System and method for managing bundle data database storing data association structure

• US 7,769,758 B2
• Filed: 09/28/2006
• Issued: 08/03/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Jin-Keun Choi
• Original Assignee: Jin-Keun Choi
• Inventors: Choi, Jin-Keun
• Primary Examiner(s): Jalil; Neveen Abel
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chbouki; Tarek
• Application Number:
  US12/088,326
• Publication Number:
  US 20080208848A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,405 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 707/736
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/217 Database tuning G06F16/2282 takes precedence; database performance monitoring G06F11/3409

Abstract

A bundle database management system comprises a search server including a bundle definition unit for defining a core word and a relevant word connected to the core word, and connection relation between the core and relevant words to generate and store bundle data; a description definition unit for defining description data corresponding to the core and relevant words; a search request receiving unit for receiving a search request including a specific search word input by a user; a search result page generating unit for generating a search result page including the bundle data retrieved by the search word as a core word and the description data retrieved by the core word; and a search result page transmitting unit for transmitting the search result page to the user; and a user terminal connected to the search server for transmitting the search request and receiving the search result page.

Claims

1. A bundle database management system for generating storing and searching bundle data defining an association structure between individual words having relation to each other, the system comprising:

a search server having a processor connected to a memory, the search server comprising;

a bundle definition unit configured to define a core word, a relevant word connected to the core word, and another relevant word derived from the relevant word regarded as another core word, generate bundle data defining an nth connection relation between the core word and the relevant word as a graph hierarchy structure, and store the generated bundle data;

a description definition unit configured to store description data corresponding to the core word and relevant word;

a search request receiving unit configured to receive a search request including a specific search word input by a user;

a search result page generating unit configured to generate the search result page including the bundle data having a search word in its core word and the description data relating to the core word; and

a search result page transmitting unit configured to transmit the search result page to the user; and

a user terminal connected to the search server, the user terminal being configured to transmit the search request and receive the search result page,

wherein the search server generates, stores and searches bundle data constituting n-dimensional (n>

1) bundle, the n-dimensional bundle having a repetitive connection structure, comprising;

a first (n=1) bundle in which at least one relevant word corresponding to a single core word is connected;

a second (n=2) bundle in which an arbitrary relevant word constituting the first bundle becomes a single core word and at least one relevant word connected to the single core word is connected; and

a third (n=3) bundle in which an arbitrary relevant word constituting the second bundle becomes a single core word and at least one relevant word connected to the single core word is connected,

and wherein the search server connects bundle data through any one method selected from a group or a connection method thereof, the group consisting of;

a horizontal line A-type connection for converting a relevant word located on a horizontal line (odd-bundle) into a core word and connecting a horizontal bundle to the core word by a vertical line derived from the core word;

a horizontal line B-type connection rotating a horizontal bundle and connecting the horizontal bundle by the horizontal line when adding a new relevant word (core word) to the rightmost side of a horizontal line;

a horizontal line B-type insertion connection for converting a bundle into a rotated bundle and inserting the bundle between relevant words located on a horizontal line;

a vertical line B-type connection for converting a relevant word located on a vertical line (even bundle) into a core word and connecting a rotated bundle to the core word by a horizontal line derived from the core word;

a vertical line end A-type connection for connecting a horizontal bundle by the vertical line when adding a new relevant word (core word) to the uppermost side of a vertical line; and

a vertical line A-type insertion connection for inserting a bundle between relevant words located on a vertical line.

2. The bundle database management system of claim 1, wherein the search server represents the bundle data to the user with a graph hierarchy structure that horizontally connects at least one relevant word for each core word in odd bundles (n=1, 3, 5, . . . ), and vertically connects at least one relevant word for each core word in even bundles (n=2, 4, 6, . . . ).

3. The bundle database management system of claim 1, wherein the search server includes:

a bundle database (DB) for storing the core word, the relevant word and their connection relation constituting bundle data; and

a description data DB for storing description data corresponding to an individual word stored in the bundle data.

