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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:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tsuyoshi Sakata, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
707100 ; 707-3 ; 707-4 ; 707101 ; 707102 ;
Abstract
An information retrieving apparatus comprises a retrieve instruction executing means for executing a retrieve instruction based on a retrieval formula described based on an arbitrary schema, a schema conversion means for converting the retrieval formula into another retrieval formula according to another schema based on pregiven rules, and a schema management means for managing the rules for converting the retrieval formula into the other retrieval formula, wherein the retrieve instruction executing means retrieves desired information based on the other retrieval formula. In this case, preferred embodiments are as follows.