiting time, and more
It will be configured so that it can handle access.

In addition to the above-mentioned invention, another invention is that the collation database corresponds to a predetermined keyword.
One registration information stored in the URL database
The URL corresponding to the registration information is stored in the
Of. Therefore, it is necessary for one keyword.
Instead, one URL will be obtained as a search result,
A perfect match type search system can be provided.

Furthermore, along with another invention, in addition to the inventions described above, the keyword is the first telephone number, UR
Instead of L, the second telephone number is used as the database of the information storage means.
It is supposed to be stored in the memory. I did this
In this case, for example, even if the first telephone number is changed, the second telephone number
If you register the changed telephone number as the telephone number of
It becomes possible to perform a one-to-one exact match type search.

According to another invention, in addition to the above invention, the keyword is the first mobile phone number and U
Instead of RL, use the second mobile phone number as the data
It is intended to be stored in the database. like this
If, for example, the first mobile phone number has been changed
However, the mobile phone number after the change as the second mobile phone number
By registering, you can perform a one-to-one exact match type search.
And are possible.

Further, another invention is in addition to the above invention.
Furthermore, if the keyword is the first email address,
Instead of the URL, the second mail address is used as the information storage
This is to be stored in the Dan database.
If you do this, for example, the first email address
Even if it has been changed, after changing as the second email address
If you register your e-mail address, one-on-one perfect match type
It becomes possible to search for.

In addition to the above-mentioned invention, another invention is a further invention.
In addition, the keyword is the information before update and the URL
Instead, the updated information is recorded in the database of the information storage means.
It is meant to be remembered. If you do this
Search, enter the information before update as a keyword.
In this case, if you register the updated information, the search result will be
It can be obtained well. This allows you to perform an exact match search.
It becomes possible.

Furthermore, other inventions are in addition to the above inventions.
Furthermore, the keyword is input by voice and this voice
A voice recognition hand that converts input keywords into text information
Characters that have steps and are converted by this voice recognition means
Data stored in the information storage means by the search means by the information
This is to search the base. So for example
For example, you can input voice even from a mobile phone or landline phone.
Searching the database for selected keywords
It becomes possible to improve the convenience of the user.

In addition to the above-mentioned invention, another invention is a further invention.
, Instead of the display means, the database of the search means
Equipped with voice conversion means for converting search results into voice data
I decided to do it. Because of this, voice input
Database search results based on keywords are
The data can be received by the user. By that,
For example, you can search by voice input on your mobile phone or landline phone.
Even if you do, the user will find the search results as voice data.
It becomes possible to receive. Thereby, the user's
The convenience is improved.

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BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION (First Embodiment) A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of the search system of the present invention. In this figure, the search system 10 has an information management server 11, an application server 12, a database server 13 and a communication server 14.
These information management server 11 and application server 1
2. The database server 13 and the communication server 14 are LAN-connected to each other in a large-scale configuration and are capable of transmitting signals and data to each other. In such a large-scale configuration, each of these servers 11 to 14 is a workstation or a personal computer by itself. However, in a medium-scale or small-scale configuration instead of a large-scale configuration, a single or a small number of workstations or personal computers are configured to also serve the above-mentioned functions. It should be noted that the following description will be made based on a single workstation or a personal computer. Further, in the figure, a web server and an internet network of a company providing an internet connection service are omitted.

Of these, the information management server 11 plays a role as a management means, and includes address information of data stored in the database server 13 and addresses of various application programs stored in the application server 12. It manages information, and further, a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) when a user accesses the search system 10 from the outside.

Further, the application server 12 displays the search result by the search program for executing the search corresponding to the keyword, the display application program for displaying the search result for the database server 13, and the display application program. In this case, it has a built-in access count program that counts this display. Then, as shown in FIG. 2, the search program, the display application program, and the access number counting program function as the search unit 20, the display unit 21, and the access number counting unit 22 when they are functionally understood. Is.

Of these, the search program has a configuration in which an input field for inputting a keyword is displayed when the search program is activated. Then, by inputting a keyword in this input field and then clicking a search execution button similarly displayed, it is possible to search whether or not the keyword information exists in the database server 13.

