CLIENT SYSTEM AND SERVER

• US 20130238601A1
• Filed: 03/06/2013
• Published: 09/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ok Wave
• Original Assignee: Ok Wave
• Inventors: KANEMOTO, Kaneto, Kato, Yoshinori
• Granted Patent: US 9,367,591 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/722
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/335 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles filtering in web context G06F16/9535, G06F16/9536
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a client system and a server for searching, through the Internet, useful information that matches more closely a user'"'"'s intention. The system is used for searching questions or answers posted by members in a Q&A (question and answers) site which is used by users who are registered as members. The members are then classified into multiple types based on a database, in which posted questions and answers were separated, and attribute information of members. For each question and answer, the tendency of the type who often supports the contents is stored. In this way, a question or answer is searched based on not only a search keyword but also on a type of searcher.

Claims

1. A client system comprising:

a display means for displaying an image on a screen;

a reception means for receiving search result question information or search result answer information, screen data for displaying a search information input region for inputting search information, and a search result display region for displaying searched questions or answers;

a control means for controlling the display means to perform an operation to display a searched question or an answer; and

a transmission means for transmitting identification information for identifying the user, and search information for searching for a question or an answer.

3. The client system according to claim 1, wherein the reception means further receives order information showing the searched question or answer, and screen data for displaying a specifying region for inputting a evaluation information to each displayed question or answer, the controlling means further controls the display means to perform an operation to show specifying regions on the respective displayed question or answer, and the transmission means further transmits evaluation information to a specific question or answer.

2. A server comprising:

a question information accumulation means for accumulating a question;

an answer information accumulation means for accumulating an answer to the question;

a reception means for receiving search information for searching for a question or an answer;

a question search means for searching for a question from the question information accumulated in the question information accumulation means;

an answer search means for searching an answer from the answer information accumulated in the answer information accumulation means; and

a transmission means for transmitting the search result question information and the search result answer information.

4. The server according to claim 2, further comprising user information storage means for storing attribute information of the respective user.

5. The server according to claim 2, wherein the reception means further receives identification information for identifying a user, and evaluation information to a specific question or answer.

6. The server according to claim 2, wherein the transmission means further transmits order information of the searched question information or the searched answer information decided based on an order of the matching with the attribute information of the user.

7. The surver according to claim 5, further comprising a question information update means for updating question information based on the received user identification information and evaluation information.

8. The surver according to claim 5, further comprising an answer information update means for updating answer information based on the received user identification information and evaluation information.

9. The surver according to claim 2, wherein the question information accumulation means accumulates a question from the user so that the question is associated with the attribute information of the user posting the question and the attribute information of the user evaluating the question.

10. The surver according to claim 2, wherein the answer information accumulation means accumulates an answer to the question from the user so that the answer is associated with the attribute information of the user posting the answer and the attribute information of the user evaluating the answer.

11. The server according to claim 2, further comprising other sites extraction means for extracting other sites, Wherein:

the question search means comprises other sites question search means for searching for questions from the accumulated question information in the question information accumulation means of extracted other Q&

A sites,

the answer search means comprises other sites answer search means for searching for answers from the accumulated answer information in the answer information accumulation means of the other Q&

A sites searched by the other sites search means, and

the transmission means also transmits other sites search result question information searched by the other sites question search means and other sites search result answer information searched by the other sites answer search means.

12. The server according to claim 11, wherein the other sites extraction means is configured to extract the other sites based on the predetermined address of the website.

13. The server according to claim 11, wherein the other sites question search means comprises:

a link extraction means for extracting links from pages included in sites extracted by the other sites extraction means;

a Q&

A link extraction means for extracting links to the pages that posted questions or answers to questions from extracted plural links; and

a question sentence extraction means for extracting a question sentence among the pages of the sites extracted by the Q&

A link extraction means.

14. The server according to claim 11, wherein the other sites answer search means comprises:

a link extraction means for extracting links from pages included in sites extracted by the other sites extraction means;

a Q&

A link extraction means for extracting links to the pages that posted questions or answers to questions from extracted plural links; and

an answer sentence extraction means for extracting an answer sentence among the pages of the sites extracted by the Q&

A link extraction means.

15. A method for searching for a question or an answer comprising:

collecting a question or an answer to the question from a user;

accumulating the question and the answer separately; and

receiving identification information for identifying the user, and evaluation information to a specific question or answer.

16. The method according to claim 15, further comprising classifying the user to multiple types based on the identification information.

17. The method according to claim 16, further comprising:

identifying the type of searching user; and

performing search for the question or the answer based on the type.