Method and system for creating vertical search engines with cloud computing networks

• US 8,463,765 B2
• Filed: 04/29/2011
• Issued: 06/11/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Zachary C. Lesavich
• Original Assignee: Zachary C. Lesavich
• Inventors: Lesavich, Zachary C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Btit, Jacob F
• Assistant Examiner(s): ROLAND, GRISELLE CORBO
• Application Number:
  US13/097,227
• Publication Number:
  US 20110208710A1
• Time in Patent Office: 774 Days
• Field of Search: 707/707, 707/706
• US Class Current: 707/706
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9532 Query formulation

Abstract

A method and system for creating vertical search engines with cloud computing networks. The cloud computing networks include a cloud communications network using public networks, private networks, community networks and hybrid networks. The cloud communications network provides on-demand vertical search services, broadband network access, resource pooling, rapid elasticity and measured electronic services for vertical search engines. The method and system dramatically improve a vertical search engine infrastructure used by searchers by providing vertical electronic information using less bandwidth and less processing cycles via the cloud communications network than via a non-cloud communications network. Custom vertical search engines can be created by a user with QR bar codes and other types of bar codes and other types of custom information.

Claims

1. A method for creating a vertical search engine with a cloud communications network, comprising:

a user scanning one or more barcodes;

receiving a request message to create a vertical search engine on a cloud computing application on a server network device with one or more processors from an application on a target network device with one or more processors via a cloud communications network comprising one or more public communication networks, one or more private networks, one or more community networks and one or more hybrid networks, the cloud communications network including a cloud vertical search engine service, a cloud computing platform for the cloud vertical search engine service a cloud computing infrastructure for the cloud vertical search engine service, on-demand vertical search engine services, broadband network access, resource pooling, rapid elasticity and measured network services for vertical search engine services,

wherein the request message includes one or more bar codes scanned into the application on the target network device, the one or more bar codes including a vertical search engine topic used to create a vertical search engine wherein the vertical search engine provides electronic information with a depth of information for the vertical search engine topic greater than a breath of information for the vertical search engine topic;

sending from the cloud application on the server network device a plurality of query messages including the received vertical search engine topic to a plurality of electronic information server network devices each with one or more processors via the cloud communications network;

receiving on the cloud computing application on the server network device a plurality of information messages including electronic information for the received vertical search engine topic from one or more electronic information server network devices via the cloud communications network;

creating a vertical search engine application on the cloud computing application on the server network device with the received electronic information, the vertical search engine application including a plurality of vertical taxonomies and a plurality of vertical ontologies arranged in a vertical hierarchical structure, wherein the received electronic information is located anywhere on the public communication network, the one or more private networks, community networks and hybrid networks on the cloud communications network; and

making the vertical search engine application available to the target network device and a plurality of other network devices from server network device on the cloud communications network,

thereby allowing the target network device, a plurality of other target network devices and a plurality of other server network devices to selectively request one or more individual pieces of electronic information via the vertical search engine application on the cloud computing application on the server network device in real-time using less bandwidth and less processing cycles via the cloud communications network than via a non-cloud communications network.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request message on the vertical search engine application on the server network device from the target network device via the cloud communications network to display more individual pieces of vertical electronic information from the vertical search engine application;

retrieving on the vertical search engine application on the server network device the requested one or more one or more individual pieces of vertical electronic information from the public communication network, the one or more private networks, community networks or hybrid networks on the cloud communications network; and

displaying securely on a graphical user interface via an application the target network device from the vertical search engine application on the server network device the retrieved one or more individual pieces of vertical electronic information from the vertical search engine application via the cloud communications network.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of displaying securely includes displaying securely using a Wireless Encryption Protocol (WEP), Wireless-Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), Robust Security Network (RSN), Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), Data Encryption Standard (DES), Triple Data Encryption Standard (3DES), Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA), Message Digest-5 (MD-5), Electronic Code Book (ECB), Diffie and Hellman (DH), HyperText Transport Protocol Secure, (HTTPs), Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), or a Transport Layer Security (TLS) security method.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

