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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2014
Rakuten Group, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Keita Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Rakuten Group, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An input character into a search keyword input column provided in a web page is received each time a character is inputted. A suggest word that matches the received input character is extracted from suggest word management information in which a plurality of suggest words are stored. Then, for at least one suggest word among the extracted suggest words, a shop associated with a keyword obtained from the suggest word is extracted based on keyword-shop correspondence information in which a keyword and a shop are corresponded to each other. Further, a control is performed to display the extracted suggest word and to display information concerning the extracted shop as a search button for instructing execution of a search that is based on the keyword and targets the shop as a search domain.