IP Library Granted Patent US 11,113,297
Granted Patent B2
US 11,113,297 · App. 16/182,136 · Granted Sep 7, 2021

Information processing device and information terminal

Inventor: Kazuo Ikeda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Qufooit Japan Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 11,113,297
App. No.
16/182,136
Granted
Sep 7, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A website server provides a program for a web page of a predetermined website to a user terminal. The program for the web page causes the user terminal to implement a display module and a search module. The display module causes a first article selected by a user to be displayed and causes a search window to be displayed at a position after a position where the first article ends. The search module searches for a second article related to a character string entered in the search window. The display module causes information related to the second article identified by a search using the search module to be displayed near the search window.

Claims (30)

1. An information processing device adapted to provide a computer program to a user terminal having a processor for accessing a website having a plurality of articles, the computer program being adapted cause the processor of the user terminal to function as:

a display module that causes a first article of the plurality of articles of the website selected by a user to be displayed and causes a search window to be displayed; and

a search module that searches for a second article related to a character string entered in the search window via an Ajax communication with a search server by using an XMLHttpRequest object, wherein

the display module causes information related to the second article, that is identified by a search using the search module, and that is related to the character string entered in the search window, to be displayed near the search window, and

the display module causes information related to the second article to be displayed dynamically during the search for the second article by the search module, wherein

the computer program causes the processor of the user terminal to further function as an acquisition module that, in coordination with an external device that acquires, from a plurality of user terminals, information on a position in the first article where users stop viewing, performs a statistical process based on the information acquired from the plurality of user terminals, and generates statistical information related to the position in the first article where the users stop viewing, acquires information on a position where the search window should be displayed based on the statistical information, and

the display module causes the search window to be displayed in the middle of the first article in accordance with the information on the position acquired by the acquisition module.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the display module causes a web page including the first article to be displayed,

the web page includes an article area where an article displayed is switched according to the user's operation for selection and a header area where a common content is displayed regardless of the article displayed in the article area,

the display module causes a first search window to be displayed in the header area of the web page and causes a second search window different from the first search window to be displayed in the middle of the first article, thereby the first search window and the second search window are provided in the web page simultaneously, and

the search module includes a first search module that searches for a second article of the plurality of articles of the website related to a character string entered in the first search window based on a first search logic and a second search module that searches for a second article of the plurality of articles of the website related to a character entered in the second search window based on a second search logic different from the first search logic.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein

the first search logic extracts, as the second article, an article that includes the character string entered in the first search window in a title or a body text, and

the second search logic extracts, as the second article, an article linked to a tag that matches the character string entered in the second search window.

4. An information terminal comprising a processor that executes a computer program for accessing a website having a plurality of articles, the computer program being adapted to cause the processor of the information terminal to function as:

a display module that causes a first article of the plurality of articles of the website selected by a user to be displayed and causes a search window to be displayed; and

a search module that searches for a second article related to a character string entered in the search window via an Ajax communication with a search server by using an XMLHttpRequest object, wherein

the display module causes information related to the second article, that is identified by a search using the search module, and that is related to the character string entered in the search window, to be displayed near the search window,

the display module causes information related to the second article to be displayed dynamically during the search for the second article by the search module,

the computer program causes the processor of the user terminal to further function as an acquisition module that, in coordination with an external device that acquires, from a plurality of user terminals, information on a position in the first article where users stop viewing, performs a statistical process based on the information acquired from the plurality of user terminals, and generates statistical information related to the position in the first article where the users stop viewing, acquires information on a position where the search window should be displayed based on the statistical information, and

the display module causes the search window to be displayed in the middle of the first article in accordance with the information on the position acquired by the acquisition module.

5. The information terminal according to claim 4 , wherein

the display module causes a web page including the first article to be displayed,

the web page includes an article area where an article displayed is switched according to the user's operation for selection and a header area where a common content is displayed regardless of the article displayed in the article area,

the display module causes a first search window to be displayed in the header area of the web page and causes a second search window different from the first search window to be displayed in the middle of the first article, thereby the first search window and the second search window are provided in the web page simultaneously, and

the search module includes a first search module that searches for a second article of the plurality of articles of the website related to a character string entered in the first search window based on a first search logic and a second search module that searches for a second article of the plurality of articles of the website related to a character entered in the second search window based on a second search logic different from the first search logic.

6. The information terminal according to claim 5 , wherein

the first search logic extracts, as the second article, an article that includes the character string entered in the first search window in a title or a body text, and

the second search logic extracts, as the second article, an article linked to a tag that matches the character string entered in the second search window.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 14, 2023
From: QUFOOIT JAPAN LTD.
To: QUFOOIT LTD.
Reel/Frame 063949/0755 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 22, 2021
From: KARAKURI, INC.
To: QUFOOIT JAPAN LTD.
Reel/Frame 056941/0057 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 13, 2018
From: IKEDA, KAZUO
To: KARAKURI, INC.
Reel/Frame 047487/0532 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-213472 · Nov 6, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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