Further, the display application program displays the search results obtained by executing the search. In this case, the display result obtained by the display application program is such that the hyperlink-type link-type keyword 40 (see FIG. 6) is displayed. Furthermore, when the display application program performs a search, the access number counting program counts the search and also the number of clicks when the displayed link-type keyword 40a or link-type keyword 40b is clicked.

A database server 13 to be searched is connected to the application server 12. The database server 13 stores a specific keyword and a URL corresponding to this keyword.
In this case, one URL is always stored so as to correspond to a predetermined keyword (for example, telephone number). That is, for example, there are several keywords for a company, such as the telephone number of the company and the name of the company. Even if there are multiple keywords for this company, the search result of the URL obtained from this keyword is
There is only one for any of these keywords. If the keyword is, for example, a place name such as Shinjuku Ward or a phrase such as "I want to go", a plurality of URLs will correspond to these keywords.

The database composed of such keywords and URLs may be realized by, for example, tracing the classification for each region or each product. in this case,
For example, the database of the database server 13 is configured by being classified into a directory format. This database is provided with, for example, the highest-level directories that are classified according to the desires of life. And FIG.
As shown in Figure 4, "I want to go" in that directory
Inside, there is provided a directory classified by prefecture, for example. Inside the directory of each prefecture, a directory further classified into municipalities is provided for each prefecture.

In FIG. 3, the window is
For example, the name of Web-104 is registered in the favorites 31 in the start menu 30 of the s (registered trademark) screen, and the highest-level directory 32 such as "I want to go" indicating a life desire from the Web-104. The directory directory for each prefecture, the directory 34 for cities, towns and villages, and the like can be sequentially traced to subordinate directories.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the municipality directory 34 is provided with a directory 35 classified by town name. Inside the directory 35 for each town name, for example, the directory 3 classified for each business
6 is provided. URLs for various companies and stores are stored in the hyperlink format in the directory 36 for each business.

In addition to the above-mentioned hierarchical database composed of regions and industries, URLs may be constructed by classifying products, for example. In that case, for example, a higher-level concept directory (for example, daily necessities) that is a comprehensive product group (product group) is provided, and a plurality of lower-level directories (for example, stationery) are formed from that directory at any time. It is configured to reach a typical product name (for example, a fountain pen). The hierarchical structure of the database in this case is almost the same as the hierarchical structure of the database shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.

Furthermore, it is possible to classify by the route, the nearest station, or the name of the street. In this case, the directory related to the route becomes a higher-level directory, and the station name existing on that route becomes a lower-level directory. Further, the lower directories may be further subdivided in combination with the classification by product or the classification by industry.

However, the database is not limited to the directory format as described above, and as shown in FIG.
For example, it may be configured in a table format. In this case, only one URL is registered in one column, but a plurality of keywords are registered for one URL. Then, a keyword search is performed by the search program, and if a corresponding keyword is found as a result, a scalar function may be set so as to retrieve the keyword and the corresponding URL.

Although the database server 13 has a database having the above-described structure, it is also possible to record personal information in the database server 13. In this case, the search program of the search server can perform the search including the information registered in the database server 13 by itself. In this case, another user can access the dedicated database by recognizing whether or not he / she is the one who inputs the password so that another user cannot search the dedicated database.

In the case of a database having a hierarchical structure, the structure of the database in the case of recording the personal information and performing the search including the personal information is arranged so as to be lined up with the uppermost directory 32. Create a directory of "personal data". Then, starting from this directory, a lower directory is formed at any time, and various personal information is registered. Further, in the case of a tabular database, personal information is started to be registered in a table on a new page, or additionally registered in a tabular database at any time. Other database configurations can be formed at any time.

The search result obtained by the search of the database stored in the database server 13 as described above is returned to the user via the communication server 14 as shown in FIG. In this case, the hyperlink link type keyword 40 is displayed and returned. This reply is returned in the state of being converted into the HTML format, but in addition to this, the reply result may be returned in another format such as a mail format. Even when replying in another format such as a mail format, the link-type keyword 40 is displayed in the hyperlink format, and clicking this link-type keyword 40 will access the desired home page via the information management server 11. It is possible.

A case where a search is performed by the search system 10 having the above-mentioned configuration will be described below.

