Web site search system and storage for database for web site search
First Claim
1. A Web site search system comprising:
- search code reception means for receiving a search code data containing at least one of an area code specifying an area or a category code specifying other than the area as a Web site search code from an information terminal connected via Internet;
search means for starting a Web site search upon reception of the search code data by the search code reception means, and when the search code data including both of the area code and the category code is received, searching for a Web site having the received area code and category code, and when the search code data including the area code only is received, searching for a Web site having the area code and the category code previously received; and
information data transmission means for transmitting Web site information data searched by the search means to the information terminal.
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Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide a Web site search system capable of efficiently searching for a Web site containing information limited to a local area.
The system comprises search code receiving means (4) for receiving from an information terminal (3) a search code data containing at least one of an area code specifying an area and a category code specifying an item other than the area; search means (6) for searching, when the search code receiving means has received the search code data containing the area code only, for a Web site containing the area code and the category code received previously, and for searching, when the search code receiving means has received the search code data containing the category code only, for a Web site containing the category code and the area code previously received; and information data transmitting means (7) for transmitting information data contained in the Web site that the search means has searched for, to information terminal (3).
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13 Claims
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1. A Web site search system comprising:
search code reception means for receiving a search code data containing at least one of an area code specifying an area or a category code specifying other than the area as a Web site search code from an information terminal connected via Internet;
search means for starting a Web site search upon reception of the search code data by the search code reception means, and when the search code data including both of the area code and the category code is received, searching for a Web site having the received area code and category code, and when the search code data including the area code only is received, searching for a Web site having the area code and the category code previously received; and
information data transmission means for transmitting Web site information data searched by the search means to the information terminal.- View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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2. A Web site search system comprising:
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search code reception means for receiving a search code data containing at least one of an area code specifying an area and a category code specifying other than the area as a Web site search code from an information terminal connected via Internet;
search means for starting a Web site search upon reception of the search code data by the search code reception means, and when the search code data including both of the area code and the category code is received, searching for a Web site having the received area code and category code, and when the search code data including the category code only is received, searching for a Web site having the category code and the previously received area code; and
information data transmission means for transmitting a Web site information data searched by the search means to the information terminal. - View Dependent Claims (3)
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13. A database storage device for searching for a Web site by using an area code specifying an area as a search code, wherein
a data region is assigned for each area that can be set as the area code; - each of the regions are classified into a plurality of area levels in accordance with an area section size;
a data region assigned for each of the regions stores a Web site information data associated with the area, an upper pointer data indicating a data area assigned for a one stage wider area of the area level including the area, and a lower pointer data indicating a data area assigned for one stage narrower area of the area level contained in the area.
- each of the regions are classified into a plurality of area levels in accordance with an area section size;
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