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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2000
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A data search method capable of representing a complex search condition with a reduced number of filters and allowing high data visibility is used in a data search system including a storage disposed to store a plurality of data to be administered and attribute values associated with a desired number of attributes and respectively assigned to the plurality of data, a display, an input unit receiving an instruction from a user to perform an operation through a user operation to be performed on an object displayed on the display, and a data operation unit performing an operation on the plurality of data in response to the instruction received by the input unit. The data search method includes the steps of: creating a filter associated with a plurality of attribute values each associated with a predetermined display position; defining a data attribute and a data attribute value associated with the filter for search; using the data attribute and the data attribute value to search data; and displaying a symbol of retrieved data in the filter at a display position corresponding to an attribute value of the data.