making the vertical search engine application available to other server network devices from the server network device on the cloud communications network; and

allowing the other server network devices to selectively request and display one or more individual pieces of electronic information via the vertical search engine application from the server network device in real-time using less bandwidth and less processing cycles from any network on the cloud communications network including anywhere on the one or more public communication networks, private networks, community networks or hybrid networks.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the server network device and the target network device includes a wireless networking interface comprising a Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMax) wireless networking interface with 4^th generation (4G) wireless speeds for communicating with the cloud communications network.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein target network device includes a smart phone or a tablet computer.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more bar codes include one or more QR bar codes.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the vertical search engine application includes a vertical search engine application comprising a plurality of social networking sites.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the vertical search engine application includes a vertical search engine application comprising social networking information.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the plurality of vertical taxonomies include super type and subtype relationships of vertical electronic information with inheritance.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the plurality of vertical ontologies include pre-determined categories of vertical electronic information and their relations subdivided according to similarities and differences of vertical electronic information.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein the vertical hierarchical structure includes a visual vertical hierarchical structure.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein the vertical hierarchical structure includes a vertical hierarchical structure comprising vertical content link clustering based on semantic information embedded in the one or more one or more individual pieces of vertical electronic information obtained from the cloud communications network.

14. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a custom request message from a mobile target network device to create custom vertical search engine on the cloud computing application on the server network device via the cloud computing network, wherein the custom request message includes a plurality of electronic information for creating a custom vertical search engine including a plurality of custom vertical search topics and a plurality of custom vertical search engine keywords;

creating a custom vertical search engine application on the cloud computing application on the server network device with the plurality of electronic information from the custom request message, the custom vertical search engine application including a plurality of vertical taxonomies and a plurality of vertical ontologies arranged in a vertical hierarchical structure; and

making the custom vertical search engine application available to the mobile target network device from server network device on the cloud communications network, wherein the custom vertical search engine is available to the mobile target network device on any network on the cloud communications network including anywhere on the public communication network, the one or more private networks, community networks or hybrid networks depending on a physical location for the mobile target network device.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein the custom request message includes a plurality of bar codes scanned into the mobile target network device.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the plurality of bar codes include a plurality of bar codes obtained with a camera component on the mobile target network device from electronic advertising and non-electronic advertising.

17. The method of claim 15 wherein the plurality of bar codes include a plurality of QR bar codes.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein the plurality of bar codes include a plurality of custom QR bar codes created by a user with a QR bar code creation application.

19. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein a plurality of instructions for causing one or more processors to execute the steps of:

a user scanning one or more barcodes;

receiving a request message to create a vertical search engine on a cloud computing application on a server network device with one or more processors from an application on a target network device with one or more processors via a cloud communications network comprising one or more public communication networks, one or more private networks, one or more community networks and one or more hybrid networks, the cloud communications network including a cloud vertical search engine service, a cloud computing platform for the cloud vertical search engine service a cloud computing infrastructure for the cloud vertical search engine service, on-demand vertical search engine services, broadband network access, resource pooling, rapid elasticity and measured network services for vertical search engine services,

wherein the request message includes one or more bar codes scanned into the application on the target network device, the one or more bar codes including a vertical search engine topic used to create a vertical search engine wherein the vertical search engine provides electronic information with a depth of information for the vertical search engine topic greater than a breath of information for the vertical search engine topic;

sending from the cloud application on the server network device a plurality of query messages including the received vertical search engine topic to a plurality of electronic information server network devices each with one or more processors via the cloud communications network;

receiving on the cloud computing application on the server network device a plurality of information messages including electronic information for the received vertical search engine topic from one or more electronic information server network devices via the cloud communications network;

