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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2021
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tingting Dong, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A search apparatus including: a search target extraction unit that references a data set use of a search criterion that includes attribute information, and extracts search target information that include the attribute information that match the attribute information of the search criterion; a score calculation unit that, in a case where the number of the extracted search target information pieces is not within a preset search result range, references a knowledge base and calculates a score for each of the attribute information pieces included in the extracted search target information pieces with use of a score function that has been determined in advance; a question generation unit that selects an attribute information piece based on the calculated scores, and generates question information use of the selected attribute information piece; and a search criterion generation unit that reflects an attribute information piece indicated by a response of the user to the question information in the search criterion, thereby generates a new search criterion.