Electronic shop providing method, site search method, and bulletin board providing method for searching a plurality of content registered onto a website

• US 8,073,831 B2
• Filed: 02/05/2008
• Issued: 12/06/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nikon Corporation, Nikon Photo Products, Inc. (Nikon Corporation), Nikon Systems Inc. (Nikon Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nikon Corporation, Nikon Photo Products, Inc. (Nikon Corporation), Nikon Systems Inc. (Nikon Corporation)
• Inventors: Mitsuhashi, Setsu
• Primary Examiner(s): SOMERS, MARC S
• Application Number:
  US12/068,328
• Publication Number:
  US 20080147680A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,400 Days
• Field of Search: 707/705, 707/706, 707/707, 707/708, 707/722, 707/723, 707/731, 707/999.003
• US Class Current: 707/706
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0609 Buyer or seller confidence or verification
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0625 Directed, with specific intent or strategy
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0635 Processing of requisition or of purchase orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0643 Graphical representation of items or shoppers

Abstract

A method searches a plurality of content registered onto a website. The method includes searching for a search text or a search character string sent from a client on the plurality of content, classifying information indicative of a location where a retrieved text or character string is registered per each of content, rearranging information classified per each of the content, extracting a given number of information in high order per each of content with regard to rearranged information classified per each of the content, and transmitting extracted information to the client.

Claims

1. A method for searching a plurality of content registered onto a website comprising:

including information about a search text or a search character string in advance into information for creating a page screen;

transmitting the information for creating the page screen to a client terminal;

extracting the search text or the search character string from the information for creating the page screen in response to information indicative of a predetermined search instruction transmitted from the client terminal;

searching for the extracted search text or the extracted search character string on each of a plurality of the content;

classifying information indicative of a registration location of a retrieved text or character string per each of the content;

rearranging information that was classified per each of the content;

extracting a given number of information in high order per each of the content with regard to post-rearranged information classified per each of the content; and

transmitting extracted information to the client terminal.

2. The method for searching the plurality of content set forth in claim 1, wherein information about the search text or the search character string is created in relation to content of the page screen and included into the information for creating the page screen.

3. The method for searching the plurality of content set forth in claim 1, wherein content to be searched for is selected out of the plurality of the content.

4. The method for searching the plurality of content set forth in claim 3, wherein a given number is determined in response to a selected number of search content and the given number of information per each of selected content is extracted and transmitted to the user.

5. The method for searching the plurality of content set forth in claim 1, wherein a given description is performed in advance in a page so as to enable to specify the search text or the search character string.

6. The method for searching the plurality of content set forth in claim 5, wherein the page is written in Hyper Text Markup Language and a text or a character string of a search keyword is caught between given tags.

7. The method for searching the plurality of content set forth in claim 1, wherein:

button information is included into the information for creating the page screen together with the search text or the search character string, the button information displaying a button in the page screen for a client to instruct searching by using the search text or the search character string included in the information for creating the page screen; and

the information indicative of the predetermined search instruction is transmitted from the client terminal when the client designates the displayed button at the client terminal.

8. A method for searching a plurality of content registered onto a website comprising:

including a text or a character string related to a provider of the content into information for creating a page screen;

transmitting the information for creating the page screen to a client terminal;

extracting the text or the character string as a search text or a search character string from the information for creating the page screen in response to information indicative of a predetermined search instruction transmitted from the client terminal;

searching for the extracted search text or the extracted search character string on the content respectively;

classifying information indicative of a registration location of a retrieved search text or character string per each of the content;

rearranging information classified per each of the content;

extracting a given number of information in high order per each of the content with regard to rearranged information classified per each of the content; and

transmitting extracted information to the client terminal.

9. The method for searching the plurality of content set forth in claim 8, wherein:

button information is included into the information for creating the page screen together with the text or the character string related to a provider of the content, the button information displaying a button in the page screen for a client to instruct searching by using the text or the character string included in the information for creating the page screen; and

the information indicative of the predetermined search instruction is transmitted from the client terminal when the client designates the displayed button at the client terminal.

10. A method for searching a plurality of content registered onto a website comprising:

including information about a search text or a search character string in advance into information for creating a page screen;

transmitting the information for creating the page screen to a client terminal;

extracting the search text or the search character string from the information for creating the page screen in response to information indicative of a search instruction transmitted from the client terminal;

searching for the extracted search text or the extracted search character string on each of a plurality of the content;

classifying information indicative of a registration location of a retrieved text or character string per each of the content;

transmitting to the client terminal information that was classified per each of the content.

11. The method for searching the plurality of content set forth in claim 10, wherein information about the search text or the search character string is created in relation to content of the page screen and included into the information for creating the page screen.

12. The method for searching the plurality of content set forth in claim 10, wherein:

button information is included into the information for creating the page screen together with the search text or the search character string, the button information displaying a button in the page screen for a client to instruct searching by using the search text or the search character string included in the information for creating the page screen; and

the information indicative of the predetermined search instruction is transmitted from the client terminal when the client designates the displayed button at the client terminal.