Method for generating a search result list on a web search engine

• US 20060100988A1
• Filed: 02/27/2004
• Published: 05/11/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NHN Business Platform Corp. (Naver Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NHN Business Platform Corp. (Naver Corporation)
• Inventors: Hong, Joon, Sung, Woo
• Application Number:
  US10/548,361
• Publication Number:
  US 20060100988A1
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions

Abstract

A Computer-readable recording medium in which a program for implementing a method according to any one of claims 1 to 12 is recorded. The present invention relates to a method for selling a search word to a network information provider and providing a search result list to a searcher based on the sales information if the searcher inputs the search word in an Internet search engine. The present invention includes maintaining a database for storing a plurality of search listings therein, each of the search listings including a search word and a network position associated with a network information provider, receiving the search request from the searcher, identifying a search listing having a search word corresponding to the search request, providing the identified search listing to the searcher as a search result list, if the searcher clicks a search listing of the search result list and accesses a network information provider'"'"'s web page associated with the clicked search listing, receiving predetermined information on the use of the web page by the searcher, and charging the network information provider based on the received predetermined information on the use of the web page by the searcher. According to the present invention, there is provided an Internet search service method and apparatus for providing a variety of billing means to a network information provider by properly reflecting the profit made by the network information provider.

Claims

1. A method for generating a search result list using a computer network in response to a search request from a searcher, comprising the steps of:

maintaining a database for storing a plurality of search listings therein, each of the search listings including a network position and a search word associated with a network information provider;

receiving the search request from the searcher;

searching a search listing having a search word corresponding to the search request;

providing the searched search listing to the searcher as a search result list;

if the searcher clicks a search listing of the search result list to access a web page of a network information provider associated with the clicked search listing, receiving predetermined information on the use of the web page by the searcher; and

charging the network information provider based on the received predetermined information on the use of the web page by the searcher.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the predetermined information is information on whether the searcher has become a member to services provided by the network information provider.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the predetermined information is information on whether the searcher has used a charged service provided by the network information provider.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the predetermined information is information on the use fee that the searcher uses for a charged service provided by the network information provider.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the network information provider provides electronic commerce, and the predetermined information is information on a product purchase amount that are made by the searcher through the electronic commerce provided by the network information provider.

13. A computer-readable recording medium in which a program for implementing a method according to claim 1 is recorded.

6. A method for generating a search result list using a computer network in response to a search request from a searcher, comprising the steps of:

maintaining a database for storing a plurality of search listings therein, each of the search listings including a network position and a search word associated with a network information provider;

receiving the search request from the searcher;

searching a search listing having a search word corresponding to the search request;

arranging the searched search listing as a search result list; and

if the searcher clicks a search listing of a search result list displayed at a first page of the search result list arranged as the search result list, performing a predetermined charge to the network information provider, and if the searcher clicks a search listing of a search result list displayed at other pages except for the first page, not performing the charge to the network information provider.

7. A method for generating a search result list using a computer network in response to a search request from a searcher, comprising the steps of:

maintaining a database for storing a plurality of search listings therein, each of search listings including a network position and a search word associated with a network information provider;

maintaining an output number of a search listing provided at a first page as a search result list, in response to the search request of the searcher;

receiving the search request from the searcher;

searching a search listing having a search word corresponding to the search request;

determining the number of a billing search listing charged to the network information provider associated with the searched search listing; and

if the number of the billing search listing is greater than the output number, arranging and providing all the billing search listing at a first page of a search result display page.

8. A method for generating a search result list using a computer network in response to a search request from a searcher, comprising the steps of:

maintaining a database for storing one or more analogous search words associated with a search word therein;

receiving a search word associated with a predetermined search result listing display method at an Internet search engine from a network information provider;

searching the database for an analogous search word associated with the search word;

providing the network information provider with the searched analogous search word;

receiving an input regarding a purchase of the search word or the analogous search word from the network information provider;

receiving a search request from the searcher;

searching a search listing having a search word corresponding to the search request; and

providing the searched search listing to the searcher according to the predetermined search result listing display method.

9. A method for generating a search result list using a computer network in response to a search request from a searcher, comprising the steps of:

maintaining a database for storing a plurality of search listings therein, each of the search listing including a network position and a search word associated with a network information provider;

receiving a bid amount for a search listing associated with a first network information provider from the first network information provider;

receiving the search request from the searcher;

searching a search listing having a search word corresponding to the search request;

arranging the searched search listing as a search list according to each bid amount associated with the searched search listing;

receiving a bid amount for a search listing associated with a second network information provider from the second network information provider; and

providing the first network information provider with information on that the order within the search list of the search listing associated with the first network information provider is changed according to the bid amount inputted by the second network information provider.

10. A method for generating a search result list using a computer network in response to a search request from a searcher, comprising the steps of:

maintaining a database for storing a plurality of search listings therein, each of the search listings including a network position and a search word associated with a network information provider;

receiving a first bid amount for a search listing associated with a first network information provider from the first network information provider;

receiving a second bid amount for a search listing associated with a second network information provider from the second network information provider;

receiving the search request from the searcher;

searching a search listing having a search word corresponding to the search request; and

arranging the searched search listing as a search list according to each bid amount associated with the searched search listing, wherein if the first bid amount and the second bid amount are identical, the search listing associated with the first network information provider and the search listing associated with the second network information provider are rolled and arranged.

11. A method for generating a search result list in response to a search request input through a communication network from a searcher, comprising the steps of:

receiving a web page title, a web page description, an image file, a search word and a bid amount associated with a web page of a network information provider from the network information provider;

generating a search listing substantially in real time in combination with the web page title, the web page description and the image file and providing the generated search listing to the network information provider;

receiving a confirmation input of the network information provider for the generated search listing;

associating the search word with the search listing;

receiving the search request from the searcher;

searching a search listing associated with a search word corresponding to the search request;

arranging the searched search listing in order of a bid amount associated with the searched search listing and then generating a search result list; and

providing the generated search result list to the searcher.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising the steps of:

receiving a modification request for one or more of the web page titles, web page descriptions and image files from the network information provider; and

modifying the search listing substantially in real time in response to the modification request, and providing the modified search listing to the network information provider.