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Document retrieval assisting method and system for the same and document retrieval service using the same

  • US 6,446,065 B1
  • Filed: 02/29/2000
  • Issued: 09/03/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/05/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An assisting execution program comprising a program for arranging and displaying a display area of search results in a list of a set of retrieved documents including information from which an agent identifies the retrieved documents, an area for displaying topic words reflecting the search results in one of a list and a graph reflecting a degree of relevance between the topic words extracted from the set of retrieved documents, wherein said areas are displayed proximate one another, and a communication program, wherein the service comprises sending a retrieval assisting execution program on an agent computer that executes a query from the agent and making the program operable on the agent computer,wherein said retrieval operation comprises:

  • a step of adding or deleting a word display as a topic word to or from search words;

    a step of designating a selection/no selection state of each word displayed as a topic word;

    a step of emphasizing each document containing one or more selected topic words with an intensity depending on how many selected topic words are contained;

    a step of rearranging and displaying the search results in decreasing order of intensity for emphasis;

    a step of designating a selection/no selection state of each document from the search results;

    a step of emphasizing topic words contained in the selected documents;

    a step of carrying out an associative search by using one or more selected documents as a search key; and

    a prune step of leaving only selected documents and gathering information about topic words only from the selected documents.

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