First, when a user accesses the information management server 11 via the Internet, the user is immediately accessed to the application server 11 and the search means 20 (search program) is activated. Alternatively, the accessed home page is always provided with a search screen corresponding to the search means 20. In this search means 20, the user inputs a desired keyword. For example, if you want to access the homepage of company A, you can enter the telephone number of company A, or the address of company A, or even A
Enter the company name of the company.

When the search execution button is pressed after inputting these keywords, a hyperlink type link type keyword 40 for confirmation is displayed on the keyword information display screen 41 with an underline 40a indicating a link after a while. It Further, if this information is clicked in the case of information that the link type keyword 40a is desired to be displayed, the search result, that is, the home page stored in the database 13 is returned to the user by the communication server 14 after a while. . The home page stored by another web server may be accessible.

When the search result is returned to the user, the hyperlink type link type keyword 40b and the information related to the link type keyword 40b are registered by the display means 21 (display application), and the registered information is also registered. It is returned in the state of the keyword information display screen 42 which is also displayed. That is, for example, when the company name and FAX number of the company A, or the information on the location and the information about the route and the nearest station are registered, these information are also displayed, and other information may be displayed as a keyword. It is posted on the information display screen 42.

The keyword information display screens 41 and 42
Is always displayed regardless of whether or not there is a home page, that is, a URL, for company A.
Even if there is no information about Company A,
The keyword information display screens 41 and 42 are displayed. In the case of the keyword information display screen 42, only the link-type keyword 40b in the hyperlink format is displayed.

The number of accesses is counted when the keyword display screen 41 is displayed by the display means 21 (display application) whether or not the information on the company A exists. If there is no information about the company A, nothing is displayed on the keyword display screen 41, but the information management server 11 confirms that the keyword such as the telephone number has been input. You can count.

When the link-type keyword 40 of the company A is displayed on the keyword display screen 41, the number of clicks on the link-type keyword portion is counted to access the company A on the keyword display screen 41. The number is counted by the access counting means 22. The number of accesses may be counted for each of the link-type keywords 40. If a plurality of link-type keywords 40 point to the same homepage, the total number of accesses to those link-type keywords 40 may be counted. May be calculated.

The URL is not displayed on the keyword display screen 41 even if the cursor is placed on the link type keyword 40. What is displayed is the storage location in the database 13.

Then, in the returned keyword display screen 42, the link type keyword 4 in the hyperlink format is displayed.
When 0b is clicked, access is made based on the URL of the search result. Also at this time, the number of clicks is counted. Then, when the homepage of the company A exists, this homepage is accessed by clicking the keyword. If the company A homepage does not exist, for example, "Not registered",
Alternatively, the screen moves to a screen for displaying "Not Found" or the like.

Even when the link type keyword 40 on the keyword display screen 41 is clicked, it is possible to jump to the home page of the company A or display "Not registered".

By the above-mentioned operation, the target homepage can be accessed, and the number of accesses is counted regardless of whether or not the homepage exists. The keyword display screens 41, 4
The number of clicks in either one of 2 may not be counted.

According to the search system 10 having such a structure, when the database stored in the database server 13 is searched for a keyword, it is determined whether the URL corresponding to the keyword exists in the database server 13. Regardless, count the search itself. Further, the display means 21 displays the keyword information display screens 41 and 42 regardless of whether or not the URL exists in the database in the database server 13. Then, when displayed by the display means 21, the access number counting means 22 counts each time the link type keyword 40, 40b is clicked. Therefore, even if it is determined that the corresponding URL does not exist in the database of the database server 13 by performing a search by inputting the keyword, the needs for the URL can be counted.

That is, for example, even for a company that has not yet created a home page, it is possible to count the number of accesses when it is assumed that the company has a home page. This allows the potential needs of the company's home page to be met.

Further, since the display means 21 does not display the information on the URL, the user sees the keyword information display screens 41 and 42 on which the hyper-type link type keywords 40 and 40b are displayed, and then the hyper-link type keywords are displayed. The keyword 40, 40b will be clicked. Therefore, by setting the count standard of the access number counting means 22 to the number of clicks on the keyword information display screen 41 or the keyword display screen 42, the number of times of access can be surely counted.

Further, the database stored in the database server 13 can be configured so that only one URL corresponds to one keyword. In this case, only one search result can be obtained for a certain keyword, and the perfect match type search system 10 can be provided.

