Customized information interface with web applications

Abstract

When information is searched via internet, a browser indicates information about web pages on a single window, but the existing browser shows only fragments of page information to web surfing users who visit several sites at once and in turn causes insufficiency and inconvenience to the users. Rich Internet Application techniques, which are web application techniques for the simple and easy operation and diverse and dynamic screen composition, have received a lot of attention as a next-generation UI technique emphasizing on users' convenience. In this dissertation, a two-dimensional and sequential advanced search is realized with the use of dynamic UI so users can save and employ the customized search information for further web search. Also, the search structure has been designed with the use of user-oriented keyword preference to have more customizes search results than the existing web search. Furthermore, this paper has proven a decrease in the number of searched pages by employing the customized search administrator using RIA techniques. Thus, it could be concluded that the customized search administrator supports users of the more efficient and flexible customize web search. © 2014 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.