NETWORK SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE

• US 20110071998A1
• Filed: 11/30/2010
• Published: 03/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Yanagi, Satoru
• Granted Patent: US 8,543,559 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/706
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques

Abstract

A network system includes a first communication device, a second communication device and a keyword database. The first communication device includes a first input device and a first search device. The first input device allows a user to input a keyword. The first search device is capable of carrying out a first search process that includes sending the keyword input to the first input device to a search engine and receiving a search result. The keyword database stores the keyword used for the first search process. The second communication device is composed separately from the first communication device. The second communication device includes a keyword acquisition device and a second search device. The keyword acquisition device is capable of acquiring the keyword from the keyword database. The second search device is capable of carrying out a second search process that includes sending the keyword acquired by the keyword acquisition device to a search engine and receiving a search result.

Claims

1-17. -17. (canceled)

18. A network system, comprising:

a first communication device;

a second communication device composed separately from the first communication device; and

a server comprising a keyword database,

wherein the first communication device comprises;

a first input device that allows a user to input a keyword; and

a first search device capable of carrying out a first search process that includes sending the keyword input to the first input device to a search engine and receiving a search result,

wherein the keyword database cumulatively stores a plurality of keywords used for a plurality of first search processes,

wherein the second communication device comprises;

a second input device that allows a user to input a part of characters included in a character string composing one word;

a keyword acquisition device capable of acquiring a specific keyword from the keyword database; and

a second search device capable of carrying out a second search process that includes sending the specific keyword acquired by the keyword acquisition device to a first search engine and receiving a search result,

wherein the server further comprises a keyword identifying device that identifies, from the keyword database, the specific keyword including the part of characters input to the second input device, and

wherein the keyword acquisition device acquires the specific keyword identified by the keyword identifying device.

22. A second communication device to be connected with a server in a communicable manner, the server comprising a keyword database cumulatively storing a plurality of keywords used for a plurality of search processes carried out by a first communication device, the second communication device comprising:

an input device that allows a user to input a part of characters included in a character string composing one word;

a keyword acquisition device capable of acquiring, from the keyword database, a specific keyword including the part of characters input to the input device identified by the server; and

a search device capable of carrying out a search process that includes sending the specific keyword acquired by the keyword acquisition device to a search engine and receiving a search result.

23. A second communication device to be connected with a first communication device in a communicable manner, the second communication device comprising:

a keyword database that cumulatively stores a plurality of keywords used for a plurality of search processes by the first communication device;

an input device that allows a user to input a part of characters included in a character string composing one word;

a keyword acquisition device capable of acquiring, from the keyword database, a specific keyword including the part of characters input to the input device; and

a search device capable of carrying out a search process that includes sending the specific keyword acquired by the keyword acquisition device to a search engine and receiving a search result.