WO2002042940A1 - A search engine result matrix - Google Patents
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- the present invention pertains to a search engine and a method for searching of information in an open network for data- and telecommunication. More specifically it utilizes existing meta tags and topic classification to present a search result in a matrix format in three dimensions.
- a search engine is a program which returns a list of websites (URLs, Universal Resource Locators) that matches a search criteria.
- Some main search engines are Infoseek ®, Alta Vista ® , Yahoo ® etc.
- a returned list from a search session in a search engine is built up hierarchically, for example, if a search results in a hundred hits a user can scroll the list from the first hit to the tenth. When having scrolled to the tenth hit the user is required to select the following ten hits and so on until the hundred-search hit has been read. This is very time consuming and most users stop after a few scrolls. It is thus a problem to get an overview of a search result when a hierarchic search list according to today search engines is presented. The search list is most frequently presented with the top ten most frequent sites according to a top-down percentage scale.
- the present invention sets forth a search engine for searching of information in an open network for data- and telecommunication.
- a measuring means for a search result comprises: a connection to a sorting means for sorting a search result into a matrix; a matrix generating means; and visualizing said matrix graphically on a screen connected to a computer running said engine, whereby a measured search result is made visible to an engine user through said matrix as one display on said screen.
- one boarder of said matrix has a dateline axis and one boarder has an information axis.
- a cell in said matrix is classified as a topic.
- said cell has an information code classification as an addition.
- a topic in a cell is stored in the computer when selecting it.
- a still further embodiment provides that a selection of a cell in said matrix results in a sub-matrix, thus providing a matrix virtually in three-dimensions.
- a matrix cell is hyper linked to its related information in the search engine. Still further, one embodiment of the invention provides that a movement over a linked cell with a computer pointing device activates means for a pop up summary based on an abstract field relating to said linked cell in the search engine.
- Another embodiment provides that only the latest, in time, information element in a cell of the matrix is presented. If there are further elements in time a hyper link to those other elements is connected to a cell.
- Yet a still further embodiment provides that an elaboration of a boarder axis of said matrix results in a recalculation of a search result in accordance with the elaboration.
- the present invention also sets forth a method used in a search engine for searching of information in an open network for data- and telecommunication. It thus comprises the steps of: measuring a search result; connecting to a sorting means for sorting a search result into a matrix; generating the matrix; and visualizing said matrix graphically on a screen connected to a computer running said engine, whereby a search result is made visible to an engine user through said matrix as one display on said screen.
- FIG. 1 illustrates how topics and information codes are selected in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention
- Fig. 2 illustrates how topics are selected to be presented on one axis in a matrix and how information codes are selected on the remaining axis in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention
- Fig. 3 illustrates a matrix display of a search result in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention
- Fig. 4 illustrates a flow chart for creating a matrix in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention
- Fig. 5 illustrates another embodiment of the matrix in accordance with the present invention.
- Fig. 6 illustrates how a pop up list is displayed in accordance with one embodiment of the invention.
- Deposit Deposit is a process that a user has to go through to add information to a database.
- Withdrawal is the process a user has to perform to extract data from a database.
- An Information Element is a database record with all Classification Information and document attachments.
- Topic Groups are used to guide Users to a desired Topic during Deposits and Withdrawals.
- a Topic is the major level of classification available for an Info Element. All Info Elements belong to a least one Topic.
- a Sub Topic is the lowest level of classification available for an Info Element.
- Information Code Information Codes are META data about the Information Element and are very similar to Topics but are not used for building hierarchies in a database.
- META Tag is a non- visible HTML tag used in the head area of a document to specify further information about the document.
- the META element is used within the Head element to embed document meta-information not defined by other HTML elements. Such information can be extracted by servers/clients for use in identifying, indexing, and cataloguing specialised document meta-information.
- Comintell Knowledge XChangerTM is a Comintell company proprietary software family for managing and visualizing business information and intelligence.
- the business approach is used as an example in conjunction with the search engine according to the present invention, the invention is not limited to this. It is to be understood that other application areas are possible.
- Knowledge XChanger is based on an SQL database (e.g. Oracle) with a web interface and an associated topic structure.
- Knowledge XChanger is a complete solution for storing, filtering, categorising, analysing, visualising and distributing information to intelligent communities of so called knowledge workers.
- Enterprises are producing more standardised reports and it should be possible to store/manage the parts of these reports as separate info-elements. This is accomplished by developing a database with a web interface. A purpose is to improve an output functionality so that users can visualize and cross-examine information found through a search engine more efficiently.
- the Matrix Search is providing a semi-graphical view of the Knowledge XChanger database.
- Super level a Topic Group containing a number of Topics.
- Topic level a Topic might contain a number of subtopics 3.
- Sub level The lowest available level of Topics available for classification.
- Infocodes are the lowest level of InfoCodes available for classification.
