# US 2014/0195561 A1 · Search method and information managing apparatus

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- Number: US 2014/0195561 A1
- Document ID: US20140195561A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/205,527
- Filed: 2014-03-12
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2011-09-29
- Assignees: Fujitsu Limited
- Applicants: Fujitsu Limited
- Inventors: Toshifumi OBAYASHI; Kyohei Tamai
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140195561A1

## CPC

- G06F 16/334: Query execution (filtering based on additional data G06F16/335)
- G06F 16/33: Querying
- G06F 16/3331: Query processing
- G06F 16/903: Querying (for retrieval from the web G06F16/953)
- G06F 16/90344: {by using string matching techniques}
- G06F 16/9035: Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

A search method to be implemented in a computer which performs a process to search searching information including a plurality of items that are targets of information search, includes, in response to receiving a search request for the searching information, comparing one or more first character strings stored in a storage in a related manner to information related to a source of the search request, and a second character string specified in the search request, in order to judge the item corresponding to the second character string based on a result of the comparing, and searching the searching information using the second character string as a search condition related to the item that is judged as corresponding to the second character string.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A search method to be implemented in a computer which performs a process to search searching information including a plurality of items, the process comprising:
in response to receiving a search request for the searching information, comparing one or more first character strings stored in a storage in a related manner to information related to a source of the search request, and a second character string specified in the search request, in order to judge the item corresponding to the second character string based on a result of the comparing; and
searching the searching information using the second character string as a search condition related to the item that is judged as corresponding to the second character string.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The search method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the storage stores one or more character strings in a related manner to information that identifies a user at a source of the search request or a terminal at the source of the search request.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The search method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the one or more first character strings stored in the storage are information related to an address received from the user or the terminal.

### Claim 4

An information managing apparatus comprising:
a processing circuit; and
a memory,
wherein the processing circuit performs a process including
receiving a search request for searching information including a plurality of items that are targets of information search, wherein the memory is configured to store one or more first character strings in a related manner to information related to a source of the search request;
judging, based on a result of comparing the one or more first character strings stored in the memory and a second character string specified in the search request, the item corresponding to the second character string; and
generating a search condition in which the second character string is used as a search keyword corresponding to the item that is judged as corresponding to the second character string.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The information managing apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein the memory stores one or more character strings in a related manner to information that identifies a user at a source of the request source or a terminal at the source of the search request.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The information managing apparatus as claimed in claim 5, the process further includes
storing information related to an address received from the user or the terminal in the memory as the one or more character strings stored.