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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1997
Hitoshi Miyasaka, Suwa, JP;
Shinji Miwa, Suwa, JP;
Toshio Tanaka, Suwa, JP;
Michihiro Nagaishi, Suwa, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method and apparatus in which category classes express information content categories that are defined based on object-oriented programming. The information items that are to be collected for each category are set as properties, and an information acquisition method or information process and treatment method is described for each property. After a request input from a user has been converted into a request input format that the system can understand, the request input is classified into category classes, searching is performed, and the information items the system outputs are displayed using the properties of the classes to which the request input belongs. Information searching and collection is accomplished on the basis of the contents described by the methods, and the information is output as comprehensive information in accordance with the request input of the user.