INFORMATION SEARCH SERVER AND INFORMATION SEARCH METHOD THEREOF

• US 20140143240A1
• Filed: 02/17/2013
• Published: 05/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Institute For Information Industry
• Original Assignee: Institute For Information Industry
• Inventors: TSENG, Yu-Chee, LIN, Chih-Yu, HSIEH, Chih-Chiang, LIANG, Jia-Ming, CHU, You-Ren, LI, Chien-Yi, CHANG, Hsin-Yu, CHUANG, Chih-Yang
• Application Number:
  US13/769,347
• Publication Number:
  US 20140143240A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/724
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries

Abstract

An information search server and an information search method thereof are provided. The information search server includes a transceiver and a processor. The transceiver receives a search message having an original store phone number of an original store from a user device. The processor performs a data mining procedure, according to the original store phone number, to obtain an original store name and an original store address associated with the original store phone number, a category associated with the original store name, an original store latitude and longitude associated with the original store address, and a recommended store information associated with the category and the original store latitude and longitude, and generates a result message having the recommended store information. The transceiver further transmits the result message to the user device.

Claims

1. An information search server, comprising:

a transceiver, being configured to receive a search message from a user device, the search message having an original store phone number of an original store; and

a processor electrically connected to the transceiver, being configured to perform a data mining procedure, according to the original store phone number, to obtain an original store name and an original store address associated with the original store phone number, a category associated with the original store name, an original store latitude and longitude associated with the original store address, and a piece of recommended store information associated with the category and the original store latitude and longitude, and generate a result message having the recommended store information;

wherein the transceiver is further configured to transmit the result message to the user device.

2. The information search server as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a storage device configured to store a database, wherein the processor is electrically connected to the storage device, and the data mining procedure performed by the processor comprises:

reading the original store name and the original store address associated with the original store phone number from the storage device according to the original store phone number;

categorizing the original store according to the original store name to obtain the category associated with the original store name;

reading the original store latitude and longitude associated with the original store address from the storage device according to the original store address;

reading a plurality of pieces of nearby store information from the storage device according to the original store latitude and longitude, each of the plurality of pieces of nearby store information comprising a nearby store name, a nearby store address and a nearby store latitude and longitude;

filtering the plurality of pieces of nearby store information according to the category to obtain a recommended store name, a recommended store address and a recommended store latitude and longitude of at least one recommended store;

reading a recommended store phone number of the at least one recommended store from the storage device according to the recommended store name of the at least one recommended store;

calculating a recommended store distance between the original store and the at least one recommended store according to the original store latitude and longitude and the recommended store latitude and longitude of the at least one recommended store; and

generating the recommended store information, which comprises the recommended store name, the recommended store phone number, the recommended store address and the recommended store distance of the at least one recommended store.

3. The information search server as claimed in claim 2, wherein the processor filters the nearby store names in the plurality of pieces of nearby store information by using at least one keyword and according to the category so as to obtain the recommended store name, the recommended store address and the recommended store latitude and longitude of the at least one recommended store.

4. The information search server as claimed in claim 1, wherein the search server communicatively connects to a store information server, a geographic location information server and a local information server, and the data mining procedure performed by the processor comprises:

generating an original store information search message having the original store phone number according to the original store phone number;

transmitting the original store information search message to the store information server via the transceiver;

receiving an original store information reply message from the store information server via the transceiver, the original store information reply message having the original store name and the original store address associated with the original store phone number;

categorizing the original store according to the original store name to obtain the category associated with the original store name;

generating a geographic location information search message having the original store address according to the original store address;

transmitting the geographic location information search message to the geographic location information server via the transceiver;

receiving a geographic location information reply message from the geographic location information server via the transceiver, the geographic location information reply message comprising the original store latitude and longitude associated with the original store address;

generating a local information search message having the original store latitude and longitude according to the original store latitude and longitude;

transmitting the local information search message to the local information server via the transceiver;

receiving a local information reply message from the local information server via the transceiver, the local information reply message having a plurality of pieces of nearby store information, each of which comprises a nearby store name, a nearby store address and a nearby store latitude and longitude;

filtering the plurality of pieces of nearby store information according to the category to obtain a recommended store name, a recommended store address and a recommended store latitude and longitude of at least one recommended store;

generating a recommended store information search message to the store information server according to the recommended store name of the at least one recommended store, the recommended store information search message having the recommended store name of the at least one recommended store;

receiving a recommended store information reply message from the store information server via the transceiver, the recommended store information reply message having a recommended store phone number of the at least one recommended store associated with the recommended store name of the at least one recommended store;

calculating a recommended store distance between the original store and the at least one recommended store according to the original store latitude and longitude and the recommended store latitude and longitude of the at least one recommended store; and

generating the recommended store information, which comprises the recommended store name, the recommended store phone number, the recommended store address and the recommended store distance of the at least one recommended store.

