System and method for registering or searching in multiple relationship-searching hosts

• US 20010054041A1
• Filed: 12/27/2000
• Published: 12/20/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/1999
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lan Chang
• Original Assignee: Lan Chang
• Inventors: Chang, Lan
• Application Number:
  US09/748,276
• Publication Number:
  US 20010054041A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/953 Querying, e.g. by the use of web search engines

Abstract

A method for searching in multiple relationship-searching hosts. The method can be installed in a computer, wherein the computer comprises a user interface (UI) to access search conditions. Firstly the method begins with inputting the search conditions on the UI. Next, the search conditions are transmitted to the hosts with each of the hosts'"'"' data format retrieved from a server data format database in the computer. Then the hosts retrieve search results according to the search conditions and transmit the search results to the computer. Next, the search results are stored in a found profile database of the computer. The method makes a user be capable to register and search matched users in the multiple relationship-searching hosts, instead of repeatedly behavior of search in different hosts.

Claims

1. A system for searching in multiple relationship-searching hosts, wherein the relationship-searching hosts allow users to search for other users via a communication link, the system comprising:

a first user interface (ULI) for a user to control the system;

a server data format database for storing data format of search and registration of the relationship-searching hosts;

a search poster for transmitting search conditions, which are inputted via the first UI and are defined by the user, to the relationship-searching hosts with each of the transmitting search conditions'"'"' data format retrieved from the server data format database;

a search result analyzer for receiving and analyzing search results from the relationship-searching hosts according to the search conditions with each of data format retrieved from the server data format database; and

a found profile database for storing the search results;

wherein, after the user inputs the search conditions via the first UI, the search poster transmits the search conditions to the relationship-searching hosts;

then the relationship-searching hosts receive the search conditions to retrieve the search results and transmit the search results to the search result analyzer; and

the search results are stored in the found profile database.

2. The system according to

claim 1

, wherein the system further comprises:

a profile poster for transmitting a new or modified user profile, which is inputted via the first UI for registering in the relationship-searching hosts, to the relationship-searching hosts with each of the transmitting new or modified profile'"'"'s data format retrieved from the server data format database; and

a user profile database for storing the new or modified profile.

3. The system according to

claim 1

, wherein the system further comprises a search refine subroutine for refining the search results.

4. The system according to

claim 3

wherein the system further comprises a my-favorite database for the user to selectively store the search results or the refining results.

5. The system according to

claim 1

, wherein the system further comprises a my-favorite database for the user to selectively store the search results.

6. The system according to

claim 1

, wherein the system is installed in a client terminal to provide the user to connect the relationship-searching hosts via the communication link.

7. The system according to

claim 6

, wherein the system further comprises:

a direct channel for being installed in a relationship-searching host to provide a faster connection to access a personal profile database of the relationship-searching host, receiving the search conditions from the search poster, and retrieving the search results according to the search conditions; and

a direct channel process subroutine for being installed in the client terminal to receive the search results through the direct channel.

8. The system according to

claim 6

, wherein the system further comprises:

a direct channel for being installed in a relationship-searching host to provide a faster connection to access a personal profile database of the relationship-searching host; and

an on-line search unit for being installed in the client terminal for the user to input on-line search conditions, search an on-line matched user in the relationship-searching host and provide on-line contact to the on-line matched user, wherein the on-line search unit comprises;

a TSR (terminate-and-stay-resident), which is a process residing in a operation system (OS) of the client terminal and is for keeping connecting to the personal profile database of the relationship-searching host via the direct channel; and

an on-line messenger for building on-line communication to the on-line matched user;

wherein the user inputs the on-line search conditions via the first UI;

the TSR transmits the on-line search conditions to the direct channel;

the direct channel retrieves an on-line search result and transmits the on-line search result to the TSR; and

the on-line messenger is triggered to build the on-line communication to the on-line matched user of the on-line search result.

9. The system according to

claim 8

, wherein the system further comprises a search condition database for storing the on-line search conditions.

