METHOD OF PROVIDING SEARCH SERVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE APPLYING THE SAME

• US 20120095983A1
• Filed: 10/18/2011
• Published: 04/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: LEE, Bo-ra, CHUNG, Ji-hye, LEE, Hye-jeong
• Granted Patent: US 9,286,401 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/706
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor

Abstract

A method of providing a search service and a display device applying the same are provided. According to the method of providing a search service, a web page that is searched by a specified keyword is accessed, at least one keyword is extracted from text included in the web page being accessed, and the at least one extracted keyword is displayed.

Claims

1. A method of providing a search service, the method comprising:

accessing a web page that is searched by a specified keyword;

extracting at least one keyword in text included in the accessed web page; and

displaying the at least one extracted keyword.

2. The method of providing the search service as claimed in claim 1, wherein the accessing the web page comprises:

requesting a search for the specified keyword from a search engine;

receiving a search result from the search engine and displaying the received search result on a screen; and

accessing one web page among web pages that are included in the search result.

3. The method of providing the search service as claimed in claim 1, wherein the extracting the at least one keyword comprises extracting a word that is positioned in close proximity to the specified keyword as the at least one keyword.

4. The method of providing a search service as claimed in claim 1, wherein the extracting the at least one keyword comprises extracting the at least one keyword among the text included in an area that is displayed on the screen of the web page.

5. The method of providing the search service as claimed in claim 1, wherein the extracting the at least one keyword comprises extracting the at least one keyword in an order of a number of repetitions of words included in the web page.

6. The method of providing the search service as claimed in claim 1, wherein the displaying the at least one extracted keyword comprises displaying the at least one keyword in a list.

7. The method of providing the search service as claimed in claim 1, wherein the displaying the at least one keyword comprises:

displaying a diagram adjacent to the accessed web page, the diagram having an aspect ratio that corresponds to an entire web page; and

displaying the at least one keyword in a position in the diagram that corresponds to a position in the accessed web page.

8. The method of providing the search service as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

selecting a keyword of the at least one keyword; and

performing the search by setting the selected keyword as one of an additional keyword, an excluded keyword, and a unique password.

9. The method of providing the search service as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

selecting a keyword of the at least one keyword; and

moving a screen to an area in which the selected keyword is displayed.

10. The method of providing the search service as claimed in claim 9, wherein the moving the screen comprises moving the screen so that the selected keyword is displayed on an upper end or an intermediate area of the screen.

11. A display device comprising:

a communication unit which is configured to communicate with an external device and a network;

a display unit which displays an image; and

a control unit which controls the display unit to control the communication unit to access a web page that is searched by a specified keyword, to extract at least one keyword in text included in the accessed web page, and to display the at least one extracted keyword.

12. The display device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the control unit requests a search for the specified keyword from a search engine, receives a search result from the search engine, displays the received search result on a screen, and accesses one web page among web pages that are included in the search result.

13. The display device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the control unit extracts a word that is positioned in close proximity to the specified keyword as the at least one keyword.

14. The display device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the control unit extracts the at least one keyword among the text included in an area that is displayed on the screen of the web page.

15. The display device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the control unit extracts the at least one keyword in order of a number of repetitions of the at least one keyword included in the web page.

16. The display device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the control unit operates to display the at least one keyword in form of a list.

17. The display device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the control unit displays a diagram adjacent to the accessed web page, the diagram having an aspect ratio that corresponds to an entire web page, and displays the at least one keyword in a position in the diagram that corresponds to a position in the accessed web page.

18. The display device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the control unit selects a keyword of the at least one keyword, and performs a search by setting the selected keyword as one of an additional keyword, an excluded keyword, and a unique password.

19. The display device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the control unit selects a keyword of the at least one keyword and moves the screen to an area in which the selected keyword is displayed.

20. The display device as claimed in claim 19, wherein the control unit moves the screen so that the selected keyword is displayed on an upper end or an intermediate area of the screen.

21. A method of providing a search service comprising:

searching for a specified keyword using a search engine;

displaying a plurality of web pages containing the specified keyword;

selecting a web page of the plurality of web pages;

extracting at least one keyword from text included in the selected web page; and

displaying the specified keyword and the at least one extracted keyword.

22. The method of providing the search service as claimed in claim 21, wherein the extracting the at least one keyword from the text included in the selected web page comprises extracting a word positioned in close proximity to the specified keyword.

23. The method of providing the search service as claimed in claim 21, wherein the extracting the at least one keyword from the text included in the selected web page comprises extracting the at least one keyword based on a number of repetitions of the at least one keyword in the text included in the selected web page.

24. A display device comprising:

a communication unit which is configured to communicate with an external device and a network;

a display unit which displays an image;

a control unit which controls the display unit and the communication unit to search for a specified keyword using a search engine;

to display a plurality of web pages containing the specified keyword;

to select one of the plurality of web pages;

to extract at least one keyword from text included in the selected web page; and

to display the specified keyword and the at least one extracted keyword.

25. The display device as claimed in claim 24, wherein the control unit extracts the at least one keyword from the text included in the selected web page by extracting a word positioned in close proximity to the specified keyword.

26. The display device as claimed in claim 24, wherein the control unit extracts the at least one keyword according to a number of repetitions of the at least one keyword in the text included in the selected web page.