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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2018
Fujitsu Limited, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuri Nakao, Kawasaki, JP;
Kotaro Ohori, Sumida, JP;
Hiroaki Yoshida, Isehara, JP;
Takuya Ohwa, Shinagawa, JP;
FUJITSU LIMITED, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A search device, for each of a plurality of inquiries including a plurality of options, based on a log of answers of a respondent in the past, specifies a matching option corresponding to a trend of answers of the respondent from the plurality of options to be represented to the respondent. The search device, when an answer to the plurality of options is included in the matching option, determines that it is a preference-reached mode that is a mode where the estimating a preference of the user converges. The search device transmits, to the respondent, an inquiry including options, contents of the options included in the inquiry being changed depend on whether it is determined to be a preference-reached mode in the determining.