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AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorsShingo Nishioka, Makoto Iwayama, Kazuhiro Ono, Akihiko Takano, Yoshiki Niwa, Atsuko Yamaguchi
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Achieving efficient analysis of search results, which is required for the examination of search queries, by listing up both title information of a retrieved document group and the whole information. By arranging search results display area and topic word display area adjacently on a retrieval assisting interface, the title information and topic information can be browsed by users; by arranging search results analysis means such as mark title button for emphasizing documents containing designated topic words, along with mark topic word button for emphasizing topic words contained in a designated document, users can analyze search results readily from various standpoints.
A document retrieval method comprising:
A document retrieval assisting method equipped with a key word search function and an associative search function, wherein the display of search results comprises the display of a title list and the display of the overview of the search results in the form of topic word information, both displays being arranged adjacently, wherein each document and each topic word in the search results are stored in such a data structure that the selection/non selection mode and the degree of emphasis might be set, wherein a cross-reference data in a form demonstrating which topic words are contained in each individual document of the search results is stored, together with a data in a form demonstrating which documents from the search results contain each individual topic word, and wherein the method comprises:
A document retrieval assisting service having an information provider side computer equipped with a text data base functioning as a search subject, a retrieval assisting execution program comprising a program for arranging and displaying a display area of the search results in a list style as an information form convenient for humans to identify documents, an area for displaying topic words reflecting the characteristics of the entire search results in a list style or for displaying topic words in a graph style reflecting the relevance degree between the topic words, at close positions from each other, and a communication program, wherein the service comprises sending the retrieval assisting execution program to a user side computer on a query from a user and making the program operable on the user side computer.
A document retrieval system having an information provider side computer equipped with a text data base functioning as a search subject, a retrieval assisting execution program comprising a program for arranging and displaying a display area of search results in a list style as an information form convenient for humans to identify documents, and an area for displaying topic words reflecting the characteristics of the entire search results in a list style or for displaying topic words in a graph style reflecting the relevance degree between the topic words, at close positions from each other, and a communication program, wherein a user side computer is equipped with a communication program capable of communication through a network with the information provider side computer.
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