KR20060016633A - Information retrieval system using mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

According to the present invention, the interface for inputting the information search request sentence is directly activated on the liquid crystal of the mobile communication terminal by using a shortcut key to provide convenience in information search using the mobile communication terminal, and the information search user is interested. If there is an interest, the present invention relates to an information retrieval system using a mobile communication terminal that provides search information without a search request.

To this end, the present invention after the search of the information providing server operating the content associated with the information requested by the information search user requests an answer to the retrieved information providing server, the information retrieval main server for providing an answer transmitted by the request ( 100 and a plurality of information providing servers 200 for transmitting the information included in the content by the information search request from the information search main server 100 and then transmitting the information to the information search main server 100; The mobile communication terminal 300 equipped with a client agent 310 which transmits the request information to the outside and informs the user of the information search when the information search answer information corresponding to the information search request information is transmitted, and the information search. Mobile communication company server for processing and transmitting in accordance with the wireless communication protocol to enable data transmission and reception between the main server 100 and the mobile communication terminal 300 ( 500).

Description

System for information retrieval using the terminal of mobile communication}             

1 is a schematic system configuration diagram showing an entire system for providing information retrieval using a mobile communication terminal of the present invention in real time;

2 is a block diagram illustrating an information retrieval main server as a component of FIG. 1;

3 is a block diagram showing an information providing server that is a component of FIG. 1;

4 is a view showing a liquid crystal display of a mobile communication terminal in which an information search response reception notification icon is displayed;

5 is a diagram illustrating a liquid crystal of a mobile communication terminal displaying an information search sentence input terminal.

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10: liquid crystal 20: information search sentence input terminal

30: Information search response received notification icon

100: information search main server 110: automatic response module

121: Membership Information DB 122: Interest Item Information DB

123: CP connection keyword information DB 124: Reply form information DB

200: information providing server 210: request search information extraction module

221: Content DB 222: Interest Item Information DB

223: Item of interest information change information DB 300: Mobile communication terminal

400: wireless network 500: mobile communication company server

According to the present invention, the interface for inputting the information search request sentence is directly activated on the liquid crystal of the mobile communication terminal by using a shortcut key to provide convenience in information search using the mobile communication terminal, and the information search user is interested. If there is an interest, the present invention relates to an information retrieval system using a mobile communication terminal that provides search information without a search request.

In general, information retrieval on the Internet is an information request for accessing a search site through an Internet network by constructing a database that has been collected, processed, and processed in advance in the form of easy-to-find information or data that is expected to be needed by the information consumer. When a self-information request is requested, it refers to a service that finds answer information corresponding to the requested question from a plurality of constructed databases and provides the information search user.

As such, the information retrieval that provides an answer at the request of the information requestor is classified in detail into a document search, a still image search, and a video search in response to the development of Internet technology and various information search needs of the information requester. It provides a variety of search services, such as the recent information search service has been proposed in the mobile communication terminal.

An information retrieval service using a mobile communication terminal generally searches by using a keyword, but there are the following problems when searching for a keyword.

When searching for information, keyword search alone does not satisfy various information search requests requested by information search users. For example, if you want to search by keyword "Where are you selling the cheapest MP3 player among electronic dealers located in Yongsan?", It is not easy to select the optimal keyword from the above-mentioned search request.

In addition, the information retrieval service using the conventional mobile communication terminal responds to the information corresponding to the search only when the search request of the information retrieval user, which causes additional problems as follows.

If the answer to the question requested by the IR user is the information that changes variably over time, only the answer of the information corresponding to the time requested by the IR user is provided. There is a problem that cannot be provided every time the best answer is updated.

For example, in the case of stock-related questions, stock prices fluctuate with time, so answers to stock-related questions fluctuate over time. You can get the best information.

As such, the information in which the answer of the question varies variably with time includes not only the above-mentioned stock, but also the weather changing with the place and time, and the product price of various products sold in individual shopping malls.

The present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art, an object of the present invention is a multi-step process that must go through a key operation to display the interface for entering the conventional information search request text on the liquid crystal of the mobile communication terminal The present invention provides an information retrieval system using a mobile communication terminal that provides convenience for use in retrieving information using a mobile communication terminal by activating an interface for directly inputting an information search request sentence using a shortcut key without moving the screen.