4. The bundle database management system of claim 1, wherein the search server receives selection information of a specific word from the user terminal, the specific word constituting bundle data represented with a graphic structure in the search result page, and includes the description data retrieved by the specific word in the search result page to provide it to the user terminal.

5. The bundle database management system of claim 1, wherein in the step of generating a search result page, the search server includes uniform resource locator (URL) information referring to description data corresponding to each of the core word and the relevant word constituting the bundle data in the search result page to transmit it to the user terminal.

6. A bundle database management method for generating, storing, and searching bundle data defining an association structure between individual words having relation to each other, the method comprising the steps of:

(1) defining, with a processor, a core word, a relevant word connected to the core word, and another relevant word derived from the relevant word regarded as another core word, generating bundle data defining an nth connection relation between the core word and the relevant word as a graph hierarchy structure, and storing the generated bundle data;

(2) storing description data in a memory, the description data corresponding to the core word and the relevant word;

(3) receiving a search request including a specific search word input by a user;

(4) generating, with a processor, a search result page including the bundle data having a search word as its core word and the description data relating to the core word; and

(5) transmitting the search result page to a user terminal,

wherein the step of (1) generating and storing bundle data comprises generating the bundle data having n-dimension (n>

1) bundle and storing the bundle data in a bundle data DB, the n-dimensional bundle having a connection structure comprising;

a first (n=1) bundle in which at least one relevant word corresponding to a single core word is connected;

a second (n=2) bundle in which an arbitrary relevant word constituting the first bundle becomes a single core word and at least one relevant word connected to the core word is connected; and

a third (n=3) bundle in which an arbitrary relevant word constituting the second bundle becomes a single core word and at least one relevant word connected to the core word is connected, and

wherein the step of (4) generating a search result page comprises connecting bundle data through any one method selected from a group or a connection method thereof, the group consisting of;

a connection (a horizontal line A-type connection) for converting a relevant word located on a horizontal line (odd bundle) into a core word and connecting a horizontal bundle to the core word by a vertical line derived from the core word;

a connection (a horizontal line end B-type connection) for rotating a horizontal bundle and connecting the horizontal bundle by a horizontal line when adding a new relevant word (core word) to the rightmost side of the horizontal line;

a connection (a horizontal line B-type insertion connection) for converting a bundle into a rotated bundle and inserting the bundle between relevant words located on a horizontal line;

a connection (a vertical line B-type connection) for converting a relevant word located on a vertical line (even bundle) into a core word and connecting a rotated bundle to the core word by a horizontal line derived from the core word;

a connection (a vertical line end A-type connection) for connecting a horizontal bundle by a vertical line when adding a new relevant word (core word) to the uppermost side of a vertical line; and

a connection (a vertical line A-type insertion connection) for inserting a bundle between relevant words located on a vertical line.

7. The bundle database management method of claim 6, wherein the step of (2) storing description data includes storing description data corresponding to the core word and relevant word in a description data DB.

8. The bundle database management method of claim 6, wherein the step of (4) generating a search result page includes the steps of:

(4-1) setting the received search word as a core word;

(4-2) retrieving the bundle data DB by the core word to search for the bundle data;

(4-3) retrieving the description data DB by the core word to search for the corresponding description data; and

(4-4) generating the search result page including the bundle data and the description data.

9. The bundle database management method of claim 6 or 8, wherein the step of (4) generating a search result page includes the step of including the bundle data in the search result page, the bundle data being in odd bundles (n=1, 3, 5) represented in such a graphic structure that at least one relevant word for each core word are horizontally connects and in even bundles (n=2, 4, 6) represented in such a graphic structure that at least one relevant word for each core word are vertically connected.

10. The bundle database management method of claim 6 or 8, wherein the step of (4) generating a search result page includes generating the search result page including URL information referring to description data corresponding to each of the core word and the relevant words constituting the bundle data.

11. The bundle database management method of claim 6, further comprising the steps of:

(6) receiving selection information of a specific word constituting bundle data from the user terminal, the bundle data represented in a graphic structure at the search result page; and

(7) including the description data retrieved by the specific word in the search result page to provide it to the user terminal.