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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2017
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 17/24 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 16/332 (2019.01); G06F 16/33 (2019.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/046 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 16/3329 (2019.01); G06F 16/3338 (2019.01); G06F 17/243 (2013.01); H04L 51/02 (2013.01); H04L 67/325 (2013.01); H04L 65/40 (2013.01); H04L 67/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an information processing method, display of a question and acquisition of an answer from a user to the question are repeated to narrow down information the user desires to make a search. A question regarding a target of the search is displayed in a first mode on a display included in a terminal. An answer inputted from the user to the question is acquired through the terminal. When the question is displayed, first information regarding a situation of a narrowing-down progress is displayed above the question in a second mode, and second information regarding a guide for answering the question is displayed below the question in a third mode.