Information search support apparatus, computer program, medium containing the program
First Claim
1. An information search support system comprising:
- a section for communicating with a user terminal operated by a user through a predetermined information communication network;
a database access section for accessing a provision information database which accumulates and manages a variety of information provided to the user;
an input keyword acquisition section for acquiring a search keyword which is input by the user terminal through communication with the user terminal;
a search section for referring to the provision information database for the search keyword acquired by the input keyword acquisition section and obtaining a table in which corresponding provision information is arranged in a predetermined format;
a detailed keyword collection transmission section for aggregating the provision information table obtained by the provision information search section, preparing a detailed keyword collection which contains multiple words to be search keywords and the locations of information relating to the respective words, and transmitting the detailed keyword collection to the user terminal;
a detailed search condition acquisition section for acquiring a word selected from the detailed keyword collection by the user terminal;
a detailed search section for referring to the provision information database for the word received from the detailed search condition acquisition section as a search keyword, and obtaining corresponding provision information; and
a search result transmission section for arranging the provision information obtained by the detailed search section as search result information in a predetermined format, and transmitting the information to the user terminal.
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Abstract
There are provided a section for communicating with a user terminal, a section for accessing a provision information database, a section for acquiring a search keyword from the user terminal, a section for obtaining provision information from provision information database on the basis of the search keyword, a section for transmitting a detailed keyword collection prepared by aggregating the provision information to the user terminal, a section for obtaining a word as selected from the detailed keyword collection by the user terminal, a section for searching the provision information database with the selected word as a search keyword to obtain corresponding provision information, and a section for transmitting the provision information as obtained to the user terminal as a search result.
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54 Claims
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1. An information search support system comprising:
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a section for communicating with a user terminal operated by a user through a predetermined information communication network;
a database access section for accessing a provision information database which accumulates and manages a variety of information provided to the user;
an input keyword acquisition section for acquiring a search keyword which is input by the user terminal through communication with the user terminal;
a search section for referring to the provision information database for the search keyword acquired by the input keyword acquisition section and obtaining a table in which corresponding provision information is arranged in a predetermined format;
a detailed keyword collection transmission section for aggregating the provision information table obtained by the provision information search section, preparing a detailed keyword collection which contains multiple words to be search keywords and the locations of information relating to the respective words, and transmitting the detailed keyword collection to the user terminal;
a detailed search condition acquisition section for acquiring a word selected from the detailed keyword collection by the user terminal;
a detailed search section for referring to the provision information database for the word received from the detailed search condition acquisition section as a search keyword, and obtaining corresponding provision information; and
a search result transmission section for arranging the provision information obtained by the detailed search section as search result information in a predetermined format, and transmitting the information to the user terminal. - View Dependent Claims (3, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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2. An information search support system comprising:
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a section for communicating with a user terminal operated by a user through a predetermined information communication network;
a database access section for accessing a provision information database which accumulates and manages a variety of information provided to the user;
an input keyword acquisition section for acquiring a search keyword which is input by the user terminal through communication with the user terminal;
a search section for referring to the provision information database for the search keyword acquired by the input keyword acquisition section and obtaining a table in which corresponding provision information is arranged in a predetermined format; and
a detailed keyword collection transmission section for aggregating the provision information table obtained by the search section, preparing a detailed keyword collection which contains multiple words to be search keywords and the locations of information relating to the respective words, and transmitting the detailed keyword collection to the user terminal. - View Dependent Claims (22, 28, 31, 34, 37, 40, 43, 46, 49, 52)
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4. An information search support system comprising:
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a section for communicating with a user terminal operated by a user through a predetermined information communication network;
a database access section for accessing a provision information database which accumulates and manages a variety of information provided to the user;
an input keyword acquisition section for acquiring a search keyword which is input by the user terminal through communication with the user terminal;
a search section for referring to the provision information database for the search keyword acquired by the input keyword acquisition section and obtaining corresponding provision information;
a provision information division section for dividing a document contained in the provision information obtained by the search section into words; and
a search result transmission section for transmitting, to the user terminal, a detailed keyword collection describing the correspondence between the respective words divided by the provision information division section and the provision information which is the source of the division of the respective words. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 29, 32, 35, 38, 41, 44, 47, 50, 53)
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5. An information search support system comprising:
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a section for communicating with a user terminal operated by a user through a predetermined information communication network;
a database access section for accessing a provision information database which accumulates and manages a variety of information provided to the user;
an input keyword acquisition section for acquiring a search keyword which is inputted by the user terminal through communication with the user terminal;
a search section for referring to the provision information database for the search keyword acquired by the input keyword acquisition section and obtaining corresponding provision information;
a provision information division section for dividing a document contained in the provision information as obtained by the search section into words; and
a detailed keyword collection transmission section for preparing a detailed keyword collection in which words divided by the provision information division section are described and transmitting the detailed keyword collection to the user terminal;
a detailed search condition acquisition section for acquiring a word selected from the detailed keyword collection by the user terminal;
a detailed search section for referring to the provision information database for the word acquired by the detailed search condition acquisition section as a search keyword, and obtaining corresponding provision information;
a search result transmission section for arranging the provision information obtained by the detailed search section as search result information in a predetermined format, and transmitting the information to the user terminal. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 33, 36, 39, 42, 45, 48, 51, 54)
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