Another object of the present invention is that when the information search user changes the information of the interests that interest the user, even if the information does not need to search separately for the interests that interest them The present invention provides an information retrieval system using a mobile communication terminal that notifies a mobile communication terminal of a changed information search user.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, the configuration and operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

1 is a schematic system configuration diagram showing an entire system for providing information retrieval using a mobile communication terminal of the present invention in real time, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an information retrieval main server as a component of FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an information providing server which is a component of FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a liquid crystal display of a mobile communication terminal displaying an information search response reception notification icon, and FIG. 5 is a diagram of a mobile communication terminal displaying an information search sentence input terminal. It is a figure which shows the liquid crystal.

As shown, an information retrieval system using a mobile communication terminal of the present invention refers to an information retrieval request requested by an information retrieval user, and searches for an information providing server that operates contents related to the information requested by the information retrieval user. Requests an answer to the information retrieval request to the corresponding information providing server, the information retrieval main server (100) for processing in real time by providing the response sent by the request in natural language sentences, and the information retrieval main server (100) A plurality of information providing servers 200 for extracting the answers included in the contents operated by the information search request and transmitting them to the information search main server 100, and outputting the information search sentence input unit by inputting shortcut keys Recognizing this, and outputs the information search sentence input terminal to the liquid crystal 10, the information search input to the information search sentence input terminal The client agent transmits the request information to the outside and informs the reception of the information search answer information by sound, image, or a combination thereof so that the information search user can know when the information search answer information corresponding to the information search request information is transmitted. The mobile communication terminal 300 equipped with the 310, the mobile communication terminal 300 and the wireless network 400 are connected through the wireless network 400, which is information transmitted from the mobile communication terminal 300. And process the information retrieval request information to which the information retrieval main server 100 is applied, and transmit information retrieval information corresponding to the information retrieval request information from the information retrieval main server 100. Receiving, the movement to process and transmit in accordance with the wireless application communication protocol to be transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 300 to transmit the information search answer information It composed of a shrine server 500.

Here, the information retrieval main server 100 and the plurality of information providing servers 200 are connected to the Internet network to enable data transmission between each other.

The mobile communication terminal 300 uses a cellular telephone, personal communications services (PCS), a personal digital assistant (PDA), or the like.

The wireless network 400 is used in the Internet network to be connected in real time between the mobile communication terminal 300 and each server connected through the Internet network using TCP / IP or UDP / IP by the assignment of the IP number You can use Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) using TCP / IP or UDP / IP.

The information retrieval main server 100 identifies a member information DB 121 storing member profile information used as identification means of information retrieval users, and contents providing an answer corresponding to the information retrieval request when the information retrieval request is made. CP connection keyword information DB (123) storing the information consisting of the index word and the physical address of the information providing server that operates the content, and the response corresponding to the information search request is stored as a natural sentence, information search in the natural sentence Response sentence form information DB (124) formed with a blank space into which the quick response information is inserted, the client agent program DB (125) in which the client agent program is stored, and the sentence words of various questions that the information retrieval user can inquire Keyword list information DB (126) consisting of a list of key words corresponding to the point of the question, and input information search request The information is processed into information search request keyword information consisting of key words extracted by matching the keyword list information DB 126, and the processed information search request keyword information is matched with the CP connection keyword information DB 123. The information retrieval request keyword information is transmitted to the physical address of the information providing server 200, and if the information retrieval brief response information corresponding to the information retrieval request keyword information is input, the corresponding information from the response sentence form information DB 124 is provided. After the response sentence information corresponding to the search request is extracted, the automatic response module 110 generates the information retrieval response information by combining the information retrieval brief response information with the extracted response sentence information.

The information providing server 200 is a content DB (211) consisting of information provided to information users, and information search request keyword information is transmitted from the information search main server 100, the content DB (211) The request search information extraction module 210 extracts the information search brief response information corresponding to the transmitted information search request keyword information.

