System and method for network searching

• US 20060059126A1
• Filed: 09/16/2004
• Published: 03/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Naick, Indran, Wilson, Jeffrey K.
• Granted Patent: US 7,490,082 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9532 Query formulation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99932 Access augmentation or optimizing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99935 Query augmenting and refining, e.g. inexact access
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface

Abstract

The present invention is a method and system for executing whole domain searches based on user queries and producing a result list of root nodes. The method and system comprise searching a network containing a plurality of web sites further containing a plurality of pages by examining all pages of a web site and comparing indexed terms to desired search terms. A result list of domain root nodes is returned wherein not all search terms may appear on a single document or associated page of the root page. Pages containing desired search terms may be indexed and mapped to root nodes for access from a result list.

Claims

1. A method for providing network search results, said network having a plurality of sites, one or more of said plurality of sites having a plurality of pages, the method comprising:

indexing said plurality of pages associated with a single site into a single searchable entity;

receiving a query, said query including at least one search term;

identifying pages among said plurality of pages of said network containing said at least one search term; and

providing a list of sites, said list of sites being a root page of a site, wherein said site contains all search terms of said query.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising discarding sites which do not contain said at least one search term on at least one page of said site.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said list of sites is provided according to a weighing system.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein said site with at least one search term included in said root page is provided first.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said query includes a NOT term.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein said list of sites of search results with said query including said NOT term includes said root page of said site whereby said site does not contain said NOT term.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising providing a list of pages associated with each of said list of sites, said list of pages containing said at least one search term.

8. A system for providing network search results, said network having a plurality of sites, one or more of said plurality of sites having a plurality of pages, the method comprising:

means for indexing said plurality of pages associated with a single site into a single searchable entity;

means for receiving a query, said query including at least one search term;

means for identifying pages among said plurality of pages of said network containing said at least one search term; and

means for providing a list of sites, said list of sites being a root page of a site, wherein said contains all search terms of said query.

9. The system as claimed in claim 8, further comprising means for discarding sites which do not contain said at least one search term on at least one page of said site.

10. The system as claimed in claim 8, wherein said list of sites is provided according to a weighing system.

11. The system as claimed in claim 10, wherein said site with at least one search term included in said root page is provided first.

12. The system as claimed in claim 8, wherein said query includes a NOT term.

13. The system as claimed in claim 12, wherein said list of sites of search results with said query including said NOT term includes said root page of said site whereby said site does not contain said NOT term.

14. The system as claimed in claim 8, further comprising means for providing a list of pages associated with each of said list of sites, said list of pages containing said at least one search term.

15. A computer readable medium containing program instructions for providing network search results, said network having a plurality of sites, one or more of said plurality of sites having a plurality of pages, the program instructions comprising:

indexing said plurality of pages associated with a single site into a single searchable entity;

receiving a query, said query including at least one search term; and

providing a list of sites, said list of sites being a root page of a site, wherein said site contains all search terms of said query.

16. The computer readable medium as claimed in claim 15, further comprising discarding sites which do not contain said at least one search term on at least one page of said site.

17. The computer readable medium as claimed in claim 15, wherein said list of sites is provided according to a weighing system.

18. The computer readable medium as claimed in claim 16, wherein said site with at least one search term included in said root page is provided first.

19. The computer readable medium as claimed in claim 15, wherein said query includes a NOT term.

20. The computer readable medium as claimed in claim 18, wherein said list of sites of search results with said query including said NOT term includes said root page of said site whereby said site does not contain said NOT term.

21. The computer readable medium as claimed in claim 15, further comprising identifying pages among said plurality of pages of said network containing said at least one search term.

22. The computer readable medium as claimed in claim 21, further comprising providing a list of pages associated with each of said list of sites, said list of pages containing said at least one search term.