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Document retrieval having retrieval conditions that shuffles documents in a sequence of occurrence

US6424963B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 24, 1999
Grant dateJul 23, 2002
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Expiry dateAug 24, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S707/99933
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The document retrieval unit retrieves documents in a set of retrieval object documents stored in the memory unit according to the entered retrieval condition such as retrieval word, sequences each document depending on the goodness of fit to the retrieval condition, and issues the retrieval result by shuffling the documents in the sequence by occurrence. The occurrence distribution calculating unit calculates the occurrence distribution of retrieval conditions from this sequenced retrieval results and the table of sets of sample documents stored in the memory unit. The retrieval history storage unit stores the entered retrieval condition, the sequenced retrieval result from the document retrieval unit, and the occurrence distribution of retrieval conditions calculated by the occurrence distribution calculating unit in the memory unit as retrieval history. The retrieval history processing unit graphically processes the retrieval history stored in this memory unit, and calculates the occurrence distribution of retrieval condition in each set of sample document, so that the user can easily judge the validity of the retrieval condition and the effect of the retrieval condition on the r…

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