INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, TERMINAL, SERVER, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM

• US 20160203183A1
• Filed: 05/28/2014
• Published: 07/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rakuten Group, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Rakuten, Inc. (Rakuten Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: KATAKAWA, Jun
• Granted Patent: US 10,528,559 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24535 of sub-queries or views
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24542 Plan optimisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/252 between a Database Management System and a front-end application
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1008 based on parameters of servers, e.g. available memory or workload monitoring of computer activity G06F11/30

Abstract

In an information processing system (1), a seller terminal (20) transmits a main query to an information processing server (10). The information processing server (10) receives the main query from the seller terminal (20), splits the main query into multiple sub queries in an order based on a sort condition, and transmits the sub queries to the seller terminal (20). The seller terminal (20) receives the multiple sub queries from the information processing server (10), and transmits the sub queries to the information processing server (10) in the specified order. When the information processing server (10) receives one of the sub queries from the seller terminal (20), the information processing server (10) searches for records satisfying the relevant sub query, and transmits searched records to the seller terminal (20). The seller terminal (20) receives the searched records, and displays the received records being arranged in the specified order. Records satisfying the sub queries are sorted according to the sort condition by the information processing server (10) or the seller terminal (20), and displayed by the seller terminal (20).

Claims

1. An information processing system comprising a server and a terminal, wherein

the terminal transmits a main query to the server,

the server receives the main query from the terminal, splits the main query into a plurality of sub queries in an order based on a sort condition, and transmits the sub queries to the terminal,

the terminal receives the plurality of sub queries from the server, and transmits the plurality of sub queries to the server in the order,

when the server receives each of the sub queries from the terminal, the server searches for records satisfying the relevant sub query, and transmits searched records to the terminal,

the terminal receives the search records, and displays the received records being arranged in the order, and

records satisfying the sub queries are sorted according to the sort condition by the server or the terminal, and displayed by the terminal arranged in the order.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein

the server decides a number of the sub queries to obtain by splitting the main query, on the basis of a load on the server.

3. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein

the server decides a number of the sub queries to obtain by splitting the main query, on the basis of a number of records satisfying the main query.

4. The information processing system according to claim 3, wherein

if the number of records satisfying the main query is equal to or greater than a threshold value, the server transmits the plurality of sub queries to the terminal, and if the number of records satisfying the main query is less than the threshold value, the server searches for, and transmits to the terminal, records satisfying the main query.

5. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein

the server searches for records satisfying a first sub query in the order, and instead of the first sub query, transmits the search records to the terminal, and transmits remaining sub queries other than the first sub query to the terminal, and

the terminal transmits the remaining sub queries in the order to the server in the order.

6. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein

the server sorts records satisfying the sub queries according to the sort condition.

7. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein

the terminal sorts and displays records satisfying the sub queries according to the sort condition.

8. The information processing system according to claim 7, wherein

the terminal decides whether or not to split the main query into the sub queries, on the basis of a load on the terminal, and

the server splits the main query into the sub queries if the terminal decides to split the main query into the sub queries.

9. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein

the server splits the main query into the plurality of sub queries by equally splitting a search condition included in the main query.

10. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein

the records include a time of receiving an order for a product,

the search condition includes a condition specifying a range of the time, and

the server splits the search condition included in the main query into the plurality of sub queries by increasing a number of subdivisions of the split in time slots containing a larger number of the orders for a product.

11. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein

the search condition includes a condition specifying a range of time, and

the server splits the search condition included in the main query into the plurality of sub queries by increasing a number of subdivisions of the split in time slots containing a larger number of accesses to the server.

12. A terminal comprising:

a transmitter that transmits a main query to a server; and

a receiver that receives from the server a plurality of sub queries obtained by splitting the main query in an order based on a sort condition, wherein

the transmitter transmits the plurality of sub queries to the server in the order,

the receiver receives, from the server, records satisfying a sub query that are search when the server receives each of the sub queries,

the terminal further comprising;

a display that displays the received records being arranged in the order, wherein

records satisfying the sub queries are sorted according to the sort condition by the server or the terminal, and displayed by the display arranged in the order.

13. A server comprising:

a receiver that receives a main query from a terminal; and

a transmitter that splits the main query into a plurality of sub queries in an order based on a sort condition, and transmits the plurality of sub queries to the terminal, wherein

the receiver receives the sub queries from the terminal in the order,

when the receiver receives each of the sub queries from the terminal, the transmitter searches for records satisfying the relevant sub query, and transmits the search records to the terminal, and

records satisfying the sub queries are sorted according to the sort condition by the server or the terminal.

14. An information processing method comprising:

a transmitting step of a terminal transmitting a main query to a server; and

a receiving step of the terminal receiving from the server a plurality of sub queries obtained by splitting the main query in an order based on a sort condition, wherein

in the transmitting step, the terminal transmits the plurality of sub queries to the server in the order, and

in the receiving step, the terminal receives, from the server, records satisfying a sub query that are search when the server receives each of the sub queries,

the information processing method further comprising;

a displaying step of the terminal displaying the received records being arranged in the order, wherein

records satisfying the sub queries are sorted according to the sort condition by the server or the terminal, and displayed in the displaying step arranged in the order.

15. An information processing method comprising:

a receiving step of a server receiving a main query from a terminal; and

a transmitting step of the server splitting the main query into a plurality of sub queries in an order based on a sort condition, and transmitting the plurality of sub queries to the terminal, wherein

in the receiving step, the server receives the sub queries from the terminal in the order,

in the transmitting step, when the server receives each of the sub queries from the terminal, the server searches for records satisfying the relevant sub query, and transmits the search records to the terminal, and

records satisfying the sub queries are sorted according to the sort condition by the server or the terminal.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium causing a computer to function as:

a transmitter that transmits a main query to a server; and

a receiver that receives from the server a plurality of sub queries obtained by splitting the main query in an order based on a sort condition, wherein

the transmitter transmits the plurality of sub queries to the server in the order,

the receiver receives, from the server, records satisfying a sub query that are search when the server receives each of the sub queries,

the computer-readable, non-transitory recording medium additionally causing the computer to function as;

a display that displays the received records being arranged in the order, wherein

records satisfying the sub queries are sorted according to the sort condition by the server or the computer, and displayed by the display arranged in the order.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium causing a computer to function as:

a receiver that receives a main query from a terminal; and

a transmitter that splits the main query into a plurality of sub queries in an order based on a sort condition, and transmits the plurality of sub queries to the terminal, wherein

the receiver receives the sub queries from the terminal in the order,

when the receiver receives each of the sub queries from the terminal, the transmitter searches for records satisfying the relevant sub query, and transmits the search records to the terminal, and

records satisfying the sub queries are sorted according to the sort condition by the computer or the terminal.

18-19. -19. (canceled)