Information retrieval system for presenting information obtained through efficient retrieval of a data base and processing of the retrieval results

An information retrieval system for presenting information by processing retrieval results obtained through data retrieval by access to data bases dispersed on a network, comprising:

• a retrieval executing section for, upon receipt of an access request from a user, retrieving data from the data base after specifying a data base as a retrieved party and retrieving data from the specified data base, and, in case of specifying a plurality of data bases as the retrieved party, retrieving data in parallel from the plurality of data bases;
• a retrieval result processing section for processing retrieval results obtained through retrieval processing by said retrieval executing section and converting the same in a standard format;
• and
• a retrieval result supplying section for supplying the retrieval results processed by said retrieval result processing section to a display, in which:
• said retrieval result processing section includes
• a standard structure extracting unit for taking data corresponding to predetermined items out of the retrieval results obtained through retrieval processing by said retrieval executing section, and
• said retrieval result supplying section includes
• a redundant data detecting unit for detecting the data having the identical content as for all the items by comparison among the respective items of the data taken by said standard structure extracting unit, and
• a merge screen forming unit for forming a display screen to be supplied to the display after unifying the identical data and eliminating the redundant data, according to the detected results by said redundant data detecting unit.

An information retrieval system for presenting information by processing retrieval results obtained through data retrieval by access to data bases dispersed on a network, comprising:

• a retrieval executing section for, upon receipt of an access request from a user, retrieving data from the data base after specifying a data base as a retrieved party and retrieving data from the specified data base, and, in case of specifying a plurality of data bases as the retrieved party, retrieving data in parallel from the plurality of data bases;
• a retrieval result processing section for processing retrieval results obtained through retrieval processing by said retrieval executing section and converting the same in a standard format;
• and
• a retrieval result supplying section for supplying the retrieval results processed by said retrieval result processing section to a display, in which:
• said retrieval result processing section includes
• a standard structure extracting unit for taking data corresponding to predetermined items out of the retrieval results obtained through retrieval processing by said retrieval executing unit, and
• said retrieval result supplying unit includes
• a redundant data detecting unit for detecting the data having the identical content as for all the items by comparison among the respective items of the data taken by said standard structure extracting unit, and
• a merge screen forming unit for forming a display screen to be supplied to the display after unifying the identical data and eliminating the redundant data according to the detected results by said redundant data detecting unit,
• wherein said redundant data detecting unit, when detecting some retrieval results short of data on a part of items in the above data taken by said standard structure extracting unit, relating the retrieval results to the other retrieval results if there are other retrieval results having the data on the remaining item identical with the retrieval results short of the data on the part of items, and
• wherein said merge screen forming unit, when said redundant data detecting unit detects the retrieval results short of the data on a part of items in the above taken data and there are other retrieval results related to the retrieval results short of the data on the part of items, placing the retrieval results short of the data on the part of items next to the other retrieval results.

An information retrieval system for presenting information by processing retrieval results obtained through data retrieval by access to data bases dispersed on a network, comprising:

• a retrieval executing section for, upon receipt of an access request from a user, retrieving data from the data base after specifying a data base as a retrieved party and retrieving data from the specified data base, and, in case of specifying a plurality of data bases as the retrieved party, retrieving data in parallel from the plurality of data bases;
• a retrieval result processing section for processing retrieval results obtained through retrieval processing by said retrieval executing section and converting the same in a standard format;
• and
• a retrieval result supplying section for supplying the retrieval results processed by said retrieval result processing section to a display, in which:
• said retrieval result processing section includes
• a standard structure extracting unit for taking data corresponding to predetermined items out of the retrieval results obtained through retrieval processing by said retrieval executing section, and
• said retrieval result supplying section includes
• a redundant data detecting unit for detecting the data having the identical content as for all the items by comparison among the respective items of the data taken by said standard structure extracting unit, and
• a merge screen forming unit for forming a display screen to be supplied to the display after unifying the identical data and eliminating the redundant data according to the detected results by said redundant data detecting unit,
• wherein said redundant data detecting unit, when detecting some retrieval results short of data on a part of items in the above data taken by said standard structure extracting unit, relating the retrieval results to the other retrieval results if there are other retrieval results having the data on the remaining item identical with the retrieval results short of the data on the part of items, and
• wherein said merge screen forming unit, when said redundant data detecting unit detects the retrieval results short of the data on a part of items in the above taken data and there are other retrieval results related to the retrieval results short of the data on the part of items, placing the retrieval results short of the data on the part of items next to the other retrieval results and presenting the retrieval results short of the data on the part of items in a display format different from the other retrieval results.

An information retrieval system for presenting information by processing retrieval results obtained through data retrieval by access to data bases dispersed on a network, comprising:

• a retrieval executing section for, upon receipt of an access request from a user, retrieving data from the data base after specifying a data base as a retrieved party and retrieving data from the specified data base, and, in case of specifying a plurality of data bases as the retrieved party, retrieving data in parallel from the plurality of data bases;
• a retrieval result processing section for processing retrieval results obtained through retrieval processing by said retrieval executing section and converting the same in a standard format;
• and
• a retrieval result supplying section for supplying the retrieval results processed by said retrieval result processing section to a display,
• wherein said retrieval executing section includes
• a retrieval monitoring means for monitoring executing condition of retrieval processing for the data base of the retrieved party,
• wherein said retrieval result processing section includes
• a retrieval termination display control unit for supplying the retrieval results of the data base having completed the retrieval processing to the display according to the monitoring results by said retrieval monitoring unit, and
• a standard structure extracting unit for taking data corresponding to predetermined items out of the retrieval results obtained through retrieval processing by said retrieval executing section, and
• wherein said retrieval result supplying section includes
• a redundant data detecting unit for detecting the data having the identical content as for all the items by comparison among the respective items of the data taken by said standard structure extracting unit, and
• a merge screen forming unit for forming a display screen to be supplied to the display after unifying the identical data and eliminating the redundant data, according to the detected results by said redundant data detecting unit.