10. The system according to

claim 8

, wherein the on-line messenger further comprises:

a sound data compressing/decompressing subroutine for compressing or decompressing and converting between sound data and network transferable data and building a connection to the on-line matched user; and

a talk subroutine for being triggered to receive sound data from a microphone, transmit sound data of the user to the sound data compressing/decompressing subroutine, receive sound data of the on-line matched user from the compressing/decompressing subroutine and play it via a speaker in the client terminal.

11. The system according to

claim 8

, wherein the on-line messenger further comprises a chat-and-short-message subroutine for building a connection to the on-line matched user, transmitting input of the user and receiving input of the on-line matched user in the connection.

12. The system according to

claim 8

, wherein the on-line messenger further comprises:

an AV data compressing/decompressing subroutine for compressing or decompressing and converting between audio and video (AV) data and network transferable data and building a connection to the on-line matched user; and

an AV data processing subroutine for being triggered to receive AV data from a microphone and a video camera, transmit AV sound data of the user to the AV data compressing/decompressing subroutine, receive AV data of the on-line matched user from the compressing/decompressing subroutine and play it via a speaker and a monitor in the client terminal.

13. The system according to

claim 6

, wherein the system further comprises an email analyzing unit for monitoring an email agent installed in the client terminal and checking with a new email received from the email agent, the email analyzing unit comprising:

an email analyzer for monitoring the email agent and checking the new email;

an account manager for managing states of accounts of the user;

a user account database for storing the states of accounts; and

an appointment arranging subroutine for connecting a scheduler of the client terminal to arrange appointments;

wherein, when the new email checked by the email analyzer is concerned with accounts of the user, the account manager is triggered to update states of the accounts in the user account database; and

when the new email is concerned with an appointment request, the appointment arranging subroutine is triggered to arrange the request.

14. The system according

claim 13

, wherein the system checks the content of the new email by a method of the following steps:

a. proceeding step c if the new email arrives, else proceeding step b;

b. waiting a predetermined time and then proceeding the step a;

c. proceeding step d if a sender of the new email is a member of the relationship-searching hosts;

or proceeding step g if the new email is sent from the relationship-searching hosts;

else ending the method;

d. storing the new email;

e. proceeding step f if the user is to reply the new email, else ending the method;

f. replying the new email and storing a replied email and ending the method;

g. proceeding step h if the email is a newly user profile report;

or proceeding step i if the email is concerned with accounts of the user, else ending the method;

h. storing new user profiles of the email in the found profile database and ending the method; and

i. checking the content of the email and updating the user account database.

15. The system according to

claim 14

, wherein between the step d and e further comprises:

d1 . proceeding step d2 if the new email is an appointment request, else proceeding step e;

d2 . proceeding step d3 if the user is to make an appointment with the sender, else proceeding step d7;

d3 . proceeding step d6 if the user accepts the appointment, else proceeding step d4;

d4. replying another appointment with a suggested schedule;

d5. storing a corresponding reply of the user and ending the method;

d6. replying a confirmed email, adding this appointment into a scheduler, and proceeding the step d5;

d7. proceeding step d8 if the user is to reply the request email, else proceeding step d9;

d8. replying a refuse email and proceeding the step d5; and

d9. suspending the request mail.

16. The system according to

claim 6

, the client terminal is a computer.

17. The system according to

claim 6

, the client terminal is a personal digital assistant (PDA).

18. The system according to

claim 6

, the client terminal is a cellular phone or lined telephone.

19. The system according to

claim 1

, wherein the system is installed in a server and the user uses a client terminal to connect to the server via the communication link.

20. The system according to

claim 19

, wherein the system further comprises:

a direct channel for being installed in a relationship-searching host to provide a faster connection to access a personal profile database of the relationship-searching host, receiving the search conditions from the search poster, and retrieving the search results according to the search conditions; and

a direct channel process subroutine for being installed in the server to receive the search results through direct channel.

