| CPC G06F 16/334 (2019.01) [G06F 16/338 (2019.01)] | 19 Claims |
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1. A method for generating at least one query character string used for searching for contents, the method comprising:
displaying a screen on a display of an information processing apparatus by one or more processor of the information processing apparatus executing instructions received from a Web server, wherein the screen includes first and second areas, and wherein the first area displays a plurality of keyword candidates in a pulldown list for causing a user to select one of the displayed plurality of keyword candidates, and wherein the second area is an area to which a user manually inputs a keyword;
receiving, via the screen by the one or more processor of the information processing apparatus executing the instructions, a first keyword candidate selected by the user from among the plurality of keyword candidates displayed in the first area of the pulldown list and a second keyword input manually by the user in the second area;
converting the selected first keyword candidate to synonyms which are obtained based on the selected first keyword candidate and a plurality of search-target sites,
wherein converting the selected first keyword candidate to the synonyms includes:
collating a selected value keyword of a keyword wording conversion list file with a domain name by using the selected first keyword candidate selected by the user from the pulldown list and a domain name of a search-target site, of the plurality of search target sites, to be processed; and
storing the collated selected value keyword and the domain name in a row that matches with the keyword wording conversion list file and a synonym,
wherein the plurality of search-target sites includes at least first and second search-target sites, wherein the selected first keyword candidate is converted to a first synonym for the first search-target site in a case where the first synonym corresponding to the selected first keyword candidate exists in the first search-target site, wherein the selected first keyword candidate is converted to a blank character in a case where the first synonym corresponding to the selected first keyword candidate does not exist in the first search-target site, wherein the selected first keyword candidate is further converted to a second synonym for the second search-target site in a case where the second synonym corresponding to the selected first keyword candidate exists in the second search-target site, wherein the selected first keyword candidate is converted to a blank character in a case where the second synonym corresponding to the selected first keyword candidate does not exist in the second search-target site, and wherein the second keyword is not converted to a synonym;
generating the at least one query character string including at least first and second sets, wherein the first set includes the first synonym, the second keyword and first information for identifying the first search-target site, and wherein the second set includes the second synonym, the second keyword and second information for identifying the second search-target site;
outputting the generated at least one query character string for searching for the contents;
obtaining a search result of the contents searched-for by using the generated at least one query character string; and
arranging the obtained search result in accordance with the plurality of search- target sites.
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