20100217667 | INTERNET SEARCH ENGINE AFFILIATE SYSTEM AND METHOD - Disclosed herein is an Internet search engine affiliate system and method. The system includes a merchant site server, at least one affiliate application provider server for distributing at least one application for performing an affiliate advertising function for merchandise to at least one application distributor terminal, and, when the application distributor terminal receives a search request signal for merchandise registered on the merchant site from at least one buyer terminal, sending search result merchandise information to the buyer terminal, the application distributor terminal for executing the distributed application, sending information about the merchandise registered on the merchant site to the buyer terminal, and receiving the search request signal for the merchandise from the buyer terminal, the buyer terminal for receiving and displaying the information about the merchandise, and the Internet for connecting the merchant site server, the affiliate application provider server and the application distributor terminal to each other. | 08-26-2010 |
20090112862 | Image-based search system and method - Disclosed-herein is an image-based search system and method. The image-based search system includes at least one user terminal, an information communication network, a search server, and a web server. The user terminal transmits any one or more of a search term entry signal, an image selection signal and an image combination signal to a search server and receives relevant search results from the search server. The information communication network connects the user terminal, the search server and a web server to one another. The search server receives any one or more of the search term entry signal, the image selection signal and the image combination signal from the user terminal, performs searching using attribute information of an image, and transmits search results, including images, to the user terminal. The web server forms a physical space over the information communication network, in which websites, which are objects from which information is gathered by the search server, exist. | 04-30-2009 |