Embedded searching system and the method thereof

• US 20110252048A1
• Filed: 05/03/2010
• Published: 10/13/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zhigu Holdings Limited
• Original Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Inventors: Wu, Cui, Chiu, Chaucer
• Granted Patent: US 8,255,415 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/252 between a Database Management System and a front-end application
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files

Abstract

An embedded searching system uses an application name to search for the interface specifications for the application. The interface specifications are used to update default registry information of the operating system. Different applications can thus be embedded with a search field. This increases the convenience of searching for the applications. The mechanism also produces a corresponding method.

Claims

1. An embedded searching system used on at least one application via default registry information of an operating system (OS) that records a registry code of the at least one application, the system comprising:

an application database for storing the at least one application name of the application and its corresponding interface specification;

a registry table searching module for searching for at least one application in the registry information according to the application name;

an updating module for searching the application database and loading the interface specification for the at least one application in order to update the registry information;

an embedding module for generating a search field to be embedded into the application operating interface according to the operating interface of the application and the registry information when one of the at least one application is executing;

a receiving module for receiving a search content and a search criterion after the search field is clicked; and

a searching module for comparing the search content with at least one document, at least one web page, or at least one resource file of the application according to the search criterion, and displaying the matched result immediately.

2. The embedded searching system of claim 1, wherein the search criterion includes the search types of web page, document, directory, and hotkeys.

3. The embedded searching system of claim 2, wherein when the search criterion is the search type of web page a search level is set to define the limit in the search level and extraction range of the search.

4. The embedded searching system of claim 1, wherein a search window is generated for entering the search content and the search criterion when the search field is clicked and the search window shows the search result.

5. The embedded searching system of claim 1, wherein the resource file includes non-executable text strings.

6. An embedded searching method used on at least one application via default registry information of an OS that records a registry code of the at least one application, the method comprising the steps of:

storing the application name of the at least one application and its corresponding interface specification in an application database;

searching for at least one application in the registry information according to the application name;

searching the application database and loading the interface specification for the at least one application in order to update the registry information;

generating a search field to be embedded into the application operating interface according to the operating interface of the application and the registry information when one of the at least one application is executing;

receiving a search content and a search criterion after the search field is clicked; and

comparing the search content with at least one document, at least one web page, or at least one resource file of the application according to the search criterion, and displaying the matched result immediately.

7. The embedded searching method of claim 6, wherein the search criterion includes the search types of web page, document, directory, and hotkeys.

8. The embedded searching method of claim 7 further comprising the step of setting a search level to define the limit in the search level and extraction range of the search when the search criterion is the search type of web page.

9. The embedded searching method of claim 6 further comprising the step of generating a search window for entering the search content and the search criterion when the search field is clicked and displaying the search result in the search window.

10. The embedded searching method of claim 6, wherein the resource file includes non-executable text strings.