SEARCH ENGINE FOR CARRYING OUT A LOCATION-DEPENDENT SEARCH
First Claim
1. Search engine for performing a search for internet pages corresponding to a geographic origin criterion input by the user as a search term, wherein the search engine comprises:
- a unit for searching a plurality of internet pages;
a unit for extracting geographic data from the searched pages, the extracted data designating the geographic assignation of the page or of the page provider;
a unit for creating datasets in which geographic data extracted from a number of searched internet pages is assigned to these internet pages;
an interface for allowing the user to input a geographic origin criterion in addition to further search terms; and
a unit for searching the datasets and outputting those internet pages for which the geographic origin criterion and the further search terms match by comparing with the contents of the internet pages and the geographic data respectively allocated thereto.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a search engine for carrying out a search for internet pages, for which a geographic origin criterion input by the user as a search item is fulfilled. The search engine comprises: a device for carrying out a multitude of internet pages; a device for extracting geographic data from the searched pages, the extracted data describing the geographic origin of the page or of the page provider; a device for forming a database in which geographic data extracted from these internet pages are assigned to a multitude of searched internet pages; an input interface for inputting a search inquiry by the user, the input interface enabling the user to input a geographic origin criterion in addition to other search items; searching the database and outputting those internet pages for which the geographic origin criterion and the additional search items are fulfilled by comparing with the contents of the internet pages and with the geographic data assigned thereto.
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31 Claims
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1. Search engine for performing a search for internet pages corresponding to a geographic origin criterion input by the user as a search term, wherein the search engine comprises:
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a unit for searching a plurality of internet pages; a unit for extracting geographic data from the searched pages, the extracted data designating the geographic assignation of the page or of the page provider; a unit for creating datasets in which geographic data extracted from a number of searched internet pages is assigned to these internet pages; an interface for allowing the user to input a geographic origin criterion in addition to further search terms; and a unit for searching the datasets and outputting those internet pages for which the geographic origin criterion and the further search terms match by comparing with the contents of the internet pages and the geographic data respectively allocated thereto. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. Device for searching internet pages corresponding to a geographic origin criterion, wherein the device comprises:
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a search unit for searching a plurality of internet pages; an extracting unit for extracting address data from the searched internet pages, the extracted address data designating a geographic assignation of the searched internet pages or of a provider of the searched internet pages; a verifying unit for verifying extracted address data by comparing the extracted address data with existent addresses and/or parts of existent addresses in a database; a dataset creating unit for creating datasets in which the verified address data is related to the respective searched internet pages; an interface for allowing the user to input the geographic origin criterion; and a dataset search unit for searching the created datasets and outputting those internet pages for which the geographic origin criterion match by comparing the geographic origin criterion with the verified address data.
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17. Method for searching internet pages corresponding to a geographic origin criterion, the method comprising the steps of:
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searching a plurality of internet pages; extracting address data from the searched internet pages, the extracted address data designating a geographic assignation of the searched internet pages or of a provider of the searched internet pages; verifying extracted address data by comparing the extracted address data with existent addresses and/or parts of existent addresses in a database; creating datasets in which the verified address data is related to the respective searched internet pages; inputting the geographic origin criterion; and searching the created datasets and outputting those internet pages for which the geographic origin criterion match by comparing the geographic origin criterion with the verified address data. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A computer-readable medium which stores a set of instructions which when executed performs a method for searching internet pages corresponding to a geographic origin criterion, the method comprising the steps of:
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searching a plurality of internet pages; extracting address data from the searched internet pages, the extracted address data designating a geographic assignation of the searched internet pages or of a provider of the searched internet pages; verifying extracted address data by comparing the extracted address data with existent addresses and/or parts of existent addresses in a database; creating datasets in which the verified address data is related to the respective searched internet pages; inputting the geographic origin criterion; and searching the created datasets and outputting those internet pages for which the geographic origin criterion match by comparing the geographic origin criterion with the verified address data.
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25. Crawler for collecting and evaluating internet pages corresponding to a geographic origin criterion, the crawler comprising:
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a unit for contacting an internet addresses and downloading contents of internet pages corresponding the contacted internet address; an extracting unit for extracting geographic data from the downloaded internet pages, the extracted geographic data designating a geographic assignation of the downloaded internet pages or of the page provider of the downloaded internet pages; a dataset creating unit for creating datasets in which the geographic data extracted from the downloaded internet pages is related to these internet pages; an interface for allowing the user to input a geographic origin criterion; a searching unit for searching the datasets for which the geographic origin criterion matches by comparing the geographic origin criterion with the extracted geographic data; an output unit for outputting the downloaded internet pages related to the geographic origin criterion; and a verifying unit for verifying the extracted geographic data by matching the extracted geographic data with existent addresses and/or parts of existent addresses comprised in a database. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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