Method and apparatus for providing search services interactively displaying a type of search target

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium configured to store at least one program, wherein the at least one program comprises instructions that when executed by at least one processor configures the at least one processor to:

• receive user-defined search input into a search input user interface (UI) element of a search input webpage associated with a search server, the user-defined search input including a plurality of search terms, the receiving including
• continuously analyzing, as the search input is being entered into the search input UI element, the user-defined search input to determine whether at least one search term of the search input is at least one functional keyword associated with a file type to be searched for by a search server;
• generate classification information to facilitate identification of the at least one functional keyword among the plurality of search terms in the user-defined search input;
• display in the search input UI element on the search input webpage the user-defined search input according to the classification information such that the at least one functional keyword is distinguished from at least one non-functional keyword of the plurality of search terms in the user-defined search input;
• receive a reclassification input from the user via the user input element indicating whether to reclassify the at least one functional keyword as a non-functional keyword;
• display in the search input UI element on the search input webpage the user defined search input according to the reclassification input such that,
• the at least one functional keyword is not distinguished from the at least one non-functional keyword of the plurality of search terms in the user-defined search input when the reclassification input indicates that the at least one functional keyword should be reclassified as a non-functional keyword,
• the at least one functional keyword is distinguished from the at least one non-functional keyword of the plurality of search terms in the user-defined search input when the reclassification input indicates that the at least one functional keyword should not be reclassified as a non-functional keyword, and
• provide a user input element configured to allow a user to verify the classification information of each word of the user-defined search input based on the reclassification input;
• generate, by the search server, search information about at least one object relating to at least some of the user-defined search input based on at least some of the classification information;
• and
• transmit the generated search information for display in the search input UI element on the search input webpage.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a memory having computer readable instructions stored thereon;
• and
• at least one processor configured to execute the computer readable instructions to,
• receive user-defined search input into a search input user interface (UI) element of a search input webpage, the user-defined search input including a plurality of search terms, the receiving including;
• continuously analyzing, as the search input is being entered into the search input UI element, the user-defined search input to determine whether at least one search term of the search input is at least one functional keyword, the at least one functional keyword indicating a file type to be searched for,
• generate classification information to facilitate identification of the at least one functional keyword among the plurality of search terms in the user-defined search input,
• display in the search input UI element on the search input webpage the user-defined search input according to the classification information such that the at least one functional keyword is distinguished from at least one non-functional keyword of the plurality of search terms in the user-defined search input;
• receive a reclassification input from the user via the user input element indicating whether to reclassify the at least one functional keyword as a non-functional keyword;
• display in the search input UI element on the search input webpage the user-defined search input according to the reclassification input such that,
• the at least one functional keyword is not distinguished from the at least one non-functional keyword of the plurality of search terms in the user-defined search input when the reclassification input indicates that the at least one functional keyword should be reclassified as a non-functional keyword,
• the at least one functional keyword is distinguished from the at least one non-functional keyword of the plurality of search terms in the user-defined search input when the reclassification input indicates that the at least one functional keyword should not be reclassified as a non-functional keyword, and
• provide a user input element configured to allow a user to verify the classification information of each word of the user-defined search input based on a reclassification input;
• generate search information about at least one object relating to at least some of the user-defined search input based on at least some of the classification information, and
• transmit the generated search information for display in the search input UI element on the search input webpage.