The client agent 310 mounted in the mobile communication terminal 300 is configured as a shortcut key, and includes an information search sentence input terminal output request key and information search response view request key, member profile information, information search input terminal, and information search response display terminal. And the memory unit in which the information search response received notification voice information, the information search response received notification icon and the information search answer information are stored, and the key input shortcut information is matched with the memory unit to determine the information search sentence input unit output request key. The control unit extracts the information search sentence input terminal and outputs it to the liquid crystal 10, and collects the member profile information in the input information search request information when there is a request for transmission of the information search request information entered in the information search sentence input terminal. Control to be transmitted to the mobile telecommunication company server 500, and from the mobile telecommunication company server 500 When the sub-search answer information is received, the control unit for controlling to display the information search response received notification voice information, the information search response received notification icon or a combination thereof stored in the memory unit. Here, the memory unit uses a memory provided in the mobile communication terminal 300.

The information search main server 100 further includes an item of interest information DB 122 storing information related to items of interest registered by the information search user, and the information providing server 200 includes the information search main server 100. Among the items of interest operated by the user, only the items of interest corresponding to the information stored in the content DB 211 are stored separately, and the items of interest information stored including the member profile information of the information retrieval user who registered the items of interest of interest is stored. DB 212 and, if there is a change in the value of the item of interest information stored in the corresponding item of interest information DB 212 further includes the item of interest information change information DB 213 that stores the changed value, The request search information extracting module 210 compares and analyzes the content DB 211 and the corresponding item of interest information DB 212 at predetermined intervals, and changes the corresponding tube when the value of the item of interest information changes. The interest item information change information including the member profile information of the information retrieval user who registered the corresponding item of interest information as the value of the core item information is stored in the item of interest item information change information DB 213 and simultaneously sent to the information retrieval main server 100. By transmitting the information, the information that is related to the items of interest registered by the information search user is controlled so that the information can be answered without the user searching the request.

When a plurality of information retrieval users want to perform information retrieval using the information retrieval system using the mobile communication terminal of the present invention configured as described above, the client agent should be mounted in the mobile communication terminal 300 first.

To this end, the information retrieval user visits the website (or WAP site) operated by the information retrieval main server 100 and registers as a member. The information registered in the information search main server 100 at the time of membership registration includes the serial number of the mobile communication terminal 300 possessed by the information search user or an identification code composed of numbers, letters, special characters, or a combination thereof. The member profile information, which is the identification means of the information search user, and the personal information including the resident number, the address of the information search user, the telephone number of the mobile communication terminal, and the like are stored in the member information DB 121.

After signing up and downloading the client agent program, the information retrieval main server 100 extracts the client agent program from the client agent program DB 125, and then the corresponding mobile communication terminal of the information retrieval user through the mobile carrier server 500. In order to control the transmission to 300, the information retrieval user executes the client agent program received by the mobile communication terminal 300 to mount the client agent 310 in the mobile communication terminal 300. Here, the terminal connecting to the information search main server 100 for the membership may use a PC or a mobile communication terminal 300 capable of Internet service.

As such, in the state where the client agent 310 is mounted on the mobile communication terminal 300, the information retrieval user operates a key button provided on the keypad of the mobile communication terminal 300 to input a question for information retrieval. Requests the output of the information search sentence input terminal 20 to (10). In this case, the number of key buttons to be operated is to output the information search sentence input terminal 20 immediately after pressing the number 2 to 3 to provide convenience in the information search. For example, the operated key button may be configured as a "# -1-execution button (for example, a call button)".

The control unit (not shown) of the client agent matches the key input shortcut information “# -1” with the memory unit (not shown), and determines the key input shortcut information as the information search sentence input unit output request key. The information search sentence input terminal is extracted and displayed on the liquid crystal 10.

The information search user operates a key button provided on the keypad to ask a question (eg, the price of a digital camera) on the information search sentence input terminal 20 displayed on the liquid crystal 10 of the mobile communication terminal 300. After inputting the information, the control unit collects the member profile information of the information retrieval user in the information retrieval request information, which is a question entered in the information retrieval sentence input unit 20, after operating the transmission button (for example, a call button). The mobile network 400 transmits the data to the mobile communication company server 500.

