Information displaying apparatus with word searching function and recording medium
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1. An information display apparatus having a display device, comprising:
- a storage storing explanation information concerning keywords;
a keyword searching unit for searching for a keyword through the explanation information stored in the storage;
a keyword display control unit for displaying in a list form on the display device plural keywords found by the keyword searching unit together with parts of explanation information respectively concerning the found keywords;
a keyword designating unit for designating either of the plural keywords displayed on the display device by the keyword display control unit; and
an explanation-information display control unit for displaying in a list form on the display device plural pieces of explanation information concerning the keyword designated by the keyword designating unit in such fashion that the explanation information is associated with the designated keyword, over the parts of the explanation information respectively concerning the found keywords displayed by the keyword display control unit in an overlapping manner.
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Abstract
Plural keywords for a search character string are searched for through a dictionary-content data memory and displayed in a list form in a left area of the searched-keyword list display screen, and heading data included in explanation contents concerning the keywords are read out from a keyword table to be displayed in a right area of the display screen. When a keyword is designated among the plural keywords displayed in a list form, heading data contained in plural explanation contents concerning the designated keyword are read out from an explanation data table and are displayed in a list form over the heading data displayed in the right area.
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27 Claims
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1. An information display apparatus having a display device, comprising:
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a storage storing explanation information concerning keywords;
a keyword searching unit for searching for a keyword through the explanation information stored in the storage;
a keyword display control unit for displaying in a list form on the display device plural keywords found by the keyword searching unit together with parts of explanation information respectively concerning the found keywords;
a keyword designating unit for designating either of the plural keywords displayed on the display device by the keyword display control unit; and
an explanation-information display control unit for displaying in a list form on the display device plural pieces of explanation information concerning the keyword designated by the keyword designating unit in such fashion that the explanation information is associated with the designated keyword, over the parts of the explanation information respectively concerning the found keywords displayed by the keyword display control unit in an overlapping manner. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 25)
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14. A recording medium storing a computer readable program for controlling a computer that works to perform an information displaying procedure in an information displaying apparatus provided with a display device, which program comprises:
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a step of making the computer store explanation information concerning keywords;
a step of making the computer search for a keyword through the stored explanation information;
a step of making the computer display in a list form on the display device plural searched keywords together with parts of explanation information respectively concerning the searched keywords;
a step of making the computer designate either of the plural keywords displayed on the display device; and
a step of making the computer display in a list form on the display device plural pieces of explanation information concerning the designated keyword in such fashion that the explanation information is associated with the designated keyword, over the parts of the explanation information displayed on the display device, in an overlapping manner.
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15. An information displaying apparatus having a display device, comprising:
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a storage storing keywords and plural pieces of explanation information concerning each keyword;
a search character input unit for inputting search characters containing a series of words;
a keyword searching unit for searching for one of the series of words entered through the search character input unit through the keywords stored in the storage;
an explanation-information judging unit for judging whether or not the series of words entered through the search character input unit are included any of the plural pieces of explanation information concerning the keyword searched by the keyword searching unit; and
a searched-information display unit for displaying on the display device a piece of the explanation information together with the keyword, in which piece of explanation information the explanation-information judging unit determines the series of words are included. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26)
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27. A recording medium storing a computer readable program for controlling a computer that works to perform an information displaying procedure in an information displaying apparatus provided with a display device, which program comprises:
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a step of making the computer store keywords and plural pieces of explanation information concerning each keyword;
a step of making the computer input search characters;
a step of making the computer search for one of the entered series of words through the keywords stored in the storage;
a step of making the computer judge whether or not the entered series of words are included any of the plural pieces of explanation information concerning the searched keyword; and
a step of making the computer display on the display device the piece of the explanation information which includes the entered series of words, together with the corresponding keyword.
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