Information searching apparatus, information searching method, and storage medium
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1. An information searching apparatus for searching for information, comprising:
- obtaining means for obtaining a matching degree between inputted search conditions and each retrievable item of information calculated by calculating means; and
display control means for displaying items of pieces of information, each of which has a complete matching degree in a complete matching area, and displaying items of pieces of information, each of which has an uncompleted degree in an uncompleted matching area, wherein said display control means controls to display the items of pieces of information in the complete matching area without overlapping each other, and allows the items of pieces of information in the uncompleted matching area to overlap each other.
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Abstract
An information searching apparatus for searching for information calculates a matching degree, which indicates a degree at which searching conditions used for searching for the information are satisfied, decides a complete matching area in which is displayed information whose matching degree indicates a complete matching, and displays information on an inside or an outside of the complete matching area in accordance with whether or not the matching degree of the information indicates a complete matching.
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1. An information searching apparatus for searching for information, comprising:
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obtaining means for obtaining a matching degree between inputted search conditions and each retrievable item of information calculated by calculating means; and
display control means for displaying items of pieces of information, each of which has a complete matching degree in a complete matching area, and displaying items of pieces of information, each of which has an uncompleted degree in an uncompleted matching area, wherein said display control means controls to display the items of pieces of information in the complete matching area without overlapping each other, and allows the items of pieces of information in the uncompleted matching area to overlap each other. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An information searching method, which is applied to an information searching apparatus for searching for information, comprising:
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an obtaining step, of obtaining a matching degree between inputted search conditions and each retrievable item of information calculated in a calculating step; and
a display control step, of controlling to display items of pieces of information, each of which has a complete matching degree in a complete matching area without overlapping each other, and to display items of pieces of information, each of which has an uncompleted degree in an uncompleted matching area and which is allowed to overlap each other. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A computer-readable storage medium, which stores a program for executing an information searching method used by an information searching apparatus to search for information, wherein said information searching method comprises:
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an obtaining step, of obtaining a matching degree between inputted search conditions and each retrievable item of information calculated in a calculating step; and
a display control step of controlling to display items of pieces of information, each of which has a complete matching degree in a complete matching area without overlapping each other, and to display items of pieces of information, each of which has an uncompleted degree in an uncompleted matching area an which is allowed to overlap each other. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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