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Database search path designation method

  • US 20040193585A1
  • Filed: 01/20/2004
  • Published: 09/30/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of designating a database search path:

  • the method comprising;

    a first step of displaying databases that can be search targets, in the form of figures on a screen;

    a second step of designating individual figures and designating the databases corresponding to the designated figures as the first database and the terminal database; and

    a third step of carrying out a chain-reactive retrieval of search keys and records by following two steps, one of said two steps comprising retrieving records by using a search key that is entered into a database and another of said two steps comprising entering a next search key contained in said retrieved records into next database through the search path candidates.

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