Document information management system
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1. An information management apparatus, comprising:
- a computer executing a browser configured to display an object including a dummy button, the dummy button being defined by an associated character string and a uniform resource locator (URL), wherein the URL specifies a search engine for performing a search, rather than a document, to transmit, to a search engine specified by the URL set for the dummy button, the character string of the dummy button to initiate a search at the search engine in response only to the dummy button being selected by a user on a screen, prior to performing a search using the character string of the dummy button, and to display information transmitted from the search engine on the screen,wherein the computer is configured to generate the dummy button automatically without human intervention by determining the associated character string, setting the URL for the dummy button, and storing the dummy button to a file prior to displaying the object.
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Abstract
A document information management system in which a search-engine-compatible interface unit makes a word in a document displayed on the screen to be specified, transfers the specified word to a search engine as a keyword to be used in the search engine, receives a search result from the search engine, and displays the search result on the screen, while a browser-compatible interface unit performs a search (a keyword search and/or global search) by using the keyword transferred from a browser and transfers a search result to the browser.
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1. An information management apparatus, comprising:
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a computer executing a browser configured to display an object including a dummy button, the dummy button being defined by an associated character string and a uniform resource locator (URL), wherein the URL specifies a search engine for performing a search, rather than a document, to transmit, to a search engine specified by the URL set for the dummy button, the character string of the dummy button to initiate a search at the search engine in response only to the dummy button being selected by a user on a screen, prior to performing a search using the character string of the dummy button, and to display information transmitted from the search engine on the screen, wherein the computer is configured to generate the dummy button automatically without human intervention by determining the associated character string, setting the URL for the dummy button, and storing the dummy button to a file prior to displaying the object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An information management method, comprising:
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generating, by a computer automatically without human intervention, a dummy button, the generating step including determining a character string, setting a uniform resource locator (URL) for the dummy button, and storing the dummy button to a file wherein the URL specifies a search engine for performing a search, rather than a document; displaying, after generating and storing the dummy button to the file, an object including the dummy button, the dummy button being defined by the determined character string and the URL; a browsing step of transmitting, to the search engine specified by the URL set for the dummy button, the character string of the dummy button to initiate a search of the search engine in response only to the dummy button being selected by a user on a screen, prior to performing a search using the character string of the dummy button; and displaying information transmitted from the search engine on the screen. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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