Method for creating browsing data of an information searching apparatus and method for searching information
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1. An information search apparatus to search required data from stored data to be searched for comprising:
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a storage device storing a program;
a processor coupled to said storage device through said bus and creating browsing data from the data to be searched for in accordance with the program;
a display coupled to the processor through said bus and displaying said created browsing data;
wherein said processor modifies the browsing data corresponding to the data to be searched for in accordance with the program when the data to be searched for is modified; and
wherein said processor compares the time of the last modification of data to be searched for with that of the browsing data corresponding to the modified data to be searched for and, as a result, when the time of the last modification of data to be searched for is more recent than that of the modified browsing data, the browsing data corresponding to the modified data to be searched for is modified.
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Abstract
A browsing data creation system of an information searching apparatus includes a data storage for storing plural kinds of data that are to be searched for. Each of the data having a data format corresponding to the kind of data that is is. Instructions can be input into the information searching apparatus and browsing data can be created from the data stored in the data storage according to a data format input into the information searching apparatus. Data that is to be searched for has a time based access and is divided into page units. An instruction is input to the information searching apparatus to search in page units.
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1. An information search apparatus to search required data from stored data to be searched for comprising:
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a bus;
a storage device storing a program;
a processor coupled to said storage device through said bus and creating browsing data from the data to be searched for in accordance with the program;
a display coupled to the processor through said bus and displaying said created browsing data;
wherein said processor modifies the browsing data corresponding to the data to be searched for in accordance with the program when the data to be searched for is modified; and
wherein said processor compares the time of the last modification of data to be searched for with that of the browsing data corresponding to the modified data to be searched for and, as a result, when the time of the last modification of data to be searched for is more recent than that of the modified browsing data, the browsing data corresponding to the modified data to be searched for is modified. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12)
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11. A program product storable in a medium and readable by a computer and making computer search required data from the stored data to be searched for comprising:
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a creating process for creating browsing data from the data to be searched for;
a displaying process for displaying the created browsing data;
a modifying process for modifying the browsing data corresponding to the data to be searched for when the data to be searched for is modified; and
wherein said modifying step compares the time of the last modification of the data to be searched for with that of the browsing data corresponding to the modified data to be searched for, and as a result, when the time of the last modification of the data to be searched for is more recent than latest of that of the modified browsing data, the browsing data corresponding to the modification data to be searched for is modified. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An information search method to search required data from stored data to be searched for comprising steps of:
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a creating step for creating browsing data from the data to be searched for;
a displaying step for displaying the created browsing data;
a modifying step for modifying the browsing data corresponding to the data to be searched for when the data to be searched for is modified; and
wherein said modifying step compares the latest update date time of the data to be searched for with that of the browsing data corresponding to the modified data to be searched for, and as a result, when latest update date time of the data to be searched for is more recent than the latest of that of the modified browsing data, the browsing data corresponding to the modification data to be searched for is modified. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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