DOCUMENT SEARCH APPARATUS AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A document search apparatus comprising:
- a storage unit configured to store document data;
an interface unit configured to display information to a user and to allow the user to input an instruction;
a search unit configured to search document data in said storage unit in accordance with a user instruction;
a search result display unit configured to display information of a search result by said search unit via said interface unit; and
a communication unit configured to send the information of the search result when another apparatus having at least a memory unit is connected, wherein when the user designates a search in a predetermined search mode, said communication unit receives information of a previous search result from the other apparatus, said search unit conducts the search in the predetermined search mode using the information of the previous search result, and said search result display unit changes a display mode of the information of the search result in the predetermined search mode based on the information of the previous search result.
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Abstract
A document search apparatus having a storage unit configured to store document data, and an interface unit configured to display information to the user and to allow the user to input an instruction is provided. When another apparatus having at least a memory unit is connected and the user designates a search in a predetermined search mode, this document search apparatus receives information of previous search results from the other apparatus, conducts the search in the predetermined search mode using the information of the previous search results, and displays search results in the predetermined search mode by changing the display mode of the search results based on the information of the previous search results.
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14 Claims
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1. A document search apparatus comprising:
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a storage unit configured to store document data;
an interface unit configured to display information to a user and to allow the user to input an instruction;
a search unit configured to search document data in said storage unit in accordance with a user instruction;
a search result display unit configured to display information of a search result by said search unit via said interface unit; and
a communication unit configured to send the information of the search result when another apparatus having at least a memory unit is connected, wherein when the user designates a search in a predetermined search mode, said communication unit receives information of a previous search result from the other apparatus, said search unit conducts the search in the predetermined search mode using the information of the previous search result, and said search result display unit changes a display mode of the information of the search result in the predetermined search mode based on the information of the previous search result. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A document search system which has a plurality of document search apparatuses connected via a network, and a portable device that has at least a memory unit and can establish connection to one of said plurality of document search apparatuses, each of said document search apparatuses comprising:
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a storage unit configured to store document data;
an interface unit configured to display information to a user and to allow the user to input an instruction;
a search unit configured to search document data in the storage units of all said document search apparatuses in accordance with a user instruction;
a search result display unit configured to display information of a search result by said search unit via said interface unit; and
a communication unit configured to send the information of the search result to said portable device, wherein when the user designates a search in a predetermined search mode at the document search apparatus connected to said portable device, said communication unit receives information of a previous search result from said portable device, said search unit conducts the search in the predetermined search mode using the information of the previous search result, and said search result display unit changes a display mode of the information of the search result in the predetermined search mode based on the information of the previous search result.
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13. A document search method for searching, using an information processing apparatus having a storage unit configured to store document data, and an interface unit configured to display information to a user and to allow the user to input an instruction, document data in the storage unit in accordance with a user instruction, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving, when another apparatus having at least a memory unit is connected and the user designates a search in a predetermined search mode, information of a previous search result from the other apparatus;
conducting the search in the predetermined search mode using the information of the previous search result; and
displaying information of a search result in the predetermined search mode by changing a display mode of the information based on the information of the previous search result.
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14. A computer program for controlling a document search apparatus including a computer executing the program, a storage unit configured to store document data, and an interface unit configured to display information to a user and to allow the user to input an instruction, the program comprising code for performing the following steps:
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receiving, when another apparatus having at least a memory unit is connected and the user designates a search in a predetermined search mode, information of a previous search result from the other apparatus;
conducting the search in the predetermined search mode using the information of the previous search result; and
displaying information of a search result in the predetermined search mode by changing a display mode of the information based on the information of the previous search result.
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Specification