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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:
Sep. 01, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Fumihiko Yoshii, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Hayasaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
707532 ; 345340 ; 704-8 ; 707-4 ; 707-5 ; 707535 ; 707536 ;
Abstract
An information search and display apparatus substantially reduces search time required in consecutively searching a plurality of files and/or a plurality of search terms. When a first search result searched based on a search term entered by a signal input means is displayed and a second search is executed to obtain a second search result following the first search, upon termination of the second search, the state of displaying the search result of the first search is restored.