System and method for retrieval of data from related databases based upon database association model
US6212518A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 31, 1998 |
| Grant date | Apr 3, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 31, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99935
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A relevant-information retrieval system manages a model which describes a relevancy among a plurality of databases in accordance with associative values or a tree structure. Besides, when the retrieval system has received a search request for a certain database from a searcher, it specifies one of the databases administering information relevant to the certain database, in accordance with the model, and it presents information of the specified database to the searcher.
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