When the database stored in the database server 13 is constructed by storing keywords in rows, it is possible to register many keywords corresponding to one URL. Thereby,
One URL is always associated with one keyword, which makes it easy to construct a perfect match database, and is suitable for the perfect match search system 10. In addition, this also improves the convenience when the user searches.

Further, when a URL table stored in a row and a plurality of keywords corresponding to the URL are arranged in a column to form a database in a table format, the database can be easily changed / added and the search can be performed in this table format. Since it is only performed for the database of, it is possible to shorten the search time.

Further, when the database is stored in a hierarchical structure, it is possible to reach a desired URL by tracing the directory of the superordinate concept to the directory of the subordinate concept. In such a hierarchically structured database, for example, classification by region such as prefectures or municipalities, or classification such as subordinate concept products or industries subdivided from superordinate product or industry classifications, or It becomes possible to easily deal with the classification of the line and the station name of the line. Also,
The user can easily follow the desired URL because the configuration is such that the superordinate concept is followed by the subordinate concept.

(Second Embodiment) A second embodiment in which the above first embodiment is modified will be described below with reference to FIG.

In the first embodiment described above, the user is
Although described as the C user, the present invention can be applied to a mobile information terminal such as the mobile phone terminal 51. In the following description, the search system 50 using the mobile phone terminal 51 will be described.

The search system 50 of the present embodiment uses a mobile phone terminal 51 that uses a wireless communication line. In this case, the user uses an information distribution service for mobile phones that converts information on the Internet for mobile phones. In addition, this information distribution service for mobile phones,
It is registered as a plurality of trademark names, and NTT Mobile Communication Network Co., Ltd. registers "I-mode / eye mode" as a trademark name. In addition, Daini Denden Co., Ltd. registers "EZweb" as a trade name. Similar services also exist in other companies.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 7, the user accesses the information management server of the search system using the mobile phone terminal 51. Then, a predetermined keyword is input by a key operation or a button operation of the mobile phone terminal 51. In addition,
The subsequent search procedure is the same as that described in the first embodiment. Further, in FIG. 7, the display of the web server and the internet network of the company providing the internet connection service is omitted.

However, in the present embodiment, the distribution of the search result to the mobile phone terminal 51 is different from that of a normal PC user. The above-mentioned search results are delivered to the mobile phone terminal 51 by the communication server 14 in the mail format. When delivered in this mail format, the access number counting means 22 (access number counting program) counts the number of times the mail is delivered. Further, the number of searches may be counted instead of distribution.

The link-type keyword 40 in the hyperlink format is displayed in the mail delivered to the user. The display of the link-type keyword 40 in the hyperlink format may be performed by the display means 21 (display application program). Then, by clicking the link-type keyword 40, if the corresponding URL exists in the database server 13, the search system 5 is displayed on the home page of the URL.
It is accessible via 0. Also, the corresponding URL
If there is not, a message such as "Not Registered" or "Not Found" will be displayed. If the URL does not exist in the database server 13 but exists in the external database when the link-type keyword 40 is clicked, the external database can be directly accessed without using the search system 50. good.

With the above configuration, the retrieval system 50 of the present invention can retrieve the URL corresponding to the keyword even when the user uses the portable information terminal 51 such as the portable telephone terminal. . The communication server 14 delivers the keyword information in the mail format to the user regardless of whether the URL corresponding to the keyword exists in the database. Then, when the keyword information is distributed, the number of distributions is counted by the access number counting means 22. Therefore, similarly to the first embodiment described above, the needs for the corresponding URL can be counted. In addition, when accessing a predetermined homepage, if it is configured so as to always go through the search system 50, the access number counting means 22 can count each time the distributed link type keyword 40 is clicked.

Further, since the keyword is displayed in the hyperlink format in the mail delivered to the user, it is possible to access the desired homepage by clicking the search result of the database.

Further, since a portable information terminal such as a portable telephone terminal can be carried around easily, it is easy to carry it out even when going out.
It becomes possible to search the RL.

Although the second embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention may be applied not only to a URL but also to a mail address.

(Third Embodiment) A third embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. In the present embodiment, the same reference numerals as those used in the above-described first and second embodiments will be assigned the same reference numerals.

