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Document searching apparatus, method thereof, and record medium thereof

US7225181B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 24, 2001
Grant dateMay 29, 2007
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Expiry dateMay 16, 2023

Classification

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

Abstract

A document searching apparatus for searching a document group having a link relation for particular document is disclosed, that comprises a link importance assigning unit weighting the link relation and assigning the link importance which indicates importance of the document based on the weighted link relation to each document, and an accessing unit accessing the particular document based on the link importance. Thus, important document can be automatically searched.

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