Hitachi, Ltd.

Kazuhiro Ono

Atsuko Yamaguchi

Makoto Iwayama

Yoshiki Niwa

Akihiko Takano

Shingo Nishioka

Achieving efficient analysis of search results, which is required for the examination of search queries, by listing up both title information of a retrieved document group and the whole information. By arranging search results display area and topic word display area adjacently on a retrieval assisting interface, the title information and topic information can be browsed by users; by arranging search results analysis means such as mark title button for emphasizing documents containing designated topic words, along with mark topic word button for emphasizing topic words contained in a designated document, users can analyze search results readily from various standpoints.

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

A document retrieval assistance method has a user interface with an interactive guidance function. In response to a search query, search results including a title list of retrieved documents is displayed alongside a separate display of topic words extracted from the retrieved documents which reflect the search results. In particular, a topic-word graph is displayed alongside a list of titles of the retrieved documents and the interface enables browsing of the documents using the topic words. Further, the interface permits emphasized display of the list of titles of the documents through direct selection of the titles displayed in the list or through selection of the topic words. Further, an associative search can be executed using a selected document to refine the original search results and develop updated displays of the search results and topic words contained in the documents.

Computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium for a document retrieval service that retrieves documents with a retrieval service agent computer

Document retrieval assisting method, system and service using closely displayed areas for titles and topics

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Hiki-gun, Japan

Kazuhiro Ono