Method, Apparatus and System of Processing Correlated Keywords

• US 20100088629A1
• Filed: 08/27/2007
• Published: 04/08/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Alibaba.com Incorporated (Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.)
• Inventors: Wang, Weiwei, Xu, Zhan
• Granted Patent: US 8,626,742 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/780
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3322 using system suggestions G06F16/3325 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a method, an apparatus and a system of processing related keywords. The method includes: receive a primary keyword inputted by a user; form a spliced URL for requesting related keywords based on the primary keyword; establish a link between an embedded window object in a current web page and a server using the URL to obtain the related keywords from the server; the embedded window object creates a keyword list and presents the related keywords in the current web page; and obtain a related keyword selected by the user and instantaneously add the related keyword into an input box.

Claims

1. A method of processing related keywords, the method comprising:

receiving a primary keyword inputted by a user;

obtaining related keywords of the primary keyword from a server using a link between an embedded window object in a current web page and the server;

creating a keyword list to present the related keywords in the current web page by the embedded window object; and

obtaining a related keyword selected by the user and instantaneously adding the related keyword into an input box.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, the method further comprising:

acquiring a plurality of related keywords by instantaneously adding related keywords selected by the user using a plurality of additions.

3. The method as recited in claim 2, the method further comprising:

determining whether the number of the related keywords in the input box is greater than or equal to a predetermined number, and closing the keyword list if affirmative.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, the method further comprising:

determining whether the related keyword selected by the user is a duplicate of a related keyword already in the input box, and skipping adding the related keyword into the input box if affirmative.

5. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein creating the keyword list comprises:

predetermining a keyword list container, which includes one or more related-keyword containers;

receiving a request for opening the keyword list and obtaining a height value of the keyword list and an offset relative to an input box based on the request; and

setting a height of the keyword list container and a position thereof in the current web page based on the height value of the keyword list and the offset relative to the input box.

6. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein presenting the keyword list comprises:

predetermining a style for the keyword list container; and

presenting the related keywords in the keyword list container based on the style.

7. The method as recited in claim 6, wherein obtaining the related keyword selected by the user comprises:

obtaining a related-keyword container corresponding to the related keyword selected by the user and altering a style for the related-keyword container; and

retrieving the related keyword in the related-keyword container based on a request for selecting the related keyword from the user.

22. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein obtaining the related keywords of the primary keyword from a server comprises:

forming a spliced URL based on the primary keyword; and

establishing the link between the embedded window object in the current web page and the server using the spliced URL.

23. The method as recited in claim 1, the method further comprising:

determining whether the input box already has any related keyword, and instantaneously inserting a separator prior to the related keyword to be added if affirmative.

8. A system of processing related keywords, wherein the system comprises an apparatus of processing related keywords and a server, the apparatus comprising:

an interface unit, used for receiving a primary keyword inputted by a user;

a splicing unit, used for forming a spliced URL for requesting related keywords corresponding to the primary keyword based on the primary keyword;

an object processing unit comprising a linking unit, a creating unit and a presenting unit, wherein the linking unit is used for establishing a link between an embedded window object in a current web page and the server using the URL, the creating unit is used for creating a keyword list through the embedded window object, and the presenting unit is used for presenting the related keywords through the embedded window object;

an acquisition unit, used for obtaining a related keyword selected by the user; and

an adding unit, used for instantaneously adding the related keyword obtained by the acquisition unit into an input box; and

wherein the server is used for exchanging data with the object processing unit of the apparatus of processing related keywords.

9. The system as recited in claim 8, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

a multi-keyword acquisition unit, used for obtaining a plurality of related keywords by instantaneously adding the plurality of related keywords into the input box through a plurality of additions.

10. The system as recited in claim 9, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

a first determining unit, used for determining whether they number of related keywords in the input box is greater than or equal to a predetermined number, and closing the keyword list if affirmative.

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15. An apparatus of processing related keywords, the apparatus comprising:

an interface unit, used for receiving a primary keyword inputted by a user;

a splicing unit, used for forming a spliced URL for requesting related keywords corresponding to the primary keyword based on the primary keyword;

an object processing unit comprising a linking unit, a creating unit and a presenting unit, wherein the linking unit is used for establishing a link between an embedded window object in a current web page and the server using the URL, the creating unit is used for creating a keyword list through the embedded window object, and the presenting unit is used for presenting the related keywords through the embedded window object;

an acquisition unit, used for obtaining a related keyword selected by the user; and

an adding unit, used for instantaneously adding the related keyword obtained by the acquisition unit into an input box.

16. The apparatus as recited in claim 15, further comprising:

a multi-keyword acquisition unit, used for obtaining a plurality of related keywords by instantaneously adding the plurality of related keywords into the input box through a plurality of additions.

17. The apparatus as recited in claim 16, further comprising:

a first determining unit, used for determining whether number of related keywords in the input box is greater than or equal to a predetermined number, and closing the keyword list if affirmative.

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