Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.

Yoshitaka Hamaguchi

Nobuyuki Nakamura

Satoshi Ikada

A bandwidth control system controls the bandwidths used by plural web crawlers. The bandwidth control system receives a connection request from one of the web crawlers for establishing a connection between that web crawler and a content server. The control system records each of the web crawlers in association with a content server to which that web crawler is connected. The control system monitors the traffic on the content servers to which the web crawlers are connected. When the traffic on the content server recorded becomes too heavy, the control system disconnects the web crawler from the content server to which the crawler is connected.

Bandwidth control system and method capable of reducing traffic congestion on content servers

A document retrieval system has an index information generator that generates index information about the frequency of occurrence of non-numeric terms in documents, and index information about the numeric values of numeric terms and the types of quantities they represent. Numeric terms received as search conditions are processed by a numeric information generator that generates search information indicating the type and numeric value of each numeric term. The index information generator and numeric information generator preferably convert numeric values to a standard notation. Numeric search conditions can then be used appropriately, flexibly, and conveniently to obtain useful retrieval results.

Document retrieval system recognizing types and values of numeric search conditions

An automatic transaction system is provided which is capable of easily transmitting money between a payer or a recipient even if the recipient has no account in a financial institution. The automatic transaction system includes an automatic teller machine (ATM), a terminal, and a connecting device. The automatic transaction system is made up of a storing section, an obtaining section, and a communicating unit. The connecting device has a destination designating section. The terminal has a recognizing unit, an inputting section, and a communicating section.

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Tokyo, Japan

Yoshitaka Hamaguchi