Information retrieval method, information retrieval apparatus, and computer product
US9081874B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 30, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jul 14, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 30, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99942
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An information retrieval apparatus including a first detecting unit that detects a feeder indicative of a presence of a numerical value in a file subject to retrieval in which a numeral and a character are present together; a second detecting unit that detects a number of places in the numerical value correlated to the feeder detected by the first detecting unit; and a compressing unit that compresses the numerical value into compressed information including a compression code for a numeral indicative of the number of places detected by the second detecting unit and a compression code for a numeral at each place in the numerical value, wherein the numerical value is correlated to the feeder based on an appearance frequency of a numeral included in the file.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.