The mobile communication company server 500 processes the information search request information applied with the wireless application communication protocol, which is transmitted information, into a document for the Internet so that the information search main server 100 can recognize (for example, processing in html) It transmits to the information retrieval main server 100 through the Internet network.

When the information search main server 100 inputs the transmitted information search request information to the auto-response module 110, the auto-response module 110 enters the information search request information.

Information search The user inputs "Please tell us the price of the digital camera" keyword matching information DB (126) to extract the matched key words (here, digital camera, price), and the extracted key words Matches the information search request keyword information consisting of the CP connection keyword information DB (123).

The automatic response module 110 extracts matched information (eg, digital camera / price—physical address of a specific website) from the CP connection keyword information DB 123, and includes a specific web included in the extracted information. The information retrieval request keyword information is transmitted to the information providing server 200 having a physical address of a site (here, a shopping mall) through an internet network.

The information providing server 200 inputs the transmitted information search request keyword information to the request search information extracting module 210, and the request search information extracting module 210 sends the input information search request keyword information to the content DB 211. It extracts the price information of the digital camera by matching and transmits the information search brief response information which is the price information (digital camera-price) of the extracted digital camera to the information search main server 100.

The information retrieval main server 100 inputs the transmitted information retrieval brief response information into the automatic response module 110, and the automatic response module 110 refers to the input information retrieval brief response information and answers form information DB (124). Extracts the response sentence information corresponding to the information retrieval brief response information.

Here, the extracted response sentence information is made of, for example, the price of _________ is ________. The automatic response module 110 inserts the information search brief response information in the margin portion of the corresponding response sentence information. Generate search answer information (for example, the price of a digital camera is 300 thousand won ).

The automatic response module 110 collects the member profile information of the corresponding information search user into the generated information search response information, and transmits the information to the mobile communication company server 500. The mobile service provider server 500 transmits the transmitted information search answer information. After processing in accordance with the wireless communication protocol to be transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 300 and transmits to the mobile communication terminal 300 through the wireless network 400 with reference to the member profile information included in the information search answer information. .

The client agent 310 of the mobile communication terminal 300 may receive the information search response reception notification voice information, the information search response reception notification icon, or a combination thereof, so that the information search response information may be recognized by the information search user. Alarm display. Here, the reception alarm of the information search answer is serviced so that the information search user can selectively select according to the model of the mobile communication terminal possessed by the information search user.

For example, in the case of a flip type (or sliding type), it may be indicated by an information search answer reception notification icon flashing on the liquid crystal with reference to FIG. 5, and in the case of a folder type, information search response reception notification voice information may be displayed through a speaker. Print it out so it can be recognized. In addition, the information search answer received notification icon and the information search answer received notification voice information is output at the same time to be recognized.

The information search user recognizes that the information search answer information is received by the alarm output from the mobile communication terminal 300 and operates a key button provided in the keypad of the mobile communication terminal 300 to read the information search answer information ( For example, &quot;#-2-execution button &quot;) requests the liquid crystal 10 to output an information retrieval response display stage (not shown).

The controller (not shown) of the client agent matches the key input shortcut information “# -2” with the memory unit to determine the key input shortcut information as the information search sentence input end output request key, and the memory unit determines the information search sentence input end. By extracting and inserting the information retrieval response information into the extracted information retrieval sentence input terminal and displaying the information retrieval on the liquid crystal 10, the information retrieval user can view the response to the information retrieval requested.

In addition, if the information search user has a search data that he / she wants to continuously request information search, if the information related to the search data is registered in the information search main server 100, the search for the search data related to the mobile communication terminal 300 Through the information retrieval without having to request to the main server 100 can be read whenever the value of the information related to the registered search data is changed.

To this end, an information retrieval user visits a website (or a WAP site) operated by the information retrieval main server 100 and selects among various information retrieval categories provided by various graphical user interfaces (GUIs). You must select the appropriate category to receive this search service.

Contents shown in Table 1 below indicate detailed information search items classified by information search categories.

Information search category Information search details news   Politics, Economy, Society, ... finance   Securities / Real Estate / Insurance / Retech / ... education   Language school / SAT / Notification / ... game   Game / horoscope / lottery / ... Leisure   Fiction / Film / Performance / Travel / ... shopping   Co-purchase / Gift Certificate / Electronics / ... ...   ... life   Employment / Start-up / Legal / Health / ...

