Information processing apparatus, document search method,...

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2005-08-03

2008-07-15

LeRoux, Etienne P (Department: 2161)

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database design

Data structure types

Reexamination Certificate

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07401078

ABSTRACT:
There is provided a search technique capable of outputting a proper number of accurate search results within a short time in searching a plurality of databases for a document. To achieve this object, an information processing apparatus according to this invention has the following arrangement. That is, an information processing apparatus which searches a plurality of databases for a document includes a unit which searches for a document stored in an arbitrary database among the plurality of databases, a unit which records access information to documents stored in the plurality of databases, a unit which extracts a document close in access order to the searched document by using the access information and calculates a related level to the searched document on the basis of the access order, and a unit which can outputs as search results the searched document and the document whose related level is calculated.

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