Patent ID: 8103649

Claim:
A computer implemented system operable to search information stored in a database upon receipt of a keyword input, comprising: a terminal having at least one terminal controller for controlling the terminal, the terminal controller being in operable communication with input means for inputting and display means for displaying, the keyword input; at least one server comprising a communication controller for controlling the operation of the at least one server, and the communications controller being in operable communication with the terminal controller and calculating means; the calculating means comprising a degree-of-popularity calculating section which acquires number-of-member information from the at least one server having the number-of-member information on the number of members for each menu in which various webpages are sorted for each category thereof and the number-of-member information including a number of members who pay dues and a number of members who do not pay dues, and calculates a degree of popularity of the menu based on the acquired number-of-member information; and the at least one server being configured to search the database for the keyword input and to generate a search result comprising a plurality of pieces of information and the at least one server comprising an information ranking section that ranks the search result based on the degree of popularity of the menu.