Patent ID: 6226645
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for obtaining desired information based on an inputted searching word and keywords in web documents, comprising:searching hyperlinked information by keyword, including:searching web documents for keywords which are linked by hyperlinks to other web documents, andstoring each keyword and a hyperlink content associated with each keyword;constructing an index among stored keywords, including:extracting the stored keywords and associated content,classifying the extracted keywords and content using the keywords, andstoring the classified keywords in a database indexed by keyword; andconducting a keyword search and returning results, including:detecting a keyword corresponding to the inputted searched word by searching the database,identifying keywords of other web documents linked by hyperlinks with the detected keyword,arranging the identified keywords around the detected keyword according to a linking strength among the detected keyword and the identified keywords, the arrangement constituting a conceptional drawing with keywords linked by lines, anddisplaying the conceptional drawing.