As shown in Table 1, the information retrieval user selects the details he / she wants from the sub-items of the sub-information category provided by the website (or the swap site) operated by the main information server 100. When selected, the item of interest related information (for example, news-economic), which is information related to the selected detail item, is stored in the item of interest information DB 121.

Here, the information of interest items registered by the information retrieval user may be created and registered by the information retrieval user. To this end, a predetermined item of a web page displaying an information search category provided by a website operated by the information search main server 100 is provided with an item of interest input for inputting text, and the information search user directly desired. Enter the information search details. For example, when the item of interest to the information search user is the price of the digital camera, the input information is input and stored as "electronics-digital camera-price". In addition, when the information search user even knows the manufacturer and product model of the electronic product, the information can be inputted together to obtain more accurate information.

As such, when the information retrieval user registers the item of interest related information in the information retrieval main server 100, the automatic response module 110 of the information retrieval main server 100 is related to the item of interest registered in the item of interest information DB 122. Matches the information with the CP connection keyword information DB 123, searches for and extracts the information providing server 200 providing the relevant item of interest information and transmits the relevant item of interest information to the searched extracted information providing server 200. . At this time, the auto-response module 110 controls the transmission of the member profile information of the information retrieval user who registered the interested item information in the relevant item of interest information transmitted to the information providing server 200 to be transmitted.

The request search information extraction module 210 of the information providing server 200 stores the transmitted related item of interest information in the corresponding item of interest information DB 212. Thereafter, the request search information extraction module 210 compares and analyzes the content DB 211 and the corresponding item of interest information DB 212 at predetermined intervals to change the value of the item of interest information (here, the price of the electronic product). The information search main server 100 stores the interest item information change information including the information search account of the user who registered the interested item information as the changed value of the interest item information in the interest item information change information DB 213. To send.

When the information search main server 100 inputs the transmitted item of interest information change information to the auto response module 110, the auto response module 110 refers to the input item of interest information change information, reply form information DB (124) Extracts response sentence information corresponding to the item of interest information variation information.

The automatic response module 110 collects the member profile information of the information retrieval user who has registered the item of interest information in the extracted response sentence information, generates the information retrieval response information, and transmits it to the mobile communication company server 500 through the Internet. do.

The mobile communication company server 500 processes the information retrieval response information transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 300 so as to be transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 300, and then refers to the member profile information included in the information retrieval response information. 400 to transmit to the corresponding mobile communication terminal (300).

When the client agent 310 of the mobile communication terminal 300 displays an alarm so that the information retrieval user can recognize the received information retrieval information, the information retrieval user reads the information retrieval response information through a key operation provided on the keypad. . Here, the process of viewing the alarm display and information search answer information after receiving the information search answer information is the same as the above-described process will be omitted here.

As such, the information retrieval user can be provided through the mobile communication terminal 300 whenever the value of the item of interest registered by the user is changed even though the information search is not performed using the mobile communication terminal.

As described above, the present invention provides information directly by using a shortcut key without having to go through a multi-step process (screen movement) to display an interface for inputting an information search request sentence on a liquid crystal of a mobile communication terminal. By activating an interface for inputting a search request sentence, the mobile communication terminal can provide convenience for information search.                     

In addition, even if the information search user does not request to search for an interest of interest, if the information of the interest of the information search user is changed, the value is changed whenever the change occurs. It also has an effect of notifying the information search user to the mobile communication terminal.

