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Multilingual document retrieval system

  • US 7,047,182 B2
  • Filed: 12/13/2001
  • Issued: 05/16/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A multilingual document retrieval system, comprising:

  • a first directory storing unit that stores a first directory structure created for a first language;

    a second directory storing unit that stores a second directory structure created for a second language;

    a directory relation storing unit that stores a correspondence between a directory in the first directory structure and a directory in the second directory structure;

    a directory retrieval unit that decides which directory in the first directory structure has a high degree of relation with a retrieval request by the first language from a user, and the decision includes information related to levels within the first directory structure; and

    a multilingual retrieval unit that decides a document having a high degree of relation with the retrieval request by the first language from the user among documents belonging to a directory in the second directory structure that corresponds to the directory decided by the directory retrieval unit.

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