In the search system 60 shown in FIG. 8, when the user first accesses the information management server 11 via the Internet, the application server 11 is immediately accessed and the search means 20 is activated. In this search means 20, the user inputs a keyword such as a telephone number. However, when the accessed home page is always provided with a search screen corresponding to the search means 20, the keyword can be input together with the access.

When the search execution button is pressed after inputting the keyword, the database server 13 is accessed and the search operation based on the keyword is executed. In this case, the database server 13 has a collation database 61 that stores a keyword such as a telephone number and information such as a company name as registration information corresponding to the keyword. In addition to the collation database 61, keywords such as URL and company name corresponding to this home page (register
A URL database 62 that separately stores ( record information) exists in the database server 13.

Therefore, when the user executes a search with a keyword such as a telephone number, the search means 20 accesses the collation database 61. In the following description, the keyword will be described as a telephone number.

Collation database 61 based on telephone number
When the corresponding telephone number is present in the collation database 61 when the user accesses to, the searching means 20 obtains the company name corresponding to the telephone number from the collation database 61. Here, when the collation database 61 is searched by the search means 20, the access number counting means 22 counts the number of accesses. However, if you enter a phone number as a keyword and click the search execution button,
The access number counting means 22 may count the number of accesses. That is, if a keyword is input and the search execution button is clicked, the collation database 6
Since 1 is to be searched, counting when the search execution button is pressed is synonymous with counting when the matching database 61 is searched by the search means 20.

When the collation database 61 is searched based on the telephone number and the corresponding company name is obtained, the searching means 20 subsequently searches the URL database 62 based on this company name. When the URL corresponding to the company name is registered as a result of this search, the search means 20 obtains the URL as the search result.

When the retrieval means 20 obtains the URL, it returns the retrieval result to the user. At the time of this reply, the link-type keyword 40b in the hyperlink format is displayed on the display means 21 as in the first embodiment described above.
Then, when the information regarding the link-type keyword 40b is registered, it is returned in the state of the keyword information display screen 42 which also displays the registration information. That is, for example, when the company name and FAX number of the company A, or the information on the location and the information about the route and the nearest station are registered, these information are also displayed, and other information may be displayed as a keyword. It is posted on the information display screen 42.

Note that the keyword information display screen 42 may be displayed by the display means 21 when the company name corresponding to the telephone number is obtained as a result of the search of the collation database 61. In this case, the company name is a link-type keyword 40b on the keyword information display screen 42.
Is displayed. However, even if the company name corresponding to the telephone number is obtained as the link-type keyword 40b, even if the cursor is placed on this keyword, the URL is not yet obtained by the URL database server 61, so that company The URL corresponding to is not displayed.

After searching the URL, the keyword information screen 42 is displayed. This keyword information display screen 42 is a home page for the company A, that is, UR.
It is always displayed regardless of whether or not L exists. Further, even if there is no information about the company A, the keyword information display screen 42 is displayed. In the case of the keyword information display screen 42, only the link-type keyword 40b in the hyperlink format is displayed.

When the link type keyword 40b on the keyword information display screen 42 is clicked, if the URL corresponding to the telephone number exists, the home page of the URL is accessed. If the URL corresponding to the telephone number does not exist, “Not registered” or “Not found” is displayed.

Even in the search system 60 having such a structure, the access number counting means 22 is used to search the search means 20.
It is possible to reliably count the search of the URL based on the keyword using. Further, even if the URL corresponding to the keyword does not exist, the access count counting means 22 counts the access by the search means 20, so that even for a company or the like that has not yet created a homepage, that company will open the homepage. It is possible to count the number of accesses when it is assumed that they have.

Further, since the access number counting means 22 counts the number of accesses when the searching means 22 searches the collation database 61, the collation database 6 is truly
Only the accesses that are searched for 1 will be counted.

Further, since the database server 13 separately stores the collation database 61 and the URL database 62, the respective databases 61 and 6 are stored.
The data amount of 2 can be reduced. As a result, the search time for searching the databases 61 and 62 can be shortened. Thereby, it becomes possible to reduce the waiting time when there is a larger number of accesses. For this reason, it becomes the structure which can respond to more accesses.