21. The system according to

claim 19

, wherein the system further comprises:

a login subroutine for providing the user to register, log in and log off the system;

an on-line user database for recording users who login in the system and are on line;

an on-line searcher for retrieving an on-line matched user from the on-line user database;

a direct channel for providing a faster connection to the on-line searcher; and

an on-line search client unit for being installed in the client terminal for the user to input on-line search conditions, search the on-line matched user from the on-line user database via the direct channel and the on-line searcher and provide on-line contact to the on-line matched user, the on-line search client unit comprises;

a second UI for the user to control the on-line search client unit;

a TSR (terminate-and-stay-resident), which is a process residing in a operation system (OS) of the client terminal and is for connecting to the on-line searcher via the direct channel; and

a on-line messenger for building on-line communication to the on-line matched user;

wherein the user inputs the on-line search conditions via the second UI;

the TSR transmits the on-line search conditions to the on-line searcher via the direct channel;

the on-line searcher retrieves an on-line search result and transmits the on-line search results to the TSR via the direct channel; and

the on-line messenger is triggered to build the on-line communication to the on-line matched user of the on-line search result.

22. The system according to

claim 21

, wherein the on-line search client unit further comprises a search condition database for storing the on-line search conditions.

23. The system according to

claim 21

, wherein the on-line messenger further comprises:

a sound data compressing/decompressing subroutine for compressing or decompressing and converting between sound data and network transferable data and building a connection to the on-line matched user; and

a talk subroutine for being triggered to receive sound data from a microphone, transmit sound data of the user to the sound data compressing/decompressing subroutine, receive sound data of the on-line matched user from the compressing/decompressing subroutine and play it via a speaker in the client terminal.

24. The system according to

claim 21

, wherein the on-line messenger further comprises a chat-and-short-message subroutine for building a connection to the on-line matched user, transmitting input of the user and receiving input of the on-line matched user in the connection.

25. The system according to

claim 21

, wherein the on-line messenger further comprises:

a AV data compressing/decompressing subroutine for compressing or decompressing and converting between audio and video(AV) data and network transferable data and building a connection to a matched on-line member; and

a AV data processing subroutine for being triggered to receive AV data from a microphone and video camera, transmit AV data of the user to the AV data compressing/decompressing subroutine, receive AV data of the on-line matched user from the compressing/decompressing subroutine and play it via a speaker and a monitor in the client terminal.

26. The system according to

claim 19

, wherein the system further comprises:

a login subroutine for providing the user to register, log in and log off the system;

an on-line user database for recording users who login in the system and are on line;

an on-line search unit for retrieving an on-line matched user from the on-line user database and providing on-line contact to the on-line matched user, wherein the on-line search unit comprises;

an on-line searcher for connecting to the on-line user database to retrieve the on-line matched user; and

a contact agent for retrieving an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the on-line matched user from the user profile database;

and

an on-line contact client unit for being installed in the client terminal for building on-line communication to the on-line matched user according the IP address;

wherein the user inputs the on-line search conditions via the first UI;

the on-line searcher retrieves an on-line search result; and

the on-line contact client unit is triggered to build the on-line communication to the on-line matched user of the on-line search result.

27. The system according to

claim 26

, wherein the system further comprises a search condition database for storing the on-line search conditions.

28. The system according to

claim 26

, wherein the on-line contact client comprises an talk agent for building a connection to transmit sound data received from a microphone of the client terminal and to receive and play talks of the on-line matched user.

29. The system according to

claim 26

, wherein the on-line contact client comprises an AV agent for building a connection to transmit audio and video (AV) data received from a microphone and video camera of the client terminal and to receive and play AV data of the on-line matched user by a speaker and monitor in the client terminal.

30. The system according to

claim 19

, wherein the system comprises:

a web email agent for receiving and sending emails by the user;

a TSR (terminate-and-stay-resident) installed in the client terminal to connect a scheduler of the client terminal; and

an email analyzing unit for monitoring the web email agent and checking a new email received from the web email agent;

wherein the email analyzing unit comprises;

an email analyzer for monitoring the web email agent and checking the new email;

an account manager for managing states of accounts of the user;

a user account database for storing data and states of accounts; and

an appointment arranging subroutine for connecting to the TSR to arrange appointments in the scheduler;

wherein if the new email analyzed by the email analyzer is concerned with accounts of the user, the account manager is triggered to update the states of the accounts in the user account database and if the new email is concerned with an appointment request, the appointment arranging subroutine is triggered to arrange the appointment request into the scheduler via the TSR.

