Search device, method and program recording medium
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorShoji Nishimura
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Abstract
To provide search results to be presented in accordance with changes in the state of search performed by a user. A search device includes: a search means that searches a storage means storing records for records that match an input search condition to not less than a set relevance level and outputs search results; and a specificity inference means that, when a user operation is input after the search means has output search results corresponding to a first search condition, infers whether or not specificity of the search results is acceptable on the basis of the user operation, and, when the specificity is inferred to be acceptable, raises a relevance level that the search means uses.
Claims12
A search system comprising:
- at least one memory storing instructions and records;
- and
- at least one processor configured to process the instructions to perform:
- receiving a user input corresponding to a first search condition;
- searching storage storing records of search targets based on the first search condition and outputting search results corresponding to the first search condition;
- and
- when a user operation is input after outputting the search results, decreasing a relevance level that is to be used in a new search with a second search condition on the basis of the user operation.
A search method, comprising:
- receiving a user input corresponding to a first search condition;
- searching storage storing records of search targets based on the first search condition and outputting search results corresponding to the first search condition;
- and
- when a user operation is input after outputting the search results, decreasing a relevance level that is to be used in a new search with a second search condition on the basis of the user operation.
A non-transitory recording medium storing a program, the program causing a computer perform:
- receiving a user input corresponding to a first search condition;
- searching storage storing records of search targets based on the first search condition and outputting search results corresponding to the first search condition;
- and
- when a user operation is input after outputting the search results, decreasing a relevance level that is to be used in a new search with a second search condition on the basis of the user operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.