Information terminal equipped with content search system
AssigneeHiel Leaders Tomorrow Corp.
InventorHong-bae Kim
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Abstract
An information terminal equipped with a content search system is provided. The information terminal receives a query from a user, analyzes the query, determines a search type on the basis of the result of the analysis, searches for content items corresponding to the query according to the search type, and displays the content items, wherein the information terminal receives a content item selected by the user from the displayed content items, and reads and provides content corresponding to the content item from the content database. Therefore, the information terminal organically combines an information search technique with a content providing technique so that a user can quickly and conveniently search for his or her desired content.
Claims9
An information terminal equipped with a content search system, including:
- a manipulation unit allowing a user to input a query;
- a display unit displaying a search result and content;
- a memory storing an index information database storing index information and a content database storing content;
- and a controller controlling the information terminal, executing the content search system to search for content items for the query received from the user through the manipulation unit, and displaying the content items through the display unit, wherein the content search system comprises:
- a query input unit providing a user interface for the user to input the query, and receiving the query from the user through the user interface;
- a query analysis unit analyzing the query received from the user;
- an information search unit including a plurality of type-based search agents for performing type-based search with reference to the index information database, a search type determining unit determining a search type from the result of the analysis, a search agent management unit executing and managing a type-based search agent corresponding to the search type, and a search result output unit assigning priorities to content items searched by the type-based search agent and outputting the content items according to the priorities;
- a search result display unit displaying the content items according to the priorities, providing a user interface for the user to select a content item from among the content items, and receiving the content item selected by the user;
- and a content providing unit reading corresponding to the content and providing the content.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.