Related information presentation method in document processing system
First Claim
1. A method for presenting related information in a document processing system which includes an input device, a display device, a processor and a document storage, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) inputting a word string through the input device;
b) extracting a related element from the word string, the related element comprising two words and a relational word which indicates a relation between the two words;
c) retrieving a related word string from the document storage, the related word string including the related element; and
d) presenting the related word string to a user through the display device.
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Abstract
The relationships between words included in an input character string are analyzed. At least one related element conforming to the analyzed relationships is extracted from the input character string. Subject sentences are retrieved from stored documents using the related elements as retrieval keys, and the retrieved subject sentences are displayed on screen. Priority rank is given to the respective subject sentences in accordance with the degrees of coincidence between the respective subject sentences and the related elements. The subject sentences are displayed on screen according to the given priority rank.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for presenting related information in a document processing system which includes an input device, a display device, a processor and a document storage, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) inputting a word string through the input device; b) extracting a related element from the word string, the related element comprising two words and a relational word which indicates a relation between the two words; c) retrieving a related word string from the document storage, the related word string including the related element; and d) presenting the related word string to a user through the display device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for presenting related information in a document processing system which includes an input device, a display device and a document storage, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) inputting a word string through the input device; b) extracting a plurality of related elements from the word string, each related element comprising two words and a relational word which indicates a relation between the two words; c) retrieving a plurality of subject sentences from the document storage, each subject sentence including at least one of the related elements; and d) presenting the subject sentences to a user through the display device. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for presenting related information in a document processing system which includes an input device, a display device and a document storage, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) inputting a word string through the input device; b) extracting a plurality of related elements from the word string, each related element comprising two words and a relational word which indicates a relationship between the two words; c) retrieving a plurality of subject sentences from the document storage, each subject sentence including at least one of the related elements; d) giving a priority rank to said each subject sentence in accordance with a degree of coincidence between said each subject sentence and the related elements; and e) presenting said each subject sentence to a user according to the priority rank through the display device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for presenting related information having an input device, a display device, a processor and a document storage, the system comprising:
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input means for inputting a word string through the input device; extracting means for extracting a related element from the word string, the related element comprising two words and a relational word which indicates a relation between the two words; retrieving means for retrieving a subject sentence from the document storage, the subject sentence including the related element; and display control means for presenting the subject sentence to a user through the display device.
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19. A system for presenting related information having an input device, a display device and a document storage, the system comprising:
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input means for inputting a word string through the input device; extracting means for extracting a plurality of related elements from the word string, each related element comprising two words and a relational word which indicates a relation between the two words; retrieving means for retrieving a plurality of subject sentences from the document storage, each subject sentence including at least one of the related elements; and display control means for presenting the subject sentences to a user through the display device.
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20. A system for presenting related information having an input device, a display device and a document storage, the system comprising:
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input means for inputting a word string through the input device; extracting means for extracting a plurality of related elements from the word string, each related element comprising two words and a relational word which indicates a relationship between the two words; retrieving means for retrieving a plurality of subject sentences from the document storage, each subject sentence including at least one of the related elements; priority calculation means for giving a priority rank to said each subject sentence in accordance with a degree of coincidence between the subject sentence and the related elements; and display control means for presenting said each subject sentence to a user through the display device according to the priority rank.
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