File retrieval apparatus and method with a hierarchical structur

Details File retrieval apparatus and method with a hierarchical structur File retrieval apparatus and method with a hierarchical structur

1995-10-18

1999-07-13

Kulik, Paul V.

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database design

Data structure types

707 2, 707 3, G06F 1730

Patent

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059240873

ABSTRACT:
A file retrieval apparatus and method for retrieving a desired file out of a plurality of files stored in a storage medium. Retrieval is made based on the files, information on correspondence between the files and keywords, and attribute information of the keywords, to find a file that corresponds to an input keyword. When displaying the retrieved results in form of a list, a file a user most desires is displayed at the top of the list, and keywords located at lower levels of hierarchical keywords are also displayed as retrieval objects.

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