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US 5,857,185 AGranted
Method and system for searching and for presenting the search results in an attribute that corresponds to the retrieved documents
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorFukumi Yamaura
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Abstract
The electronic document database searching system displays search results using a display attribute that corresponds to the attribute of the string in each original electronic document. The system also displays the search results using a display attribute that varies in accordance with the frequency of occurrence of the searched string in each original electronic document
Claims13
A data search method comprising the steps of:
- inputting a first string as a searching index;
- searching a second string according to said first string from a database storing at least one string, display attribute data of said string and information related to said string;
- and
- displaying information in said database related to said second string with a display attribute of said second string using said display attribute data stored in said database for said second string.
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A data search system comprising:
- string inputting means for inputting a first string as a searching index;
- storing means for storing at least one string in a document, display attribute data of said string and information related to said string;
- searching means for finding a second string according to said first string from said strings stored in said storing means;
- and
- display means for displaying information related to said second string with a display attribute of said second string using said display attribute data stored in said storing means for said second string.
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A data search system comprising:
- string inputting means for inputting a first string as a searching index;
- storing means for storing at least one string in a document and display attribute data of said string;
- searching means for finding a second string according to said first string from said storing means;
- and display means for displaying said second string stored in said storing means with a display attribute of said second string using said display attribute data stored in said storing means for said second string.
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An information processing system comprising:
- string inputting means for inputting a first string as a searching index;
- storing medium for storing at least one string in a document, display attribute data of said string and information related to said string;
- searching means for finding a second string according to said first string from said storing medium;
- a display for displaying information stored in said storing medium related to a second string searched according to said first string with a display attribute of said second string using said display attribute data stored in said storing means for said second string;
- a printer for visualizing a document containing said second string in said storing medium.
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A data search system comprising:
- string inputting means for inputting a first string as a searching index;
- storing means for storing at least one string and information related to said string;
- searching means for searching said storing means according to said first string;
- calculating means for calculating the number of second strings found according to said first string by said searching means;
- and
- display means for displaying information related to said searched second string by a feature of character corresponding to said number of said second strings calculated by said calculating means.
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A recording medium readable by a computer, said recording medium storing a program for making said computer execute a searching process according to a program including instructions for executing the following processes of:
- (a) detecting an input of a first string as a searching index;
- (b) searching a database storing at least one string in a document, a display attribute data of said string, and information related to said string, according to said first string;
- and
- (c) displaying information in said database related to a second string searched according to said first string with a display attribute of said second string using said display attribute data stored in said database for said second string.
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An information processing system comprising:
- inputting means for inputting a first string as a searching index;
- a database for storing at least one string in a document, a display attribute data of said string and information related to said string;
- a recording medium for storing a computer program;
- a driver for reading said computer program from said recording medium recording thereof,
- a RAM for storing said computer program read by said driver;
- a CPU for executing said computer program stored in said RAM;
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- a display for displaying a result of searching according to said computer program executed by said CPU, wherein said computer program comprises the processes of:
- (a) detecting an input of said first string as a searching index;
- (b) searching said database according to said first string;
- and
- (c) displaying information stored in said database related to a second string with a display attribute of said second string using said display attribute data stored in said database for said second string.
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