Internet-based information retrieval service system

• US 20010003815A1
• Filed: 12/08/2000
• Published: 06/14/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/1999
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Increment P Corporation, Pioneer Corporation
• Original Assignee: Increment P Corporation, Pioneer Corporation
• Inventors: Nakano, Toshiaki
• Application Number:
  US09/731,706
• Publication Number:
  US 20010003815A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events

Abstract

An information retrieval site S1 connected to the Internet has a retrieval server S1a and a retrieval database S1b. The retrieval server S1a of this information retrieval site S1 fetches data representing the details of services respectively provided by a plurality of hotel reservation sites S2, S3, . . . therefrom and stores the data in the retrieval database S1b. Moreover, the server S1a retrieves data corresponding to information-retrieval input information, which is inputted from an information terminal T, from the retrieval database S1b according to the inputted information. Then, the server S1a causes a monitor of the information terminal T to display data read by this retrieval.

Claims

1. An information retrieval service system comprising:

an information retrieval site connected to the Internet including;

a retrieval server, and

a retrieval database, wherein

said retrieval server of said information retrieval site is operative to fetch data representing details of services respectively provided by a plurality of information providing sites therefrom so as to store the data in said retrieval database, and is operative to retrieve data corresponding to information-retrieval input information, which is inputted from an information terminal, from said retrieval database according to the inputted information so as to cause a monitor of said information terminal to display data read by the retrieval.

2. The information retrieval service system according to

claim 1

, wherein

said retrieval server fetches data representing details of services, which are respectively provided by the plurality of information providing sites, therefrom by periodically accessing the plurality of information providing sites.

3. The information retrieval service system according to

claim 1

, wherein

a hyperlink indicating an Internet address of the information providing site providing the data is embedded in a data image that is displayed on said monitor of said information terminal by the retrieval performed by said retrieval server.

4. The information retrieval service system according to

claim 1

, wherein

said information retrieval site includes a user registration database for storing a profile of a preliminarily registered user, and

said retrieval server retrieves the data, which corresponds to the information-retrieval input information, according to a profile of a user, which is read from said user registration database.