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Document information search method and system

  • US 5,454,105 A
  • Filed: 03/15/1993
  • Issued: 09/26/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/14/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A document information search method for retrieving a document containing a specific character string on the basis of a plurality of search requests issued from a plurality of search request sources, each of the plurality of search request sources including a search object and issuing a search condition, the method comprising the steps of:

  • storing a plurality of search requests received from said plurality of search request sources; and

    ,executing a search processing for said stored plurality of search requests by;

    logical-OR-combining each search object of each of said plurality of search request sources to generate a first combined search object;

    searching said first combined search object to locate a plurality of documents satisfying each search condition of each of said plurality of search request sources;

    dividing the plurality of documents into a plurality of sets of documents each of said plurality of sets corresponding to a one of said plurality of search request sources; and

    ,logical-AND-combining each of said plurality of sets of documents with a corresponding one of said search objects to generate a search result for each of said plurality of search requests.

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