5. The information search server as claimed in claim 4, wherein the processor filters the nearby store names in the plurality of pieces of nearby store information by using at least one keyword and according to the category so as to obtain the recommended store name, the recommended store address and the recommended store latitude and longitude of the at least one recommended store.

6. The information search server as claimed in claim 1, wherein the category comprises at least one of a hotel, a restaurant, a rental house, a theater and a shop.

7. An information search method for an information search server, the information search server comprising a transceiver and a processor electrically connected to the transceiver, and the information search method being executed by the processor and comprising the following steps:

receiving a search message from a user device via the transceiver, the search message having an original store phone number of an original store;

performing a data mining procedure, according to the original store phone number, to obtain an original store name and an original store address associated with the original store phone number, a category associated with the original store name, an original store latitude and longitude associated with the original store address, and a piece of recommended store information associated with the category and the original store latitude and longitude;

generating a result message having the recommended store information; and

transmitting the result message to the user device via the transceiver.

8. The information search method as claimed in claim 7 wherein the information search server further comprises a storage device configured to store a database, the processor is electrically connected to the storage device, and the processor further executes the following steps to perform the data mining procedure:

reading the original store name and the original store address associated with the original store phone number from the storage device according to the original store phone number;

categorizing the original store according to the original store name to obtain the category associated with the original store name;

reading the original store latitude and longitude associated with the original store address from the storage device according to the original store address;

reading a plurality of pieces of nearby store information from the storage device according to the original store latitude and longitude, each of the plurality of pieces of nearby store information comprising a nearby store name, a nearby store address and a nearby store latitude and longitude;

filtering the plurality of pieces of nearby store information according to the category to obtain a recommended store name, a recommended store address and a recommended store latitude and longitude of at least one recommended store;

reading a recommended store phone number of the at least one recommended store from the storage device according to the recommended store name of the at least one recommended store;

calculating a recommended store distance between the original store and the at least one recommended store according to the original store latitude and longitude and the recommended store latitude and longitude of the at least one recommended store; and

generating the recommended store information, which comprises the recommended store name, the recommended store phone number, the recommended store address and the recommended store distance of the at least one recommended store.

9. The information search method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the step of filtering the plurality of pieces of nearby store information further comprises the following step:

filtering the nearby store names in the plurality of pieces of nearby store information by using at least one keyword and according to the category so as to obtain the recommended store name, the recommended store address and the recommended store latitude and longitude of the at least one recommended store.

10. The information search method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the search server communicatively connects to a store information server, a geographic location information server and a local information server, and the processor further executes the following steps to perform the data mining procedure:

generating an original store information search message having the original store phone number according to the original store phone number;

transmitting the original store information search message to the store information server via the transceiver;

receiving an original store information reply message from the store information server via the transceiver, the original store information reply message having the original store name and the original store address associated with the original store phone number;

categorizing the original store according to the original store name to obtain the category associated with the original store name;

generating a geographic location information search message having the original store address according to the original store address;

transmitting the geographic location information search message to the geographic location information server via the transceiver;

receiving a geographic location information reply message from the geographic location information server via the transceiver, the geographic location information reply message comprising the original store latitude and longitude associated with the original store address;

generating a local information search message having the original store latitude and longitude according to the original store latitude and longitude;

transmitting the local information search message to the local information server via the transceiver;

receiving a local information reply message from the local information server via the transceiver, the local information reply message having a plurality of pieces of nearby store information, each of which comprises a nearby store name, a nearby store address and a nearby store latitude and longitude;

filtering the plurality of pieces of nearby store information according to the category to obtain a recommended store name, a recommended store address and a recommended store latitude and longitude of at least one recommended store;

generating a recommended store information search message to the store information server according to the recommended store name of the at least one recommended store, the recommended store information search message having the recommended store name of the at least one recommended store;

receiving a recommended store information reply message from the store information server via the transceiver, the recommended store information reply message having a recommended store phone number of the at least one recommended store associated with the recommended store name of the at least one recommended store;

calculating a recommended store distance between the original store and the at least one recommended store according to the original store latitude and longitude and the recommended store latitude and longitude of the at least one recommended store; and

generating the recommended store information, which comprises the recommended store name, the recommended store phone number, the recommended store address and the recommended store distance of the at least one recommended store.

11. The information search method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the step of filtering the plurality of pieces of nearby store information further comprises the following step:

filtering the nearby store names in the plurality of pieces of nearby store information by using at least one keyword and according to the category so as to obtain the recommended store name, the recommended store address and the recommended store latitude and longitude of the at least one recommended store.

12. The information search method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the category comprises at least one of a hotel, a restaurant, a rental house, a theater and a shop.