creating a vertical search engine application on the cloud computing application on the server network device with the received electronic information, the vertical search engine application including a plurality of vertical taxonomies and a plurality of vertical ontologies arranged in a vertical hierarchical structure, wherein the received electronic information is located anywhere on the public communication network, the one or more private networks, community networks and hybrid networks on the cloud communications network; and

making the vertical search engine application available to the target network device and a plurality of other network devices from server network device on the cloud communications network,

thereby allowing the target network device, a plurality of other target network devices and a plurality of other server network devices to selectively request one or more individual pieces of electronic information via the vertical search engine application on the cloud computing application on the server network device in real-time using less bandwidth and less processing cycles via the cloud communications network than via a non-cloud communications network.

20. A system for creating a vertical search engine with a cloud communications network, comprising in combination:

means for a user scanning one or more barcodes;

means for receiving a request message to create a vertical search engine on a cloud computing application on a server network device with one or more processors from an application on a target network device with one or more processors via a cloud communications network comprising one or more public communication networks, one or more private networks, one or more community networks and one or more hybrid networks, the cloud communications network including a cloud vertical search engine service, a cloud computing platform for the cloud vertical search engine service a cloud computing infrastructure for the cloud vertical search engine service, on-demand vertical search engine services, broadband network access, resource pooling, rapid elasticity and measured network services for vertical search engine services,

wherein the request message includes one or more bar codes scanned into the application on the target network device, the one or more bar codes including a vertical search engine topic used to create a vertical search engine wherein the vertical search engine provides electronic information with a depth of information for the vertical search engine topic greater than a breath of information for the vertical search engine topic;

means for sending from the cloud application on the server network device a plurality of query messages including the received vertical search engine topic to a plurality of electronic information server network devices each with one or more processors via the cloud communications network;

means for receiving on the cloud computing application on the server network device a plurality of information messages including electronic information for the received vertical search engine topic from one or more electronic information server network devices via the cloud communications network;

means for creating a vertical search engine application on the cloud computing application on the server network device with the received electronic information, the vertical search engine application including a plurality of vertical taxonomies and a plurality of vertical ontologies arranged in a vertical hierarchical structure, wherein the received electronic information is located anywhere on the public communication network, the one or more private networks, community networks and hybrid networks on the cloud communications network;

means for making the vertical search engine application available to the target network device and a plurality of other network devices from server network device on the cloud communications network,

thereby allowing the target network device, a plurality of other target network devices and a plurality of other server network devices to selectively request one or more individual pieces of electronic information via the vertical search engine application on the cloud computing application on the server network device in real-time using less bandwidth and less processing cycles via the cloud communications network than via a non-cloud communications network;

means for receiving a second request message on the vertical search engine application on the server network device from the target network device via the cloud communications network to display more individual pieces of vertical electronic information from the vertical search engine application;

means for retrieving on vertical search engine application on the server network device the requested one or more one or more individual pieces of vertical electronic information from the public communication network, the one or more private networks, one or more community networks and one or more hybrid networks on the cloud communications network;

means for displaying securely on a graphical user interface via an application the target network device from the vertical search engine application on the server network device the retrieved one or more individual pieces of vertical electronic information from the vertical search engine application via the cloud communications network;

means for receiving a custom request message from a mobile target network device to create a custom vertical search engine on the cloud computing application on the server network device via the cloud computing network, wherein the custom request message includes a plurality of electronic information for creating a custom vertical search engine;

means for creating a custom vertical search engine application on the cloud computing application on the server network device with the plurality of electronic information from the custom request message, the custom vertical search engine application including a plurality of custom vertical taxonomies and a plurality of custom vertical ontologies arranged in a custom vertical hierarchical structure; and

means for making the custom vertical search engine application available to the mobile target network device from server network device on the cloud communications network, wherein the custom vertical search engine is available to the mobile target network device on any network on the cloud communications network including anywhere on the public communication network, the one or more private networks, one or more community networks and one or more hybrid networks depending on a physical location for the mobile target network device.