System and method of searching for previously visited website information
First Claim
1. A visited website search system to search for a website visited by a user, the system comprising:
- a web browser configured to be executed on a computer used by the user, to receive a search command for results from destinations comprising a website visited by the user and addresses for resources stored on the computer;
a web site monitoring unit to monitor visits to the website by the user using the web browser, to determine whether the user is revisiting the same website within a determined time, to record, if the user revisits the same website after the determined time elapses, information about the user'"'"'s revisit in a website visit history database, and not to record information about the user'"'"'s revisit if the user revisits the same website before the determined time elapses;
a web server to store, in the website visit history database, information about the resources stored at the addresses on the computer, to receive the search command from the web browser according to a hyper text transfer protocol (HTTP) when at least one destination address of the search command is located on the computer, and to provide the web browser with a web document type search result indicating the resources stored on the computer that are relevant to the search command;
a search unit to generate a first search result by searching, corresponding to a query provided by the search command, the website history visit database for the website visited by the user and for the information about the stored resources; and
a web document generation unit to transform the first search result into the web document type search result,wherein the system establishes a destination address of the search command as a computer address or a loopback address if the destination address is needed to search the website visited by the user,wherein the web server investigates a sending address of the received search command, and provides a service if the sending address is identical to the computer address or the loopback address.
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Abstract
A visited website search system searching a website visited by a user. The visited website search system searching the website visited by the user includes: a mini web server installed in the local computer, receiving a search command with respect to data in the local computer from a web browser according to an HTTP protocol and providing a search result in a web document to the web browser; a searcher generating a search result by searching a website, corresponding to an query included in the search command, among the website visited by user and a web document generator generating the search result in the web document. Accordingly, the visited website by the user may be stably searched according to the HTTP protocol, similar to a web search.
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20 Claims
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1. A visited website search system to search for a website visited by a user, the system comprising:
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a web browser configured to be executed on a computer used by the user, to receive a search command for results from destinations comprising a website visited by the user and addresses for resources stored on the computer; a web site monitoring unit to monitor visits to the website by the user using the web browser, to determine whether the user is revisiting the same website within a determined time, to record, if the user revisits the same website after the determined time elapses, information about the user'"'"'s revisit in a website visit history database, and not to record information about the user'"'"'s revisit if the user revisits the same website before the determined time elapses; a web server to store, in the website visit history database, information about the resources stored at the addresses on the computer, to receive the search command from the web browser according to a hyper text transfer protocol (HTTP) when at least one destination address of the search command is located on the computer, and to provide the web browser with a web document type search result indicating the resources stored on the computer that are relevant to the search command; a search unit to generate a first search result by searching, corresponding to a query provided by the search command, the website history visit database for the website visited by the user and for the information about the stored resources; and a web document generation unit to transform the first search result into the web document type search result, wherein the system establishes a destination address of the search command as a computer address or a loopback address if the destination address is needed to search the website visited by the user, wherein the web server investigates a sending address of the received search command, and provides a service if the sending address is identical to the computer address or the loopback address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A website visit search method to search for a website visited by user, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a web browser configured to be executed on a computer used by the user, a search command for results from destinations comprising a website visited by the user and addresses for resources stored on the computer; monitoring visits to the website by the user; determining whether the user revisits the same website within a determined time; recording, in a website visit history database, information about the user'"'"'s revisit to the same website if the user revisits the same website after the determined time elapses, and not recording information about the user'"'"'s revisit if the user revisits the same website before the determined time elapses; receiving, by a web server, the search command from the web browser according to a hyper text transfer protocol (HTTP) established in the computer if at least one destination address of the search command is located on the computer, and wherein the web server stores, in the website visit history database, information about the resources stored at the addresses on the computer, and provides the web browser with a web document type search result indicating the resources stored on the computer relevant to the search command; establishing a destination address of the search command as a computer address or a loopback address if the destination address is required to search the website visited by the user; generating a first search result by retrieving the website, corresponding to a query provided by the search command, from among a history of websites visited by the user and the information about the stored resources, the history of websites being stored in the website visit history database; generating the web document type search result by transforming the first search result into the web document type search result; and providing, using the web server, the web browser with the web document type search result, wherein the web server investigates a sending address of the received search command, and provides a service if the sending address is identical to the computer address or the loopback address. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A tangible computer-readable storage medium comprising a program for implementing a website visit search method searching a website visited by a user, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a web browser configured to be executed on a computer used by the user, a search command for results from destinations comprising a website visited by the user and addresses for resources stored on the computer; monitoring visits to the website by the user; determining whether the user revisits the same website within a determined time; recording, in a website visit history database, information about the user'"'"'s revisit to the same website if the user revisits the same website after the determined time elapses, and not recording information about the user'"'"'s revisit if the user revisits the same website before the determined time elapses; receiving, by a web server, a search command from the web browser according to a hyper text transfer protocol (HTTP) if at least one destination address of the search command is located on the computer, and wherein the web server stores, in the website visit history database, information about the resources stored at the addresses on the computer, and provides the web browser with a web document type search result indicating resources stored on the computer relevant to the search command; establishing a destination address of the search command as a computer address or a loopback address if the destination address is required to search the website visited by the user; generating a first search result by retrieving the website, corresponding to a query provided by the search command, from among a history of websites visited by the user and the information about the resources stored on the computer; generating the web document type search result by transforming the first search result into a web document type search result; and providing, using the web server, the web document type search result to the web server, wherein the web server investigates a sending address of the received search command, and provides a service if the sending address is identical to the computer address or the loopback address.
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