- Topics and InfoCodes are totally dynamic, defined by an administrator of a search engine, who decides the meaning of them. Each installation of Knowledge XChanger will be unique in that respect.
- the infoCode "Research & Development" in the example above could be treated as a Topic in another installation of Knowledge XChanger. It is possible to code a piece of information into several different Topics and InfoCodes.
- a user is required to enter at least one Topic in order to store a record in the database. The sample above would match the search criteria (withdraw) as being accomplished in the attached Fig. 1.
- Fig. 1 illustrates how topics and information codes are selected in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, where Ericsson is selected as a Topic. In the selection example of Fig. 1 a user is requested to select a main Topic and/or an Infocode.
- the present invention sets forth a new inventive graphical representation herein named Matrix Nisualizer which makes up a central function within the Knowledge XChanger tool.
- Fig. 2 illustrates how topics are selected to be presented on one axis in a matrix and how information codes are selected on the remaining axis in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
- the x-axis of the matrix to be visualized is chosen as a dateline/time line, here depicted as 30 days backwards from an existing day.
- the Infocode chosen is all about the company Ericssons Topics.
- to be visualized Infocodes are represented on the y-axis.
- a user is able to select from menus, like those depicted in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, a desired matrix view in three steps described below, according to how the selection has been entered, i.e.: - by Topic (e.g. Competitor- Ericsson)
- Topic e.g. Competitor- Ericsson
- Information Code e.g. Information Reliability, Information type etc.
- Date e.g. all dates, date span, 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months back
- a database for information retrieval used by the search engine is then used to search and pull together and measure all information elements that fit the desired output and present the result in a matrix.
- Fig. 3 illustrates a matrix display of a measured search result in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention as depicted through the menus of Fig. 1 and Fig. 2.
- Fig. 3 displays one embodiment of a matrix in accordance with the present invention, whereby the user of the search engine is provided a semi-graphical representation of the input, for example, with a dateline horizontally (x-axis) in columns and all information types input vertically (y-axis) in rows.
- the user might want all competitors (e.g. Topic Group Competitors) horizontally with Company Topics vertically.
- the user chooses what is displayed in the columns and what is displayed in the rows.
- the present invention thus sets forth a search engine for searching and measuring of information in an open network for data- and telecommunication. It has a connection to a measuring means and a sorting means for sorting a search result into a matrix.
- the matrix is generated and visualized graphically on a screen connected to a computer running the engine, whereby a measured search result is made visible to an engine user through said matrix as one display on said screen. It is also possible to prolong the matrix by using a bar in a window.
- the user should be able to have an entire matrix just about one Topic (e.g. Ericsson or a country like the USA) and then choose horizontal (e.g. date) and vertical (e.g. company or country topics) options. This would in effect make the matrix 3-dimensional.
- Each matrix cell will only contain the Title of the information, which is then hyper linked to the actual information in Knowledge XChanger.
- a pointer device for example, a mouse pointer over a link results in pop up summary, see Fig. 6 below, based on an abstract field in Knowledge XChanger.
- Fig. 4 illustrates a flow chart for the selection process for creating a matrix in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
- Step one in the flowchart is to select an z-axis of the matrix, for example, an area a user wishes to analyze, whereby Topic Groups, Topics and InfoCodes are valid options in step one. Multiple selections can be accomplished to for example limit the matrix to two Topics [Ericsson AND Nokia] or a Topic and an InfoCode [Ericsson AND Confirmed Fact].
- a second step according to the flow chart of the present invention is to select what is to be presented on the x- and y-axis in a generated matrix.
- Searched data is retrieved, Get data in Fig. 4, and the matrix is generated by a software means, Show matrix in Fig. 4.
- the result screen can be modified and recalculated, but is still using the preferences set in step one, Modify in Fig. 4.
- Fig. 5 illustrates another embodiment of the matrix in accordance with the present invention.
- cells in the generated matrix are visualized as small windows displaying measured search engine search hits for a chosen Topic.
- Fig. 6 illustrates how a pop up list is displayed in accordance with one embodiment of the invention.
- a pointer device for example, a mouse pointer over a link it results in a pop up summary, see Fig. 6, based on an abstract field in Knowledge XChanger.
- Knowledge XChanger is developed for the Windows ® NT platform, using MS-SQL 7.0 server as its database engine, and ColdFusion 4.5 as its application server to interact from web pages to a database. Version 4.0 of HTML has been used and Style sheets are included. Knowledge XChanger also supports all UNIX dialects supported by ColdFusion and any ODBC connected SQL database such as, Oracle, Sybase etc.
- a style sheet has been used throughout Knowledge XChanger. It is located in a style directory. A change in the style sheet, for instance color or font size, will change all the pages in Knowledge XChanger.
- the present invention is not limited to the embodiments and examples given in the present description. It is the attached set of claims that defines the scope of the invention.
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