31. The system according

claim 30

, wherein the system checks the content of the new email by a method of the following steps:

a. proceeding step c if the new email arrives, else proceeding step b;

b. waiting a predetermined time and then proceeding the step a;

c. proceeding step d if a sender of the new email is a member of the relationship-searching hosts;

or proceeding step g if the new email is sent from the relationship-searching hosts;

else ending the method;

d. storing the new email;

e. proceeding step f if the user is to reply the new email, else ending the method;

f. replying the new email and storing a replied email and ending the method;

g. proceeding step h if the email is a newly user profile report;

or proceeding step i if the email is concerned with accounts of the user, else ending the method;

h. storing new user profiles of the email in the found profile database and ending the method; and

i. checking the content of the email and updating the user account database.

32. The system according to

claim 31

, wherein between the step d and e further comprises:

d1. proceeding step d2 if the new email is an appointment request, else proceeding step e;

d2 . proceeding step d3 if the user wants to make an appointment with the sender, else proceeding step d7;

d3 . proceeding step d6 if the user accepts the appointment, else proceeding step d4;

d4. replying another appointment with a suggested schedule;

d5. storing a corresponding reply of the user and ending the method;

d6. replying a confirmed email, adding this appointment into a scheduler, and proceeding the step d5;

d7. proceeding step d8 if the user is to reply the request email, else proceeding step d9;

d8. replying a refuse email and proceeding the step d5; and

d9. suspending the request mail.

33. The system according to

claim 19

, the client terminal is a computer.

34. The system according to

claim 19

, the client terminal is a personal digital assistant (PDA).

35. The system according to

claim 19

, the client terminal is a cellular phone or lined telephone.

36. The system according to

claim 1

, wherein the relationship-searching hosts at least comprise a relationship-searching website.

37. The system according to

claim 1

, wherein the relationship-searching hosts at least comprise a personal profile database.

38. The system according to

claim 1

, wherein the first UI is a graphical user interface.

39. The system according to

claim 1

, wherein the system further comprises a function of adding new relationship-searching hosts for providing the user to add an address of a new relationship-searching host to notify the system management department or representative.

40. A system for registering in multiple relationship-searching hosts, wherein the relationship-searching hosts allow users to register via a communication link, the system comprising:

a user interface (UI) for a user to control the system;

a server data format database for storing data format of registration of the relationship-searching hosts;

a profile poster for transmitting a new or modified user profile, which is inputted via the UI for registering in the relationship-searching hosts, to the relationship-searching hosts with each of the transmitting new or modified profile'"'"'s data format retrieved from the server data format database; and

a user profile database for storing the new or modified profile;

wherein, after the user inputs the user profile via the UI, the profile poster updates the user profile database and transmits the user profile to the relationship-searching hosts;

then the relationship-searching hosts receive the user profile.

41. The system according to

claim 40

, wherein the profile poster is further for deleting the user profile from the relationship-searching hosts.

42. The system according to

claim 40

, wherein the system is installed in a client terminal to provide the user to connect the relationship-searching hosts via the communication link.

43. The system according to

claim 42

, the client terminal is a computer.

44. The system according to

claim 42

, the client terminal is a personal digital assistant (PDA).

45. The system according to

claim 42

, the client terminal is a cellular phone or lined telephone.

46. The system according to

claim 40

, wherein the system is installed in a server and the user uses a client terminal to connect to the server via the communication link.

47. The system according to

claim 46

, the client terminal is a computer.

48. The system according to

claim 46

, the client terminal is a personal digital assistant (PDA).

49. The system according to

claim 46

, the client terminal is a cellular phone or lined telephone.

50. The system according to

claim 40

, wherein the relationship-searching hosts at least comprise a relationship-searching website.

51. The system according to

claim 40

, wherein the system further comprises a function of adding new relationship-searching hosts for providing the user to add an address of a new relationship-searching host to notify the system department or representative.

