Method, apparatus and system of processing correlated keywords

• US 8,626,742 B2
• Filed: 08/27/2007
• Issued: 01/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Inventors: Wang, Weiwei, Xu, Zhan
• Primary Examiner(s): Hoang, Son T
• Application Number:
  US12/594,687
• Publication Number:
  US 20100088629A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,325 Days
• Field of Search: 707/713, 707/736
• US Class Current: 707/713
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3322 using system suggestions G06F16/3325 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques

Abstract

Related keywords are processed by an apparatus and/or a system. A method of processing related keywords may include: receiving a primary keyword inputted by a user; and forming a spliced uniform resource locator (URL), which may be used for requesting related keywords based on the primary keyword. The method may further include establishing a link between an embedded window object in a current web page and a server using the URL to obtain the related keywords from the server. The embedded window object may create keyword list and may present the related keywords in the current web page. The method may further include: obtaining a related keyword selected by the user; and selectively adding the related keyword into an input box.

Claims

1. A method of processing correlated keywords, the method comprising:

providing a web page having a first input box and an embedded window object that provides a frame for a second input box and a keyword list container;

receiving a primary keyword inputted by a user into the first input box of the web page;

establishing a link between the embedded window object in the web page and a server and obtaining, from the server via the link, candidate related keywords of the primary keyword;

creating a keyword list to present the candidate related keywords in the web page by the embedded window object;

presenting, in the keyword list container of the frame of the embedded window object in the web page, the keyword list to the user;

obtaining at least one related keyword from the keyword list, wherein the at least one related keyword corresponds to a respective candidate related keyword selected by the user;

adding the at least one related keyword into the second input box of the frame of the embedded window object in the web page; and

presenting, the second input box of the frame of the embedded window object in the web page to the user, wherein

the first input box with the primary keyword therein, the second input box with the at least one related keyword therein and the keyword list container with the candidate related keywords therein are concurrently presented, and

the concurrent presentation further comprises determining whether a number of the at least one related keyword in the second input box being greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold, and closing the keyword list if affirmative.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the at least one related keyword comprises a plurality of related keyword, and the method further comprising:

acquiring the plurality of related keywords by adding corresponding candidate related keywords selected by the user using a plurality of addition operations.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, the method further comprising:

determining whether the at least one related keyword selected by the user is a duplicate of a related keyword already in the second input box, and not adding the selected at least one related keyword into the second input box if affirmative.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the creating the keyword list comprises:

predetermining the keyword list container, which includes one or more related-keyword containers;

receiving a request for opening the keyword list;

obtaining a height value of the keyword list and an offset relative to the first input box based at least in part on the request; and

setting a height of the keyword list container and a position thereof in the web page based at least on the height value of the keyword list and the offset relative to the first input box.

5. The method as recited in claim 4, further comprising:

predetermining a graphic style for the keyword list container; and

presenting the at least one related keyword in the keyword list container based at least in part on the style.

6. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein the obtaining the at least one related keyword selected by the user comprises:

obtaining a respective related-keyword container corresponding to the at least one related keyword selected by the user and altering a graphic style for the respective related-keyword container; and

retrieving the at least one related keyword in the respective related-keyword container based at least in part on a selection of a candidate related keyword by the user, wherein the selected candidate related keyword corresponds to the retrieved at least one related keyword.

7. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the obtaining the candidate related keywords of the primary keyword from the server comprises:

forming a spliced uniform resource locator (URL) based at least in part on the primary keyword; and

establishing the link between the embedded window object in the web page and the server using the spliced URL.

8. The method as recited in claim 1, the method further comprising:

determining whether the second input box already has any related keyword therein, and inserting a separator prior to the selected at least one related keyword to be added if affirmative.

9. A system for processing correlated keywords, the system comprising:

a server that receives a request for a primary keyword inputted by a user with a request for candidate related keywords corresponding to the primary keyword; and

an apparatus comprising;

an interface unit that receives the primary keyword inputted by the user in a first input box of a web page displayed to the user;

a splicer unit that forms a spliced uniform resource locator (URL) for requesting, from the server, the candidate related keywords based at least on the primary keyword;

an object processor unit comprising a link establisher unit, a list creator unit and a presenter unit, wherein

the link establisher unit establishes a link between an embedded window object in the web page and the server, and obtains the candidate related keywords from the user using the URL,

the list creator unit creates a keyword list through the embedded window object, the keyword list comprising the candidate related keywords obtained from the server, and

the presenter unit presents the candidate related keywords through the embedded window object;

an acquisition unit that obtains at least one related keyword that corresponds to a respective candidate related keyword selected by the user;

a word adder unit that includes the at least one related keyword obtained by the acquisition unit into a second input box of the web page; and

a display device that displays the keyword list and the first and the second input boxes in the web page to the user, wherein

the first input box with the primary keyword therein, the second input box with the at least one related keyword therein and the candidate related keywords presented in the keyword list are concurrently presented, and

the concurrent presentation further comprises determining whether a number of the at least one related keyword in the second input box being greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold, and closing the keyword list if affirmative.

10. The system as recited in claim 9, wherein the at least one related keyword comprises a plurality of related keywords and the apparatus further comprises:

a multi-keyword acquisition unit that obtains the plurality of related keywords by adding corresponding candidate related keywords into the second input box through a plurality of addition operations.

11. An apparatus for processing correlated keywords, the apparatus comprising:

an interface unit that receives a primary keyword inputted by a user in a first input box of a web page displayed to the user;

a splicer unit that forms a spliced uniform resource locator (URL) for requesting candidate related keywords corresponding to the primary keyword based at least on the primary keyword;

an object processor unit comprising a link establisher unit, a list creator unit and a presenter unit, wherein

the link establisher unit establishes a link between an embedded window object in the web page and a server, and obtains the candidate related keywords from the server using the URL,

the list creator unit creates a keyword list through the embedded window object,

the keyword list comprising the candidate related keywords obtained from the server, and

the presenter unit presents the candidate related keywords through the embedded window object;

an acquisition unit that obtains at least one related keyword that corresponds to a respective candidate related keyword selected by the user;

an word adder unit that includes the at least one related keyword obtained by the acquisition unit into a second input box of the web page; and

a display device that displays the keyword list and the first and the second input boxes in the web page to the user, wherein

the first input box with the primary keyword therein, the second input box with the at least one related keyword therein and the candidate related keywords presented in the keyword list are concurrently presented, and

the concurrent presentation further comprises determining whether a number of the at least one related keyword in the second input box being greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold, and closing the keyword list if affirmative.

12. The apparatus as recited in claim 11, wherein the at least one related keyword comprises a plurality of related keywords, and the apparatus further comprising:

a multi-keyword acquisition unit that obtains the plurality of related keywords by adding corresponding candidate related keywords into the second input box through a plurality of addition operations.