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Search for an information providing server that operates contents related to the information requested by the information searching user, referring to the information searching request requested by the information searching user, and requests an answer to the information searching request to the searched information providing server. An information retrieval main server (100) which provides real-time processing of the responses transmitted by the request into natural language sentences, A plurality of information providing servers 200 for extracting the answers included in the contents operated by the information searching request from the information searching main server 100 and transmitting them to the information searching main server 100; When the information search sentence input unit output request is input by a shortcut key input, the information search sentence input unit is output to the liquid crystal 10, the information search request information inputted to the information search sentence input unit is transmitted to the outside, and the information search request information And the mobile communication terminal 300 equipped with the client agent 310 for notifying the reception of the information search answer information by sound, image, or a combination thereof so that the information search user can know when the information search answer information corresponding to the information is transmitted. , The information retrieval main server 100 is connected to the mobile communication terminal 300 and the wireless network 400 and the information retrieval request information to which the wireless application communication protocol, which is information transmitted from the mobile communication terminal 300, is applied. Process to be recognized and transmitted, and receives information search answer information corresponding to the information search request information from the information search main server 100, and transmits the information search answer information transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 300 Information retrieval system using a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that consisting of a mobile communication server 500 to process and transmit in accordance with the wireless application communication protocol to be. According to claim 1, wherein the information retrieval main server 100, Member information DB (121) storing member profile information used as identification means of information retrieval users, and CP connection keyword information DB 123 storing information comprising an index word for identifying a content providing an answer corresponding to the information search request and a physical address of the information providing server that operates the content when the information search request is requested; The response corresponding to the information retrieval request is stored as a natural sentence, the natural sentence, the response sentence form information DB (124) formed with a blank space into which the information retrieval brief response information is inserted; A client agent program DB 125 in which the client agent program is stored; Keyword list information DB (126) consisting of a list of key words corresponding to the point of the question among the sentence words of the various questions that the information search user can inquire, The information retrieval request information input is processed into information retrieval request keyword information consisting of key words extracted by matching the keyword list information DB 126, and the processed information retrieval request keyword information is converted into the CP connection keyword information DB ( 123) transmits the information search request keyword information to the physical address of the corresponding information providing server 200 matched with, and if the information search brief response information corresponding to the information search request keyword information is input, the response sentence form information DB And an automatic response module 110 for extracting the response sentence information corresponding to the corresponding information search request and collecting the information search brief response information into the extracted response sentence information to generate the information search response information. Information retrieval system using a mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 1, The information providing server 200, the content DB 211 consisting of information provided to the information users, When the information search request keyword information is transmitted from the information search main server 100, the request search information extraction module extracts information search brief response information, which is an answer corresponding to the information search request keyword information transmitted from the content DB 211. Information retrieval system using a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that consisting of (210). The method of claim 1, The client agent 310 mounted in the mobile communication terminal 300 is configured as a shortcut key, and includes an information search sentence input terminal output request key and information search response view request key, member profile information, information search input terminal, and information search response display terminal. And a memory unit for storing information retrieval response notification voice information, information retrieval response notification icon, and information retrieval response information; If it is determined that the key input key information is matched with the memory unit and the information search sentence input unit output request key is determined, the memory unit extracts the information search sentence input terminal and outputs the information search sentence input terminal to the liquid crystal 10 and inputs the information search sentence input terminal. If there is a request for transmission of the information retrieval request information, it collects the member profile information in the input information retrieval request information and controls it to be transmitted to the mobile communication company server 500, and the information retrieval response information from the mobile communication company server 500. And a control unit configured to control to display an alarm when the information search response reception notification voice information stored in the memory unit, the information search response reception notification icon, or a combination thereof is displayed. The method of claim 2 or 3, The information search main server 100 further includes an item of interest information DB 122 storing information of interest item registered by the information search user, In the information providing server 200, only the item of interest information corresponding to the information stored in the content DB 211 among the item of interest items operated by the information retrieval main server 100 is stored separately, and the item of interest item information is stored. The interest item information DB 212 stored therein including the member profile information of the information retrieval user who registered the information and the interest item information stored in the interest item information DB 212 is changed. The item of interest information variable information to be stored is further included DB (213), The request search information extraction module 210 compares and analyzes the content DB 211 and the interested item information DB 212 at predetermined intervals, and changes the corresponding interested item whenever a change in the value of the interested item information occurs. By storing the interest item information variation information including the member profile information of the information retrieval user who registered the corresponding item of interest information as the value of the information in the item of interest item information variation information DB 213 and transmitting it to the information retrieval main server 100. An information retrieval system using a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the information retrieval information related to the items of interest registered by the user can be answered without a request search of the information retrieval user.

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