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Method and apparatus for searching information, and a recording medium on which is recorded an information searching program

US6405206B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 30, 1998
Grant dateJun 11, 2002
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Expiry dateNov 30, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S715/968
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

When searching information from the Internet, for example, it is difficult to effectively and accurately obtain the information which the user desires. Moreover, it is also difficult to display the searched information which the user desires. Several types of processing managers (called editors) are described with icons and displayed, respectively, on the display screen of the personal computer or the like, and characteristics that show what kind of searching and editing each editor performs are also displayed. Searching and editing are performed in accordance with the characteristic of an editor selected by the user, and the edited result is displayed.

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