Although the third embodiment of the present invention has been described above, in this embodiment as well, as in the case of the second embodiment described above, the user operates the portable telephone terminal 51.
It is also possible to use an information distribution service for mobile phones that uses the to convert information on the Internet for mobile phones. In this case, when the collation database 61 is accessed, the access number counting means 22 may be configured to count the accesses.
On the other hand, when the search result in the mail format is distributed, the distribution number may be counted by the access number counting means 22. Even if the mobile phone terminal 51 is searched in this way, it is possible to obtain the same effects as the above case.

(Fourth Embodiment) The fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. In addition,
Also in the fourth embodiment, the same components as those described in the above-mentioned first to third embodiments will be described with the same reference numerals.

In this embodiment, the user is the user of the mobile telephone terminal 51 or the fixed telephone terminal. Then, the user first inputs a predetermined telephone number. As a result, the mobile telephone terminal 51 or the fixed telephone is connected to the information management server 11 constituting the search system 70 via the communication network. After the information management server 11 is accessed, a keyword is voice-input to the information management server 11 according to a predetermined procedure. The information management server 11 distinguishes between a case where a user's inquiry by a keyword is a complete voice and a case where a signal corresponding to each numeral is separately transmitted (in the case of a push sound of a push phone or the like). . In the case of a complete voice, there are two types, that is, the voice of the user himself and the electronic voice uttered in the number guidance.

When the user inquires by voice, the voice recognition unit 7 outputs voice data from the information management server 11.
Sent to 1. The voice recognition unit 71 is configured by a voice recognition program in the application server 12, and converts voice data into character data.

After the voice data is replaced with the character data by the voice recognition means 71, the same search as that described in the first to third embodiments is performed. Done. That is, the search means 20
Executes a search using the replaced character data as a keyword. Then, the obtained search result is subjected to voice conversion by the voice conversion means 72, which will be described later, or delivered in the mail format.

Since the details of the search have already been described, the description thereof will be omitted. FIG. 9 shows a state in which the user of the mobile phone terminal 51 receives the search result by the search means 20 that is voice-converted by the voice conversion means 72 described later.

Also in this case, the access number counting means 22 counts the number of accesses after performing any operation. The number of accesses is counted by the display unit 21 when the search result is displayed by the display unit 21 or by the display unit 21 as described in the first and second embodiments. The number of accesses may be counted when the displayed link-type keyword 40b is clicked. Further, as described in the second embodiment, when the search result is delivered from the communication server 14 in the mail format, the number of accesses may be counted when the delivery in this mail format is performed. .

Further, as described in the third embodiment, the access number counting means 22 may count the number of accesses when the search means 20 searches the collation database 61. In FIG. 9, when the search means 20 performs a search, the access number counting means 2
2 shows how to perform a search.

Then, the search result obtained by the search by the search means 20 is transmitted to the mobile telephone terminal 51 or the fixed telephone terminal. In this case, the search result of the character data may be converted into electronic voice by the voice converting means 72 and transmitted.
When the voice is converted by the voice converting means 72, the user can know the search result by voice. If the mobile phone terminal 51 can receive the character data in the mail format, the communication server 14 converts the character data into the mail format.
You may send it at.

With the above-mentioned configuration, even if the user uses the portable telephone terminal 51 or the fixed telephone terminal, it is possible to satisfactorily search the URL or the like based on the keyword. Thereby, the convenience for the user is further improved.

Further, although the present invention is applied to the case of retrieving a URL in the above-described first to third embodiments, the present invention is also applied to the case of retrieving something other than a URL. The invention is of course applicable. In this case, for example, the updated information may be searched based on the information before updating. This is the case, for example, when the telephone number or address is changed due to moving or the like, the mobile telephone number is changed, or the mail address is changed.

In such a case, first, when a telephone number before updating (first telephone number; old telephone number) is entered as a keyword and a search is performed, the updated telephone number (second telephone number; new telephone number) is added to the database. When the telephone number) is registered, the telephone number after the update is obtained as a search result.
In addition, when the address before update (first address; old address) is entered as a keyword and a search is performed, if the updated address (second address: new address) is registered in the database, this The updated address is obtained as the search result.

