METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION

• US 20150302095A1
• Filed: 04/01/2015
• Published: 10/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Kyungtae, BAE, Hyerim, LEE, Jungjik, JWA, Changhyup, KIM, Yangwook, LEE, Sunkee
• Granted Patent: US 10,496,715 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9574 of access to content, e.g. by caching

Abstract

An electronic device, a keyword management device and a method are disclosed. The electronic device includes a processor that receives a keyword and a keyword search condition, transmits the keyword and the keyword search condition to a keyword management device to perform a search based on at least the keyword search condition, receives a search result from the keyword management device, and displays the search result and combines the search result, the keyword and the keyword search condition for subsequent retrieval. The keyword management device includes a processor that receives a keyword and keyword search condition from the electronic device, executes a search on at least one of a plurality of information providing servers utilizing the keyword and the keyword search condition, acquires the search result and combines the search result, the keyword and the keyword search condition for subsequent retrieval, and transmits the search result to the first electronic device.

Claims

1. A method of providing information by an electronic device, comprising:

receiving a keyword and a keyword search condition associated with the keyword;

transmitting the keyword and the keyword search condition to a keyword management device to perform a search based on at least the keyword search condition;

receiving a search result from the keyword management device; and

combining the search result, the keyword and the keyword search condition for subsequent retrieval.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the keyword includes a character string, and the search result includes at least one of a character string, an image, and a video.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the keyword management device acquires the search result by querying a plurality of information providing servers.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating a notification when the search result is received from the keyword management device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the search result received from the keyword management device on a display of the electronic device.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

highlighting the keyword in the displayed search result when the keyword is included in a region of the search result that is displayed on a display of the electronic device.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

displaying a keyword indicator on the display when the keyword is included in a region of the search result that is not displayed on the display of the electronic device.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

in response to a selection of the displayed keyword indicator, displaying the region of the search result including the keyword.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the keyword management device acquires a second keyword and a second keyword search condition from another electronic device for transmission to the keyword management device, and

receives and stores a second search result from the keyword management device, the second search result satisfying the second keyword search condition of the another electronic device.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving the search result directly from the keyword management device when the search result satisfying the keyword search condition is present within the second search result satisfying the second keyword search condition stored in the keyword management device.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the second search result satisfying the second keyword search condition is received from the keyword management device when cross-authentication is executed between a user'"'"'s electronic device and the another electronic device is made.

12. An electronic device comprising:

a processor to;

receive a keyword and a keyword search condition associated with the keyword,

transmit by a communication interface the keyword and the keyword search condition to a keyword management device to perform a search based on at least the keyword search condition,

receive a search result satisfying at least the keyword search condition from the keyword management device, and

combine the search result, the keyword and the keyword search condition for subsequent retrieval.

13. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the processor further generates a notification when the search result from the keyword management device.

14. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the processor further displays the search result received from the keyword management device on a display of the electronic device.

15. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the processor further displays a keyword indicator on a display of the electronic device when the keyword is included in a region of the search result that is not displayed on the display.

16. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein in response to a selection of the displayed keyword indicator, displaying the region of the search result including the keyword.

17. A keyword management device comprising:

a processor to;

receive a keyword and keyword search condition from a first electronic device,

execute a search on at least one of a plurality of information providing servers utilizing the keyword and the keyword search condition,

acquire a search result and combine the search result, the keyword and the keyword search condition for subsequent retrieval, and

transmit the search result to the first electronic device.

18. The keyword management device of claim 17, wherein the processor further acquires the search result from the plurality of information providing servers.

19. The keyword management device of claim 17, the processor further to:

receive a second keyword and second keyword search condition from a second electronic device,

detect whether the second keyword and second keyword search condition match data from the stored search result,

if the second keyword and the second keyword search condition matches the data, transmitting the search result to the second electronic device, and

if the second keyword and the second keyword search condition do not match the data, executing a second search on the at least one of the plurality of information providing servers utilizing the second keyword and the second keyword search condition.

20. The keyword management device of claim 19, wherein the search result is transmit to the second electronic device a message is received from the first electronic device indicating that the first electronic device and the second electronic device have cross-authenticated to permit transmission of the search result.