SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LOCATION-SENSITIVE AUTO-COMPLETE QUERY

• US 20130024461A1
• Filed: 07/18/2012
• Published: 01/24/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NHN Corporation
• Original Assignee: NHN Corporation
• Inventors: Kim, Taeil, Lee, Seung Jun
• Application Number:
  US13/552,204
• Publication Number:
  US 20130024461A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/741
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/90324 using system suggestions

Abstract

Provided is a system and method for providing a location-sensitive auto-complete query. The system includes at least one processor; a memory to store at least one program configured to be executed by the at least one processor; a keyword generating unit to generate a keyword based on the query inputted from a user terminal and location information received from the user terminal; and a query providing unit to provide an auto-complete query corresponding to the generated keyword among the auto-complete queries indexed according to location information.

Claims

1. A system for providing an auto-complete query for a query inputted by a user, the system comprising:

at least one processor;

a memory to store at least one program configured to be executed by the at least one processor;

a keyword generating unit to generate a keyword based on the query inputted from a user terminal and location information received from the user terminal; and

a query providing unit to provide an auto-complete query corresponding to the generated keyword among the auto-complete queries indexed according to location information.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the location information received from the terminal comprises at least one of a browser information, an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the user terminal, and input information.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a query indexing unit to index auto-complete queries by incorporating the location information into the auto-complete queries.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the query indexing unit is configured to index the auto-complete queries by incorporating the location information into the auto-complete queries using at least one of the queries collected by region and information about a content including the location information.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the query indexing unit is configured to incorporate each corresponding region code to the auto-complete queries and index the auto-complete queries having the incorporated region codes based on priority.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the keyword generating unit is configured to generate the keyword by incorporating a region code corresponding to the location information into the inputted query.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the query providing unit is configured to provide the auto-complete query corresponding to the generated keyword among the indexed auto-complete queries based on the priority.

8. A method for providing an auto-complete query for a query inputted by a user, the method being performed by at least one processor, the method comprising:

generating a keyword by the at least one processor based on the query inputted from a user terminal and location information received from the user terminal; and

providing an auto-complete query corresponding to the generated keyword among the auto-complete queries indexed according to location information.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the location information received from the terminal comprises at least one of a browser information, an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the user terminal, and input information.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

indexing the auto-complete queries by incorporating the location information into the auto-complete queries.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the indexing comprises:

indexing the auto-complete queries by incorporating the location information into the auto-complete queries using at least one of the queries collected by region and information about a content including the location information.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the indexing comprises:

incorporating each corresponding region code into the auto-complete queries; and

indexing the auto-complete queries having the incorporated region codes based on priority.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the generating comprises incorporating a region code corresponding to the location information into the inputted query to generate the keyword.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the providing comprises providing the auto-complete query corresponding to the generated keyword among the indexed auto-complete queries based on the priority.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions for controlling to provide an auto-complete query for a query inputted by a user, the instructions being executed by a method including:

generating a keyword based on the query inputted from a user terminal and location information received from the user terminal; and

providing an auto-complete query corresponding to the generated keyword among the auto-complete queries indexed according to location information.