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Information search system, information search method, HTML document structure analyzing method, and program product

US7496581B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 17, 2003
Grant dateFeb 24, 2009
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Expiry dateFeb 24, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/951
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In an information search using a computer, a flexible information search based on a variety of strategies that depend on a purpose of use of information is effectively realized. An information search system comprises a document structure analyzing section for analyzing a structure of an HTML document taking into account a meaning in a prescribed web page, a significance calculating section for calculating the degrees of significance of other web sites linking from the web page, based on a result of the analysis and according to predetermined strategies, and a crawling executing section for crawling the web sites depending on the degrees of significance calculated by the significance calculating section.

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