52. The system according to

claim 40

, wherein the relationship-searching hosts at least comprise a personal profile database.

53. A method for registering in multiple relationship-searching hosts by a computer to access a user profile, the method comprising the steps of:

a. inputting or modifying the user profile in the computer;

b. storing or updating the user profile in a user profile database in the computer; and

c. posting the user profile to the relationship-searching hosts with each of the hosts'"'"' data format retrieved from a server data format database in the computer.

54. The method according to

claim 53

, wherein the method further comprises the following step:

d. storing or updating the user profile by the relationship-searching hosts;

wherein some of the relationship-searching hosts respectively comprise a direct channel for receiving the user profile and accessing a personal profile database in the corresponding relationship-searching host.

55. The method according to

claim 53

, wherein the method is further for deleting the user profile from the relationship-searching hosts.

56. The method according to

claim 53

, wherein the computer is a client computer.

57. The method according to

claim 53

, wherein the computer is a server.

58. A method for searching in multiple relationship-searching hosts via a computer, wherein the computer comprises a user interface (UI) to access search conditions, the method comprising the steps of:

a. inputting the search conditions on the UI;

b. transmitting the search conditions to the hosts with each of the hosts'"'"'data format retrieved from a server data format database in the computer;

c. retrieving search results according to the search conditions and transmitting the search results to the computer by the hosts; and

d. storing the search results in a found profile database of the computer.

59. The method according to

claim 58

, wherein the method further comprises the following steps:

e. inputting refining criteria on the UI;

f. refining the search results and retrieving refining results; and

g. storing the refining results to the found profile database and displaying the refining results on the UI.

60. The method according to

claim 58

, wherein the computer is a client computer.

61. The method according to

claim 58

, wherein the computer is a server.

62. A system of allowing multi-users to connect to search relationship, wherein a user uses a client terminal to connect the system, the system comprising:

a login subroutine for providing the user to register, log in and log off the system;

a user profile database for storing data of all registering users and recording on-line users who login in the system presently;

an on-line searcher allowing the user to input on-line search conditions for retrieving an on-line matched user from the user profile database; and

an on-line messenger for building on-line communication to the on-line matched user.

63. The system according to

claim 62

, wherein the system further comprises a search condition database for storing the on-line search conditions.

64. The system according to

claim 62

, wherein the on-line searcher is installed in the client terminal.

65. The system according to

claim 62

, wherein the system further comprises a search poster for retrieving search results from the user profile database.

66. The system according to

claim 65

, wherein the search poster is installed in the client terminal.

67. The system according to

claim 62

, wherein the system further comprises an email agent for providing the user to communicate with a user of the search results or the on-line matched user.

68. The system according to

claim 62

, wherein the on-line messenger further comprises:

a sound data compressing/decompressing subroutine for compressing or decompressing and converting between sound data and network transferable data and building a connection to the on-line matched user; and

a talk subroutine for being triggered to receive sound data from a microphone, transmit sound data of the user to the sound data compressing/decompressing subroutine, receive sound data of the on-line matched user from the compressing/decompressing subroutine and play it via a speaker in the client terminal.

69. The system according to

claim 62

, wherein the on-line messenger further comprises a chat-and-short-message subroutine for building a connection to the on-line matched user, transmitting input of the user and receiving input of the on-line matched user in the connection.

70. The system according to

claim 62

, wherein the on-line messenger further comprises:

an AV data compressing/decompressing subroutine for compressing or decompressing and converting between audio and video (AV) data and network transferable data and building a connection to the on-line matched user; and

an AV data processing subroutine for being triggered to receive AV data from a microphone and a video camera, transmit AV sound data of the user to the AV data compressing/decompressing subroutine, receive AV data of the on-line matched user from the compressing/decompressing subroutine and play it via a speaker and a monitor in the client terminal.

71. The system according to

claim 62

, the client terminal is a computer.

72. The system according to

claim 62

, the client terminal is a personal digital assistant (PDA).

73. The system according to

claim 62

, the client terminal is a cellular phone or lined telephone.