Search methods, servers, and systems

A server, comprising:

• a memory that stores executable units;
• and
• a processor, coupled to the memory, that executes the executable units to perform operations of a terminal, the executable units comprising:
• a server communication unit configured to receive attribute information and environment information of a search object, wherein the attribute information and the environment information are received from the terminal, and the environment information of the search object comprises a resource identity (ID) of a media resource to which the search object belongs;
• a processing unit configured to:
• determine content of the search object based on the attribute information and,
• determine context of the search object based on a display layout of the search
• object determined according to the environment information of the search object;
• and
• a search unit configured to, in response to the determination of the content and the context, search according to the content of the search object and the context of the search object to obtain a search result,
• wherein the search object is content in the media resource that is presented on the terminal, the attribute information of the search object comprises area information of the search object, and the area information of the search object comprises coordinate information of the search object in the media resource to which the search object belongs, and
• wherein the media resource to which the search object belongs is a web page, a Word document, an Excel chart, or a PowerPoint file.

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a server comprising a processor from a terminal, a search object in a media resource according to an input instruction;
• receiving, by the server from the terminal, attribute information and environment information of the search object acquired by the terminal, wherein the environment information of the search object comprises a resource identity (ID) of the media resource to which the search object belongs;
• receiving, by the server, the attribute information and the environment information of the search object which are sent by the terminal;
• determining, by the server, content of the search object based on the attribute information;
• determining, by the server, context of the search object based on a display layout of the search object determined according to the environment information of the search object;
• and
• in response to the determining the content and the context, searching, by the server, according to the content of the search object and the context of the search object to obtain a search result,
• wherein the search object is content in the media resource that is presented on the terminal, the attribute information of the search object comprises area information of the search object, and the area information of the search object comprises coordinate information of the search object in the media resource to which the search object belongs, and
• wherein the media resource to which the search object belongs is a web page, a Word document, an Excel chart, or a PowerPoint file.

A computer readable storage device, comprising at least one executable instruction, which, in response to execution, causes a server comprising a processor to perform operations, comprising:

• receiving attribute information and environment information of a search object which are sent by a terminal, wherein the environment information of the search object comprises a resource identity (ID) of a media resource to which the search object belongs;
• determining content of the search object based on the attribute information;
• determining context of the search object based on a display layout of the search object determined according to the environment information of the search object;
• and
• in response to the determining the content and the context, searching according to the content of the search object and the context of the search object to obtain a search result,
• wherein the search object is content in the media resource that is presented on the terminal, the attribute information of the search object comprises area information of the search object, and the area information of the search object comprises coordinate information of the search object in the media resource to which the search object belongs, and
• wherein the media resource to which the search object belongs is a web page, a Word document, an Excel chart, or a PowerPoint file.

A server, comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing computer executable instructions, the processor being connected to the memory via a communication bus, and when the server operates, the processor executes the computer executable instructions stored in the memory, so that the server executes operations, comprising:

• receiving attribute information and environment information of a search object which are sent by a terminal, wherein the environment information of the search object comprises a resource identity (ID) of a media resource to which the search object belongs;
• calculating content of the search object based on the attribute information;
• calculating context of the search object based on a display layout of the search object determined according to the environment information of the search object;
• and
• in response to the calculating the content and the context, searching according to the content of the search object and the context of the search object to obtain a search result,
• wherein the search object is content in the media resource that is presented on the terminal, the attribute information of the search object comprises area information of the search object, and the area information of the search object comprises coordinate information of the search object in the media resource to which the search object belongs, and
• wherein the media resource to which the search object belongs is a web page, a Word document, an Excel chart, or a PowerPoint file.