Electronic shop providing method, site search method, and bulletin board providing method

• US 20080147680A1
• Filed: 02/05/2008
• Published: 06/19/2008
• 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
• Granted Patent: US 8,073,831 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/10
• 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:

a step to search for a search text or a search character string sent from a client on the plurality of content;

a step to classify information indicative of a location where a retrieved text or character string is registered per each of content;

a step to rearrange information classified per each of the content;

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

a step to transmit extracted information to the client.

2. The method for searching the plurality of content set forth in claim 1, wherein the given number is determined per each of the content.

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

a step to regard a text or a character string as a search text or a search character string when a text or a character string related to a provider of the content is included in information for creating a page screen to be sent to a client;

a step to search for the search text or the search character string on the content respectively in response to information indicative of a search instruction;

a step to classify information indicative of a registration location of a retrieved search text or character string per each of content;

a step to rearrange information classified per each of the content;

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

a step to transmit extracted information to the client.

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

a step to include information about a search text or a search character string in advance into information for creating a page screen to be transmitted to a client;

a step to search for the search text and the search character string on each of a plurality of the content in response to information indicative of a search instruction to be transmitted from the client;

a step to classify information indicative of a registration location of a retrieved text or character string per each of content;

a step to rearrange information that was classified per each of content;

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

a step to transmit extracted information to the client.

5. The method for searching the plurality of content set forth in claim 4, wherein information about the search text or the search character string is created in relation to content of the page screen and included into information for creating the page screen.

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

a step to search for a search text and a search character string sent from a user on each of a plurality of the content respectively;

a step to classify information indicative of a registration location of a retrieved text or character string per each of content; and

a step to transmit the classified information to the user.

7. The method for searching the plurality of content set forth in claim 6, wherein a given number of information per each of content is extracted and transmitted to the user.

8. The method for searching the plurality of content set forth in claim 6, wherein content to be searched for is selected out of the plurality of the content.

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

10. A method for searching a plurality of pages comprising:

a step to provide a start device to command a search on a given page;

a step to receive a signal indicative of the start device being turned on by the user;

a step to search for a page related to the given page in response to the signal reception; and

a step to transmit a search result to the user.

11. The method for searching the plurality of pages set forth in claim 10, wherein a text or a character string as a search keyword is set in advance in the given page.

12. The method for searching the plurality of pages set forth in claim 11, wherein a given description is performed in advance in the page so as to enable to specify a text or a character string of a search keyword.

13. The method for searching the plurality of pages set forth in claim 12, wherein the page is written in HTML and a text or a character string of a search keyword is caught between given tags.

14. The method for searching the plurality of pages set forth in claim 10, wherein a predetermined point in the given page is searched for as a search keyword.

15. The method for searching the plurality of pages set forth in claim 14, wherein the predetermined point in the given page is a title in the given page.

16. The method for searching the plurality of pages set forth in claim 14, wherein the given page is written in HTML and a text or a character string in the given page is caught between given tags.