Wireless search engine and method thereof

• US 20050171936A1
• Filed: 01/30/2004
• Published: 08/04/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cgogo Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Cgogo Incorporated
• Inventors: Zhu, Bo
• Application Number:
  US10/769,417
• Publication Number:
  US 20050171936A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results

Abstract

A wireless searching method through Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) which includes the steps of: submitting a query by a user of a mobile terminal to a search engine through a wireless telecommunication network; matching at least a query history stored in a user preference file with the query; and selecting the query history to retrieve information of the query history at the mobile terminal. Therefore, the user is able to quickly and precisely to obtain a search result through the mobile terminal by accessing the user preference file in the search engine.

Claims

1. A wireless searching method through Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), comprising the steps of:

(a) submitting a query by a user of a mobile terminal to a search engine through a wireless telecommunication network;

(b) matching at least a query history stored in a user preference file with the query; and

(c) selecting the query history to retrieve information of the query history at the mobile terminal.

2. The wireless searching method, as recited in claim 1, wherein said step (b) further comprises a sub-step (b.1) of storing said query to be said query history when said query does not match said query history in said user preference file.

3. The wireless searching method, as recited in claim 1, wherein said step (c) further comprises the steps of:

(c.1) displaying a list of query history stored in said user preference file at said mobile terminal with respect to said query submitted by said user;

(c.2) selecting the particular query history to be accessed by said user making said query; and

(c.3) accessing said information corresponding to said query history selected by said user.

4. The wireless searching method as recited in claim 2, wherein the step (c) further comprises a step of updating information with respect to a website recorded in said query history in such a manner that said user is capable of retrieving said website information again through said query history.

5. The wireless searching method, as recited in claim 1, further comprising a step of analyzing said query to match with said query history in said user preference file which is nearest possible to said query when said query is uncertain and vague.

6. The wireless searching method, as recited in claim 4, further comprising a step of analyzing said query to match with said query history in said user preference file which is nearest possible to said query when said query is uncertain and vague.

7. The wireless searching method as recited in claim 1, before the step (1), further comprising a step recognizing said user to access said user preference file by a phone number of said mobile terminal.

8. The wireless searching method as recited in claim 6, before the step (1), further comprising a step recognizing said user to access said user preference file by a phone number of said mobile terminal.

9. The wireless searching method, as recited in claim 1, wherein said step (c) further comprises a step of sending out said information of a result with respect to said query to said user through email thereof.

10. The wireless searching method, as recited in claim 4, wherein said step (c) further comprises a step of sending out said information of a result with respect to said query to said user through email thereof.

11. The wireless searching method, as recited in claim 8, wherein said step (c) further comprises a step of sending out said information of a result with respect to said query to said user through email thereof.

12. The wireless searching method, as recited in claim 1, wherein said step (c) further comprises a step of sending out said information of a result with respect to said query to said user through Short Message Service (SMS).

13. The wireless searching method, as recited in claim 4, wherein said step (c) further comprises a step of sending out said information of a result with respect to said query to said user through Short Message Service (SMS).

14. The wireless searching method, as recited in claim 8, wherein said step (c) further comprises a step of sending out said information of a result with respect to said query to said user through Short Message Service (SMS).

15. The wireless searching method, as recited in claim 1, wherein said search engine is arranged to link with a telecommunication network provider of said telecommunication network wherein subscription information to said telecommunication network of said user is shared with said search engine to constitute said user preference file.

16. The wireless searching method, as recited in claim 1, wherein said search engine is arranged to link with a telecommunication network provider of said telecommunication network, wherein subscription information of said user submitted to said telecommunication network is shared with said search engine to constitute said user preference file.

17. The wireless searching method, as recited in claim 4, wherein said search engine is arranged to link with a telecommunication network provider of said telecommunication network, wherein subscription information of said user submitted to said telecommunication network is shared with said search engine to constitute said user preference file.

18. The wireless searching method, as recited in claim 8, wherein said search engine is arranged to link with a telecommunication network provider of said telecommunication network, wherein subscription information of said user submitted to said telecommunication network is shared with said search engine to constitute said user preference file.

19. A wireless searching system, comprising:

a wireless telecommunication network adapted for wirelessly communicating with at least a mobile terminal; and

a search engine, which is linking with said wireless telecommunication network and Internet, adapted for receiving a query by a user at the mobile terminal, wherein said search engine contains at least a user preference file having at least a query history stored therein, wherein said search engine is activated to retrieve said user preference file for matching said query history with said query to retrieve information of said query history at said mobile terminal.

20. The wireless searching system, as recited in claim 19, further comprising a telecommunication center which provides said telecommunication network which is linked to said search engine, wherein subscription information of said telecommunication network is shared with said search engine for constituting said user preference file.

21. The wireless searching system, as recited in claim 20, further comprising a query history analyzer installed into said search engine, wherein said query history analyzer is adapted to analyze said query to match a query history in said user preference file which is nearest possible to said query history of said user when said query is vague and uncertain.

22. The wireless searching system, as recited in claim 19, wherein said user preference file of said search engine is accessed through said wireless telecommunication network with respect to a corresponding phone number of said mobile terminal of said user.

23. The wireless searching system, as recited in claim 21, wherein said user preference file of said search engine is accessed through said wireless telecommunication network with respect to a corresponding phone number of said mobile terminal of said user.