When the cell phone number before updating (first cell phone number; old cell phone number) is entered as a keyword and the search is performed, the cell phone number after updating (second cell phone number; When the new mobile phone number) is registered, the updated mobile phone number is obtained as the search result. Furthermore, when the search is performed by entering the email address before update (first email address; old email address) as a keyword, the updated email address (second email address; new email address) will be registered in the database. If so, the updated email address is obtained as the search result.

That is, if the information before update is stored in the database and the information before update is left as it is and the information after update is further stored, the information before update can be input as a keyword. By searching, it becomes possible to obtain updated information in a perfect match type. This allows unspecified persons to search even if the service is currently provided only by the same company, if the mobile phone is changed to another company, or if the email address is changed by switching to another provider. You can know.

Further, as another modification, the search result may be received by FAX. In this case, if the displayed search result is transmitted as image data in a state where it can be output on paper, the FAX can be output as the search result.

[0110]

According to the present invention, when a database is searched for a keyword, the display means displays the keyword information in the link format regardless of whether the URL corresponding to the keyword exists in the database. To be done. Then, when the link-type keyword information is displayed on this display means, the number of clicks when this display part is clicked is counted by the access number counting means. Therefore, even if the corresponding URL does not exist in the database, It is possible to count the needs for URLs or email addresses.

That is, by counting the number of accesses to, for example, a company that has not yet created a home page, it is possible to meet the needs.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a search system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of the search system of FIG.

3 is a diagram showing a state of a desktop screen in the information distribution system of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration of a database according to the present invention, and is a diagram showing a state in which the database is divided and stored in a hierarchical structure.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of a database according to the present invention, and is a diagram showing a state in which the database is stored in a table format.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing how the user actually searches for a URL in the search system shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a mode of use of the search system according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration of a search system according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a configuration of a search system according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

10, 50, 60, 70 ... Search system 11 ... Information management server 12 ... Application server 13 ... Database server (information storage means) 14 ... communication server 20 ... Search method 21 ... Display means 22 ... Access count means 40 ... Hyperlink format keyword 41 ... Keyword information display screen 51 ... Mobile phone terminal 61 ... Collation database 62 ... URL database 71 ... Voice recognition means 72 ... Voice converter

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Claims (8)

(57) [Claims] 1. A URL is searched from a predetermined keyword and the URL or its URL is given to a user via a network.
In a needs measurement system that measures the needs of users by displaying or distributing information placed in, the above keywords and information corresponding to these keywords are displayed.
Stores the stored collation database, the above URL and the keyword corresponding to the URL.
When a URL stored in the collation database is searched and the keyword stored in the collation database is searched , and the collation is performed in the collation database.
To, regardless of whether the search means for searching the above URL, the search results that due to the search means, the URL corresponding to the keyword is present in the database
Firstly, a display means for displaying the link format displayed when the URL exists, and an access number counting means for counting the click when the link format display displayed by the display means is clicked. In addition, when the above URL exists, the above
The link format is displayed by the display means.
Needs measurement system characterized by not displaying the above-mentioned URL linking to the displayed screen . 2. The predetermined database is stored in the collation database.
One registration information corresponding to the
The URL database contains URs corresponding to the above registration information.
2. The L according to claim 1, wherein L is stored .
Measurement system . 3. A pre-Symbol keyword 請 for causing stored with a first telephone number, the second telephone number in place of the URL in the database of the information storage means
The needs measurement system according to claim 1 . With 4. Before Symbol keyword is the first mobile phone number, according to claim 1, wherein the storing the second mobile phone number instead of the URL in the database of the information storage means Needs measurement system . 5. A pre-Symbol keyword with a first email address, needs Measurements of claim 1, wherein the second mail address instead of the URL and wherein the to be stored in the database of the information storage means System . With wherein said keyword is information before the update claims, characterized in that to store the updated information in place of the URL in the database of the information storage means
1. Needs measurement system described in 1 . 7. The keyword is input by voice,
A voice recognition means for converting the keyword inputted by voice into character information is provided, and the retrieval means searches the database stored in the information storage means by the character information converted by the voice recognition means. Contract
Needs measurement system according to any one of claims 1 to 6 . 8. Instead of the display unit, the search results of the database by the retrieval means, according to claim 7, characterized in that it comprises a speech converting means for converting the audio data
Needs measurement system .