Search system and search method
First Claim
1. A computer implemented system operable to search information stored in a database upon receipt of a keyword input, comprising:
- a terminal having at least one terminal controller for controlling the terminal, the terminal controller being in operable communication with input means for inputting and display means for displaying, the keyword input;
at least one server comprising a communication controller for controlling the operation of the at least one server, and the communications controller being in operable communication with the terminal controller and calculating means;
the calculating means comprising a degree-of-popularity calculating section which acquires number-of-member information from the at least one server having the number-of-member information on the number of members for each menu in which various webpages are sorted for each category thereof and the number-of-member information including a number of members who pay dues and a number of members who do not pay dues, and calculates a degree of popularity of the menu based on the acquired number-of-member information; and
the at least one server being configured to search the database for the keyword input and to generate a search result comprising a plurality of pieces of information and the at least one server comprising an information ranking section that ranks the search result based on the degree of popularity of the menu.
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Abstract
In a search system for searching a database based on a keyword input from a portable terminal while outputting a result of the search to the portable terminal to display, there are provided a search server that searches the database for information including the input keyword, a degree-of-popularity calculating apparatus which acquires number-of-member information from an i-Mode® server having the number-of-member information on the number of members for each menu in which various webpages are sorted for each category thereof, and calculates the degree of popularity of the menu based on the acquired number-of-member information, and information ranking means for ranking a plurality of pieces of information searched by the search server based on the degree of popularity of the menu to which the information belongs generated by the degree-of-popularity calculating apparatus.
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16 Claims
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1. A computer implemented system operable to search information stored in a database upon receipt of a keyword input, comprising:
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a terminal having at least one terminal controller for controlling the terminal, the terminal controller being in operable communication with input means for inputting and display means for displaying, the keyword input; at least one server comprising a communication controller for controlling the operation of the at least one server, and the communications controller being in operable communication with the terminal controller and calculating means; the calculating means comprising a degree-of-popularity calculating section which acquires number-of-member information from the at least one server having the number-of-member information on the number of members for each menu in which various webpages are sorted for each category thereof and the number-of-member information including a number of members who pay dues and a number of members who do not pay dues, and calculates a degree of popularity of the menu based on the acquired number-of-member information; and the at least one server being configured to search the database for the keyword input and to generate a search result comprising a plurality of pieces of information and the at least one server comprising an information ranking section that ranks the search result based on the degree of popularity of the menu. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer implemented method for searching information stored in a database upon receipt of a keyword input, comprising:
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providing a terminal having at least one terminal controller for controlling the terminal, at least one server comprising a communications controller for controlling operation of the at least one server and the communications controller being in operable communication with at least one server and calculating means; transmitting a keyword from the terminal to the at least one server; the at least one server searching the database for the keyword input; the at least one server generating a search result comprising a plurality of pieces of information; the calculating means acquiring number-of-member information from the at least one server having the number-of-member information on the number-of-members for each menu in which various webpages are sorted for each category thereof and the number-of-member information including a number of members who pay dues and a number of members who do not pay dues; the calculating means calculating a degree of popularity of the menu based on the acquired number-of-member information; and the at least one server ranking the search result based on the degree of popularity of the menu. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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