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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1998
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A system according to the present invention searches for information related to entered text and presents searched information to a user with a minimum interruption to user's document formulating work. An input analyzing module,analyzes text entered by the user and extracts a search key. A related information searching module,searches a related information storage device,for information on the search key. A storage module,stores therein the search results collected for a plurality of past search keys including the latest search key and the positional information on each search key within a document. A controlling module,searches the storage module,for the search key corresponding to the position of a cursor. The controlling module issues an instruction to change a search button to a first display format if there is no related information, or an instruction to change the search button to a second display format if there is related information. In response to the instruction, a search instruction accepting module,changes the format of the search button on a display device,When the user backspaces the cursor to a previously-extracted search key, the system searches the storage module,again for information on the previously-extracted search key and changes the format of the search button according to the search result.